Mircea Cadariu
@mcadariu.bsky.social
Lead Developer @sig_eu • Data systems builder • Code mender • Flâneur • Highlands explorer • Hello👋🏻 • https://dev.to/mcadariu
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Got the cover design for the second edition of DDIA from the publisher. Now just need to finish the effin’ manuscript…
May 23, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Got the cover design for the second edition of DDIA from the publisher. Now just need to finish the effin’ manuscript…
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Java may be 30 years old, but it is in its lane, focused, and flourishing. ✨
Let’s take a look at how it’s evolved over the decades and why learning Java could be good for your career. ⬇️
Let’s take a look at how it’s evolved over the decades and why learning Java could be good for your career. ⬇️
Why Java endures: The foundation of modern enterprise development
For 30 years, Java has been a cornerstone of enterprise software development. Here’s why—and how to learn Java.
github.blog
March 23, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Java may be 30 years old, but it is in its lane, focused, and flourishing. ✨
Let’s take a look at how it’s evolved over the decades and why learning Java could be good for your career. ⬇️
Let’s take a look at how it’s evolved over the decades and why learning Java could be good for your career. ⬇️
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If you missed (or want to revisit) @gwenshap.bsky.social's 🔥 P99 CONF keynote "High Performance on a Low Budget," here's your chance. thenewstack.io/high-perform... via @thenewstack.io
February 20, 2025 at 6:09 PM
If you missed (or want to revisit) @gwenshap.bsky.social's 🔥 P99 CONF keynote "High Performance on a Low Budget," here's your chance. thenewstack.io/high-perform... via @thenewstack.io
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"I don’t need an agent, I want to maintain my own agency."
"Can we get back to building a web where people have agency instead of inhuman agents?"
This ties into much of what I was thinking about earlier today. Pondering what kind of web *do* we want?
www.miriamsuzanne.com/2025/02/12/t...
"Can we get back to building a web where people have agency instead of inhuman agents?"
This ties into much of what I was thinking about earlier today. Pondering what kind of web *do* we want?
www.miriamsuzanne.com/2025/02/12/t...
Tech continues to be political
And the politics aren't looking great
www.miriamsuzanne.com
February 13, 2025 at 9:28 PM
"I don’t need an agent, I want to maintain my own agency."
"Can we get back to building a web where people have agency instead of inhuman agents?"
This ties into much of what I was thinking about earlier today. Pondering what kind of web *do* we want?
www.miriamsuzanne.com/2025/02/12/t...
"Can we get back to building a web where people have agency instead of inhuman agents?"
This ties into much of what I was thinking about earlier today. Pondering what kind of web *do* we want?
www.miriamsuzanne.com/2025/02/12/t...
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I’d say probably more like Joffrey Baratheon
Hanging out with Elon Musk is probably a bit like hanging out with Martin Scorsese's character from Taxi Driver.
February 8, 2025 at 9:58 PM
I’d say probably more like Joffrey Baratheon
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If you change your code and it starts working 10 times faster, you started doing something clever.
If you change your code and it runs a hundred times faster, you stopped doing something stupid.
If you change your code and it runs a hundred times faster, you stopped doing something stupid.
January 28, 2025 at 6:36 PM
If you change your code and it starts working 10 times faster, you started doing something clever.
If you change your code and it runs a hundred times faster, you stopped doing something stupid.
If you change your code and it runs a hundred times faster, you stopped doing something stupid.
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New post: "Can We Retain the Benefits of Transitive Dependencies Without Undermining Security?" tratt.net/laurie/blog/...
January 28, 2025 at 11:34 AM
New post: "Can We Retain the Benefits of Transitive Dependencies Without Undermining Security?" tratt.net/laurie/blog/...
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Reluctantly spent part of the weekend trying to interpret the DeepSeek R1 manic panic happening on the hell site.
Took a minute, but wrote myself notes to clarify the basics: maggieappleton.com/2025-01-deep...
TLDR; a cheaper, higher-quality, open-source reasoning model for everyone. Net good.
Took a minute, but wrote myself notes to clarify the basics: maggieappleton.com/2025-01-deep...
TLDR; a cheaper, higher-quality, open-source reasoning model for everyone. Net good.
DeepSeek
Maggie's digital garden filled with visual essays on programming, design, and anthropology
maggieappleton.com
January 26, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Reluctantly spent part of the weekend trying to interpret the DeepSeek R1 manic panic happening on the hell site.
Took a minute, but wrote myself notes to clarify the basics: maggieappleton.com/2025-01-deep...
TLDR; a cheaper, higher-quality, open-source reasoning model for everyone. Net good.
Took a minute, but wrote myself notes to clarify the basics: maggieappleton.com/2025-01-deep...
TLDR; a cheaper, higher-quality, open-source reasoning model for everyone. Net good.
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“Celebrated are the minimal dependencies, the humble function that just quietly does the job, the code that doesn't need to be touched for years because it was done right once.” lucumr.pocoo.org/2025/1/24/bu...
Build It Yourself
We need a vibe shift on dependencies in programming.
lucumr.pocoo.org
January 24, 2025 at 12:46 PM
“Celebrated are the minimal dependencies, the humble function that just quietly does the job, the code that doesn't need to be touched for years because it was done right once.” lucumr.pocoo.org/2025/1/24/bu...
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Must-read: AI copilots as Option Value by the ever-brilliant
@realgenekim.bsky.social
1. Build things faster
2. Tackle more ambitious projects
3. Build things yourself
4. Have more fun
5. Explore more options
Guaranteed return on the ~15 minute investment!
itrevolution.com/articles/gen...
@realgenekim.bsky.social
1. Build things faster
2. Tackle more ambitious projects
3. Build things yourself
4. Have more fun
5. Explore more options
Guaranteed return on the ~15 minute investment!
itrevolution.com/articles/gen...
Potential GenAI Impact On DORA Metrics: Five Dimensions Of Value For Developers—Especially Creating Option Value!
Having helped establish the DORA metrics a decade ago, Gene Kim explores the puzzling DORA 2024 findings: why did GenAI boost learning and flow, yet decrease stability? I make the claim that we need t...
itrevolution.com
January 12, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Must-read: AI copilots as Option Value by the ever-brilliant
@realgenekim.bsky.social
1. Build things faster
2. Tackle more ambitious projects
3. Build things yourself
4. Have more fun
5. Explore more options
Guaranteed return on the ~15 minute investment!
itrevolution.com/articles/gen...
@realgenekim.bsky.social
1. Build things faster
2. Tackle more ambitious projects
3. Build things yourself
4. Have more fun
5. Explore more options
Guaranteed return on the ~15 minute investment!
itrevolution.com/articles/gen...
Misty views from today’s Boxing day walk in the Peak District, England
December 26, 2024 at 6:13 PM
Misty views from today’s Boxing day walk in the Peak District, England
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So excited to announce the preview launch of S2! s2.dev/blog/intro
Introducing S2
The Log – made serverless
s2.dev
December 20, 2024 at 9:02 PM
So excited to announce the preview launch of S2! s2.dev/blog/intro
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You see, it turns out observability is pretty useless because it doesn’t do anything.
Yet... Somehow? It’s this thing that we’ve been able to grow into a multi billion dollar industry composed entirely out of “get a bunch of data, and then…”
That’s it??
hazelweakly.me/blog/the-fut...
Yet... Somehow? It’s this thing that we’ve been able to grow into a multi billion dollar industry composed entirely out of “get a bunch of data, and then…”
That’s it??
hazelweakly.me/blog/the-fut...
The Future of Observability: Observability 3.0 | Hazel Weakly
Observability, so hot right now. Over the years, we’ve seen observability go from an unknown concept to a ubiquitious phrase that everyone is desperate to stamp...
hazelweakly.me
December 17, 2024 at 5:14 PM
You see, it turns out observability is pretty useless because it doesn’t do anything.
Yet... Somehow? It’s this thing that we’ve been able to grow into a multi billion dollar industry composed entirely out of “get a bunch of data, and then…”
That’s it??
hazelweakly.me/blog/the-fut...
Yet... Somehow? It’s this thing that we’ve been able to grow into a multi billion dollar industry composed entirely out of “get a bunch of data, and then…”
That’s it??
hazelweakly.me/blog/the-fut...
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Ringo has entered the building. Can’t believe we get to see two Beatles. 🔥 Paul McCartney at the o2 London. Wow.
December 19, 2024 at 11:08 PM
Ringo has entered the building. Can’t believe we get to see two Beatles. 🔥 Paul McCartney at the o2 London. Wow.
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December 12, 2024 at 9:09 AM
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Bravo Romania - its court annulled the 1st round of elections due to online interference by russia bc 1 candidate received “preferential treatment on social media platforms, which … distort[ed] … voters’ expressed will.” Does anyone doubt the same thing happened here?
apnews.com/article/roma...
apnews.com/article/roma...
Romania's top court annuls first round of presidential vote won by far-right candidate
A top Romanian court has annulled the first round of the country’s presidential election, days after declassified intelligence alleged Russia ran a coordinated online campaign to promote the far-right...
apnews.com
December 7, 2024 at 1:37 AM
Bravo Romania - its court annulled the 1st round of elections due to online interference by russia bc 1 candidate received “preferential treatment on social media platforms, which … distort[ed] … voters’ expressed will.” Does anyone doubt the same thing happened here?
apnews.com/article/roma...
apnews.com/article/roma...
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This obituary for the award-winning costume designer of Peaky Blinders, Stephanie Collie, is a wonderful tribute to her research process and skill. It’s easy to criticise costumes in TV historical dramas, but historical inaccuracies are rarely errors, they’re often storytelling choices
December 1, 2024 at 10:49 AM
This obituary for the award-winning costume designer of Peaky Blinders, Stephanie Collie, is a wonderful tribute to her research process and skill. It’s easy to criticise costumes in TV historical dramas, but historical inaccuracies are rarely errors, they’re often storytelling choices
The major cause of bad software is constantly solving imaginary problems
December 1, 2024 at 8:37 AM
The major cause of bad software is constantly solving imaginary problems
Happy Thanksgiving! 🍁
November 28, 2024 at 9:25 AM
Happy Thanksgiving! 🍁
The best explanation of floating point I came across, really helps understanding
fabiensanglard.net/floating_poi...
fabiensanglard.net/floating_poi...
Floating Point Visually Explained
fabiensanglard.net
November 28, 2024 at 6:56 AM
The best explanation of floating point I came across, really helps understanding
fabiensanglard.net/floating_poi...
fabiensanglard.net/floating_poi...
Let’s get this show on the road!
November 22, 2024 at 7:19 AM
Let’s get this show on the road!
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Spring Boot 3.4.0 available now
Level up your Java code and explore what Spring can do for you.
spring.io
November 21, 2024 at 7:17 PM
Hehe, no more poking fun at the name allowed, they stepped up 👏 buff.ly/3YWbU1j
Amazon Aurora Serverless v2 supports scaling to zero capacity - AWS
Discover more about what's new at AWS with Amazon Aurora Serverless v2 supports scaling to zero capacity
buff.ly
November 21, 2024 at 8:54 AM
Hehe, no more poking fun at the name allowed, they stepped up 👏 buff.ly/3YWbU1j
Great explanation of how binary quantization works. Give this a try if you have large vector datasets, gains seem impressive (at expense of small retrieval accuracy degradation) emschwartz.me/binary-vecto...
Binary vector embeddings are so cool
Vector embeddings by themselves are pretty neat. Binary quantized vector embeddings are extra impressive. In short, they can retain 95+% retrieval accuracy with 32x compression 🤯.
emschwartz.me
November 21, 2024 at 6:16 AM
Great explanation of how binary quantization works. Give this a try if you have large vector datasets, gains seem impressive (at expense of small retrieval accuracy degradation) emschwartz.me/binary-vecto...