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LLM Ecosystem Predictions

- Brian Kihoon Lee tl;dr: "I don’t think I’m making any outlandish claims here - merely simple extrapolations of trends that I think have robust foundations, with a dash of history. And yet the conclusions are surprising. The world of 2030 will be as unrecognizable to us as the world of cellphones today was in 2010, and as the world of the connected Internet was in 2000."

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On Bloat

- Rob Pike tl;dr: "Corporate websites seem so slow these days... What's going on? Everything related to e-commerce websites has gotten slow and sluggish on mobile, on fast desktops, on fast Internet connections... They are just slow." Rob explains why.

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We Are Destroying Software

- Salvatore Sanfilippo tl;dr: (1) We are destroying software by no longer taking complexity into account when adding features or optimizing some dimension. (2) We are destroying software with complex build systems. (3) We are destroying software with an absurd chain of dependencies, making everything bloated and fragile. And more. 

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Things We Learned About LLMs In 2024

- Simon Willison tl;dr: “A lot has happened in the world of Large Language Models over the course of 2024. Here’s a review of things we figured out about the field in the past twelve months, plus my attempt at identifying key themes and pivotal moments.”

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2025 Tech Predictions

- Ted Neward tl;dr: “Sometimes as part of writing these predictions, I take a look around the Internet with what other people are predicting, and let me tell you, the predictions for this upcoming year are off the hook. Autonomous robots. Human-computer brain augmentation. AI-generated AI creating new AI. If you ever saw it in a sci-fi movie, somebody out here on the Internet is predicting "this is the year”!”

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Tech Predictions For 2025 And Beyond

- Werner Vogels tl;dr: “The rise of intention-driven technologies is reshaping our relationship with the digital world, promoting focus and well-being over mere attention capture. All the while, a mission-driven workforce is emerging, more eager to tackle hard human problems than chase the bottom line. In the coming years, using technology for positive impact will not just be possible—it will redefine the way we think about success.”

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5 Non-LLM Software Trends To Be Excited About

- Leonardo Creed tl;dr: “It’s true that LLMs are revolutionary, and while I work with LLMs daily, there are so many other things that are fascinatingly progressing. I go over some topics below and provide a host of links for each topic for those interested in learning more. I see these topics as trends that are only growing as time goes on.”

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The Slow Evaporation Of The Free / Open Source Surplus

- Baldur Bjarnason tl;dr: Baldur argues we’ve been in a FOSS surplus due to the software industry’s high margins and wealth created by engineers, allowing both companies and individuals to invest in open source. “The derived FOSS surplus generates billions, if not trillions, of dollars of value for the economy and most of the costs – cost of creation, opportunity cost, and the cost of OSS competing with your more lucrative proprietary products – is absorbed by the makers.”

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2024 Developer Survey

tl;dr: “In May 2024, over 65,000 developers responded to our annual survey about coding, the technologies and tools they use and want to learn, AI, and developer experience at work. Check out the results and see what's new for Stack Overflow users.”

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Top 18 Products Launched With Speech AI

- Jesse Sumrak tl;dr: Whether you're a developer, founder, or product innovator, these fast-growing products are shaping the Speech AI space and demonstrating the endless possibilities unlocked by this technology.

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