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Better application networking and security with CAKES

Modern software applications are underpinned by a large and growing web of APIs, microservices, and cloud services that must be highly available, fault tolerant, and secure. The underlying networking technology must support all of these requirements, of course, but also explosive growth. Unfortunately, the previous generation of technologies are too expensive, brittle, and poorly integrated

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Alternate Threaded Inserts for 3D Prints

The usual way to put a durable threaded interface into a 3D print is to use a heat-set insert, but what about other options? [Thomas Sanladerer] evaluates a variety of different threaded inserts, none of which are actually made with 3D printing in mind but are useful nevertheless. There are a number of other easily-available

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Are you happy with the state of YouTube in 2024?

Credit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority YouTube and its policies are being heavily criticized by users of late. The frustration is evident in the hundreds of daily, incessant posts on Reddit, where subscribers are revolting against everything from YouTube Premium prices to the sudden surge of longer, irrelevant, and NSFW ads, to the platform’s ad-blocker

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3 secrets to deploying LLMs on cloud platforms

In the past two years, I’ve been involved with generative AI projects using large language models (LLMs) more than traditional systems. I’ve become nostalgic for serverless cloud computing. Their applications range from enhancing conversational AI to providing complex analytical solutions across industries and many functions beyond that. Many enterprises deploy these models on cloud platforms because

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YouTube’s war on ad blockers reaches your phone

Credit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority YouTube is enforcing its terms of service to prevent third-party apps from blocking ads. Users of mobile ad-blocking apps may see error messages or experience buffering issues. YouTube previously implemented similar restrictions on desktop ad-blockers. YouTube Premium, an ad-free subscription service that bundles video and music access, has been

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