Week 8

This is my brain dump for this week on things I learned, tech-related or otherwise.

Tech

• AI Skepticism
  • will only take you so far in this landscape. Agents that refactor code are now to be taken seriously, and although there are concerns, they can be easily mitigated. These agents can not only generate code but they can also
    • work with git
    • run tooling and compilation
    • work out design considerations
  • This makes them essential in the development pipeline The new approach is to let the agent set up the project, dependencies, and other tedious tasks, and focus effort on fixing, monitoring, and optimizing.
  • they’re here, and they’re good
• gRCP vs rest
  • they are both HTTP-based transfer protocols that are used for API development
  • the main difference is in the way grpc leverages protocol buffers
    • protocol buffers are a data serialization deserialization method that is extremely efficient in saving memory with data transfer across networks
    • it was developed at Google and not only has memory benefits but offers better maintainability and performance
    • done by compiling the .proto files to a binary, so it doesn’t require the overhead that comes with JSON or other text-based methods, while also having support for most modern programming languages
  • https://github.com/brunokrebs/auth0-speed-test

otherwise

• bus bunching two buses (or trains) going on the same route group together even though they were scheduled at regular intervals from one another. This happens when the leading bus is unable to keep its schedule and falls behind to the extent that the trailing bus catches up to it
  • https://setosa.io/bus/
  • mitigate by
    • min max stoppage time at each stop no matter what
    • skip stops if the bus is full
    • applications in scheduling theory for computers
• Frank Lloyd Wright was an architect and pioneer in organic architecture, merging buildings with environmental pieces
  • his most famous or recognizable work is the Fallingwater residence, which is set on the banks of a waterfall and shows his signature style of sharp geometric shapes
  • he also worked on the Guggenheim museum, the imperial Hotel in tokyo and the Unity Temple in Illinois
  • sharp geometry, in the form of big concrete blocks, triangular low roofs, circles, squares, and lozenges are offset by the plants and other natural elements like water fixtures