Tag: #deep-dive
Writing on GPUs, LLMs, MLOps, Kubernetes — and mindset · 254 posts
Superhuman Game AI in 2026 — Stockfish 17 / Leela Chess Zero / KataGo / AlphaZero / MuZero / Cicero / Pluribus / AlphaStar / Shogi dlshogi Deep Dive
A complete map of superhuman game AI in 2026. Stockfish 17 (strongest chess), Leela Chess Zero (neural-net chess), Komodo Dragon 3, AlphaZero to MuZero (DeepMind line), Maia (human-like chess), KataGo and Leela Zero (Go)
2026-05-16 · 24 min read #game-ai#chess-engine#stockfish#leela-chess-zero#lc0Open Source Headless CMS 2026 Deep Dive - Strapi 5 / Directus 11 / Payload 3 / KeystoneJS / Sanity / Storyblok / TinaCMS / Decap CMS
The 2026 map of headless CMS choices - Strapi 5 (document-based + Cloud), Directus 11 (admin on any SQL DB + Instant API), Payload 3 (Next.js native), KeystoneJS 6 (GraphQL-first), Sanity (GROQ + real-time), Storyblok (v
2026-05-16 · 21 min read #headless-cms#strapi#directus#payload-cms#keystone-jsPWA & Offline-First Sync Engines 2026 Deep Dive - Workbox · Replicache · RxDB · Y.js · Automerge · LiveStore · ElectricSQL · Zero · Ground
A consolidated map of the PWA and offline-first sync engine ecosystem as of May 2026. From the PWA foundations (Service Workers, Workbox 8, IndexedDB, OPFS) to client-side sync engines like Replicache, Zero, RxDB, Electr
2026-05-16 · 21 min read #english#pwa#offline-first#sync-engine#workboxSmart Home & Matter 2026 — Home Assistant / Matter 1.4 / Thread / Zigbee2MQTT / Apple Home / Aqara / Frigate Deep Dive
A May 2026 deep-dive on the entire smart-home stack — Matter 1.4 (Oct 2024) adding cameras/EVSE/energy/HVAC, the Matter 1.5 release in Q4 2025, the Thread mesh layer, Home Assistant + Nabu Casa, ESPHome, Zigbee2MQTT, the
2026-05-16 · 19 min read #smart-home#matter#thread#zigbee#home-assistantOpen FPGA & RISC-V Development 2026 Deep Dive - Yosys, NextPnR, IceStorm, Lattice ECP5, SiFive, BeagleV-Fire, Tang Nano, PULPino
A 2026 landscape of open FPGA and RISC-V development. With Yosys + NextPnR + IceStorm / Project Trellis / Apicula you can synthesize and place-and-route iCE40, ECP5 and Gowin parts with a fully open toolchain. This guide
2026-05-16 · 35 min read #english#fpga#risc-v#yosys#nextpnrProduct Analytics & A/B Testing 2026 — Mixpanel / Amplitude / PostHog / Heap / Optimizely / Plausible / Segment Deep Dive
A May 2026 map of the product analytics, A/B testing, and CDP ecosystem in one place. Covers Mixpanel (long-time leader), Amplitude (expanding into experimentation), PostHog (open-source all-in-one), Heap (autocapture),
2026-05-16 · 24 min read #product-analytics#ab-testing#mixpanel#amplitude#posthogSmart Agriculture & AgriTech 2026 — John Deere / Climate FieldView / OneSoil / Trimble / Tortuga / Bowery / Plenty / See & Spray / Carbon Robotics / NEC AGRIST / Kubota / Yanmar Deep Dive
In 2026, farming is no longer a job of soil and hands alone. John Deere tractors steer themselves with 2.5cm GPS accuracy, See & Spray targets weeds with surgical precision, Climate FieldView stores every hectare of data
2026-05-16 · 20 min read #smart-agriculture#agritech#john-deere#see-and-spray#climate-fieldviewPrivacy & AI Regulation 2026 — GDPR / EU AI Act (Full Enforcement Aug 2026) / DSA / DMA / PIPA / APPI / NIST AI RMF / ISO 42001 Deep Dive
In May 2026, privacy and AI regulation has split into five camps. The EU has stacked the EU AI Act (effective Aug 2024, prohibitions Feb 2025, full enforcement Aug 2026), DSA, DMA, Data Act, and Cyber Resilience Act on t
2026-05-16 · 26 min read #privacy#ai-regulation#gdpr#eu-ai-act#dsaPlant ID, Citizen Science & Nature Apps 2026 — iNaturalist / PlantNet / Merlin Bird ID / eBird / BirdNET / PictureThis / Moyamo / Biome Deep Dive
In 2026, the ordinary person walking with a smartphone has become a data supplier for global biodiversity research. iNaturalist crossed 200 million observations, Cornell Labs Merlin Bird ID and eBird have reshaped ornith
2026-05-16 · 28 min read #plant-id#citizen-science#nature-apps#inaturalist#cal-academySelf-Hosted Dashboards & Start Pages 2026 — Homepage / Homarr / Heimdall / Dashy / Glance / OliveTin / Flame / SUI Deep Dive
A May 2026 snapshot of the self-hosted start page and dashboard ecosystem. Main tools (Homepage / gethomepage.dev, Homarr, Heimdall, Homer, Dashy, Glance / Jan 2024), action and minimal tools (OliveTin, organize, Flame,
2026-05-16 · 22 min read #self-hosted#dashboard#start-page#homepage#gethomepageNo-Code Form & Survey Builders 2026 Deep Dive — Tally · Typeform · Jotform · Paperform · Fillout · Formspree · Plumsail · Google Forms · SurveyMonkey
A complete map of the 2026 no-code form and survey builder landscape. Tally · Typeform · Jotform · Paperform · Fillout · Formspree · Plumsail · Google Forms · Microsoft Forms · SurveyMonkey · Qualtrics · Alchemer · Cogni
2026-05-16 · 25 min read #no-code-forms#tally#typeform#jotform#paperformPersonal Blog and Writing Platforms 2026 — Hashnode / Medium / Bear Blog / Posthaven / Vercel + Astro / Tistory / velog / Hatena / note.com Deep Dive
The 2026 personal blog and writing platform landscape looks nothing like the early 2020s. Medium reversed course in 2024, almost dropping its paywall for new readers and recommitting to free reach. Substack became the ne
2026-05-16 · 24 min read #blog#writing-platform#hashnode#medium#substackModern Zig 2026 — Zig 0.14, Andrew Kelley, Bun, TigerBeetle, Ghostty, comptime, Zon, Roc Deep Dive
Zig is still not 1.0. Version 0.14 shipped in March 2025 with compilation-speed work and a refreshed build system, while async/await remains removed pending redesign. And yet, despite the incomplete label, serious produc
2026-05-16 · 17 min read #zig#zig-0-14#andrew-kelley#zig-software-foundation#bunPassword Managers in 2026 — 1Password 8 / Bitwarden / Proton Pass / Dashlane / KeePassXC / iOS Passwords / Android Credential Manager Deep Dive
The full 2026 landscape of password managers. 1Password 8, Bitwarden, Proton Pass, Dashlane, KeePassXC, NordPass, Enpass, RoboForm, the LastPass aftershock, iOS 18 Passwords, Android Credential Manager, Apple Keychain, G
2026-05-16 · 17 min read #password-manager#1password#bitwarden#proton-pass#dashlaneReal-time Collaboration Engines & Sync 2026 Deep Dive - Liveblocks, PartyKit, Yjs, Automerge, ElectricSQL, Replicache, Zero (Rocicorp), Convex, Triplit, Jazz.tools, Loro
A complete tour of the real-time collaboration and sync ecosystem as of May 2026. Covers CRDT libraries (Yjs, Automerge, Loro), hosted SaaS (Liveblocks, PartyKit, Ably, Pusher), local-first sync engines (Replicache, Zero
2026-05-16 · 29 min read #realtime-collaboration#sync-engine#liveblocks#partykit#yjsThe 2026 Open Source License Shift — A Deep Dive on the BSL Wave: Elastic, Redis, HashiCorp, Sentry, Valkey, OpenTofu
Since MongoDB moved to SSPL in 2018, Elastic in 2021, HashiCorp in 2023, and Redis in 2024 have all left Apache/MIT for non-OSI licenses like BSL, SSPL, and RSALv2. The result has been a stream of community forks (OpenSe
2026-05-16 · 31 min read #open-source#license#bsl#sspl#agplPWA & Service Workers 2026 — Workbox 7 / vite-pwa / Capacitor / TWA / iOS Web Push / Storage Buckets Deep Dive
PWA in 2026 is no longer "that thing that does not work on iOS." Web Push has worked since iOS 16.4, the bizarre political drama where Apple removed EU Home Screen Web Apps in iOS 17.4 (Feb 2024) and restored them three
2026-05-16 · 24 min read #pwa#service-worker#workbox#vite-pwa#next-pwaOpen Source CRM & ERP 2026 Complete Guide — Odoo 18, Frappe ERPNext, SuiteCRM, EspoCRM, Vtiger, Mautic, CiviCRM, Twenty HQ Deep Dive
In 2026, the open source CRM/ERP camp has built a serious alternative to the SaaS monopoly of Salesforce, SAP, and Oracle. Odoo 18 and 19 represent the peak of modular ERP, and Frappe plus ERPNext 15 has established itse
2026-05-16 · 28 min read #english#open-source-crm#open-source-erp#odoo#frappeModern Ruby & Rails in 2026 — Ruby 3.4 / Rails 8 / Hotwire / Sorbet / Kamal 2 / Solid Queue Deep Dive
In 2026, Ruby and Rails are not dead — they are quietly doing more work than ever. YJIT improvements in Ruby 3.4, the Solid trio (Queue/Cache/Cable) in Rails 8 dropping Redis as a hard dependency, Hotwire giving you inte
2026-05-16 · 21 min read #ruby#rails#hotwire#turbo#stimulusProgramming Fonts 2026 — JetBrains Mono / Monaspace / Berkeley Mono / Iosevka / Geist Mono / D2Coding / HackGen Deep Dive
A May 2026 survey of the programming-font ecosystem. Free classics like JetBrains Mono, Monaspace, Fira Code, Hack, and IBM Plex Mono; paid designer fonts like Berkeley Mono, MonoLisa, Operator Mono, Dank Mono, and Pragm
2026-05-16 · 19 min read #fonts#programming-fonts#jetbrains-mono#monaspace#fira-code