Lessons learned at the kitchen counter with the editor of Julia Child, Edna Lewis, M. F. K. Fisher, and James Beard. This is a story told in lunches. It is April of 2013, and I am in the kitchen with
In the annals of human thought, certain individuals stand out as beacons of reason and enlightenment, guiding humanity toward a deeper understanding of ourselves and the universe we inhabit. Among the
Manatees can be tricky to count—even for trained professionals. But scientists might find some help with a new machine learning method. Manatees gather near Blue Spring. Photo courtesy Save the Manate
A study has found that software projects adopting Agile practices are 268 percent more likely to fail than those that do not. Even though the research commissioned by consultancy Engprax could be seen
OpenAI has raised tens of billions of dollars to develop AI technologies that are changing the world. But there's one glaring problem: it's still struggling to understand how its tech actually works.
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge The smart home should be a natural evolution of our homes, bringing better appliances, better systems, and better experiences. But so far, it’s been complicated
The following is an adapted excerpt from writer and former Hakai Magazine editor Amorina Kingdon’s new book, Sing Like Fish: How Sound Rules Life Under Water. It’s late September, and autumn colors fl
On the morning of 11 September 2001, an 18-year-old was driving his white Honda Civic on the way to work as a freelance web designer. It was a beautiful day under a sparkling blue sky, and as he sped
Scenes of Attention Essays on Mind, Time, and the Senses Edited by D. Graham Burnett and Justin E. H. Smith Columbia University Press Share Pub Date: November 2023 ISBN: 9780231211192 Format: Paperbac
Coding and programming languages are the building blocks of our modern digital world. But although the most significant developments in this field have happened within living memory, the history of co
…and how we rewrote the heart of sync with confidence. Executing a full rewrite of the Dropbox sync engine was pretty daunting. (Read more about our goals and how we made the decision in our previous
August 2023 • discussion on Hacker News At a well-run seed stage startup, engineers will often describe the work experience as intoxicating. At a larger company, the best you get is "enjoyable". Why d
“Moveable Type,” the public art installation in the New York Times’s lobby, is ending its 17-year run. The Times, which is replacing the exhibit as part of an update to its lobby, will share further d
2 min read· Dec 31, 2023 -- 1. The Value of Analog Experiences Technology has undoubtedly revolutionized our lives, but it has also come at a cost. The internet has made many things more convenient an
The invention of the MP3 format in 1993 didn’t make any mainstream news headlines. In hindsight, however, it was a pivotal moment that would revolutionize music consumption, and more. Invented by the
A few months ago I had the opportunity to have dinner with Ramit Sethi. We shot the breeze about business topics for a little while — optimizing email opt-in rates, A/B testing to victory, pricing str
In a fitting illustration last week of the Chinese leadership’s unrelenting efforts to manipulate collective memory, an online essay with a shocking revelation about the wholesale disappearance of Chi
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I've been running software book clubs almost continuously since last summer, about 12 months ago. We read through Designing Data-Intensive Applications, Database Internals, Systems Performance, and we
A personal machine balances access to another world with the kinds of limits and boundaries that make a thing private. A lifelong fascination with technology begins with a single object. Think back to
Redict was originally created by Salvatore Sanfilippo under the name "Redis". Around 2018 he started losing interest in the project to pursue a science fiction career and gave stewardship of the proje
Sometimes, programming projects are too easy and boring. Sometimes, they're too hard, never ending or producing subpar results. This past week I had the pleasure of completing a project that felt like
On most CI/CD platforms, the developer experience of debugging tasks is painful. Part of the problem stems from having to git push to run workflows, which we've written about and solved by providing a
21 min read· Mar 10, 2016 -- As someone who creates open-source software, I spend a lot of time thinking about how to make software better. This is unavoidable: there’s an unending stream of pleas for
HBO To many, MoviePass was an overnight sensation whose too good to be true monthly cost was a sign of its potential to revolutionize the theater industry. The promise of being able to see as many new
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Russ Cox rsc@swtch.com January 2012 Introduction In the summer of 2006, I was lucky enough to be an intern at Google. At the time, Google had an internal tool called gsearch that acted as if it ran gr
Spelman College Commencement, 2021 (Paras Griffin/Getty Images). Let's get a few things straight to start with. First, higher education as it currently exists is not going anywhere. There are more tha
Study for Les Demoiselles d’Avignon, Pablo Picasso, 1907. (Photo by Luiz Souza/NurPhoto via Getty Images.) AI might put artists out of business. It will not, however, replace them. It will not—cannot—
Tomorrow marks the start of the 118th Congress. As political discourse resumes, the phrase we’re likely to hear is that staple of progressive rhetoric: “the right side of history.” We will be told tha
Yale students, 1937 (Getty). As Persuasion returns from our summer break we are publishing an essay by William Deresiewicz, an author, critic and former Yale professor. The piece is a provocative anti
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Matthew Strother (courtesy of Berta Willisch). This article is part of a new Persuasion series on the future of universities. Universities are in crisis—losing public support, shaken by internal divis
Reading Time: 15 minutes Four ginever glasses with different flavors of liqueur sit on a mirrored table at Distilleerderij’t Nieuwe Diep in Fevopark, Amsterdam. Only one manufacturer makes these tradi
Friends of OpenJDK Today DataStax Performance Tools May 29, 2024 Unique Views: 4,214 sinceMay, 2024 Author(s) Jonathan Ellis Jonathan is the co-founder and CTO of DataStax. Before DataStax, he spent s
Smartphone cameras have significantly improved in recent years. Computational photography and AI allow these devices to capture stunning images that can surpass what we see with the naked eye. Photos
I have given up on being able to properly pronounce the last name of today’s guest writer. But anytime I see the byline William Deresiewicz I make sure to read very carefully. He first came on my rada
This tweet (see screenshot) was trending on Twitter (X) and it caught my attention. It’s another instance of gotchas in Python due to its unique implementation details. We know floating point math isn
Ilya Strebulaev at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and his colleague Alex Dang just came out with a book that should be on your summer reading list – The Venture Mindset. Thanks for reading P
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