Stop Overusing useState in React.
The Syncing Trap: How We End Up in useEffect Hell The biggest culprit behind state overconsumption is the desire to sync data. Let’s look at a realistic scenario: you are…
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AWS Weekly Roundup: NY Summit recap, Local Zone in Hanoi, Grok 4.3 in Bedrock, price reductions, and more (June 22, 2026)
Last week AWS Summit New York City brought together thousands of customers, partners, and builders for a free, one-day event showcasing the latest in cloud and AI innovation. Dr. Swami…
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translate() | CSS-Tricks
The CSS translate() function shifts an element from its default position on a two-dimensional plane. This way, we can reposition an element horizontally, vertically, or both. .parent:hover .box { transform: translate(50px, 50%);…
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PySpark for Beginners: Building Intermediate-Level Skills
my first two articles in this series, you’ve already covered a lot of ground. You know how to create a SparkSession, load data into a DataFrame, define schemas, clean messy…
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so much has changed in 6 months’ time
Scheduling note: there will be no edition of The Pulse on Thursday as I’m in San Francisco for the next week and a half, visiting AI labs and startups, and…
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SpaceXAI’s Grok 4.5 Undercuts Anthropic and OpenAI on Coding Agent Pricing
SpaceXAI has shipped Grok 4.5, the first model it built jointly with Cursor since acquiring the AI coding platform, and the pitch is squarely aimed at engineering teams watching their…
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Why Mental Health Apps Shouldn’t Follow Every UI Fashion — Smashing Magazine
Many UI trends are designed to capture attention and signal innovation, but those goals often conflict with the needs of mental health apps: reducing cognitive strain, fostering trust, and providing…
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Attention is all you profile
The series “Profiling in PyTorch” is meant to make you comfortable reading profiler traces and tables. In Part 1 we profiled basic math operations like addition and multiplication. We saw…
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June 2026 FOMC Reaction: A Hawkish Hold
The FOMC kept its target federal funds rate unchanged today, but signaled higher rates may be on the horizon. Key points: The FOMC voted today to hold its target federal…
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GitHub availability report: June 2026
Last month, we added a new section to our monthly reports with updates on GitHub’s availability work and the infrastructure investments behind it. The response and the questions we heard…
