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![[Translation] How we loaded a petabyte into PostgreSQL before New Year — and what happened next](https://times42.com/media/5/2/7/11045527_640x200.jpg "[Translation] How we loaded a petabyte into PostgreSQL before New Year — and what happened next")
It all started as a joke by the office coffee machine. But, as with every decent joke, it suddenly sounded worth trying — and before we knew it, we were knee-deep in an experiment that turned out to be anything but trivial, complete with a whole minefield of gotchas.It began simply: while everyone else was busy debating hardware tuning and squeezing out extra TPS from their systems, we thought — why not just shove a huge chunk of data into PostgreSQL and see how it holds up? Like, really huge. Say, a one-pe
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Another hint has surfaced that Apple is preparing to eliminate the physical SIM card tray from iPhones in more countries this year. In particular, a source familiar with the matter has informed MacRumors that retail employees at Apple Authorized Resellers in the EU are required to complete a training course related to iPhones with eSIM support by Friday, September 5. There are 27 countries in the EU, such as France,... Read more ›
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"I'm still teaching at Princeton," 83-year-old Brian Kernighan recently told an audience at New Jersey's InfoAge Science and History Museums. And last month the video was uploaded to YouTube, a new article points out, "showing that his talk ended with a unique question-and-answer session that turned almost historic..." "Do you think there's any sort of merit to Rust replacing C?" one audience member asked... "Or is this just a huge... Read more ›
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It all started as a joke by the office coffee machine. But, as with every decent joke, it suddenly sounded worth trying — and before we knew it, we were knee-deep in an experiment that turned out to be anything but trivial, complete with a whole minefield of gotchas.It began simply: while everyone else was busy debating hardware tuning and squeezing out extra TPS from their systems, we thought —... Read more ›
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Всем привет! Меня зовут Александр Агеев, мне 28 лет, я senior NLP‑разработчик и за последние годы успел побывать по обе стороны стола на собеседованиях: и как кандидат, и как интервьюер. В этой статье я систематизировал ключевые разделы, которые чаще всего встречаются на интервью по обработке естественного языка, компьютерному зрению и смежным направлениям. Расскажу, что обычно проверяют у джунов, а также укажу разделы, которые важны уже для миддлов.Материал будет полезен тем,... Read more ›
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This tutorial will guide you through the process of integrating OpenAI’s powerful Codex coding agent directly into your Visual Studio Code environment. This tool functions as an AI pair programmer, capable of understanding complex prompts to execute commands, write code, run tests, and even build entire applications from scratch. Read more Read more ›
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