Most consensus libraries (Raft, Paxos) treat the state machine as a pure black box. This is fine until your state machine needs to actually do something, like charge a credit card, fire a webhook, or ...
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Brian Niccol has spent his first year as CEO of Starbucks making a series of changes, big and small, to improve operations at the coffee giant. Eugene Gologursky/Getty Images for Fast Company Brian Ni...
I built an open source web app that generates cover letters using local AI models (Ollama, LM Studio, vLLM, etc.) so your resume and job application data never leaves your machine. No placeholders. No...
Getty Images This post originally appeared in the BI Today newsletter. You can sign up for Business Insider's daily newsletter here . The first Saturday of the new year can be a lot of things: It can ...
Blackstone CTO John Stecher said the software engineering landscape looks different than when he graduated in 2001. Blackstone Blackstone CTO John Stecher said there's been a shift in entry-level soft...
The Netflix headquarters Patrick T. Fallon / AFP A Netflix engineer said he frequently gets asked about how AI will change the industry. Anthony Goto said he might be wrong, but he doesn't think engin...
Caroline Kennedy and Jack Schlossberg attend the 2017 Met Gala. Rabbani and Solimene Photography/Getty Images The Kennedy family has been prominent in US politics for over a century. The younger Kenne...
I created a daily game where you get a random Bible verse and try to identify the book (e.g. "Psalms", "Genesis", "Luke") in as few guesses as possible. I have absolutely no clue how I got the idea, o...
Getty Images; Tyler Le/BI Five years ago, Tim Cannon, a cancer doctor in Virginia, saw that his colon cancer patients were getting younger and their cancer was more aggressive. He had just diagnosed t...
Brian Niccol said he wanted Starbucks to feel like the coffee shop from "Friends." Justin Sullivan/Getty Images Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol said a fictional café guided his vision of what his s...
I've spent the last few months working on something I wish I'd had years ago. I kept running into the same issue: CI green, production mail broken. TLS handshake failures, DKIM alignment mismatches, S...
From portable gaming handhelds to smartphones, our lives rely on portable, untethered electronics, and it can't hurt to always have a charger on hand. Fortunately, they don't have to be expensive. Cas...
Avowed is the latest Xbox Game Studios creation to head to PlayStation, developer Obsidian announced today. This news came as part of an interview on the New Game+ Showcase , where Obsidian developers...
Nespresso opened a nearly 14,000 square-foot flagship in Manhattan. Alice Tecotzky I visited Nespresso's nearly 14,000 square-foot NYC store, which offers free coffee and a speakeasy. Between choosing...
If you need more USB inputs than what's available on your PC or laptop, then here's a deal that will provide an instant solution. For a limited time, Amazon is offering the Sabrent 5-in-1 USB-C Dockin...
USB Type-C has become the standard for charging and data cables alike. They can be used to charge nearly any device with a USB-C port, including your Nintendo Switch 2, Steam Deck, Legion Go, or ROG A...
New U.S. dietary guidelines have beef with the "war on protein." Igor Jovanovic/Getty Images The latest Dietary Guidelines for Americans emphasize more protein and fewer whole grains. Dietitia...
The Defense Department is investigating Sen. Mark Kelly for a video he made with fellow Democratic lawmakers. Kelly has said troops have the right to disobey an unlawful order. Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call...
TK Courtesy of Camille Seigle Camille Seigle is a consultant who helps individuals and organizations unlock their potential. She co-authored a book with Ali Mann Stevens, inspired by their postpartum ...