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[Revised] You Don’t Need to Spend $100/mo on Claude Code: Your Guide to Local Coding Models
What you need to know about local model tooling and the steps for setting one up yourself
Machine Learning Infrastructure: The Bridge Between Software Engineering and AI
What makes machine learning infra so important and why I find it so interesting
Devin Has Exposed a Major Issue with Software Engineering
And isn't that we're all going to lose our jobs
Why Rust Isn't Killing C++
And a consideration for choosing a language
ML for SWEs 65: The AI bubble is popping and why that's a good thing
The future of the industry and how to get the most out of your AI coding assistant
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Can We Run Data Centers in Space?
An overview of the engineering reality of the moonshot and what's going on with energy consumption on Earth
The Next Era of AI for Software Engineers
A clearer focus, a new AI Field Guide, and updated benefits
Don't Tokenmax—Do This Instead
Dispelling the myth that more tokens = better productivity
Decoupled DiLoCo: How Google Is Enabling Multi-Region, Distributed LLM Pretraining
An overview of Google’s new multi-region, distributed AI training methodology and its practical impact
Understanding Open Model Licenses
And what to look for in custom licenses