Recently, a few different issues related to HTTP caching all came up around the same time. chrIn this post I'll discuss two of the issues that arose, covering their impact, root cause, and remediation.| Angle of Attack
A week or so ago, GitHub announced GitHub Copilot, their AI-powered code completion assistant, powered by a version of OpenAI’s GPT-3 model. I’ve spent a lot...| buttondown.com
If an AI’s ever told you it’s “programmed”, it’s lying to you.| www.kronopath.com
Last week, I wrote about the mindset that computer systems can be understood, and behaviors can be explained, if we’re willing to dig deep enough into the stack of abstractions our software is built atop. Some of the ensuing discussion on Twitter and elsewhere lead me to write this followup, in which I want to run through a few classes of systems where I’ve found pursuing in-detail understanding of the system wasn’t the right answer.| Made of Bugs
Why it’s worth it to deeply understand the fiddly, boring-seeming details of the computer systems you use every day.| benkuhn.net