Implementing Raft Part 4 - KeyValue Database

3rd Party PoE HATs for Pi 5 add NVMe fit inside case 3rd Party PoE HATs for Pi 5 add NVMe, fit inside case Today I published a video detailing my testing of three new Raspberry Pi HATs—these HATs all add on PoE+ power and an NVMe SSD slot, though the

Git Aliases for the Lazy and Grug Brained I’ll admit that I am lazy, have a terrible memory and generally fit the archetype of the grug brained developer. As such I endeavour to make my life as easy as possible, ideally with as little effort as possible. Usually this manifests as me doing some work up front to make

Boring Tech Is Stifling Improvement Boring Tech Is Stifling Improvement

Use an External GPU on Raspberry Pi 5 for 4K Gaming Use an External GPU on Raspberry Pi 5 for 4K Gaming After I saw Pineboards 4K Pi 5 external GPU gaming demo at Maker Faire Hanover, I decided it was time to set up my GPU test rig and

Linearizability in distributed systems

My October 7 post For weeks I agonized over what, if anything, this post should say. How does one commemorate a tragedy that isn’t over for millions of innocents on either side? How do I add to what friend-of-the-blog Boaz Barak and countless others have already written? Do I review the grisly details of

Quantum advantage for NP approximation For REAL this time The other night I spoke at a quantum computing event and was asked—for the hundredth time? the thousandth?—whether I agreed that the quantum algorithm called QAOA was poised revolutionize industries by finding better solutions to NP-hard optimization problems. I replied that while serious, worthwhile research on that algorithm continues, alas,

OpenAI DevDay Lets build developer tools not digital God

Snapdragon Dev Kit for Windows - the fastest X Elite tested Snapdragon Dev Kit for Windows - the fastest X Elite, tested Update - October 17: Today Qualcomm cancelled all remaining orders, and will no longer support the Dev Kit. I have mixed feelings publishing this post: many developers