Will Ahmad
@willahmad.com
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Quick post about those 'latency numbers every programmer must know'. It became mostly an affirmation of
@sirupsen.bsky.social 's napkin-math repo (bookmark it).
@sirupsen.bsky.social 's napkin-math repo (bookmark it).
January 19, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Quick post about those 'latency numbers every programmer must know'. It became mostly an affirmation of
@sirupsen.bsky.social 's napkin-math repo (bookmark it).
@sirupsen.bsky.social 's napkin-math repo (bookmark it).
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Looking forward to reading @chiphuyen.bsky.social's new book AI Engineering: Building Applications with Foundation Models www.oreilly.com/library/view...
AI Engineering
Recent breakthroughs in AI have not only increased demand for AI products, they've also lowered the barriers to entry for those who want to build AI products. The model-as-a-service approach … - Sele...
www.oreilly.com
December 4, 2024 at 7:00 PM
Looking forward to reading @chiphuyen.bsky.social's new book AI Engineering: Building Applications with Foundation Models www.oreilly.com/library/view...
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The first step in my career was learning how to do things, but it took understanding why I was doing them for my career to take off. I went from completing tasks to asking why, then understanding the impact of my work, and eventually gained the ability to find the most impactful things to work on.
December 3, 2024 at 8:14 PM
The first step in my career was learning how to do things, but it took understanding why I was doing them for my career to take off. I went from completing tasks to asking why, then understanding the impact of my work, and eventually gained the ability to find the most impactful things to work on.
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This is the academic writing equivalent of Alec Baldwin's ABC monologue in Glengarry Glen Ross.
“Here’s what your writing does. It helps a particular set of readers understand better something they wanna understand well. That’s what its job is.”
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtIz...
“Here’s what your writing does. It helps a particular set of readers understand better something they wanna understand well. That’s what its job is.”
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtIz...
December 3, 2024 at 5:33 AM
This is the academic writing equivalent of Alec Baldwin's ABC monologue in Glengarry Glen Ross.
“Here’s what your writing does. It helps a particular set of readers understand better something they wanna understand well. That’s what its job is.”
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtIz...
“Here’s what your writing does. It helps a particular set of readers understand better something they wanna understand well. That’s what its job is.”
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtIz...
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Published a new blog post: Building a Distributed Log Using S3 (Under 150 Lines of Go)
The log is a powerful storage abstraction. Using a log, you can build a database, message queue, or event streaming system. S3 makes it all better and easier!
avi.im/blag/2024/s3...
The log is a powerful storage abstraction. Using a log, you can build a database, message queue, or event streaming system. S3 makes it all better and easier!
avi.im/blag/2024/s3...
![Why S3?
In my previous post, I explained the benefits of Zero Disk Architecture. A log on S3 is attractive for several reasons:
No disks, so it is elastic and scalable.
We don’t have to roll our own distributed storage server. We get durability, availability, and replication for free just by using S3.
No operational overhead.
Cost. Systems like WarpStream and BufStream claim to be 10x cheaper than Kafka.
Customers and enterprises love BYOC! You make $$$
The Log Interface
type Record struct {
Offset uint64
Data []byte
}
type WAL interface {
Append(ctx context.Context, data []byte) (uint64, error)
Read(ctx context.Context, offset uint64) (Record, error)
}](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:iwpxnj7rzdynjkkr7rxaa5is/bafkreihvs274xp7k2vxdy5a4u4x6whdwrgvikgncm3ljkav4dsjqdl43ry@jpeg)
December 1, 2024 at 5:58 PM
Published a new blog post: Building a Distributed Log Using S3 (Under 150 Lines of Go)
The log is a powerful storage abstraction. Using a log, you can build a database, message queue, or event streaming system. S3 makes it all better and easier!
avi.im/blag/2024/s3...
The log is a powerful storage abstraction. Using a log, you can build a database, message queue, or event streaming system. S3 makes it all better and easier!
avi.im/blag/2024/s3...
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The ZenML team has compiled over 300 real-world examples of deploying LLMs in production. It might help technical teams tackle practical challenges with a focus on concrete implementation details while avoiding promotional fluff www.zenml.io/blog/demysti... #dataBS
Demystifying LLMOps: A Practical Database of Real-World Generative AI Implementations - ZenML Blog
The LLMOps Database offers a curated collection of 300+ real-world generative AI implementations, providing technical teams with practical insights into successful LLM deployments. This searchable res...
www.zenml.io
December 2, 2024 at 1:58 PM
The ZenML team has compiled over 300 real-world examples of deploying LLMs in production. It might help technical teams tackle practical challenges with a focus on concrete implementation details while avoiding promotional fluff www.zenml.io/blog/demysti... #dataBS
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"The mean of the distribution will not correspond to the
sample mean. In fact, there is no fat tailed distribution in
which the mean can be properly estimated directly from
the sample mean, unless we have orders of magnitude
more data than we do".
Source: fooledbyrandomness.com/DarwinColleg...
sample mean. In fact, there is no fat tailed distribution in
which the mean can be properly estimated directly from
the sample mean, unless we have orders of magnitude
more data than we do".
Source: fooledbyrandomness.com/DarwinColleg...
fooledbyrandomness.com
November 30, 2024 at 5:30 PM
"The mean of the distribution will not correspond to the
sample mean. In fact, there is no fat tailed distribution in
which the mean can be properly estimated directly from
the sample mean, unless we have orders of magnitude
more data than we do".
Source: fooledbyrandomness.com/DarwinColleg...
sample mean. In fact, there is no fat tailed distribution in
which the mean can be properly estimated directly from
the sample mean, unless we have orders of magnitude
more data than we do".
Source: fooledbyrandomness.com/DarwinColleg...
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The closing of DBDBD 2024 was the "Amsterdam Data Systems" session, with talks from @databricks.bsky.social,
@motherduck.com and @clickhouse.com (due to illness,
@weaviate.bsky.social could not make it). These companies all have a significant presence in Amsterdam.
Videos: bit.ly/cwida-ams-da...
@motherduck.com and @clickhouse.com (due to illness,
@weaviate.bsky.social could not make it). These companies all have a significant presence in Amsterdam.
Videos: bit.ly/cwida-ams-da...
60fps of UX Joy with DuckDB+CloudBoaz by Boaz Leskes (DBDBD 2024)
The Dutch-Belgian DataBase Day (DBDBD) is a yearly one-day workshop, organized in a Belgian or Dutch university, whose general topic is database research. DBDBD 2024 will be held at Science Park in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Website: https://cwida.github.io/dbdbd2024/ In the age of ever more powerful hardware, where your laptop can do more than your typical Datacenter server, MotherDuck leverages DuckDB’s state of the art analytical prowess to drive compute down to your laptop as well as making the most of the Cloud. Combine DuckDB’s versatility to run everywhere (including your browser), augment it with a server-less CDW, and you get (interactive) analytical sessions delivering results in unprecedented speed. So fast it updates your dashboard in 60fps. Biography: Boaz Leskes (MotherDuck Amsterdam) is part of MotherDuck’s founding team and leads its database group. In past life, he spent some years on distributed systems, (Elastic)search and cloud platforms. Will happily talk to any of these, or speed skating, kite surfing, rowing, or any other thing of interest.
bit.ly
November 29, 2024 at 3:56 PM
The closing of DBDBD 2024 was the "Amsterdam Data Systems" session, with talks from @databricks.bsky.social,
@motherduck.com and @clickhouse.com (due to illness,
@weaviate.bsky.social could not make it). These companies all have a significant presence in Amsterdam.
Videos: bit.ly/cwida-ams-da...
@motherduck.com and @clickhouse.com (due to illness,
@weaviate.bsky.social could not make it). These companies all have a significant presence in Amsterdam.
Videos: bit.ly/cwida-ams-da...
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How different teams interact....
November 30, 2024 at 5:06 AM
How different teams interact....
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New blog post: surfingcomplexity.blog/2024/11/27/t...
The Tortoise and the Hare in Alloy
If you’ve done your share of leetcode-style interviewing, and you’re above a certain age, you may have been asked during a technical screen to write a program that determines if a linke…
surfingcomplexity.blog
November 28, 2024 at 6:03 AM
New blog post: surfingcomplexity.blog/2024/11/27/t...
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"Soft skill books that will make you a better developer"
open.substack.com/pub/addyo/p/...
Takeaways from some favorite books that have helped me grow over time.
open.substack.com/pub/addyo/p/...
Takeaways from some favorite books that have helped me grow over time.
November 26, 2024 at 7:14 PM
"Soft skill books that will make you a better developer"
open.substack.com/pub/addyo/p/...
Takeaways from some favorite books that have helped me grow over time.
open.substack.com/pub/addyo/p/...
Takeaways from some favorite books that have helped me grow over time.
Great initiative/podcast by Dr.Werner Vogels (@werner.social) to share insights from seasoned architects thefrugalarchitect.com
The Frugal Architect
thefrugalarchitect.com
November 26, 2024 at 9:31 AM
Great initiative/podcast by Dr.Werner Vogels (@werner.social) to share insights from seasoned architects thefrugalarchitect.com
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"Which Parsing Approach?"
DuckDB's PEG parser post made me go down the rabbit hole and re-read on parsing for a bit. This is a nice overview on different approaches, by @ltratt.bsky.social.
tratt.net/laurie/blog/...
DuckDB's PEG parser post made me go down the rabbit hole and re-read on parsing for a bit. This is a nice overview on different approaches, by @ltratt.bsky.social.
tratt.net/laurie/blog/...
November 24, 2024 at 10:45 AM
"Which Parsing Approach?"
DuckDB's PEG parser post made me go down the rabbit hole and re-read on parsing for a bit. This is a nice overview on different approaches, by @ltratt.bsky.social.
tratt.net/laurie/blog/...
DuckDB's PEG parser post made me go down the rabbit hole and re-read on parsing for a bit. This is a nice overview on different approaches, by @ltratt.bsky.social.
tratt.net/laurie/blog/...
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A stellar week for enthusiasts of system design, formal methods, and simulation continues:
How we use formal modeling, lightweight simulations, and chaos testing to design distributed systems
Lots to read & re-read this weekend ❤️
www.datadoghq.com/blog/enginee...
bsky.app/profile/domi...
How we use formal modeling, lightweight simulations, and chaos testing to design distributed systems
Lots to read & re-read this weekend ❤️
www.datadoghq.com/blog/enginee...
bsky.app/profile/domi...
November 21, 2024 at 7:15 PM
A stellar week for enthusiasts of system design, formal methods, and simulation continues:
How we use formal modeling, lightweight simulations, and chaos testing to design distributed systems
Lots to read & re-read this weekend ❤️
www.datadoghq.com/blog/enginee...
bsky.app/profile/domi...
How we use formal modeling, lightweight simulations, and chaos testing to design distributed systems
Lots to read & re-read this weekend ❤️
www.datadoghq.com/blog/enginee...
bsky.app/profile/domi...
Great device for writing, but quality control needs to be improved a little bit. For now returning my remarkable paper pro 🥲
#remarkable #rmpp
#remarkable #rmpp
November 24, 2024 at 12:27 PM
Great device for writing, but quality control needs to be improved a little bit. For now returning my remarkable paper pro 🥲
#remarkable #rmpp
#remarkable #rmpp
Engineers who can't manage frustration, risk wasting their own and their team's time on non-impactful projects.
November 23, 2024 at 9:20 PM
Engineers who can't manage frustration, risk wasting their own and their team's time on non-impactful projects.