Yoeven Khemlani on Small AI Models

JigsawStack is a startup that develops a suite of custom small models for tasks such as scraping, forecasting, vOCR, and translation. The platform is designed to support collaborative knowledge work, especially in research-heavy or strategy-driven environments. Yoeven Khemlani is the Founder of JigsawStack and he joins the podcast with Gregor Vand to talk about making

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Ben Lesh on RxJS

RxJS is an open-source library for composing asynchronous and event-based programs. It provides powerful operators for transforming, filtering, combining, and managing streams of data, from user input and web requests to real-time updates. Ben Lesh is the creator of RxJS. He joins Josh Goldberg to talk about his path into engineering and the RxJS library.

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Modal and Scaling AI Inference with Erik Bernhardsson

Modal is a serverless compute platform that’s specifically focused on AI workloads. The company’s goal is to enable AI teams to quickly spin up GPU-enabled containers, and rapidly iterate and autoscale. It was founded by Erik Bernhardsson who was previously at Spotify for 7 years where he built the music recommendation system and the popular

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Desktop App and Electron Engineering with Shelley Vohr

Electron is a framework for building cross-platform desktop applications using web technologies like JavaScript, HTML, and CSS. It allows developers to package web apps with a native-like experience by bundling them with a Chromium browser and Node.js runtime. Electron is widely used for apps like VS Code, Discord, and Slack because it enables a single

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SED News: Meta’s AI Move, Windsurf Restructuring, and the UK VPN Surge

SED News is a monthly podcast from Software Engineering Daily where hosts Gregor Vand and Sean Falconer unpack the biggest stories shaping software engineering, Silicon Valley, and the broader tech industry. In this episode, they explore Meta’s bold push into AI with the launch of Meta Superintelligence Labs, the dramatic twists in the Windsurf acquisition

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Podman Featuring Brent Baude

Podman is an open-source container management tool that allows developers to build, run, and manage containers. Unlike Docker, it supports rootless containers for improved security and is fully compatible with standards from the Open Container Initiative, or OCI. Brent Baude is a Senior Principal Software Engineer at Red Hat where he works on Podman. In

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Carbon and the Modernization of C++ with Chandler Carruth

Carbon is a programming language developed by Google as a successor to C++, and it aims to provide modern safety features while maintaining high performance. It’s designed to offer seamless interoperability with C++ while addressing shortcomings of C++ such as slow compilation times and lack of memory safety. Carbon also introduces features like a more

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Empowering Cross-Functional Product Teams with Tobias Dunn-Krahn & Doug Peete

Modern software teams typically rely on a patchwork of tools to manage planning, development, feature rollout, and post-release analysis. This fragmentation is a known challenge that can create friction and slow down software development iteration. It’s especially problematic for cross-functional teams, where differences in roles, expertise, and work culture can further complicate collaboration. There is

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Upcoming Amazon Kindle May Feature User-Replaceable Battery

Good E Reader.

More specifically, the content outlines the process of recognizing and addressing a malfunctioning battery and guides users through acquiring a substitute and installing it. It also includes information about scanning a QR code to access a store page for the correct batteries. The initial Kindle e-readers (First Generation) were equipped with batteries that users could replace themselves – iFixit has even provided a guide for that purpose. More recent models are significantly less user-friendly in this aspect, with backs that are sealed tightly compared to the original model’s easily detachable back cover.

Deteriorating batteries pose a significant issue for the durability of older devices and must be taken into account when evaluating the typical lifespan of a Kindle. Future Kindle models may feature designs with user-replaceable batteries if the updated text is any indication. This change is likely in response to a new European Union regulation set to take effect in February 2027, requiring all smartphones and tablets to provide replaceable batteries – along with the ability to replace them without the need for specialized tools.

Why easily replaceable batteries might be a good change

Top 5 Big Tablets to Buy in 2026

transform large tablets into a laptop substitute by combining it with a keyboard and mouse. We have conducted thorough research to identify the top large tablets you should consider purchasing if you’re looking for a new one in 2026, so you don’t have to. A methodology section at the conclusion of the article explores our selection process in detail.

Samsung Galaxy Tab S11 Ultra

The Tab S11 Ultra stands as Samsung’s priciest Galaxy tablet to date, and the reasons become clear once you uncover what it delivers. First and foremost, it boasts a huge 14.6-inch screen that competes with certain laptop displays, making it an ideal option if you’re seeking a tablet with a laptop-sized screen. The display employs AMOLED technology with a 120 Hz refresh rate, 1,000 nits of standard brightness (1,600 nits peak), and HDR10+ compatibility. As a premium tablet, the Galaxy Tab S11 Ultra is driven by the MediaTek Dimensity 9400 Plus, one of the most formidable mobile processors. This chipset is accompanied by 12 GB of RAM and options of either 256 GB or 512 GB of storage. Additionally, there is a 1 TB model that is matched with 16 GB of RAM.

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