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Frontend — Accelerating on-device ML on Meta’s family of apps with ExecuTorch

Accelerating on-device ML on Meta’s family of apps with ExecuTorch

ExecuTorch is the PyTorch inference framework for edge devices developed by Meta with support from industry leaders like Arm, Apple, and Qualcomm. Running machine learning (ML) models on-device is increasingly important for Meta’s family of apps (FoA). These on-device models improve latency, maintain user privacy by keeping data on users’ devices, and enable offline functionality. […]

CWChris Wiltz·July 28, 2025Frontend
Frontend — Web Components: Working With Shadow DOM — Smashing Magazine

Web Components: Working With Shadow DOM — Smashing Magazine

Web Components are more than just Custom Elements. Shadow DOM, HTML Templates, and Custom Elements each play a role. In this article, Russell Beswick demonstrates how Shadow DOM fits into the broader picture, explaining why it matters, when to use it, and how to apply it effectively.

RBRussell BeswickRussell Beswick·July 28, 2025Frontend
Design & UX — The making of a product icon

The making of a product icon

Product Designer Tim Van Damme shares his thoughtful approach to Figma icon design and the creative exploration that shapes each final result.

EWEmma WebsterEmma Webster·July 25, 2025Design & UX
Design & UX — Designing Better UX For Left-Handed People — Smashing Magazine

Designing Better UX For Left-Handed People — Smashing Magazine

Today, roughly 10% of people are left-handed. Yet most products — digital and physical — aren’t designed with it in mind. Let’s change that. More design patterns in Smart Interface Design Patterns, a **friendly video course on UX** and design patterns by Vitaly.

VFVitaly FriedmanVitaly Friedman·July 25, 2025Design & UX
Career & Teams — We need a European Sovereign Tech Fund

We need a European Sovereign Tech Fund

Open source software is critical infrastructure, but it’s underfunded. With a new feasibility study, GitHub’s developer policy team is building a coalition of policymakers and industry to close the maintenance funding gap.

FRFelix RedaFelix Reda·July 23, 2025Career & Teams
Security — Policy Zones: How Meta enforces purpose limitation at scale in batch processing systems

Policy Zones: How Meta enforces purpose limitation at scale in batch processing systems

Meta has developed Privacy Aware Infrastructure (PAI) and Policy Zones to enforce purpose limitations on data, especially in large-scale batch processing systems. Policy Zones integrates with Meta’s exabyte-scale data warehouse and processing systems, using runtime enforcement and SQL parsing to propagate and enforce privacy annotations across millions of daily data flows per day, performing trill

CWChris Wiltz·July 23, 2025Security
Security — Cloudflare protects against critical SharePoint vulnerability, CVE-2025-53770

Cloudflare protects against critical SharePoint vulnerability, CVE-2025-53770

Microsoft disclosed two critical vulnerabilities, CVE-2025-53771 and CVE-2025-53770, that are exploited to attack SharePoint servers. Possession of these cryptographic machine keys allows an attacker to forge authentication tokens and maintain access even if the server is patched. Therefore, it is critical for customers to apply emergency patches to mitigate this threat.

CCloudflare·July 22, 2025Security
AI & ML — Who is LLM?

Who is LLM?

Is an LLM a stubborn donkey, a genie, a slot machine, or Uriah Heep?

MFMartin Fowler·July 22, 2025AI & ML