Month: December 2024

Hold on to your (Santa) hats, Arbitrum fam! Overlord.bot, the autonomous Trader AI Agent that’s redefining the DeFi game on X (formerly Twitter), just made Christmas way more interesting. In a mic-drop tweet dubbed the Pump Declaration, Overlord announced it will pump three lucky Christmas coins during the holiday season. That’s right, your first-ever AI … Read more

Migration is inevitable. But when businesses hear that word, it often triggers a wave of dread. Visions of endless processes, skyrocketing costs, and inevitable downtime start dancing in their heads. But does it have to be this complicated? At Corewide, we’ve helped hundreds of companies navigate the choppy waters of cloud adoption, working with every … Read more

Recently, a team that I know deployed their new code to production using all the right tools. Built in micro-service architecture, the project had 4 different services deployed on AWS Lambda, with their own databases, right IAM policies and everything automated using CFT and CI/CD pipelines, and a dedicated platform team to support them. Yet, … Read more

As a freelancer I’m deeply interested in those who are building better working environment for gig workers like me, so I reached out to Jack Thorogood, CEO Native teams — a leading global platform that offers streamlined solutions for work payments, employment, tax & wealth management, and mobility services. With an impressive track record of … Read more

I’ve always been captivated by the idea of running large language models directly on user devices. There’s something magical about running Llama 3.1 8B, one of the most advanced language models, on your computer or smartphone. In this post, I’ll introduce you to AQLM.rs, my latest pet project that brings Llama 3.1 8B to your … Read more

This is the last edition of this year’s “Tech, What the Heck!?” newsletter. Just like in 2023, all the editors at HackerNoon got together again to discuss what they thought were the most important themes and news bites of 2024. Here’s what we thought: Sheharyar – 2024 Made Me an AI Skeptic Last year, I … Read more

In 2024, AI startups basked in the glow of Big Tech’s generosity—APIs, funding, distribution, all handed over like party favors. Most AI wrapping wasn’t innovation; it was packaging. And it worked because APIs made it easy, investors made it glamorous, and nobody asked too many questions. But here’s the problem with wrapping paper: it doesn’t … Read more

“84% of organizations have experienced an identity-related breach in the last year.” — 2022 Identity Defined Security Alliance (IDSA) Report This striking statistic underscores the pervasive risks organizations face when managing identity and access. One key contributor to this alarming trend is over-provisioned and perpetual access, where users retain unnecessary privileges far beyond what their … Read more

In 2024 Large Language Model (LLM), Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP), Artificial Intelligence (AI), and Value Creation seem to be the buzzword and a constant theme, but it can be overwhelming to Segway into the ecosystem, so, let’s dive into a single concept RAG (Retrieval Augmented Generation) to build our understanding and how we can utilize it … Read more

2024 has been a favorable year for crypto. The introduction of MiCA in the EU, along with increasing regulatory transparency in other key jurisdictions, is gradually eliminating compliance risks, giving businesses the confidence to integrate crypto payments into their operations. Stripe, Paypal, and other providers began to offer middleman services for digital assets, and the … Read more

The need for safe, offline backup is driven by ransomware attacks, which I actually experienced in my company. However, there are also other kinds of needs to move files between workstations, home, and office computers, and there is a need to have backup in case of system crashes or accidental deletions. For such situations External … Read more