Functional DevOps in a Dysfunctional World
Explore Nix package manager for reliable software development, including reproducible environments, consistent installations, and simplified deployments. Learn to integrate Nix into your workflow.
Can Androids Conceive of Electric Sheep
Explore the journey of creating an android artist, delving into biomechanics, cognition, creativity, and insight simulation. Discover novel applications and thought-provoking questions about artificial artistic expression.
How We Tell Stories in Code
Explore how effective software development parallels storytelling, emphasizing intuition, adaptability, and human-centric design to create systems that thrive in unpredictable real-world scenarios.
Complexities of Color in Computing
Explore color's impact on computing, from ADA compliance to AI challenges. Uncover hidden complexities in color perception, implementation, and its historical significance in technology.
Federated Learning - Private Distributed ML
Explore federated learning for private, distributed machine learning across devices or entities, addressing data sharing constraints while enabling collaborative model training.
Beyond Alt-Text - Trends in Online Accessibility
Trends in web accessibility: from alt-text to high contrast modes. Learn common issues, validation tools, and best practices for creating inclusive websites that comply with accessibility standards.
Assistive Augmentation - Lip Reading with AI
Explore AI-powered lip reading technology as an assistive solution for the deaf and hard of hearing, addressing challenges and showcasing implementation for improved accessibility in various settings.
ASTRIAGraph - Toward an Open, Transparent, and Crowdsourced Space Traffic and Environment Monitoring and Awareness System
Explore space traffic monitoring with ASTRIAGraph, an innovative system for tracking and identifying objects in orbit, addressing challenges in space safety and sustainability.
Uptime 15,364 Days - The Computers of Voyager
Explore the enduring computing systems of NASA's Voyager probes, launched in 1977 and still operational. Learn about their design, adaptability, and resilience in space exploration.
Digital and Social Resilience through the NYC Mesh
Explore NYC Mesh's community-run network, empowering users with high-speed internet access, technical skills, and digital resilience through decentralized infrastructure and educational initiatives.
Towards an Open, Reasonable Web
Explore ReasonML's evolution, its benefits for web development, and its growing open-source community. Learn about cross-platform development breakthroughs and challenges in emerging technologies.
Declarative APIs in an Imperative World
Explore integrating imperative APIs with declarative UI frameworks, addressing challenges and solutions in modern web development while considering historical software trends.
Designing 1000 Genomes in a Single Bound - The Codon DSL
Explore DNA design and genome editing with Codon, a powerful DSL for specifying large-scale genetic modifications. Learn how Zymergen uses this tool to revolutionize industrial microbial engineering and synthetic biology.
Practical Applications of the Dickerson Pyramid
Exploring real-world implementations of the Dickerson Pyramid for Site Reliability Engineering, with examples from Google, Hillary for America, and First Look Media.
Flutter - How We're Building a UI Framework for Tomorrow at Google
Explore Flutter's innovative approach to mobile UI development, featuring rapid hot reload, efficient rendering, and cross-platform compatibility for creating high-quality iOS and Android apps.
Dependent Types in Haskell
Explore dependent types in Haskell, their influence on GHC, and practical applications through an extended example. Learn about current capabilities, challenges, and surprises in language design.
Geo-Replicated Transactions in 1.5RTT
Explore geo-replicated transactions with a new commit protocol that reduces latency in distributed systems. Learn about Consus, a key-value store optimizing transaction execution across data centers.
Rebuilding the Cathedral
Explore evolving challenges in open source collaboration, funding gaps, and strategies for sustainability in the digital infrastructure landscape.
The Hows and Whys of a Distributed SQL Database
Explore the evolution of databases and dive into distributed SQL systems, focusing on CockroachDB's design choices for scalability, consistency, and high availability.
Measuring and Optimizing Tail Latency
Explore techniques for measuring and optimizing tail latency in data centers, focusing on innovative tools, methodologies, and approaches to enhance server efficiency and user experience.
Narrated Reality
Explore neural networks for creative language applications, from expressive image captioning to AI-generated screenplays, with insights on new interfaces and forms for written expression.