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"The Dazzle of Zebras" (Angualar team members Jessica Janiuk & Mark "Techson" Thompson) discuss Angular's new deferrable views, the team's approach to handling change and the lessons learned from AngularJS. Topics include the benefits of an offline-first architecture, server-side rendering, misconceptions about Angular, and the framework's longevity. Get ready for a riot of puns and insightful discussions!

Gemini, Bard (rebranded as Gemini by Google), OpenAI, Anthropic, and Cohere are compared in terms of their AI offerings. The podcast also discusses the recent FCC decision to ban AI voices in robocalls and its implications for government involvement in AI in 2024.

At GopherCon EU Athens 2024, the hosts play the game show 'Gopher's Say' where teams guess Go developers' favorite programming languages and professions in the tech industry. They also discuss favorite developer tools and announce the game show results.

In this podcast, they talk about a new Dance Party album, a new terminal app, a CEO change at Mozilla, and a new feature for Windows. They also discuss how SSH became port 22 and review various services. Tune in for some interesting updates and insights!

Experts in the future of energy, content creation, and food discuss topics such as generative AI in music, the impact of AI on the music industry, trust in blockchain networks, energy efficiency in computing, creating YouTube videos, decentralized video platforms, content distribution strategies, distributed agriculture, and the importance of food, technology, and community.

Nadia Odunayo, founder of StoryGraph, talks about customer research, building StoryGraph, revenue generation through subscriptions and partnerships, technical challenges faced, finding the ideal investor, and the future of the internet. They also discuss migrating to Rocky Linux, the discontinuation of CentOS, and the decision to revamp the plus plan. The speaker reflects on the importance of maintaining privacy, tackling technical challenges, and their own experiences as an avid listener of audiobooks.

Dan Abramov, React Server Components expert, talks about the origin story and the community response of React Server Components. He also explains the benefits of using RSCs, such as improving application performance and simplifying setup. The podcast delves into the shift from traditional server rendering to client-side approach, the use of suspense to handle loading states, and the introduction of offline-first architectures. The discussion also covers the execution stages of RSCs, their integration with data fetching, and the challenges faced in their development and adoption. Finally, the podcast explores their desire for deep first-class support for animations in React and delves into the nuances of implementing animations in React.

In this podcast, the hosts discuss the changes in Go 1.22, including improvements in looping, the range fog experiment, and the use of the embed package in Go. They also talk about the drawbacks of using nullable strings in databases and express frustration with the lack of basic devices and unnecessary features in technology.

Nous Research has been pumping out some of the best open access LLMs using SOTA data synthesis techniques. Their Hermes family of models is incredibly popular! In this episode, Karan from Nous talks about the origins of Nous as a distributed collective of LLM researchers. We also get into fine-tuning strategies and why data synthesis works so well. Join the discussionChangelog++ members save 2 minutes on this episode because they made the ads disappear. Join today!Sponsors:Read Write Own – Read, Write, Own: Building the Next Era of the Internet—a new book from entrepreneur and investor Chris Dixon—explores one possible solution to the internet’s authenticity problem: Blockchains. From AI that tracks its source material to generative programs that compensate—rather than cannibalize—creators. It’s a call to action for a more open, transparent, and democratic internet. One that opens the black box of AI, tracks the origins we see online, and much more. Order your copy of Read, Write, Own today at readwriteown.com Fly.io – The home of Changelog.com — Deploy your apps and databases close to your users. In minutes you can run your Ruby, Go, Node, Deno, Python, or Elixir app (and databases!) all over the world. No ops required. Learn more at fly.io/changelog and check out the speedrun in their docs. Featuring:Karan Malhotra – LinkedInChris Benson – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, XDaniel Whitenack – Website, GitHub, XShow Notes: Nous on Hugging Face Nous Research Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!

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