Arc Notes Weekly #51: Packaging

This week, we will discuss squeezing the most out of your systems, how Instagram scales it recommendation system, and do we need specialized vector databases?

This week, we will discuss squeezing the most out of your systems, how Instagram scales it recommendation system, and do we need specialized vector databases?

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Enjoy this week's round-up!

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Articles

Squeeze the hell out of the system you have

Interesting point about getting the most of your system before you start scaling up, if you don't except much more growth than where you are today. 

Llama from scratch (or how to implement a paper without crying)

HashiCorp adopts Business Source License

This is an interesting change and will likely impact the future of open source first companies. 

Do we really need a specialized vector database?

No.

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Kafka is dead, long live Kafka

WarpStream is an interesting evolution of Kafka

Scaling the Instagram Explore recommendations system

When Did Postgres Become Cool?

Projects

GitHub - huggingface/candle: Minimalist ML framework for Rust

Candle is a minimalist ML framework for Rust with a focus on performance

GitHub - clockworklabs/SpacetimeDB: Multiplayer at the speed of light

Interesting idea. Not sure its much more than a thought experiment

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