Month: November 2025

Beyond Brute Force: 4 Secrets to Smaller, Smarter, and Dramatically Cheaper AI

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Large Language Models (LLMs) are incredibly powerful generalists, but transforming them into specialized experts is a major challenge. The process of training a model on new, specific knowledge like internal company documents or a complex reasoning task is notoriously expensive, time-consuming, and fraught with pitfalls. We want smaller, more efficient models that can master a … Read more

The Hidden Ledger of Code: Tracking the Carbon Debt Inside Our Software

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Key Takeaways Every line of code carries an invisible cost. As software scales, so does the energy it consumes and the emissions it generates. This growing footprint forms what many engineers now call carbon debt: the accumulation of energy waste caused by inefficient architecture, redundant compute, or neglected cleanup. The problem isn’t limited to theory … Read more

Go: Can It Mitigate Supply Chain Attacks?

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Modern software engineering is collaborative, and based on reusing Open Source software. That exposes targets to supply chain attacks, where software projects are attacked by compromising their dependencies. Despite any process or technical measure, every dependency is unavoidably a trust relationship. However, the Go tooling and design help mitigate risk at various stages. All builds … Read more

The Playdate is a great indie puzzle machine

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We’re living in a wonderful period for puzzle games. Seemingly everyone, from The New York Times to Linkedin, has fun puzzles to play, so every morning I have plenty of options to accompany my first coffee of the day. Lately, though, much of my daily puzzle time has come from an unlikely source: the Playdate. … Read more