OpenAI may soon let you =E2=
=80=98sign in with ChatGPT' for other apps (2 minute read)
OpenAI is exploring ways for users to s=
ign into third-party apps using their ChatGPT accounts. ChatGPT currently h=
as roughly 600 million monthly active users. Adding a 'Sign in with ChatGPT=
' feature could help OpenAI compete with other massive technology companies=
that help people with a range of online services. OpenAI appears to be int=
erested in integrating the sign-in service with a broad array of companies.
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Apple is ready to replace G=
ame Center with a more Xbox-like gaming app (1 minute read)
Apple is expected to launch a gaming ap=
p alongside the next version of iOS this September. The app will apparently=
replace Apple's Game Center. It will feature editorial content and let use=
rs access games available on the App Store. The app will work similarly to =
the Xbox app for iPhone. The macOS version of the app will let users access=
games from outside the App Store.
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Science & Futuristic Technology
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SpaceX's ninth test flight =
of Starship launches into space, ends in a spin (2 minute read)
SpaceX's Starship successfully reached =
orbit last night, but it later began spinning and made an uncontrolled re-e=
ntry into the Indian Ocean. It was the smoothest Starship test of the year =
- the previous two tests ended in explosions. Last night's launch was the f=
irst to use a flight-proven Super Heavy booster. The booster had launched a=
nd returned during Starship's seventh test flight.
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World's first therapy to re=
verse spinal cord injury enters human trial (3 minute read)
The world's first regenerative cell the=
rapy for treating spinal injuries has been granted approval for a registrat=
ional Phase I clinical trial. Chinese biotechnology company XellSmart's all=
ogeneic induced pluripotent stem cells regenerative therapy aims to repair =
injuries and provide the foundation to regrow all the cells needed to retur=
n function to the damaged region. It doesn't require harvesting cells from =
a patient and is a 'one size fits all' treatment that will work with anyone=
who has a spinal cord injury. If it passes through the trial phases, the t=
reatment will be easy to manufacture and scale for broad access.
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Programming, Design & Data Science
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Just make it scale: An Auro=
ra DSQL story (22 minute read)
Amazon Aurora DSQL is a serverless, dis=
tributed relational database service optimized for transactional workloads.=
The goal of its design was to break up the database into bite-sized chunks=
with clear interfaces and explicit contracts. Each component would do one =
thing and do it well but work together to offer all of the features users e=
xpect from a database. DSQL was written in Rust, which gave the team the co=
ntrol they needed to avoid tail latency in the core parts of the system, th=
e flexibility to integrate with a C code base like Postgres, and the high-l=
evel productivity the team needed to stand up its control plane.
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The Ingredients of a Produc=
tive Monorepo (17 minute read)
A monorepo is a powerful tool for insti=
tutional consistency. They are used to enforce engineering culture and orga=
nization standards and build a culture of code sharing. Achieving a product=
ive monorepo is a continuous process as organizations continue to scale and=
tools begin to break, but it can be worth it if organizations are willing =
to commit to it. This post looks at some of the tools needed to set up a mo=
norepo and discusses implementation strategies for them to paint a clear pi=
cture of what it is like to walk the monorepo path.
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Apple rejected Elon Musk's =
satellite offer, now its plans are in jeopardy (4 minute read)
Elon Musk had approached Apple with an =
offer in 2022 after hearing the company was planning to announce a satellit=
e feature with the iPhone 14. His offer was for SpaceX to provide exclusive=
satellite connectivity to iPhones for 18 months if Apple would pay $5 bill=
ion upfront. Musk had also threatened to announce his own satellite feature=
that would work on iPhones if Apple couldn't come to terms with SpaceX. Ap=
ple rejected the offer and Musk made good on his threat - SpaceX announced =
a partnership with T-Mobile to provide satellite services for users in area=
s with no reception. The company's satellite efforts will likely remain ver=
y limited moving forward as it could trigger the US government to regulate =
it as a telecommunications carrier.
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The Recurring Cycle of 'Dev=
eloper Replacement' Hype (6 minute read)
Shiny new technologies emerge every few=
years promising to make software developers obsolete. However, what actual=
ly happens isn't replacement, it's transformation. These technologies that =
promised to eliminate the need for technical expertise ended up creating en=
tirely new specializations, often at higher salary points than before. The =
same pattern is playing out in AI-assisted development. The most valuable s=
kill in software isn't writing code, it's architecting systems, and that's =
one skill AI isn't close to replacing.
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LiveStore (GitHub Repo)
LiveStore is a fully-featured, client-c=
entric data layer with a reactive embedded SQLite database powered by real-=
time sync.
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DuckLake (GitHub Repo)
DuckLake is an open Lakehouse format th=
at stores metadata in a catalog database and stores data in Parquet files.
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