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[Alexander Hirner @cybertreiber]

Check out some of our learnings and how workflows progressed when it comes to computer vision in the wild!
Podcast with @Trust_in_soda https://t.co/zHGOOb5qbB

[Alexander Hirner @cybertreiber]

@mrocklin It's the right time.

[Alexander Hirner @cybertreiber]

@mrocklin Sure that's fun!
PS: been following this issue since 2019 :) https://t.co/1mtgqbpoet

[Charlie Marsh @charliermarsh]

Average ty PR (implementing an optimization technique from a PhD thesis defended two months ago)

[Alexander Hirner @cybertreiber]

@karpathy Interesting grokking moment at 600

[colinhacks @colinhacks]

Introducing Zod 4.1 and its flagship feature: CODECS

z.codec() is a new API for defining *bi-directional transformations* in Zod

[Mim @mim_djo]

for tabular data transformation, the future is already here, just use #SQL

[Alexander Hirner @cybertreiber]

@iwoplaza You missed a pun at 11:09

[Iwo Plaza | TypeGPU @iwoplaza]

My talk titled "Your GPU is a JavaScript Runtime*" just landed on YouTube! 👨‍💻

I answer WHY and HOW we compile JS/TS to WGSL, how it improves interop for the whole ecosystem, and the added dimension of customizability it unlocks for WebGPU libraries

Video below ⬇️

[Alexander Hirner @cybertreiber]

@mitsuhiko @dok2001 @AnthropicAI nix expression https://t.co/qCJkoEiyrH
(yes, should be PRed..)

[Alexander Hirner @cybertreiber]

@VictorTaelin You might try https://t.co/MfuQxGXHBu (halfway seriously)

[Alexander Hirner @cybertreiber]

@ezyang Best long-term strategy is to increase (vibe coded) test automations.

[Pierre Zemb @PierreZ]

Just merged our first SQL query using #ApacheDataFusion at work! 🎉 Integrating it was a fantastic experience, It will soon be part of the core of #Materia.

Wrote about why DataFusion is a game-changer for #Rustlang #database systems: https://t.co/51tGQOEMxS

[Aaron Francis @aarondfrancis]

I talked with @schickling last week about his new project @livestoredev.

We went deep on syncing engines, event sourcing, and the entire local-first landscape.

LiveStore is now open source, after 4 years of development! It's a very inspirational story.

https://t.co/sQW7lcRrsr

[Luke Kim @lukekim]

Introducing full Model-Context-Protocol (MCP) client and server support in the v1.1 release of @spice_ai Open Source! 🎉

MCP immediately enables LLM connectivity to and from 1000s of tools and services.

[Alexander Hirner @cybertreiber]

@charliermarsh Thread pool parallelism should be a first-class concept, instead of trampling on each other (mkl, omp, .. :)
cc @thomasjpfan

[Andrew Lamb @andrewlamb1111]

We are hosting a @ApacheDataFusio event in Chicago Wednesday December 18. Link here https://t.co/TMteezZKv3

[Chris @criccomini]

If you’re curious about how SlateDB works, this is a great starting point.👇

[Andrew Lamb @andrewlamb1111]

The @ApacheDataFusio meetup in Belgrade was packed tonight. Great speakers from @synnadahq @EDBPostgres @InfluxDB @TarantoolDB .

[Alexander Hirner @cybertreiber]

@andrewlamb1111 @ApacheDataFusio Still a pet project, but now I know what to do next ;) Thanks for all the amazing discussions!

[Alexander Hirner @cybertreiber]

@ZackMaril FWIW many unix tools already have a sibling with tabular output in https://t.co/FppPtMi5ci