Oh, what Promethean days we live in! With the creation of LLMs we have entered in a new era of computing… do we call it an era of non-deterministic computing? Maybe non-programmatic computing? Lets ask ChatGPT. Language models like GPT (from OpenAI) are often misunderstood to be non-deterministic, but they’re…

Web3 is doing just great, so they say. We’ve got: The outright scams and pyramid schemes facilitated by blockchains. The Serious Businesses with a level of funding that that only makes sense in a low interest rate mindset. (This isn’t unique to blockchain, see pets.com and WeWork.) The digital minimalists…

The goal of this testing is to further the community’s understanding of Solana JSON RPC API endpoints and their response times. Latency is a single metric used in evaluating an API provider, and therefore this post is not intended to be a complete evaluation of Solana RPC APIs. Furthermore, metrics…

StackPath is a member of the Solana foundation’s server program. The author is a StackPath employee. web3 security In the friendly pastures of web3 builders lean far forward into whatever glass they’re chewing. Scaling comes with success and success from credibility. At any point in your execution into the global jungle of…

StackPath is one of the several infrastructure companies part of the Solana server program. This post will specifically document the deployment of a node on SP//. The author is a StackPath employee. Pre-requisite Documentation: Official Solana Documentation | Starting a Validator Official Solana Server Program StackPath Edge Compute Support Directory StackPath Developer…

You never know what the old you was up to. And while you might change, your files never do. Google provides no way to audit who you are sharing files with or if a file is accessible to the public. …

It’s x hot summer and time for you to do the living in the old phrase, “work to live.” Request Time Off Be honest with your request. Good managers respect that people need time away from work. In a post covid world there is an endless stream of business news about employee burnout…

Discussing the increase of productivity, or lack thereof, from WFH has become a cultural phenomenon. A year in, and the jury is starting to settle on a verdict: those able to adapt are more efficient than ever. Communication has always been the most important tool a professional has, and mastering…

Does the thought of missing an important task fill you with anxiety? Are you constantly buried under an avalanche of emails? Thinking of declaring email bankruptcy? There is a better way to live. Your inbox can be tamed. You can process your emails in the first 30 minutes of the…