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The State Space Solution to Hallucinations: How State Space Models are Slicing the Competition
AI-powered search tools often hallucinate and make up facts, misquote sources, and recycle outdated information. The real cause of this is tied to the architecture of most AI models: Transformer. In this article, author Albert Lie explains why transformers struggle with hallucinations, how State Space Models (SSMs) offer a solution, and what this shift could mean for the future of AI search.
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Analyzing Apache Kafka Stretch Clusters: WAN Disruptions, Failure Scenarios, and DR Strategies
Proficient in analyzing the dynamics of Apache Kafka Stretch Clusters, I assess WAN disruptions and devise effective Disaster Recovery (DR) strategies. With deep expertise, I ensure high availability and data integrity across multi-region deployments. My insights optimize operational resilience, safeguarding vital services against service level agreement violations.
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Decentralized Architecture Needs More Than Autonomy
Architectural success in decentralized systems depends more on how decisions are made than on system design alone. Replacing control with trust requires visible, structured practices—such as ADRs and advice forums—to build confidence and clarity.
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How Staff+ Engineers Can Develop Strategic Thinking
This article outlines a personal framework for cultivating strategic thinking at any career stage, with a focus on Staff+ engineers. Whether you're an established Staff+ engineer or someone with aspirations to grow into this role, this article offers the tools, perspectives, and insights you need to navigate your journey to greater influence and impact.
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We Took Developers out of the Portal: How APIOps and IaC Reshaped Our API Strategy
Dynamic API strategist with expertise in transforming legacy management into efficient APIOps frameworks using Infrastructure as Code (IaC). Proven track record in automating API lifecycles, enhancing security, and fostering developer productivity through CI/CD integration. Adept at driving operational excellence and consistency across environments, enabling rapid deployment and innovation.
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Spotting Image Differences in Visual Software Testing with AI
Current AI, including multimodal models, fails at robust visual regression testing, missing structural changes that pixel-based tools flag as false positives. This article proposes a CNN-based solution to compare image segments, tolerating minor displacements. For larger distortions, a multi-scale algorithm realigns the images before comparison, isolating the true differences.
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Using Traffic Mirroring to Debug and Test Microservices in Production-Like Environments
Traffic mirroring has evolved from a network security tool to a robust method for debugging and testing microservices using real-world data. By safely duplicating production traffic to a shadow environment, teams can replicate elusive bugs, profile performance under actual load, validate new features, and detect regressions, ensuring that production remains isolated and user experiences intact.
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Bringing GPU-Level Performance to Enterprise Java: a Practical Guide to CUDA Integration
Java developers are no longer limited by CPU cores. This guide explores how to bring GPU-level acceleration to enterprise Java using Compute Unified Device Architecture (CUDA), with a practical Java Native Interface (JNI)-based integration pattern, real-world use case, and performance benchmarks. If you're solving high-throughput challenges, this article shows how to make Java truly parallel.
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Developer Joy: a Better Way to Boost Developer Productivity
In this article, Holly and Trisha explore why joy isn’t a distraction from productivity: it’s the secret ingredient. From debugging brain waves in the middle of a jog to cutting out test flakiness, they explain how to reclaim developer satisfaction and boost output by embracing curiosity, minimizing friction, and giving ourselves a break.
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The MVP Dilemma: Scale Now or Scale Later?
Scaling a system is a hard problem to solve. Underinvesting in scalability leads to a shortened lifespan for the system, but overinvesting can kill the MVP business case because of cost.
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Designing Resilient Event-Driven Systems at Scale
Learn how to design resilient event-driven systems that scale. Explore key patterns like shuffle sharding and decoupling queues to handle load spikes and failures. Understand common pitfalls like over-relying on retries and neglecting observability for robust, scalable architectures.
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Faster, Smoother, More Engaging: Personalized Content Pagination
Dynamic content loading powered by AI transforms user experiences by personalizing delivery based on user's behavior and network conditions. By analyzing scroll depth, speed, and dwell time, we optimize loading times, enhance engagement, and reduce infrastructure costs, especially on devices with poor internet connectivity.