Controlling cloud costs: Where to start, and where to go from there
To learn more about the signs that indicate you may be paying more for your cloud computing that you should, check out DoIT’s seven red flags guide. We’ve spoken with DoiT on the podcast before about LLM hallucinations and the security threats that LLMs open.DoiT’s sales pitch is simple: they provide technology and expertise to clients who want to use the cloud, free of charge, with the big cloud providers paying the bills.Congrats to Lifeboat badge winner Sravan K Ghantasala for their answer to How to sort file lines in Bash?Find Joshua at joshuafox com.Chapters00:00 Introduction and Cloud Cost Control01:08 Joshua Fox's Background04:20 Understanding FinOps06:17 The Importance of Good Architecture08:18 Balancing Flexibility in Architecture10:04 Surprise Costs and Dealing with Them13:19 Bracing for Unexpected Cloud Costs25:41 The Future of Cloud Cost Optimization27:09 Closing RemarksSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
27 Mars 202427min
Data, data everywhere and not a stop to think
Cribl is a data management platform. Check out their sandbox or explore their products.Cribl Stream is their vendor-agnostic observability pipeline.If you’re new to the term, the observability pipeline is a crucial component of the cloud-native world.Connect with Nick on LinkedIn.Chapters00:00 Introduction and Background03:23 The Data Landscape and Generative AI06:08 Incumbents vs. Startups in the Data Space07:46 Challenges of Data Storage and Exfiltration09:38 Securing Large Warehouses of Data12:21 Data Quality and ETL Pipelines16:05 Measures of Data Quality for Gen AI22:04 Cribl’s Role in the Data and Observability Space26:20 The Pros and Cons of Richer Observability Monitoring28:11 Closing Remarks and ShoutoutSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
26 Mars 202427min
Is AI making your code worse?
GitClear is a developer-friendly code review tool that aims to deliver higher developer satisfaction and faster releases. Check out their blog or find them on GitHub.GitClear’s research focuses on how AI code-gen tools have impacted code quality (and not in a good way).Find Bill on LinkedIn.Chapters00:00 Introduction 00:30 Background of the Research06:09 Business Model of GitClear09:46 Copy Pasted Code10:26 Churn Code12:21 Code Readability14:12 Code Suggestions and Auto-Completion16:34 Drop in Moved Code23:18 Larger Token Windows26:31 Improving Gen AI28:46 ConclusionSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
22 Mars 202428min
Why the creator of Node.js® created a new JavaScript runtime
Node.js® is an open-source JavaScript runtime environment.Deno is an open-source JavaScript, TypeScript, and WebAssembly runtime. Explore the quick start or check out Deno by example, a collection of annotated examples of how to use Deno.JSR is an open-source package registry for JavaScript and TypeScript.Keep up to date with Ryan on GitHub or his blog.Shoutout to Stack Overflow user Squadrons, who earned a Great Question badge by asking for a Pure javascript method to wrap content in a div.Chapters:00:00: Introduction and Background01:08: Creating Node.js05:00: JavaScript on the Server Side07:23: Impact of Node.js09:18: Edge Function System12:13: Protecting Against Malicious Use16:02: JSR: Alternative to NPM31:01: JSR and its Stage34:20: Future of JavaScript36:19: Closing and ShoutoutsSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
19 Mars 202432min
Your whole repo fits in the context window
AI shops are now releasing LLMs optimized for RAG. Turn a repo into a prompt for a long-context LLM.Perplexity AI is an AI-powered search and discovery tool.Good news for developers: Apple will not remove progressive web app support on iOS in the EU.Basil Bourque earned a Lifeboat badge by explaining How to get full name of month from date in Java 8 while formatting.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
15 Mars 202418min
How Stack Overflow is partnering with Google to encourage socially responsible AI
Stack Overflow has teamed up with Google Cloud to develop an API—Overflow API—to give Gemini, Google’s AI model, access to Stack Overflow knowledge communities. Learn how Ryan’s team is working toward socially responsible AI.Connect with Ryan on LinkedIn.Stack Overflow user verygoodsoftwarenotvirus earned a Great Question badge by asking something at least 87,000 people have also wondered: How can I get all keys from a JSON column in Postgres?.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
12 Mars 202425min
A leading ML educator on what you need to know about LLMs
Check out Maxime’s three-part LLM course. Part 1 “covers essential knowledge about mathematics, Python, and neural networks.Part 2 “focuses on building the best possible LLMs using the latest techniques."Part 3 “focuses on creating LLM-based applications and deploying them.” Read Maxime’s blog.Follow Maxime on GitHub or LinkedIn.Nikhil Wagh earned a Lifeboat badge by explaining how to Efficiently compare two sets in Python.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
8 Mars 202431min
Building GenAI features in practice with Intuit Mailchimp
Intuit shares more about their generative AI operating system (GenOS) in this Medium blog. If you want to try out generative AI in MailChimp, sign up here. Learn more about Intuit technology here.Many thanks (and a Lifeboat badge) to Dherik for dropping an answer on cURL: how can I return 0 if status is 200?Connect with Shivang on LinkedIn.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
7 Mars 202420min
