Do incremental improvements add, multiply, or something else?
Suppose you make an x% improvement followed by a y% improvement. Together do they make an (x + y)% improvement? Maybe. The business principle of kaizen, based on the Japanese 改善 for improvement, is based on the assumption that incremental improvements accumulate. But quantifying how improvements accumulate takes some care.
Read moreHappy people make better products
The home team welcomes developer and software consultant Ben Borra to the show for a wide-ranging conversation about developer productivity, the value of positive feedback and identifying quick wins, the impact of code assistants on devs’ everyday work, and the challenges of system rewrites.
Read moreWebAssembly vs JavaScript: A Comparison
We compare WebAssembly and JavaScript, examining their performance, portability, ease of use, security, and community support. Continue reading WebAssembly vs JavaScript: A Comparison on SitePoint.
Read moreCommunity Products Roadmap Update, July 2024
An update on recent launches and the upcoming roadmap.
Read moreThe Clausen function
I ran across the Clausen function the other day, and when I saw a plot of the function my first thought was that it looks sorta like a sawtooth wave. I wondered whether it also sounds like a sawtooth wave, and indeed it does. More on that shortly. The Clausen
Read moreHow to build open-source apps in a highly regulated industry
Today we chat with Reshma Khilnani, co-founder and CEO of Medplum, an open-source platform enabling companies to build healthcare applications like EHRs and patient portals. She discusses how to iterate rapidly in an industry where SOC2 compliance is just the beginning (one of the compliance tests is named after Dante’s
Read moreExplaining generative language models to (almost) anyone
Here’s a simple, three-part framework that explains generative language models.
Read moreLimit of a doodle
Suppose you’re in a boring meeting and you start doodling. You draw a circle, and then you draw a triangle on the outside of that circle. Next you draw a circle through the vertices of the triangle, and draw a square outside that. Then you draw a circle through the
Read moreNational Provider Identifier (NPI) and its checksum
Healthcare providers in the United States are required to have an ID number known as the NPI (National Provider Identifier). This is a 10-digit unique identifier which serves as the primary key in a publicly available database. You can use the NPI number to look up a provider’s name, credentials,
Read moreThe Functional Depth of Docker and Docker Compose
Learn how to create a multi-container Flask application using Docker Compose, manage Docker images with Vultr Container Registry, and more. Continue reading The Functional Depth of Docker and Docker Compose on SitePoint.
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