Experts have it easy (2024)
(boydkane.com)
Something that’s painfully understudied is how experts are more efficient than novices while achieving better results. I say understudied and not unstudied, because it’s common knowledge that charging people for their time results in experts being paid less since they work faster, which is why experts charge more for their time.
Something that’s painfully understudied is how experts are more efficient than novices while achieving better results. I say understudied and not unstudied, because it’s common knowledge that charging people for their time results in experts being paid less since they work faster, which is why experts charge more for their time.
Experts Have It Easy
(boydkane.com)
Something that’s painfully understudied is how experts are more efficient than novices while achieving better results.
Something that’s painfully understudied is how experts are more efficient than novices while achieving better results.
FastVLM: Efficient vision encoding for vision language models
(github.com/apple)
This is the official repository of FastVLM: Efficient Vision Encoding for Vision Language Models. (CVPR 2025)
This is the official repository of FastVLM: Efficient Vision Encoding for Vision Language Models. (CVPR 2025)
Sequencing for Value
(blueberrypediatrics.blog)
Sequencing is the practice of completing work in the optimal order. An optimal order is one that helps us ship work quickly, while balancing urgency and rigor.
Sequencing is the practice of completing work in the optimal order. An optimal order is one that helps us ship work quickly, while balancing urgency and rigor.
Implement Your Language Twice
(futhark-lang.org)
One of the challenges you face when programming is figuring out what your program will do when you run it.
One of the challenges you face when programming is figuring out what your program will do when you run it.
A faster way to copy SQLite databases between computers
(alexwlchan.net)
I store a lot of data in SQLite databases on remote servers, and I often want to copy them to my local machine for analysis or backup.
I store a lot of data in SQLite databases on remote servers, and I often want to copy them to my local machine for analysis or backup.
Rigor and Urgency
(blueberrypediatrics.blog)
Blueberry is a 24/7 clinic startup. We need to move fast and not break things. This requires us to have a disciplined balance of rigor and urgency.
Blueberry is a 24/7 clinic startup. We need to move fast and not break things. This requires us to have a disciplined balance of rigor and urgency.
Microsoft’s “1‑bit” AI model runs on a CPU only, while matching larger systems
(arstechnica.com)
Future AI might not need supercomputers thanks to models like BitNet b1.58 2B4T.
Future AI might not need supercomputers thanks to models like BitNet b1.58 2B4T.
Microsoft researchers developed a hyper-efficient AI model that can run on CPUs
(techcrunch.com)
Microsoft researchers claim they’ve developed the largest-scale 1-bit AI model, also known as a “bitnet,” to date.
Microsoft researchers claim they’ve developed the largest-scale 1-bit AI model, also known as a “bitnet,” to date.
Work Simplification and the History of Government Efficiency and Management
(governance.fyi)
Dave Deek: Okay, recording has started. How's your week been going?
Dave Deek: Okay, recording has started. How's your week been going?
Show HN: For those who want to stay informed without reading 10 articles
(worldpulsenow.com)
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Better Shell History Search
(tratt.net)
I spend an awful lot of my day in Unix terminals running shell commands. For some reason, the variance in efficiency between different people when using the shell is huge: I know people who can run rings around me, and I’ve come across more than one paid professional who doesn’t use the “up” key to retrieve the previous command.
I spend an awful lot of my day in Unix terminals running shell commands. For some reason, the variance in efficiency between different people when using the shell is huge: I know people who can run rings around me, and I’ve come across more than one paid professional who doesn’t use the “up” key to retrieve the previous command.
LED's Efficiency Exceeds 100% (2012)
(phys.org)
For the first time, researchers have demonstrated that an LED can emit more optical power than the electrical power it consumes.
For the first time, researchers have demonstrated that an LED can emit more optical power than the electrical power it consumes.
AutoHete: An Automatic and Efficient Heterogeneous Training System for LLMs
(arxiv.org)
Transformer-based large language models (LLMs) have demonstrated exceptional capabilities in sequence modeling and text generation, with improvements scaling proportionally with model size.
Transformer-based large language models (LLMs) have demonstrated exceptional capabilities in sequence modeling and text generation, with improvements scaling proportionally with model size.
Command A
(cohere.com)
Command A is on par or better than GPT-4o and DeepSeek-V3 across agentic enterprise tasks, with significantly greater efficiency.
Command A is on par or better than GPT-4o and DeepSeek-V3 across agentic enterprise tasks, with significantly greater efficiency.
Command A: Max performance, minimal compute – 256k context window
(cohere.com)
Command A is on par or better than GPT-4o and DeepSeek-V3 across agentic enterprise tasks, with significantly greater efficiency.
Command A is on par or better than GPT-4o and DeepSeek-V3 across agentic enterprise tasks, with significantly greater efficiency.
Cohere's minimal compute new LLM
(cohere.com)
Command A is on par or better than GPT-4o and DeepSeek-V3 across agentic enterprise tasks, with significantly greater efficiency.
Command A is on par or better than GPT-4o and DeepSeek-V3 across agentic enterprise tasks, with significantly greater efficiency.
AMD EPYC 9845 Makes for a Persuasive Upgrade with Performance and Efficiency
(phoronix.com)
With the new AMD EPYC 9005 processors there are SKUs up to 500 Watt with the likes of the EPYC 9965 flagship at 192 cores for Turin Dense cores or 128 Turin classic cores with the EPYC 9755. But for those looking at upgrading from an existing EPYC 9004 series server and bound by the motherboard BIOS support and/or cooling/power capacity, 400 Watts is a sweet spot.
With the new AMD EPYC 9005 processors there are SKUs up to 500 Watt with the likes of the EPYC 9965 flagship at 192 cores for Turin Dense cores or 128 Turin classic cores with the EPYC 9755. But for those looking at upgrading from an existing EPYC 9004 series server and bound by the motherboard BIOS support and/or cooling/power capacity, 400 Watts is a sweet spot.
Federal employees begin to receive second work accomplishment email
(thehill.com)
Federal employees on Friday began receiving a second email asking them to list bullet points on what they did during the past week, as the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) continues to recommend cuts to the workforce.
Federal employees on Friday began receiving a second email asking them to list bullet points on what they did during the past week, as the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) continues to recommend cuts to the workforce.
Speed matters (2021)
(scattered-thoughts.net)
I think that one of the most important things to focus on improving is how fast you can work.
I think that one of the most important things to focus on improving is how fast you can work.
Are efficiency and horizontal scalability at odds?
(buttondown.com)
Why are scalable systems locally-inefficent, and locally-efficient systems unscalable? Plus, new book release!
Why are scalable systems locally-inefficent, and locally-efficient systems unscalable? Plus, new book release!
Fire the Contractors: Paradoxically adding government employees reduces costs
(washingtonmonthly.com)
Voters are right to want a less bloated and wasteful government. But Elon Musk’s plan will fail because the most inefficient parts lie outside it.
Voters are right to want a less bloated and wasteful government. But Elon Musk’s plan will fail because the most inefficient parts lie outside it.
Fluid Compute
(vercel.com)
While dedicated servers provide efficiency and always-on availability, they often lead to over-provisioning, scaling challenges, and operational overhead. Serverless computing improves this with auto-scaling and pay-as-you-go pricing, but can suffer from cold starts and inefficient use of idle time.
While dedicated servers provide efficiency and always-on availability, they often lead to over-provisioning, scaling challenges, and operational overhead. Serverless computing improves this with auto-scaling and pay-as-you-go pricing, but can suffer from cold starts and inefficient use of idle time.
Better AI Is a Matter of Timing
(ieee.org)
New MEMS-based clocks aim to improve efficiency by reducing idle compute times
New MEMS-based clocks aim to improve efficiency by reducing idle compute times