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
Jevons paradox
(wikipedia.org)
In economics, the Jevons paradox (/ˈdʒɛvənz/; sometimes Jevons effect) occurs when technological advancements make a resource more efficient to use (thereby reducing the amount needed for a single application), however, as the cost of using the resource drops, overall demand increases causing total resource consumption to rise.
In economics, the Jevons paradox (/ˈdʒɛvənz/; sometimes Jevons effect) occurs when technological advancements make a resource more efficient to use (thereby reducing the amount needed for a single application), however, as the cost of using the resource drops, overall demand increases causing total resource consumption to rise.
Understanding DOGE as Procurement Capture
(anildash.com)
For the last few months, there's been a lot of conversation around the "Department" of Government Efficiency, which is ostensibly an effort at improving government efficency, with a primary narrative being around government spending.
For the last few months, there's been a lot of conversation around the "Department" of Government Efficiency, which is ostensibly an effort at improving government efficency, with a primary narrative being around government spending.
I replaced my son's school timetable app with an e-paper
(mfasold.net)
Recently, I’ve been looking for a quality-of-life improvement for our family’s morning routine: the daily check of the timetable and substitution plan for the kids’ school.
Recently, I’ve been looking for a quality-of-life improvement for our family’s morning routine: the daily check of the timetable and substitution plan for the kids’ school.
Switching to the meow modal editing system from evil Emacs
(esrh.me)
The first modal editing system I used was vim. After the initial learning curve that comes with getting used to not being able to type in every mode, it introduced me to a few key ideas that I feel lead to decidedly more efficient editing
The first modal editing system I used was vim. After the initial learning curve that comes with getting used to not being able to type in every mode, it introduced me to a few key ideas that I feel lead to decidedly more efficient editing
1-Bit AI Infrastructure
(arxiv.org)
Recent advances in 1-bit Large Language Models (LLMs), such as BitNet and BitNet b1.58, present a promising approach to enhancing the efficiency of LLMs in terms of speed and energy consumption.
Recent advances in 1-bit Large Language Models (LLMs), such as BitNet and BitNet b1.58, present a promising approach to enhancing the efficiency of LLMs in terms of speed and energy consumption.
1-bit architecture is turbocharging LLM efficiency
(venturebeat.com)
One-bit large language models (LLMs) have emerged as a promising approach to making generative AI more accessible and affordable.
One-bit large language models (LLMs) have emerged as a promising approach to making generative AI more accessible and affordable.
Elon Musk to lead new efficiency department named after his favourite crypto
(telegraph.co.uk)
Elon Musk has been appointed to lead Donald Trump’s new Department of Government Efficiency.
Elon Musk has been appointed to lead Donald Trump’s new Department of Government Efficiency.
M4 Mac mini's efficiency
(jeffgeerling.com)
I had to pause some of my work getting a current-gen AMD graphics card running on the Pi 5 and testing a 192-core AmpereOne server to quickly post on the M4's efficiency.
I had to pause some of my work getting a current-gen AMD graphics card running on the Pi 5 and testing a 192-core AmpereOne server to quickly post on the M4's efficiency.
Principles for product velocity
(ssoready.com)
Building the right thing shouldn't take very long -- doing away with nonsense makes product development really fast
Building the right thing shouldn't take very long -- doing away with nonsense makes product development really fast
Typing fast is not so important
(zoemp.be)
In response to https://www.rugu.dev/en/blog/on-typing-fast.
In response to https://www.rugu.dev/en/blog/on-typing-fast.
Video scraping: extracting JSON from a 35s screen capture for 1/10th of a cent
(simonwillison.net)
The other day I found myself needing to add up some numeric values that were scattered across twelve different emails.
The other day I found myself needing to add up some numeric values that were scattered across twelve different emails.
Improving Parquet Dedupe on Hugging Face Hub
(huggingface.co)
The Xet team at Hugging Face is working on improving the efficiency of the Hub's storage architecture to make it easier and quicker for users to store and update data and models.
The Xet team at Hugging Face is working on improving the efficiency of the Hub's storage architecture to make it easier and quicker for users to store and update data and models.
The importance of local development
(fastpaced.com)
Local development is crucial for efficient software development, it enables faster iteration, better debugging and ensures consistency between local and production environments.
Local development is crucial for efficient software development, it enables faster iteration, better debugging and ensures consistency between local and production environments.
Serving 70B-scale LLMs efficiently on low-resource edge devices [pdf]
(arxiv.org)
Large model inference is shifting from cloud to edge due to concerns about the privacy of user interaction data.
Large model inference is shifting from cloud to edge due to concerns about the privacy of user interaction data.
Too much efficiency makes everything worse (2022)
(sohl-dickstein.github.io)
Increased efficiency can sometimes, counterintuitively, lead to worse outcomes.
Increased efficiency can sometimes, counterintuitively, lead to worse outcomes.
Hours Aren't Equal
(37signals.com)
An hour isn’t an hour. It’s a collection of minutes that add up to an hour. And 60 uninterrupted minutes is a higher-quality hour than an hour chopped into four 15-minute sessions. Uninterrupted hours lead to quality time, quality work. Days chunked into tiny blocks of time are a terrible way to work.
An hour isn’t an hour. It’s a collection of minutes that add up to an hour. And 60 uninterrupted minutes is a higher-quality hour than an hour chopped into four 15-minute sessions. Uninterrupted hours lead to quality time, quality work. Days chunked into tiny blocks of time are a terrible way to work.