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abkolan

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abkolan··on I Don't Like LLMs
This is exactly what I thought, the irony is that there are Distributed Systems Patterns hosted on the same domain.

It's a static site, slap in a Cloudflare for crying out loud.

abkolan··on CosmosEscape: Taking over Every Database in Azure Cosmos DB
Vaguely remember reading that ChatGPT uses CosmosDB, even ScottGu spoke about it.
abkolan··on AWS: Inaccurate Estimated Billing Data – $1.7 billion
Will wait for the RCA, the update says that they will resort to last known estimate as of 15 July. I’m guessing that would imply that the bug is at a lower level, write or an ingestion path.
abkolan··on AWS: Inaccurate Estimated Billing Data - $1.7 BILLION
The panic was real. We read about keys getting stolen all the time. Was about to nuke my set up too.
abkolan··on Software Architecture Guide (2019)
Yes, please.
abkolan··on Meta tells staff it will cut 10% of jobs
This was exactly my experience too. The interviewer seemed more focused on checking boxes on the grading rubric than actually understanding the design discussion. They barely engaged with alternative approaches.

The interviewer was also very hard for me to understand, which made the interview harder than it should have been.

I am ESL too, so this is not about someone’s background. The problem is communication in an interview where both sides need to understand each other clearly.

From what I have seen on Blind, others have had similar experiences.

abkolan··on Show HN: I built a tiny LLM to demystify how language models work
It's here https://github.com/arman-bd/guppylm/blob/main/guppylm/genera...
abkolan··on Good Taste the Only Real Moat Left
Ever since Rick Rubin has been on his book tour, he has become the patron saint of Product Manger Tech Twitter.
abkolan··on Taste in the age of AI and LLMs
Looks like the comments on this article are too.
abkolan··on Good Taste the Only Real Moat Left
I think it's just an internet trope at this moment.
abkolan··on Taste in the age of AI and LLMs
What's evergreen about it?
abkolan··on Microsoft's "fix" for Windows 11
Thank you for saying this. Some journos don’t mind crossing the line for a click bait headline.
abkolan··on I'm OK being left behind, thanks
A certain YC company fired a few employees for not using AI, the CEO bragged about it on X and incidentally it was a crypto company.
abkolan··on Kagi Translate now supports LinkedIn Speak as an output language
Input: I ate an ice cream.

Output: I’m thrilled to share that I’ve successfully completed a strategic session of personal refueling by optimizing my afternoon with a premium cold-chain dairy solution.

In today’s fast-paced environment, it’s vital to pause and celebrate the small wins. This experience reminded me of the importance of temperature control, instant gratification, and the power of a well-timed reward.

Key takeaways:

1. Agility is everything—eat it before it melts.

2. Quality matters—always go for the double scoop.

3. Consistency is king.

How are you investing in your personal growth today? Let’s connect!

#Leadership #SelfCare #Optimization #GrowthMindset #IceCreamStrategy

abkolan··on Sizing chaos
What a beautifully made website.
abkolan··on WhatsApp introduces ads in its app
Exactly, it's only Updates tab "for now".
abkolan··on Ask HN: 3rd Week at FAANG and feeling imposter syndrome
No they are not. Don’t do this OP.
abkolan··on Greenland landslide caused freak wave that shook Earth for nine days
Truly fantastic video straight from the authors who know what they are speaking
abkolan··on Google Earning Q1 2024 [pdf]
MSFT pays dividends.
abkolan··on Meta Llama 3
> now it's in Zuck's interest to get his competitor's moat bridged as fast as possible.

It's this, and by making it open and available on every cloud out there would make this accessible to other start ups who might play in Meta's competitor's spaces.

abkolan··on XZ backdoor story – Initial analysis
Yes, this absolutely mind boggling. Not insinuating or suggesting anything, but if I could wear my tinfoil hat for a bit. I wonder if there was a significant psy-op conducted IRL so that the original author couldn't devote time and would eventually handover ownership to bad actors.

I hope some three letter agencies are conducting a deeper investigation into this.

abkolan··on Morale plummets at Google as workers complain bosses are 'inept' and 'boring'
> I mean, LinkedIn has what, 20,000 employees? If you had spherical developers in a vacuum, I doubt you'd need more than 40-50 to maintain their products, but there's more to running a tech company.

This is a ridiculous take. You would need way more than that just to maintain Kafka and run ops for it, that LinkedIn heavily relies on. You are trivializing the complexity of running a platform like LinkedIn.

abkolan··on Lumiere: A space-time diffusion model for realistic video generation
How soon can Google _Productize_ it?
abkolan··on Salim Kara stole $2M in coins with a magnet and a car antenna (2022)
As a non US/Canada based reader reading the article, I had a hard time grokking the article without visuals of how this was pulled off.
abkolan··on Mitchell reflects as he departs HashiCorp
> Too bad what happened with the licensing stuff at the company though.

OOTL here. What happened?

abkolan··on Spotify will reduce total headcount by approximately 17%
The Spotify inserted ads during the podcast makes a lot of sense now. They are really trying to make the books look good. Is this a leading indicator that the podcasts could go more towards the exclusives / originals route? For example: Like Joe Rogan.
abkolan··on We have reached an agreement in principle for Sam to return to OpenAI as CEO
Edit: Making no excuses, this one is embarrassing.
abkolan··on We have reached an agreement in principle for Sam to return to OpenAI as CEO
That might be selection bias, in those 11 years Jobs built NeXT.

A lot of Apple's engineering and product line back then owe their provenance and lineage to NeXT.

abkolan··on We have reached an agreement in principle for Sam to return to OpenAI as CEO
Four CEO changes in five days to be precise.

Sam -> Mira -> Emmet -> Sam

abkolan··on OpenAI's employees were given two explanations for why Sam Altman was fired
I find it strange that Satya says he has not been given an explanation yet.

Tweet from Bloomberg Tech Journalist, Emily Chang

>The more I watch this interview – the wilder this story seems. Satya insists he hasn’t been given any reason why Sam was fired. THE CEO OF MICROSOFT STILL DOES NOT KNOW WHY: “I’ve not been told about anything…” he tells me.

source: https://x.com/emilychangtv/status/1726835093325721684

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