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Scaling Test Time Compute to Multi-Agent Civilizations

Turns out, Reasoning AIs use a single test compute unit to pack the punch of something 1,000 to 10,000 times its size—an acrobatics act impossible before the might of GPT-4.Noam Brown spilled the beans on Ilya's hush-hush 2021 GPT-Zero experiment, which flipped his views on how soon we'd see reasoni.. read more  

Scaling Test Time Compute to Multi-Agent Civilizations
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Training a Rust 1.5B Coder LM with Reinforcement Learning (GRPO)

DeepSeek-R1flips the script on training LLMs. Armed withGRPO, it challenges the industry heavies like OpenAI's o1 by playing smart with custom data and cleverly designed rewards. Imagine this: a humble 1.5B model, running on merely asingle H100, clocks in at an 80% build pass rate. It’s nibbling at .. read more  

Training a Rust 1.5B Coder LM with Reinforcement Learning (GRPO)
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Why AI Features Break Microservices Testing and How To Fix It

GenAIcomplexity confounds conventional testing. But savvy teams? They fast-track validation insandbox environments, slashing AI debug time from weeks down to mere hours... read more  

Why AI Features Break Microservices Testing and How To Fix It
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Mistral named most privacy-friendly AI, Google ranks low: report

Mistral AI’s “Le Chat” leads in privacy-focused AI, beating out OpenAI’s ChatGPT and xAI’s Grok.Consumer privacy concerns are reshaping the AI landscape, with 68% worried about online privacy.Regional regulations impact privacy practices, with Mistral AI benefiting from Europe’s strict GDPR rules... read more  

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AWS' custom chip strategy is showing results, and cutting into Nvidia's AI dominance

Graviton4just cranked up the juice to600 Gbps. In the grand race of public cloud champions, it's gunning straight for Nvidia's AI kingdom, powered by the formidableProject Rainier... read more  

AWS' custom chip strategy is showing results, and cutting into Nvidia's AI dominance
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Run the Full DeepSeek-R1-0528 Model Locally

DeepSeek-R1-0528's nanized form chops space needs down to162GB. But here's the kicker—without a solid GPU, it's like waiting for paint to dry... read more  

Run the Full DeepSeek-R1-0528 Model Locally
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End to End Argo-Workflow for CI/CD

Argo Workflowsisn't just another tool; it sings for Kubernetes-native CI/CD. It juggles complex workflows as DAGs, brings dynamic execution to life with CRDs and parameters. Got a weekly CI? Automate it withCronWorkflows. Secure those Docker pushes using Kubernetes secrets, and let shared volumes ha.. read more  

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The Ultimate Guide to Running Kubernetes in a Home Lab

K3sandMicroK8sshine in makeshift home labs with minimal hardware. Throw inLonghornfor storage andVelerofor backup bliss. Now that's a recipe for tech nirvana... read more  

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Kubernetes 1.33: Resizing Pods Without the Drama (Finally!)

Kubernetes 1.33brings in-place pod vertical scaling, allowing you to adjust CPU and memory without restarting pods, a game-changer for seamless resource management in production workloads. This feature simplifies vertical pod autoscaling especially for stateful workloads like databases... read more  

Kubernetes 1.33: Resizing Pods Without the Drama (Finally!)
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GitOps for Kubernetes With Nixidy and ArgoCD

Nixidyturns Kubernetes YAMLs into sleek, declarative Nix setups. It offers a robust, repeatable config flow—even for those complex Helm charts. Spice up your deployment by pairingArgoCDwith encrypted secrets viasops-secrets-operator. Now you can wrangle sensitive data in Git with style—and security... read more  

GitOps for Kubernetes With Nixidy and ArgoCD
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