Category: IT
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Making LLMs Compete For the Best HTTP/2 Configuration
It’s no wonder why Apache HTTPD doesn’t have HTTP/2 enabled by default. Whenever I enable it for my (this) website, I consistently get the same or slightly worse client-side performance numbers. As with any tool, blindly turning something on without proper tuning often does more harm than good, and I never had the time or…
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Inside the Software Lockdown of Modern Cars
The days when you could connect to your car via OBD-II and make it do magic stuff are over – something I realized after spending some time with a recent Audi/VW fleet car. In the good old days, about six years ago, the VW platform was surprisingly open to coding and very popular with car…
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The Command Line Is Changing: AI Enters the Terminal
For anyone dealing with computers professionally, command line is the essential tool. I recently explored how AI is transforming it. There are multiple solutions that bring AI to your fingertips. Claude Code is the most prominent one, but requires a paid subscription. Gemini CLI is an accessible open-source alternative with a generous free tier, so…
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Ode To Gentoo
One of the reasons I’ve enjoyed using Gentoo Linux for the last 15 years is its version-less release model, which is similar to the BSD Ports system. Early in my career, I tried many different Linux distributions, where managing versions and updates was almost always a frustrating experience. Living with Gentoo is a completely different…
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Detecting AI-Generated Content
Another brilliant Java meetup by NY Java SIG (and no, it’s not because I won IntelliJ license raffle). Huge kudos to the organizers for keeping these events coming! Sean Phillips from Johns Hopkins University presented an astonishing method capable of detecting AI-generated content, be it text (that could be read out), AI-generated audio, or even…
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Peloton Teams: a synergy of Peter Drucker prophecies, Agile, and Cycling
Peter Drucker is regarded as the father of modern management, and I consider myself fortunate to have been introduced to his books during my college years. Reading good books makes life a bit less interesting as you’re not surprised by the news like Agile job cuts, you actually expect that “…Instead of having “distinct roles…