Benchmarking LLMs: How We Actually Know What’s Good - RisingStack Engineering
This post breaks down how LLMs are tested, which benchmarks matter and what the scores mean to figure out which model fits your needs.| RisingStack Engineering
LLMs can write code, answer questions, and automate workflows – but without proper guardrails, they can also generate biased, harmful, or outright dangerous content. This is where external safety layers come in. These are tools or systems that sit outside the model, filtering or moderating content either before it goes in, after it comes out, […] The post Keeping LLMs in Check: A Practical Guide to External Safety Layers appeared first on RisingStack Engineering.| RisingStack Engineering
AI video and image generation just made a serious jump. Google introduced Veo 3, its most advanced text-to-video model yet, and Flux released Kontext, a new multimodal tool built for real editing work. Both show clear progress. Here’s what matters. Video That Looks and Sounds Real Veo 3 is more than just text-to-video. It’s one […] The post Google Veo 3 and Flux Kontext: Is AI Media Finally Useful? appeared first on RisingStack Engineering.| RisingStack Engineering
Anthropic just dropped Claude 4, and it’s making waves – especially if you write code for a living. There are two models to know: Claude 4 Opus and Claude 4 Sonnet. Here’s what matters. Opus vs Sonnet Opus is the powerhouse. It’s the most advanced Claude model yet, designed for deep problem solving and long-running […] The post Claude 4 Is Here: What You Need to Know appeared first on RisingStack Engineering.| RisingStack Engineering
Google I/O 2025 was packed with major AI news, especially around the Gemini AI platform. In partnership with DeepMind, Google unveiled new model upgrades, developer tools, and multimodal AI capabilities aimed at helping developers build smarter products. Here’s a breakdown of the most important announcements for developers – from the latest Gemini 2.5 models and […] The post What Google I/O 2025’s AI Announcements Mean for Developers appeared first on RisingStack Engineering.| RisingStack Engineering
This post breaks down how LLMs are tested, which benchmarks matter and what the scores mean to figure out which model fits your needs.| RisingStack Engineering
Hopefully this breakdown saves you time and helps cut through the noise. If OpenAI adds another three models next quarter, we’ll be back.| RisingStack Engineering
RedwoodJS & BlitzJS are meta-frameworks that provide tooling for creating SPAs, server-side rendered pages & statically generated content, providing a CLI to generate e2e scaffolds.| RisingStack Engineering
Meta released Llama 4, the next version of their open-weight language models. This post breaks down what’s new.| RisingStack Engineering
How we created a “nowcasting” tool to help grid operators adjust to rapid changes in solar power production.| RisingStack Engineering
Improving supply chain efficiency for a major retailer with better accuracy and key customer insights.| RisingStack Engineering
How Abel successfully built an AI-powered system to predict freight costs by blending machine learning with clear business rules.| RisingStack Engineering
An EdTech company partnered with us to optimize their AI-driven flashcard app, enhancing language models to improve user experience and cut costs.| RisingStack Engineering
Node.js 23 is here, and it's bringing some exciting changes and improvements to the runtime.| RisingStack Engineering
We'll go into detail in this post to clarify how they are different and also how they are similar.| RisingStack Engineering
Get insights into Node.js versions 22 and 22.1, covering the integration of WebSocket and the introduction of on-disk code caching.| RisingStack Engineering
Find out why Elixir is the go-to for handling high traffic volumes and cutting costs.| RisingStack Engineering
How to set up RAG for Anthropic Claude 3 on CoLab, using CPU instances and llama-index.| RisingStack Engineering
Transition from Node.js to Elixir with our cheatsheet. Quickly look up examples of key concepts and see how they compare to JavaScript.| RisingStack Engineering
Compare the top spots for hosting your ML models: Modal, Paperspace, and others. Features, costs, and how to easily use them for your projects.| RisingStack Engineering
The story of how we solved caching issues with personalized web content while optimizing load times.| RisingStack Engineering
Elixir is a world apart from the JavaScript ecosystem, but we're here to offer you a familiar reference point as you dive in.| RisingStack Engineering
Your guide to updating Elixir, Phoenix, and LiveView, with the latest changes and enhancements, including changelogs.| RisingStack Engineering
Learn from our experience in streamlining Nuxt 3 for SEO and speed, navigating scarce documentation and exploring rendering modes.| RisingStack Engineering
It might take a couple of weeks to get productive, but one person using Elixir can achieve what 3-5 engineers can with other tools.| RisingStack Engineering
The latest major version of Node.js has just released with a few new interesting experimental features and a lot of fixes and optimization.| RisingStack Engineering
Direct download links to update to the latest Node.js versions: Node v21.1.0 / LTS v20.9.0| RisingStack Engineering
