In between meetings today, I was reading up on how embeddings and vector databases actually work. At some point, I’ll build a demo to see it for myself. Meanwhile, I read other content today as well.
[blog] PostgreSQL as a Vector Database: Create, Store, and Query OpenAI Embeddings With pgvector. This part of my random learning for the day. As were these product docs about getting embeddings, and this notebook.
[blog] Switching Build Systems, Seamlessly. The Spotify Engineering team shared their experience upgrading the build system for their iOS client.
[article] What is -1 to 0? A Philosophy of Ideation. You might have heard the term “0 to 1” which refers to the practice of creating something new. This post looks at how you decide where to put your energy in the first place.
[article] Three Dimensions of Developer Productivity. Measure desired outcomes versus raw activities. This piece may help you do that.
[article] 10 trends Gartner expects to shape enterprise tech in 2024. None of these should be particular shocking to our audience here.
[article] The Challenge of Innovation: Microsoft’s Struggle with Backward Compatibility. If you’re struggling with backwards compatibility, that’s because you’ve been successful and people have used your products for a long time. Great problem! But, it does make it harder to introduce major changes.
[blog] This Will Make You Feel More Positive: 11 Secrets From Research. I’m one of those annoyingly positive people. It doesn’t mean I don’t experience or observe hardship and pain, but I choose to not be focused on it. This post has advice for resetting your frame.
[blog] Unleashing the Power of Generative AI in BigQuery. Good walkthrough of a handful of ways that you can take advantage of generative AI with your analytics workloads.
[article] 5 Steps to a Complete Meeting Overhaul. The first and third ones on this list really resonated with me. Maybe give your meetings a tune-up?
[blog] How to Thrive and Grow in Software Industry as an Introvert. I’m unquestionably an introvert, but can dial up the social engagement when I need to. This post may resonate with many of you.
[blog] Windows Server 2012 is welcome on Google Cloud, even after End of Support. The best workloads for public cloud are new apps or existing ones with modern architectures. But there are times that you want to take your heritage/legacy/ancient servers and move them too.
[article] JetBrains unveils tool for creating technical documentation. I’ve seen lots of unique, home-grown ways people create docs. Maybe we’re coming into an era with more powerful packaged options?
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