The burst of DeepSeek V3 has attracted attention from the whole AI community to large-scale MoE models. Concurrently, we have been building Qwen2.5-Max, a large MoE LLM pretrained on massive data and post-trained with curated SFT and RLHF recipes. It achieves competitive performance against the top-tier models, and outcompetes DeepSeek V3 in benchmarks like Arena Hard, LiveBench, LiveCodeBench, GPQA-Diamond.
📖 Blog: https://t.co/UnvIk3g0cK
💬 Qwen Chat: https://t.co/BhhXyzLt5B (choose Qwen2.5-Max as the model)
⚙️ API: https://t.co/FqHOtIw5Y1 (check the code snippet in the blog)
💻 HF Demo: https://t.co/rMSvlNUM18
In the future, we not only continue the scaling in pretraining, but also invest in the scaling in RL. We hope that Qwen is able to explore the unknown in the near future! 🔥
💗 Thank you for your support during the past year. See you next year!
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Last week I turned 40.
It marks 25 years since I wrote my first line of code.
So, 25 dev career tips from all those years. A big list.
1. A dev job is much more than writing code. Coding is only 10-20% of the time. It's mostly about THINKING.
2. Even more fundamental: it's thinking about WHAT to code, what NOT to code, and WHY. Understand the bigger picture. Caring and taking responsibility for project outcomes may differentiate you from others and will save your job even when AI grows stronger.
3. Soft skills are hard. But they may be another strong differentiator from others.
4. Languages, frameworks, and tools come and go. Trends change every year now. Learn constantly. Be prepared to feel unprepared.
5. Your success = your skills x number of people who know about those skills.
6. Don't engage in online debates about which framework/language is the best. It's a waste of time and energy, and everyone will still defend the tools they use.
7. Follow energetic people who regularly build new stuff. Not necessarily in coding. It will inspire and motivate you to continue.
8. Never burn bridges. You never know when a former co-worker, boss, or neighbor will offer your next opportunity.
9. Have a professional social presence. GitHub and LinkedIn are your CV. Also, Google yourself and try to improve what you see. Believe me, potential employers/partners will Google you and check your social profiles.
10. If you want to quit a full-time job and go freelance, have a clear plan and at least 6 months of expenses in your bank account. I personally needed 9 months when I made the jump.
11. Learn to speak and/or write clearly and confidently. This will open many doors to coding opportunities.
12. If a client asks you to build a feature, always ask about the actual use case and WHY they need it. You may then offer a different solution or a way to achieve the result without building anything.
13. It's okay to ask questions. The hardest part is formulating the question in a way that increases the likelihood of a good answer.
14. Regularly talk to developers who use frameworks/languages other than you do. You will gain more perspective, fresh ideas, and a sense of empathy.
15. Listen to advice only from people who have real recent practical experience. For example, if someone is saying that PHP is crap and the last time they tried it was 10 years ago, their advice is worthless.
16. If you're asked to estimate how much a feature would take/cost, take the time to ACTUALLY evaluate. You will still probably get it wrong, but at least you will not overpromise blindly. Don't try to impress with estimates, impress by overdelivering.
17. In serious companies, the dev backlog is ALWAYS longer than the devs' time in the day. Negotiating on priorities is a skill you need to manage. If your company doesn't have a backlog, I would worry about your job position in the near future.
18. You may have to work with some teammates who are not skilled enough, will not agree with you, will not cooperate, or will just be too lazy/unmotivated. You will still need to work with/around them and deliver.
19. The last 10% of any project is completed only when someone decides which features will NOT get delivered by the launch day.
20. Your boss with the sales/marketing team will often promise something to the clients without asking you if those features are even possible. Then, it's your choice to obey and try your best, or negotiate.
21. If the code you've just written works from the first attempt, double-check the task description to see whether you didn't miss anything.
22. Open-source is a two-way street: you need to not only consume but also contribute. If you don't, your favorite project may die, and you will suddenly be surprised about it.
23. Actively participating at conferences and meetups may "convert" in the future to open so many doors that you never knew existed.
24. Learn your tools. Sharpen your axe. By mastering your IDE, plugins, shortcuts and AI assistants, you may get so effective that others wouldn't believe how fast you deliver results.
25. Finally, ABC. Always. Be. Curious. Never stop learning and experimenting. That's the only way to progress in a dev career.
This is Real News Tonight in #Bangladesh
Everyone is coming forward to protect the temple in different places.
1. Hathazari Kali Mandir is guarded by the students of Hathazari Madrasa.
2. A team is on guard to protect the Ramakrishna Mission in Faridpur!
3. We are general student guards to protect Thana Mandir
4. Students of Chittagong University are moving ahead to protect the temples of Nandirhat and Fathabad area.
5. Sri Sri Bura Shibbari, (adjacent to hospital gate) Baniachong, Habiganj, has come forward for rescue.
6. Students are guarding all temples of Hindu brothers located in Noakhali city and assuring them about security...
- In addition, everyone is coming forward to protect the temple in several places, you all come forward.
- This is how we should come forward in each other's danger. @dhruv_rathee@TheDeshBhakt@niiravmodi@dhruvrahtee@zoo_bear
@WCEurope is my favorite WordCamp. Next year, it will happen in the beautiful city of Basel, Switzerland.
The event will fall on the same dates as Eid al-Adha and poses a serious conflict for Muslim attendees.
Wrote an open letter to the organizers.
https://t.co/Vm9Nhxzh99
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🇮🇱 If Israel is launching “defensive airstrikes” as they claim, why did they just bomb 7 children to death in Southern Gaza?
The media will never ask this question…