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The economics of voice models
It is a small change on paper and an expensive one in production.
Ada Okafor · 24 May 2024
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The uncomfortable truth about developer portals
The technology is ready. The business model is not.
Tomas Rehn · 14 May 2024
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The limits of mini-ITX motherboards
The trend is real. The timeline is doing most of the work.
Mira Kessler · 14 May 2024
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What comes after save files
The early adopters are enthusiastic. The second wave is not.
Jules Ferrand · 13 May 2024
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What the API deprecations debate misses
Everyone agrees on the goal. Nobody agrees on who pays for it.
Tomas Rehn · 12 May 2024
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early access, five years later
The easy part is shipping. The hard part is maintaining it.
Jules Ferrand · 6 May 2024
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How database migrations got complicated
The change is being driven by costs, not by ambition.
Tomas Rehn · 28 Apr 2024
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The limits of model evaluation
The interesting question is who owns the interface.
Ada Okafor · 27 Apr 2024
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The trouble with desktop CPUs
The change is being driven by costs, not by ambition.
Mira Kessler · 26 Apr 2024
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The uncomfortable truth about ECC memory
The problem is not the idea. It is the second year.
Mira Kessler · 25 Apr 2024
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The quiet crisis in monorepos
The easy part is shipping. The hard part is maintaining it.
Tomas Rehn · 24 Apr 2024
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low-profile coolers: a reality check
The gap between the demo and the deployment is where the money goes.
Mira Kessler · 21 Apr 2024
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The limits of SFX power supplies
This is less a breakthrough than a slow accumulation of fixes.
Mira Kessler · 21 Apr 2024
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The case against monorepos
The interesting part is not the technology but the incentives.
Tomas Rehn · 20 Apr 2024
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embedding models, five years later
The technology is ready. The business model is not.
Ada Okafor · 19 Apr 2024
gamingSubscriber
The trouble with accessibility options
The short version is in the deck. The long version is in the tickets.
Jules Ferrand · 9 Apr 2024
gamingSubscriber
What we get wrong about always-online DRM
It is a small change on paper and an expensive one in production.
Jules Ferrand · 2 Apr 2024
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The next fight over password managers
The details are boring, which usually means they matter.
Nadia Farrow · 31 Mar 2024
gamingSubscriber
How matchmaking got complicated
The technology is ready. The business model is not.
Jules Ferrand · 31 Mar 2024
hardwareSubscriber
The case for external GPU enclosures
This is less a breakthrough than a slow accumulation of fixes.
Mira Kessler · 28 Mar 2024
hardwareSubscriber
The next fight over memory training
The people closest to the work are the least surprised.
Mira Kessler · 27 Mar 2024
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What the computer museums debate misses
Everyone agrees on the goal. Nobody agrees on who pays for it.
Nadia Farrow · 26 Mar 2024
hardwareSubscriber
No silver bullet for motherboard VRMs
The result is plausible, but the methodology is carrying it.
Mira Kessler · 25 Mar 2024
gamingSubscriber
The trouble with matchmaking
The result is plausible, but the methodology is carrying it.
Jules Ferrand · 23 Mar 2024
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What the context windows debate misses
The people closest to the work are the least surprised.
Ada Okafor · 23 Mar 2024
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A field guide to remote work
The trend is real. The timeline is doing most of the work.
Nadia Farrow · 23 Mar 2024
hardwareSubscriber
The long road to NAS drives
The market has moved faster than the documentation.
Mira Kessler · 14 Mar 2024
hardwareSubscriber
The economics of PCIe retimers
The gap between the demo and the deployment is where the money goes.
Mira Kessler · 12 Mar 2024
gamingSubscriber
The problem with cross-play
The change is being driven by costs, not by ambition.
Jules Ferrand · 12 Mar 2024
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The quiet crisis in version control
This is less a breakthrough than a slow accumulation of fixes.
Tomas Rehn · 9 Mar 2024
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Everyone is wrong about password managers
The easy part is shipping. The hard part is maintaining it.
Nadia Farrow · 8 Mar 2024
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How image models got complicated
The market has moved faster than the documentation.
Ada Okafor · 8 Mar 2024
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What the embedding models debate misses
The pressure is coming from the supply chain, not the roadmap.
Ada Okafor · 8 Mar 2024
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A short history of memory training
A small change in a standard can take years to reach the shelf.
Mira Kessler · 3 Mar 2024
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The next fight over coworking spaces
The tooling is better than it was. So are the expectations.
Nadia Farrow · 24 Feb 2024
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The hidden cost of benchmark contamination
A small change in a standard can take years to reach the shelf.
Ada Okafor · 21 Feb 2024
gamingSubscriber
A short history of game servers
The interesting question is who owns the interface.
Jules Ferrand · 20 Feb 2024
gamingSubscriber
No silver bullet for regional pricing
The headline is simple. The second-order effects are not.
Jules Ferrand · 19 Feb 2024
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Beyond desktop CPUs
The story is less about the announcement than the aftermath.
Mira Kessler · 18 Feb 2024
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No silver bullet for self-hosted software
A small change in a standard can take years to reach the shelf.
Tomas Rehn · 14 Feb 2024
hardwareSubscriber
What we get wrong about refurbished laptops
The change is being driven by costs, not by ambition.
Mira Kessler · 11 Feb 2024
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A field guide to model distillation
The interesting question is who owns the interface.
Ada Okafor · 10 Feb 2024
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Beyond package registries
The fix is known. The hard part is paying for it now.
Tomas Rehn · 7 Feb 2024
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What we get wrong about image models
Everyone agrees on the goal. Nobody agrees on who pays for it.
Ada Okafor · 7 Feb 2024
gamingSubscriber
Beyond early access
The story is less about the announcement than the aftermath.
Jules Ferrand · 6 Feb 2024
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The uncomfortable truth about latency budgets
The result is plausible, but the methodology is carrying it.
Ada Okafor · 6 Feb 2024
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The quiet crisis in multimodal models
The short version is in the deck. The long version is in the tickets.
Ada Okafor · 3 Feb 2024
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A short history of build caches
The problem is not the idea. It is the second year.
Tomas Rehn · 28 Jan 2024
aiSubscriber
The trouble with embedding models
It is a small change on paper and an expensive one in production.
Ada Okafor · 27 Jan 2024
gamingSubscriber
Beyond difficulty settings
A small change in a standard can take years to reach the shelf.
Jules Ferrand · 26 Jan 2024
gamingSubscriber
The bill for upscaling is coming due
The gap between the demo and the deployment is where the money goes.
Jules Ferrand · 24 Jan 2024
gamingSubscriber
The hidden cost of live-service games
The measurements are real. The conclusions are doing fieldwork.
Jules Ferrand · 16 Jan 2024
cultureSubscriber
The trouble with tool lending
The problem is not the idea. It is the second year.
Nadia Farrow · 14 Jan 2024
cultureSubscriber
Everyone is wrong about maker spaces
The pressure is coming from the supply chain, not the roadmap.
Nadia Farrow · 13 Jan 2024
cultureSubscriber
The case for film photography
It is a small change on paper and an expensive one in production.
Nadia Farrow · 9 Jan 2024
gamingSubscriber
The case for emulation
The measurements are real. The conclusions are doing fieldwork.
Jules Ferrand · 8 Jan 2024
hardwareSubscriber
The quiet crisis in memory training
The easy part is shipping. The hard part is maintaining it.
Mira Kessler · 6 Jan 2024
gamingSubscriber
The limits of microtransactions
The result is plausible, but the methodology is carrying it.
Jules Ferrand · 3 Jan 2024
gamingSubscriber
The quiet crisis in speedrunning
The tooling is better than it was. So are the expectations.
Jules Ferrand · 2 Jan 2024
hardwareSubscriber
What comes after external GPU enclosures
The measurements are real. The conclusions are doing fieldwork.
Mira Kessler · 1 Jan 2024