This week OpenAI announced their O3 model, which posts some impressive numbers on the ARC-AGI benchmark. However, while these results are impressive, they come with a sizeable price tag. We discuss what this means for the current generation of AI agents and the goal of achieving human level performance on tasks requiring complex reasoning.
Optimising compilers (like Clang/LLVM or GCC) have developed amazingly sophisticated methods for re-writing code that is optimized for readability into code that is optimized for performance. These are standard tools in the compiled language space, but are rarely used in the web. In this article, we discuss whether it’s worth re-visiting optimising compilers for the web, and what performance benefits potentially remain untapped.
While working on @bcheidemann/tracing, I had a suspicion that users might experience memory leaks under certain circumstances. This article documents the testing I carried out to confirm the leak, how I fixed it, and the steps I put in place to ensure they didn’t resurface in future.
An exploration of the implications of Tailwind CSS’s widespread adoption when considered in the wider context of software development history. The article is based on a conversation with two former colleagues and friends, Luke Sterry and Chris Jenkins.
In this article, we take an in depth look at static Hermes and consider why a future where TypeScript compiles to WebAssembly, not JavaScript, might not be as unlikely as it sounds.
Recently, the Bun JavaScript runtime has hit version 1.0, boasting several impressive performance benchmarks. Furthermore, Deno has made great strides in becoming a drop in replacement for Node.js. In light of this, I felt it was time to conduct Node vs Deno vs Bun benchmark.
In this article we’ll do a deep dive into the art and science of unit testing. This is a topic fraught with controversy, with popular developer-influencers taking diametrically opposed viewpoints. Many advocating for 100% code coverage, and many more advocating for no unit tests at all. We’ll explore the basic principles behind unit testing and discuss the implications for some practical scenarios, so that you can make the right decision on unit testing for yourself and your project.
The release of Deno 1.21 marks a huge step forward for testing. It includes features such as snapshot testing (which I worked on personally), a BDD style test runner, and mocking utilities. Let’s do a deep dive into why these features are so important for Deno!
In November 2020, the Web Incubator Community Group (WICG) proposed the shared element API. It has since been implemented by the Google Chrome team and is available behind a feature flag in Chrome Canary. Naturally, I tried hacking this into a React hook…