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📚 Software Engineering Articles

• The best newsletter for product engineers

• Scale efficiently with Canva's data platform architecture

• Future-proof your engineering career in the AI era

• Master these 5 skills to reach Staff Engineer level

• Learn how concurrency works with simple visual examples

• Transform any ebook into audiobook with this open-source tool

🗞️ Tech and AI Trends

• Nvidia acquires Run:ai for $700M to boost GPU management

• Apple's iPhone 16 camera processes billion pixels per second

• USB-C becomes mandatory for all devices in EU

👨🏻‍💻 Coding Tip

• FastAPI dependency injection ensures clean database session management in Python apps

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Food for Thought
A mindset, an example, and an action item to start the week

Mindset: Embrace the power of reflection, presence, and vision to unlock growth.

Example: Apple's resilience and reinvention exemplify this quote, pivoting from personal computers to smartphones.

Action: Spend 10 minutes journaling about your past, present, and future aspirations.

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The Rabbit Hole
Deep dives, trends, and resources curated to stay ahead

💾 SIDE DISHES 💾

ARTICLE (database reminiscing)
Databases in 2024: A Year in Review

GITHUB REPO (storm-a-brewin')
An LLM-powered knowledge curation system

ARTICLE (design knowledge fiesta)
Software Design is Knowledge Building

ARTICLE (flaky tests, not so flaky tips)
How To Manage Flaky Tests

ARTICLE (future-proof your brain)
Future-proofing your Software Engineering career

GITHUB REPO (eliza got moves)
Autonomous agents for everyone

ARTICLE (scaling downward is scaling too)
Scaling from a Billion to a Million to One

ARTICLE (claude's got your back)
How I Use Claude

GITHUB REPO (audiobook magic)
Convert ebooks to audiobooks

ARTICLE (quality? who needs it?)
Most people don't care about quality

ARTICLE (rich and confused)
I am rich and have no idea what to do with my life

The Weekly Digest
Software, AI, and startup news worth your time

🚀 Nvidia to Open-Source Run:ai Software After $700M Acquisition (2 min)

Brief: Nvidia's acquisition of Run:ai aims to enhance GPU orchestration for AI by open-sourcing the software, promoting greater efficiency and flexibility within the AI ecosystem.

🚀 Google CEO Pichai Urges Employees to Prepare for an Ambitious 2025 (3 min)

Brief: Google CEO Sundar Pichai emphasizes urgent focus on AI advancements and strategic action for 2025, facing heightened competition and regulatory scrutiny.

🔌 All Devices Sold in the EU Will Now Be USB-C Compatible (2 min)

Brief: The EU mandates all small electronic devices sold must now support USB-C charging, setting the stage for similar regulations in California and India.

📸 A Billion Pixels a Second: Inside Apple's iPhone 16 Camera Labs (5 min)

Brief: Apple provides an exclusive glimpse into its iPhone 16 camera labs, highlighting innovations in video quality, microphone calibration, and the new Audio Mix feature designed to elevate mobile recording.

🔮 2024 AI Predictions: Insights from Future Thinkers (4 min)

Brief: A collection of AI predictions suggests that by the end of 2024, we'll see multiple GPT-4 level models, ongoing corporate adoption, and ongoing discussions about the alignment problem and AI's potential risks.

The Quick Byte
One coding tip because you’re technical after all

This week’s coding challenge:

This week’s tip:

In Python's FastAPI framework, you can use dependency injection with custom classes to create reusable database sessions that automatically handle connection lifecycle management.

Wen?

• High-Concurrency Applications: Perfect for applications handling multiple concurrent database operations where connection management is crucial for performance.

• Resource-Intensive Operations: Useful when working with expensive database connections that need careful lifecycle management to prevent resource leaks.

• Microservice Architectures: Essential in distributed systems where efficient database connection handling directly impacts service reliability and scalability.

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