HN blogs - 18/12/23
Colliding Secure Hashes https://www.da.vidbuchanan.co.uk/blog/colliding-secure-hashes.html (HN source)
The OpenAI Assistant could use a Session Back end https://driftingin.space/posts/case-study-assistant (HN source)
The best things and stuff of 2023 https://blog.fogus.me/2023/12/18/the-best-things-and-stuff-of-2023/ (HN source)
Mahjong tiles and Unicode variation selectors https://sethmlarson.dev/unicode-variation-selectors (HN source)
What We Watched (and Didn't Watch): Netflix's First Engagement Report https://matthewhall.com/posts/what-we-watched-and-didnt-watch/ (HN source)
Laravel Under the Hood – Facades https://blog.oussama-mater.tech/laravel-core-facades/ (HN source)
Ruby 3.3 fixes duplicate keyword argument warning bug https://blog.saeloun.com/2023/12/18/ruby-3-3-duplicate-keyword-argument-warning/ (HN source)
Vectors from Leibniz to Einstein https://mathenchant.wordpress.com/2023/12/17/vectors-from-leibniz-to-einstein/ (HN source)
The fundamental missing points in evaluating engineering productivity https://casto-graziano.me/posts/fundamental-missing-points-in-evaluating-engineering-productivity/ (HN source)
RAG vs. Fine-Tuning Comparison https://mkozak.pl/rag-vs-fine-tuning/ (HN source)
Why should you (or anyone) become an engineering manager? https://charity.wtf/2023/12/15/why-should-you-or-anyone-become-an-engineering-manager/ (HN source)
An update on HDR and color management in KWin https://zamundaaa.github.io/wayland/2023/12/18/update-on-hdr-and-colormanagement-in-plasma.html (HN source)
What "work smart, not hard" actually means https://www.yusufbirader.com/writing/what_work_smart_not_hard_actually_means/ (HN source)
I built a gnome shell extension to show how much day/month/year/life has passed https://www.pankajtanwar.in/blog/i-built-a-gnome-shell-extension-to-show-how-much-my-day-month-year-and-life-has-passed (HN source)
The Losers of the Open Source Movement https://www.bramadams.dev/issue-39/ (HN source)