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AI-assisted code refactoring

Tools built to generate vast amounts of code can, paradoxically, help us write less of it: How To Use LLMs for Continuous, Creative Code Refactoring LLM series at The New Stack

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Mobilizing the Mamdani Volunteer Army

Eric Blanc, assistant professor of Labor Studies at Rutgers University and author of the Substack newsletter LaborPolitics.com, talks about how the thousands of volunteers who canvassed during Mayor Mamdani's campaign could be mobilized to help the new mayor achieve his policy goals.

 


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Right-Wing Influencers Have Flooded Minneapolis

Clips from creators in Minnesota have become primary evidence in attempts from the right-wing to justify ICE's surge on American cities.

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Snag a Feature-Packed Gaming Headset for Under $100

Corsair's updated Void Wireless sports Dolby Atmos and a lightweight, breathable fit.

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Something feels off about this Apple and Google statement on Siri and Gemini. I’m left with more questions than I started with, particularly around this Gemini “cloud technology” mentioned in the statement.

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Forks, Clouds and the New Economics of Open Source Licensing

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When HashiCorp changed the licenses of Terraform and many of its other products from open source MPL 2.0 to the

The post Forks, Clouds and the New Economics of Open Source Licensing appeared first on The New Stack.

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The Weekend Our Pipeline Processed the Same Data 47 Times 

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It was Monday morning when our analytics team started noticing something wrong. Customer transaction volumes had apparently skyrocketed over the

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Sorry Ladies, the Foreskin Tactical Hoodie Is Only for Men

The Foreskin Tactical Hoodie is the antithesis of all things feminine and female. It comes in black, brown, and olive green. It does not come in fuchsia, lilac, or ecru. It is perfect for outdoorsmen and army-man dress-up parties. It is not for doing stuff women normally do,...

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GoFundMe Ignores Own Rules by Hosting a Legal-Defense Fund for the ICE Agent Who Killed Renee Good

The fundraiser for the ICE agent in the Renee Good killing has stayed online in seeming breach of GoFundMe’s own terms of service, prompting questions about selective enforcement.

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Apple, Rather Quietly and With No Details, Announces Partnership With Google to Use Gemini Technology for Apple Foundation Models, and Presumably, the Year-Overdue More Personalized Siri

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CNBC: The multi-year partnership will lean on Google’s Gemini and cloud technology for future Apple foundational models, according to a joint statement obtained by CNBC’s Jim Cramer. “After careful evaluation, we determined that Google’s technology provides the most cap...

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Macclesfield’s Historic Upset Is Why The FA Cup Rules

Macclesfield’s Historic Upset Is Why The FA Cup Rules
The early rounds of the FA Cup are supposed to be straightforward. While every lower-division team that faces Premier League opposition dreams of pulling off the unexpected, these matches tend to look more like Manchester City's 10-1 thrashing of League One side Exeter City ...

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MacKenzie Scott Donates $45 Million to the Trevor Project

Jeff Bezos’ ex-wife has made a donation to the LGBTQ+ advocacy group that the organization calls “transformational.”

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‘The God of the Woods’ Author Liz Moore

Moore says writing is mostly labor, but "2% of the time, usually at the very beginning of a book and the very end of a book, it feels like flying." She's also the author of ‘Long Bright River,’ which was adapted into a series on Peacock starring Amanda Seyfried. Her latest bestseller, ‘The God of the Woods’ centers on a missing girl at a summer camp in the Adirondacks. Moore spoke with contributor Dave Davies about her writing process and adapting her work for TV. 

Also, John Powers reviews the thriller series ‘Hijack’ and ‘The Night Manager,’ both of which are returning for their second seasons.


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Sacramento Watch: Several Teams Tainted By Proximity To Kings

Sacramento Watch: Several Teams Tainted By Proximity To Kings

The Western Conference's nexus of pain is in an unsurprising location: Sacramento. Let us consider three NBA teams whose seasons have been impinged upon by straying too close to The Beam, whether physically or psychically.

Exhibit A: Houston Rockets

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How To Scale GitOps Without Hitting the ‘Argo Ceiling’

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Too often, GitOps becomes a victim of its own success. One cluster and one Argo CD instance quickly sprawl into

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How To Use LLMs for Continuous, Creative Code Refactoring

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Refactoring used to be limited to a fixed set of transforms hardwired into IDEs. If the one you needed wasn’t

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Salvatore Sanfilippo, the creator of Redis, wrote over the weekend about AI for programming:

It does not matter if AI companies will not be able to get their money back and the stock market will crash. All that is irrelevant, in the long run. It does not matter if this or the other CEO of some unicorn is telling you something that is off putting, or absurd. Programming changed forever, anyway.

I’ve blogged a lot about AI. Part of it reminds me of this particular post from June last year. I can’t believe it was less than a year ago… Feels like two years ago, so much has happened.

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‘Industry’ Is As Beautifully Dumb As Ever

‘Industry’ Is As Beautifully Dumb As Ever

What was your favorite moment from Sunday night's season premiere of Industry?

Was it the opening scene with its pounding New Order needledrop and its unveiling of an all-grown-up Kiernan Shipka aka Sally Draper?

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The Crossword, Jan. 12: Shuffle Along

The Crossword, Jan. 12: Shuffle Along

Solve our Monday crossword like nobody's watching. This week's puzzle was constructed by Jonathan Raksin, and edited by Hoang-Kim Vu. Jon is a long-suffering Orioles and Ravens fan living in Philadelphia. His crosswords have previously appeared at Apple News Plus+, Fireball, Universal and The Wall Street Journal. 

Defector crosswords, launched in partnership with our friends at AVCX, run every Monday. If you’re interested in submitting a puzzle to us, you can read our guidelines HERE. 

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Bari Weiss Is The Symptom

Bari Weiss Is The Symptom
Who says Bari Weiss doesn't know how to run a newsroom? "My general view here," the CBS News editor-in-chief wrote in a memo before shelving the now-infamous 60 Minutes report on El Salvador's CECOT concentration camp, "is that we do our viewers the best service by presentin...