Using Parallel Requests to Improve Web Performance

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Yesterday I blogged about a change I made to my bots page and in it, I mentioned how the performance wasn’t necessarily as good as it could be. I had made the decision to go from server-side and build-time for the page to a purely client-side solution. At the end of the post, I asked folks to let me know if anyone would like to have me work on that performance issue, and, honestly, it kept popping up in my head so I figured I should tackle it. Before I begin talking about what I changed, let me review what I had done, and what the issues are. The Current Solution You can go to the bots page yourself, but in general, this is the process: Given a list of bots… For each one, get the... more →
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Using Generative AI to Improve Image Filenames

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Last night I had an interesting thought. Many times I work with images that have vague filenames. For example, screenshot_1_24_12_23.jpg. Given that there are many APIs out there that can look at an image and provide a summary, what if we could use that to provide a better file name based on the content of the image? Here’s what I was able to find. As always, I began by prototyping in Google AI Studio. I apologize for stating this in basically every post on the topic, but I really want to stress how useful that is for development. I used a very simple prompt: Write a one sentence short summary of this image. The sentence should be no more than five words. And then did a quick test: If... more →
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Apple confirms it’s collecting data on foot to improve its Maps app – Digital Trends

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Digital Trends Apple confirms it's collecting data on foot to improve its Maps appDigital TrendsApple Maps has come on leaps and bounds since its disastrous launch in 2012, when it clearly wasn't ready for showtime. Improvements across the board mean the app now functions as you'd expect, though there's no reliable data indicating how many …Apple is collecting pedestrian map data in effort to improve Maps appMobileSyrupApple Maps vehiclesMaps – AppleApple is rebuilding Maps from the ground upTechCrunchall 15 news articles » map app – Google News… more →
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