Confessions of a Big Tech recruiter

Almost unknown Chinese lab releases AI model that’s open, free, and as good as ChatGPT’s best models. Oh, and it’s also cheaper to operate. This has sent shockwaves through the AI sector

In today’s episode of The Pragmatic Engineer, I’m joined by Jonas Tyroller, one of the developers behind Thronefall, a minimalist indie strategy game that blends tower defense and kingdom-building.

Google’s dominance of web search is being challenged by innovative, fast-moving startups. A deepdive into two promising contenders: Perplexity and Kagi

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In two years, the streaming giant’s valuation increased by 4x. Also: learnings from a managed database service losing customer data, and more.