The Pelican comparison grid for Astra is pretty interesting
The Pelican comparison grid for Astra is pretty interesting 4th September 2026 I got access to GPT-6 Astra this afternoon, so naturally I used it to generate SVGs of pelicans…
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Enterprise AI transformation relies on the end-to-end platform: Azure was built for this moment
Summary The recognition for Microsoft over the past couple of weeks comes down to models, infrastructure, data, applications, and developer tools working as one system when AI moves into production….
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A Chain Reaction — overreacted
I wrote a bit of JSX in my editor: <p className=”text-2xl font-sans text-purple-400 dark:text-purple-500″> Hello, <i>Alicei>! p> Right now, this information only exists on my device. But with a bit…
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How to Maximize GPT-6 Astra
GPT-6 Astra was recently released. I got access to it on Friday evening, European time, and have been using it extensively ever since. In this article, I’ll share my first…
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The Pragmatic Engineer: Five years
Wow, has it already been five years?! The newsletter hits a big milestone this week, and it wouldn’t have been possible without subscribers. Thanks to everyone who’s read an article…
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AWS Weekly Roundup: Claude Fable 5.1 on AWS, Amazon Linux 2027 preview, AWS Certified AI Business Strategist, and more (September 7, 2026)
Last week, Claude Fable 5.1 became available on AWS. According to Anthropic, Claude Fable 5.1 delivers frontier intelligence for ambitious tasks across coding, scientific research, and enterprise workflows. Claude Fable…
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The State Initializer Pattern
When I was working on downshift, I came across a situation where my users (myself included) needed the ability to at any time reset the dropdown we were building to…
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an efficient Multimodal-native and Multilingual Encoder
TL;DR We introduce NeoMME, a family of 260M and 800M multilingual multimodal encoders. Unlike many generative visual language models, NeoMME does not use a separate pretrained vision tower or a…
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August 2026 Jobs Report: Rebound Without Real Relief
Jobs increased far more than expected in August, but the show of strength may not move the needle much for frustrated job seekers. Key points: Nonfarm employers gained 162,000 jobs…
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Your DevOps Pipeline Is Already a Sustainability Program
During my doctoral research on modern engineering practices and operational efficiency, one pattern kept surfacing that I did not expect to find. The engineering teams making the most measurable progress…
