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Pitfalls of Unified Memory Models in GPUs

Joe Rowell explores the use of unified memory on modern GPU, the low-level details of how unified memory is realized on an x86-64 system, and some of the tools to understand what's happening on a GPU.

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Architecture & Design

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When DevOps Runs Its Course - We Need Platform as a Runtime

Aviran Mordo describes how Wix is building its own Platform as a Runtime (PaaR) infrastructure that allows developers to ship software faster, more securely, and with higher quality.

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AI, ML & Data Engineering

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Generally AI - Season 2 - Episode 1: Generative AI and Creativity

Hosts Roland and Anthony discuss how AI is being used to make creativity more accessible. While some Generative AI content lacks variety and artistic depth, there is potential for AI to assist human creators rather than replace them. They also explore the challenge of evaluating generative AI models.

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Culture & Methods

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The Art, Science and Psychology of Decision Making

Hannes Ricklefs makes an exploration into the science behind decision-making, with tips and tricks to improve the ability to make sound personal and professional choices.

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DevOps

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Improving Developer Experience with Platform Engineering

Platform engineering has become a hot topic over the last several years. The need to deliver software with speed, safety, and efficiency has driven the rise of platforms designed “as a product” with the internal customer, the developer. In this InfoQ emag, we bring together insights from platform builders, practitioners, and developer experience leaders at the forefront of these topics.

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Summary

In this talk from RubyFringe, Damien Katz explains what drove him to create CouchDB, why he chose Erlang and more.

Bio

Damien Katz has worked for Lotus, MySQL, IBM and is the creator of CouchDB. He blogs at http://damienkatz.net/ .

About the conference

RubyFringe is an avant-garde conference for developers that are excited about emerging Ruby projects and technologies. They're mounting a unique and eccentric gathering of the people and projects that are driving things forward in our community.