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Engineering — Combining forces, GSAP & Webflow!

Combining forces, GSAP & Webflow!

Change can certainly be scary whenever a beloved, independent software library becomes a part of a larger organization. I'm feeling a bit more excitement than

RTRyan TrimbleRyan Trimble·October 18, 2024Engineering
AI & ML — How Shopify improved consumer search intent with real-time ML - Shopify

How Shopify improved consumer search intent with real-time ML - Shopify

In the dynamic landscape of commerce, Shopify merchants rely on our platform's ability to seamlessly and reliably deliver highly relevant products to potential customers. Therefore, a rich and intuitive search experience is an essential part of our offering. Over the past year, Shopify has been integrating AI-powered search capabilities into our merchants’ storefronts. Shopify Storefront Search ha

SEShopify Engineering·October 18, 2024AI & ML
Frontend — CSS min() All The Things — Smashing Magazine

CSS min() All The Things — Smashing Magazine

Victor Ayomipo experiments with the CSS `min()` function, exploring its flexibility with different units to determine if it is the be-all, end-all for responsiveness. Discover the cautions he highlights against dogmatic approaches to web design based on his findings.

VAVictor AyomipoVictor Ayomipo·October 17, 2024Frontend
Performance — Analysis of the EPYC 145% performance gain in Cloudflare Gen 12 servers

Analysis of the EPYC 145% performance gain in Cloudflare Gen 12 servers

Cloudflare’s Gen 12 server is the most powerful and power efficient server that we have deployed to date. Through sensitivity analysis, we found that Cloudflare workloads continue to scale with higher core count and higher CPU frequency, as well as achieving a significant boost in performance with larger L3 cache per core.

JSJq, SyonaJq, Syona·October 15, 2024Performance
SRE & Ops — OCP Summit 2024: The open future of networking hardware for AI

OCP Summit 2024: The open future of networking hardware for AI

At Open Compute Project Summit (OCP) 2024, we’re sharing details about our next-generation network fabric for our AI training clusters. We’ve expanded our network hardware portfolio and are contributing two new disaggregated network fabrics and a new NIC to OCP. We look forward to continued collaboration with OCP to open designs for racks, servers, storage […]

CWChris Wiltz·October 15, 2024SRE & Ops
SRE & Ops — Meta’s open AI hardware vision

Meta’s open AI hardware vision

At the Open Compute Project (OCP) Global Summit 2024, we’re showcasing our latest open AI hardware designs with the OCP community. These innovations include a new AI platform, cutting-edge open rack designs, and advanced network fabrics and components. By sharing our designs, we hope to inspire collaboration and foster innovation. If you’re passionate about building […]

CWChris Wiltz·October 15, 2024SRE & Ops
Engineering — Stripe Sessions is back on May 6, 2025

Stripe Sessions is back on May 6, 2025

Join us May 6–8 in San Francisco for Stripe Sessions, our annual user conference. We’re doubling the number of breakout sessions, expanding our training program, and adding a demo stage to showcase more of Stripe’s key updates.

JTJeff TittertonJeff Titterton·October 15, 2024Engineering
Career & Teams — v0 plans for teams are here

v0 plans for teams are here

Introducing v0 Team and Enterprise plans—designed for secure and efficient collaboration. Team can share Projects, chats, and resources with higher messaging limits. Enterprises can secure access with SSO and automatic opt-out of data training.

VVercel·October 15, 2024Career & Teams