scroll-target-group is a new CSS feature that lets you create scroll-spy table of contents with basically 2 lines of CSS.
29 Jul 2025
28 Jul 2025
ExecuTorch is the PyTorch inference framework for edge devices developed by Meta with support from industry leaders like Arm, Apple, and Qualcomm. Running machine learning (ML) models on-device is increasingly important for Meta’s family of apps (FoA). These on-device models improve latency, maintain user privacy by keeping data on users’ devices, and enable offline functionality. [...] Read More... The post…
Tired of chasing invoices? Learn how Xero experts are fixing late payments
How to load-balance like a seasoned waiter Software systems often parallel the real world. Imagine running a busy restaurant, where customers line up to make orders whilst the kitchen prepares the meals. In the software world, your users are the customers, and your backend services are the kitchen. With more people online than ever before, that line might start to…
The updated Data dashboard makes it simple to download geographical data for continents, countries, and cities.
25 Jul 2025
On Monday, July 14th 2025, I hosted a mini-workshop on homomorphic encryption at Google’s Portland, Oregon office. Though Portland is a small city, it’s becoming a hub for homomorphic encryption. Intel and Google both have a presence here, as well as the hardware startup Niobium, and a few individuals from other companies who happen to be based here. Since I…
Bringing the FIFA Club World Cup 2025™ to Millions of Screens: How PubNub Helped DAZN Transform Global Football Broadcasting
PubNubPubNub helped DAZN stream the FIFA Club World Cup 2025™ globally, delivering instant chat, live reactions, and synchronized viewing to millions of fans worldwide, all with zero downtime.
By Sofia Guerreiro, Ricardo Ribeiro Pereira, Iker Perez, Jacopo Bono Detecting financial fraud is like finding a moving needle in a shifting haystack . Fraud accounts for a tiny fraction of financial transactions, often less than 0.1%. At the same time, fraudsters are constantly adapting their tactics to evade detection. And this happens within a live and dynamic environment, where…
Updated 7/25/2025. Originally published 12/10/2024 Ambiguity in design isn’t a roadblock — it’s an opportunity. Design ingenuity thrives in the gray area where rules haven’t been written, and solutions are waiting to be discovered. So how do you turn “I have no idea where to start” into breakthrough ideas that actually work? At 8th Light, our approach is anchored in…
Guiding the unknown: A compass on how to navigate complex strategic initiatives
Thoughtworks InsightsGuiding the unknown: A compass on how to navigate complex strategic initiatives
Deep Kernel-level AI RCA with MCP
Digital strategy to accelerate the citizen development and AI revolution
24 Jul 2025
How a developer built an email-controlled Game Boy emulator with Postmark (because why not?)
PostmarkMeet Rens Wolters from PartyRens, who decided that controlling a Game Boy Advance emulator through email wasn't just possible but absolutely necessary. PostmarkGBA is what happens when a developer's weekend project meets genuine ingenuity, and we had to know more. We caught up with Rens to understand how this beautiful chaos came to life. This is the actual setup that’s…
Summary of what was discussed at the Geometry Nodes workshop in July 2025.
Get ready for blending on-the-go.
🤦 Intro - The rantings of a muffn # As usual, I’m doing substantial yapping before the guide, if you don’t like reading and/or know what you’re doing, jump to the guide Here we are again. Politicians making laws about technology they fundamentally don’t understand, wrapped up in the classic “think of the children” rhetoric that’s become the defacto justification…
Discover how Outtake uses GPT-4.1 and OpenAI o3 to power AI agents that detect and resolve digital threats 100x faster than before.
How AI and a test-first approach can tackle modernization trade-offs
23 Jul 2025
Meta has developed Privacy Aware Infrastructure (PAI) and Policy Zones to enforce purpose limitations on data, especially in large-scale batch processing systems. Policy Zones integrates with Meta’s exabyte-scale data warehouse and processing systems, using runtime enforcement and SQL parsing to propagate and enforce privacy annotations across millions of daily data flows per day, performing trillions [...] Read More... The post…
We’re hosting our third annual OpenAI DevDay on October 6, 2025 at Fort Mason in San Francisco.
As part of our Executive Function series, Model ML CEO Chaz Englander discusses how AI-native infrastructure and autonomous agents are transforming financial services workflows.
22 Jul 2025
Engineering at the Edge of Impossibility: How We Delivered 973 Million Requests Per Minute During a Global Sporting Event
PubNubDuring a global sports event, PubNub handled a record 973 million requests per minute, enabling real-time interactions like chat, reactions, and synchronized live stats for millions of fans worldwide. Discover how our scalable infrastructure ensured zero downtime and seamless experiences at unprecedented scale.
Hardware faults can have a significant impact on AI training and inference. Silent data corruptions (SDCs), undetected data errors caused by hardware, can be particularly harmful for AI systems that rely on accurate data for training as well as providing useful outputs. We are sharing methodologies we deploy at various scales for detecting SDC across [...] Read More... The post…
AI in healthcare is no longer theory. It’s showing up in real hospitals, solving specific problems. Not just in research papers or flashy demos, but in production. This post walks through five recent examples where AI made a real difference. No hype, just what was built, what problem it tackled, and how it fit into […] The post AI in…
A year ago we renamed the Talking Postgres podcast—and just published our 29th episode. Since it’s a monthly thing, that means 13 new conversations in the past year. So this feels like a good moment to pause, reflect, and share a few highlights. If you’re already a listener, this post might help you find an episode you missed. If you’re…
OpenAI and Penda Health debut an AI clinical copilot that cuts diagnostic errors by 16% in real-world use—offering a new path for safe, effective AI in healthcare.
Back in 2016, I wrote about using QuickGrab to take a screenshot of the active window via a single key press with no mouse use required. It's now 2025 and I'm still using this and Apple has announced that Rosetta 2 will be phased out in a couple of years. As QuickGrab is one of the few Intel-only apps I…
Oracle and OpenAI have entered an agreement to develop 4.5 gigawatts of additional Stargate data center capacity in the U.S. This investment will create new jobs, accelerate America’s reindustrialization, and help advance U.S. AI leadership. It also marks a major milestone for Stargate, OpenAI’s AI infrastructure platform and long-term vision to deliver the benefits of AI to everyone.
Analysis provides insights into ChatGPT’s impact on the economy. OpenAI also launches new research collaboration to study AI’s broader effects on the labor market and productivity.
The Finternet revolution: How AI and code are reshaping finance
21 Jul 2025
OpenAI and UK Government announce strategic partnership to deliver AI-driven growth
OpenAI EngineeringOpenAI partners with the UK Government to boost AI adoption, drive economic growth, and enhance public services for a thriving AI ecosystem in the UK.
Mentoring someone is one of the most satisfying ways to share what you've learned and see someone grow because of it, but doing it well is what makes the difference.
ROOST Announces “Coop” and “Osprey”: Free, Open-Source Trust and Safety Infrastructure for the AI Era
DiscordOpen-sourced tools put enterprise-grade content safety and threat investigation capabilities within reach of organizations of all sizes
I’ve always considered myself a pragmatic technologist—someone who loves technology not for its own sake, but for the direct impact it can have on people’s lives. That’s what makes this job so exciting, since I believe AI will unlock more opportunities for more people than any other technology in history. If we get this right, AI can give everyone more…
It’s mind-boggling how many in the general public don’t understand this, so let me rant about it for a bit: many companies are designed to lose money this year. That’s the fucking point. Today’s main character energy is the news of WNBA players wearing Pay Us What You Owe Us shirts during the All-Star game. The knuckle-draggers on social media…
19 Jul 2025
Unexpected inconsistency in records The other day, I was trying to figure out a bug in my code, and it turned out to be a misunderstanding on my part as to how C# records work. It’s entirely possible that I’m the only one who expected them to work in the way that I did, but … Continue reading Unexpected inconsistency…
In this post, I want to share the history behind GoReleaser, how we got here, lessons I’ve learned along the way, and what’s ahead.
I’ve talked about how GoReleaser came to be, shared some lessons learned, and more.
18 Jul 2025
Why It Matters At 8th Light, we help enterprise teams remove friction, foster alignment, and build tools that scale with confidence. This project exemplifies what happens when human-driven design meets technical rigor: major time and cost savings. By focusing on systems thinking, user needs, and resilient architecture, the organization created a path forward that supports both immediate impact and long-term…
I work on homomorphic encryption (HE or FHE for “fully” homomorphic encryption) and I have written a lot about it on this blog (see the relevant tag). This article is a collection of short answers to questions I see on various threads and news aggregators discussing FHE. Facts If a service uses FHE and can respond to encrypted queries, can’t…
Artificial intelligence is revolutionizing how medical images are acquired, analyzed, and interpreted. The transformation ushers in a new era of data-driven diagnostics and faster, more personalized patient care.
OpenAI is launching an initial $50 million fund that supports nonprofit and community organizations, informed by the independent OpenAI Nonprofit Commission report.
Kimi K2: What’s all the fuss and what’s it like to use?
Context-aware incident handling with MCP: A strategic view with a practical case
Thoughtworks InsightsContext-aware incident handling with MCP: A strategic view with a practical case
A bold new chapter for UK payments infrastructure: What’s next?
No wrong door: How AI enables accessible government services for citizens
17 Jul 2025
The Salesforce platform offers a powerful array of tools for customization and building customer-centric experiences, from no-code automation with Flow, Prompt Builder, and Agent Builder, to robust Apex and Lightning Web Components. The art lies in choosing the right blend of these tools to achieve agility, optimize skill sets, and quickly adapt to business demands. […] The post Heroku AppLink:…
Introducing ChatGPT agent: it thinks and acts, using tools to complete tasks like research, bookings, and slideshows—all with your guidance.
ChatGPT agent System Card: OpenAI’s agentic model unites research, browser automation, and code tools with safeguards under the Preparedness Framework.
Go 1.24’s Swiss Tables cut our map memory usage by up to 70% in high-traffic workloads. Here’s how we profiled the savings and improved performance.
We rolled out Go 1.24 and saw a memory regression. Here’s how we dug into system metrics, uncovered a bug in the runtime allocator, and worked with the Go team to help fix it.
The Board of Directors thanks the members of the independent OpenAI Nonprofit Commission for their extensive work and engagement.
Invideo AI uses OpenAI’s GPT-4.1, gpt-image-1, and text-to-speech models to transform creative ideas into professional videos in minutes.
At OpenAI, we build tools to help people solve hard problems—including nonprofits working on the frontlines of their communities. The OpenAI Academy is teaming up with the Walton Family Foundation, Emerson Collective, and a network of local nonprofit organizations to host the Nonprofit Jam—a one-day, nationwide event bringing together more than 1,000 nonprofit leaders across 10 locations.
Claude for Financial Services: What you need to know
The dangers of AI agentwashing
16 Jul 2025
Meta has developed an open-source AI tool to design concrete mixes that are stronger, more sustainable, and ready to build with faster—speeding up construction while reducing environmental impact. The AI tool leverages Bayesian optimization, powered by Meta’s BoTorch and Ax frameworks, and was developed with Amrize and the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (U of I) [...] Read More... The post…
How does a human quality assurance engineer (QA) test a web application? If I ask you to look at this TodoMVC web app, how do you know what features it has? From your life experience, you might guess that this app lets the user enter new Todo items and should show them in the list somewhere below the input element.…
Frances has urged me for years to collect resources for folks getting into performance and platform-oriented web development. The effort has always seemed daunting, but the lack of such a list came up again at work, prompting me to take on the side-quest amidst a different performance yak-shave. If that sounds like procrastination, well, you might very well think that.…
Built-in rewards, brand lift analytics, mobile Quests… and our Cannes highlights!
Unpacking Mastercard’s take on today's payments landscape
15 Jul 2025
“Mathematics is the art of reducing any problem to linear algebra.” — William Stein If you’ve ever looked at a vector and thought, “Just a column of numbers, right?”, this chapter will change that. The Dark Art of Linear Algebra (aka DALA) by Seth Braver opens with one of the clearest intros I’ve read. Not every part clicks on the…
I've been writing a simple Swift command line tool called QuickSS. It's a single file swift file, that I compile to a standalone binaryusing: swiftc quickss.swift -o quickss To distribute it on modern Macs, I need to sign it and then get Apple to notarise it. Signing the binary To sign the binary, you need a "Developer ID Application" certificate…
ChatGPT is designed to be useful, trustworthy, and adaptable—so you can make it your own.
14 Jul 2025
Microsoft’s AI-powered code review assistant has transformed pull request workflows by automating routine checks, suggesting improvements, and enabling conversational Q&A, leading to faster PR completion, improved code quality, and enhanced developer onboarding. Its seamless integration and customizability have driven widespread adoption within Microsoft The post Enhancing Code Quality at Scale with AI-Powered Code Reviews appeared first on Engineering@Microsoft.
Remote Patient Monitoring is helping healthcare leaders manage demand, improve outcomes, and shift care closer to home, without clinical pressure. The post What is Remote Patient Monitoring? appeared first on Erlang Solutions.
After the successful release of Public Preview of mssql-python driver, we’re thrilled to announce a major milestone for the mssql-python driver: full support for all three major operating systems—Windows, macOS, and Linux. This release marks a significant leap forward in our mission to provide seamless, performant, and Pythonic connectivity to Microsoft SQL Server and the […] The post Announcing Full…
If you have more than 5 years of experience, always keep a few small projects ready on the back burner. These are ideas you can pick up and run with at any time.
Introducing a new type of Quest reward: Discord Orbs! Earn them by completing Quests and redeem them in the Shop for hundreds of different items — including Discord Nitro credit. Available on desktop and mobile.
13 Jul 2025
Discover how network automation eliminates bottlenecks and human error to unlock the speed, scale, and security your infrastructure needs—a must-have for modern DevOps success.
11 Jul 2025
Congratulations to Rani Zilpelwar, the recipient of 8th Light’s Quarterly Beacon Award, a peer-nominated honor that celebrates team members who shine light on our core values. Rani is a Software Delivery Lead with over a decade of experience building high-quality software and high-trust teams. This quarter, Rani’s leadership and influence grew significantly beyond her original role with one of the…
The July 2025 release includes TBA and more! The post Python in Visual Studio Code – July 2025 Release appeared first on Microsoft for Python Developers Blog.
OpenAI joins the EU Code of Practice, advancing responsible AI while partnering with European governments to drive innovation, infrastructure, and economic growth.
10 Jul 2025
Scalable systems run on smart data communication. Explore how real-time protocols, messaging patterns, and observability tools shape modern, resilient infrastructures
Upgrade your customer support chat with real-time messaging, AI moderation, and chatbot automation—built for scale with cross-platform SDKs
As MCP gains traction across industries, business and technical leaders seek proof that it delivers its promise.
What the Monzo fine teaches us about navigating growth in financial services
9 Jul 2025
Modern cloud-native architectures are composed of multiple microservices running across dynamic environments. Effectively diagnosing performance issues, bottlenecks, or failures requires comprehensive observability. For this, many organizations look to OpenTelemetry, which provides a standardized approach to capturing and analyzing telemetry data. Fir is Heroku’s next generation cloud platform, designed to offer more modern cloud-native capabilities with […] The post OpenTelemetry, Kubernetes,…
Layout shifts, oversized assets, bloated JSON, synchronous publish loops, and unthrottled real-time updates can crush UX—even when your APIs are fast
Add Customer and Agent Presence to your Call Center Solution using PubNub Presence and App Context
How MCP can help us investigate security incidents faster
8 Jul 2025
I'm currently writing a script that notarises a macOS CLI app which needs to access a password. Rather than put it in an environment variable, I thought I'd use the 1Password CLI. This is the first time I've used it, so these are my notes. The 1Password CLI tool is call op. I installed it via Homebrew with: brew install…
OpenAI partners with the American Federation of Teachers to launch a 5-year initiative equipping 400,000 K-12 educators to lead AI innovation in classrooms.
Model Context Protocol (MCP) has emerged as the universal standard for AI integrations, changing how AI systems connect with external data sources. But what does it mean in practical business terms, and why has it become a boardroom priority?
This version consists mostly of improvements to the Homebrew Cask feature introduced in the last release, and in other features.
NITRO, NITRO, NITRO! From now until July 15th, 2025, if qualifying users start a new monthly Nitro membership, they’ll get a SECOND month of Discord Nitro to top ‘em off!
Search for places on maps and reverse geocode in your offline or self-hosted environments with MapTiler Server 4.7
A little while ago, we published a blog post on CHAOS: Yelp’s Unified Framework for Server-Driven UI. We strongly recommend reading that post first to gain a solid understanding of SDUI and the goals of CHAOS. This post builds on those concepts to delve into the inner workings of the CHAOS backend and how it generates server-driven content. To briefly…
7 Jul 2025
Sub-10ms latency sounds great, until you look closer. Unpacking real sources of delay and what’s possible in today’s hardware, networks, and real-world setups
This new five-part mini-series follows technology leaders from social impact organizations solving humanity's hardest problems - from crisis zones to community centers. Watch how they use drones to map disaster zones, AI/ML to predict food shortages, and open data to save lives.
How to avoid the hidden costs of managing multiple payment systems
In today’s dynamic enterprise landscape, Customer Experience (CX) is no longer just a service function, it is a strategic advantage. Enterprises are seeking innovative ways to engage customers, personalize interactions, and create seamless, scalable journeys.
Check out the finer details of the more technical fixes implemented into Discord recently.
Fuzz-testing in the AI era: Rediscovering an old technique for new challenges
Energy demand is rising: Here's how Utilities can get the most out of their IT modernization efforts
Thoughtworks InsightsEnergy demand is rising: Here's how Utilities can get the most out of their IT modernization efforts
Learn about what exactly this new popover feature does and how it relates to interest invokers.
6 Jul 2025
Modern development starts with managed backends—streamline your stack, focus on features, and deliver real-time experiences effortlessly
One morning, my son woke up and came downstairs, deep in thought. He looked up at me and said, “Can we make a game, Mummy?” He’s seven and he’s called Jacob. He told me his game was called Exploding Kitties. He described the mechanics. Bad guys patrol up and down. If they see the player - a kitty - they…
4 Jul 2025
While investigating the performance of the new Python 3.14 tail-calling interpreter, I learned (via this very informative comment from Sam Gross) new (to me) piece of performance trivia: Modern CPUs mostly no longer struggle to predict the bytecode-dispatch indirect jump inside a “conventional” bytecode interpreter loop. In steady-state, assuming the bytecode itself is reasonable stable, modern CPUs achieve very high…