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Using GenAI as a learning tool, not a crutch
AI is changing how we think about coding. While tools evolve, critical thinking, problem-solving, and creativity remain the essential skills for top developers.
Is AI a bubble or a revolution? The answer is yes.
At HumanX 2025, Ryan sat down with HumanX CEO Stefan Weitz and Crunchbase CEO Jager McConnell to talk about where the money is in the AI space, where most enterprise AI strategies fall short, how companies can build business models when AI tech is evolving so quickly, and why this is AI’s microservices moment.
From training to inference: The new role of web data in LLMs
Data has always been key to LLM success, but it's becoming key to inference-time performance as well.
Not all AI is generative: Efficient scheduling with mathematics
Efficiently solving a complex scheduling problem using simulated annealing.
Boots on the ground: Holistic AI and Audioshake at HumanX
Two interviews for the price of one, direct from HumanX 2025! Ryan sits down with Raj Patel, AI transformation lead at Holistic AI, and then chats with Audioshake cofounder and CEO Jessica Powell.
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Interesting questions
Why does K&R say that pointers are preferable to arrays as function parameters?
"Even if it was true at the time the book was written, there has been lots of changes to CPUs and compilers since. "
Is there a good reason why meat cooking times are generally quoted as linear with respect to weight?
Most cooks have a beef with complex math or are too chicken to try.
Were there any games running at high refresh rates such as 90 and 120 Hz on computers and consoles of the 80s and 90s?
Two highly-reasoned answers with two different tl;dr conclusions.
How do I answer a technical interview question I am already familiar with?
You don’t need to disguise the fact that you did your homework.
Links from around the web
What is local-first web development?
Very exciting to see web devs reinvent the desktop application.
The slow collapse of critical thinking in OSINT due to AI
AI isn't the problem. Uncritical trust is.
An image of an archeologist adventurer who wears a hat and uses a bullwhip
Unfortunately, copyright infringement leads to some cool things.
Bletchley code breaker Betty Webb dies aged 101
Remembering one of the last of the WWII code breakers.
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