🪅 Heap Heap Hurray Ed. #223

Thursday energy is here - let's make the most of it!

Psst - Tesla’s hiring - possibly their first front end engineer in India. Check the Job section for the deets.

#PhishingScam - The makers are getting a taste of their own medicine? YouTube is warning creators about a new phishing scam that attempts to lure victims using an AI-generated video of its CEO Neal Mohan. The fake video has been shared privately with users and claims YouTube is making changes to its monetization policy in an attempt to steal their credentials. 😯

Tata Motors Launches India's First Hydrogen-powered Truck Trials
Tata Motors began the first-ever trials of hydrogen-powered heavy-duty trucks on Tuesday to determine their suitability for long-haul transportation. The initiative, conducted under the National Green Hydrogen Mission, marks a significant milestone in India’s transition to zero-emission mobility. The trial phase, set to run for up to 24 months, involves 16 advanced hydrogen- powered trucks with varying configurations and payload capacities.

Turing Award Honors Pioneers Of Reinforcement Learning
Two computer scientists have won the 2024 Turing Award for their work in reinforcement learning. Reinforcement learning is a discipline in which machines learn through a reward-based trial-and-error approach that lets them adapt within constrained or dynamic environments. Andrew G. Barto and Richard S. Sutton developed key algorithms and theories through a seminal series of papers starting in the 1980s.

Digg Returns: A Community-first Social Platform
Digg, a social and link sharing website launched in 2004 by Kevin Rose, is making a comeback with a new founding team, including Reddit cofounder Alexis Ohanian, and a focus on community-first and AI-driven features.

TanStack Form - New tool under the TanStack umbrella - Supports type-safe form validation with TypeScript inference, field-based and form validation, and async validation with debouncing and AbortSignal-based cancellation.

MacBook Air - Introduces M4 chip, up to 18 hours of battery life, and new sky blue color option, with starting price reduced to $999.

Bing - Introduces "Copilot block" in search results to promote Microsoft Copilot and intercept searches for competing AI assistants.

Prove going for a walk makes you more productive by measuring CO2 with an IoT device - Presented at NDC Conferences, this talk explores the relationship between walking and productivity. The speaker demonstrates how to utilize an Internet of Things (IoT) device to monitor CO₂ levels as an indicator of indoor air quality and its impact on cognitive functions. By measuring CO₂ concentrations, he illustrates how taking breaks for walks can lead to improved air quality and, consequently, enhanced productivity.

Rinku Mohan - Mastering Seamless Single Sign-On - This talk delves into the design and implementation of seamless Single Sign-On (SSO) solutions. The presentation emphasizes the importance of SSO in enhancing user experience and security by allowing users to access multiple applications with a single set of credentials. The speaker discusses various challenges in implementing SSO, such as integrating diverse systems and ensuring robust security protocols.

Lets Build An Agent from Scratch - Does exactly what the title says, you will be building an AI agent from scratch and realize along the way that it does not have to be too complicated to create one.

Should Managers Write Code?
An engineering manager answers a reader's question about managers writing code. The question highlights the practical aspects of ensuring that managers are sufficiently in the code. It also highlights the existential worry that many engineering managers may have about their role, and what they can do.

Essential Techniques For Software Architects
The right architecture can make or break the success of a software initiative. mastering a variety of techniques is paramount. This comprehensive collection gives architects the techniques they need to not only design solid architectures, but to seamlessly align them with business goals.

Ajax - How The Word Came Into Existence
A look back at the blog that first introduced the concept of “Ajax” in frontend programming - way back in Feb 2005.