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🪅 Heap Heap Hurray Ed. #11
Daily dispatches from the world of technology.
Rise and grind! It's another opportunity to shine this Tuesday.
If you are not getting traction on your idea, you try few things. You try pushing harder, cleaning up something, building up to something aggressively -- but if it doesn’t get traction, then don’t bother.
🤫 Geek Goss đź¤
#PasteGate - You will not believe what Microsoft Word did—they finally fixed their paste settings! Now it automatically blends the text to match our docs. No more disasters when you're copying stuff in. Seriously, it's about time! We won't have to clean up those messy formats anymore. Can you imagine? Finally, a little sanity!
#MuskVsAustralia - Elon Musk is throwing shade at the entire Australian government! They asked him to take down some nasty video. Instead, he just blocked it in Australia, but everyone’s saying you can still totally see it. Now, there’s all this drama with fines and court battles looming.
⌛ The Past 24 hours
ChatGPT founders launched GPT-4o: A Multimodal AI with Enhanced Text, Vision, and Audio Capabilities
OpenAI introduces GPT-4o, enhancing GPT-4 with "omni" multimodality across text, vision, and audio. The model offers real-time interaction and emotion recognition in voice, improving user experience in various languages and applications.
Google collaborates with HP to introduce a more practical version of Project Starline for enterprise use. The original 3D holographic technology is simplified to a large TV setup, integrating with platforms like Google Meet and Zoom. Full commercial launch expected in 2025.
👩🏾‍💻 Bit Boutique
llm-ui | The React library for LLMs
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🎲 Miscellaneous
Tailwind CSS simplifies web UI design, especially for SaaS applications. Here are some lesser-known features that can enhance your projects.
A developer recounts bypassing a CTO to rectify a doomed project, secretly replacing an inadequate vendor solution while maintaining façades with clients and partners. The skunkworks effort, compressed into an intense two-month development sprint, led to a successful launch.
Programming is predominantly about thinking, not just typing—11/12ths, to be exact. A programmer's day involves intense intellectual efforts in planning, researching, and problem-solving, translating to only about 30 minutes of actual code changes from six hours of work. This insight challenges traditional perceptions of software development productivity.