#57 Daily Tech: The Tale of a Crypto Executive Who Wasn’t Who He Said He Was

The Tale of a Crypto Executive Who Wasn’t Who He Said He Was

The chief operating officer of ZenLedger, a software company, boasted of work for Goldman Sachs and Larry King. Did anyone check to see if it was true?

Apple just showed us how it will kill the password forever

Raise your hand if you hate entering passwords. Okay, now keep your hand raised if you happen to use the same password for multiple accounts or services. Yes, lots of people do this, and it’s a leading cause for users getting hacked.

How I Used DALL·E 2 to Generate The Logo for OctoSQL

Everybody has heard about the latest cool thing™, which is DALL·E 2. A few months ago, when the first previews started, it was basically everywhere. Now, a few weeks ago, the floodgates have been opened and lots of people on the waitlist got access - that group included me.

Use One Big Server

A lot of ink is spent on the “monoliths vs. microservices” debate, but the real issue behind this debate is about whether distributed system architecture is worth the developer time and cost overheads. By thinking about the real operational considerations of our systems, we can get some insight into whether we actually need distributed systems for most things.

Robinhood Lays Off 23% of Staff as Retail Investors Fade From Platform

The job cuts mark the second round of layoffs for the online brokerage, which exploded in popularity during the Covid-19 pandemic.

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