Software Development: Abstraction is Overrated

Abstraction is considered a virtue in software development. However, practice shows that wrong abstractions cause more harm ...
InfoQ

Vercel Releases React Best Practices Skill with 40+ Performance Rules for AI Agents

Vercel has launched "react-best-practices," an open-source repository featuring 40+ performance optimization rules for React and Next.js apps. Tailored for AI coding agents yet valuable for developers ...
The Armenian Weekly

‘This is where I breathe’: Gohar Petrosyan’s life in Shirak, between clay and canvas

In Hatsik, a village in Armenia’s Shirak region where winters are unforgiving and silence settles deep, Gohar Petrosyan ...
The Armenian Weekly

Creativity without borders: From abstraction to street art

Venice’s ancient walls are unaccustomed to the scent of fresh paint, let alone street art. Taron Manukyan stood before that historical silence, a spray can in hand. In a city where every stone is a ...
Semiconductor Engineering

The Race Begins For Much Bigger Abstractions In Data Centers

Data center build-out is enabling much larger and more complex abstractions. Competition is building for digital/virtual twins across multiple industry segments, including automotive, aerospace, and ...
Time

Art: ABSTRACTIONS FOR EXPORT

These pictures are strictly the latest thing. This week they are being shown in a Paris gallery, along with 17 other examples of “American Vanguard Art.” The U.S. has welcomed a lot of hard-to-take ...
Hacker

Comments, Naming, and Abstractions in the AI Era

I am a Senior Member of Technical Staff at Salesforce, where I build AI-driven enterprise solutions that integrate LLM. I am a Senior Member of Technical Staff at Salesforce, where I build AI-driven ...
Forbes

Why Abstractions Matter More Than Ever In The Enterprise

Modern enterprises are drowning in tools, platforms and frameworks. Every year, we add another layer—a new cloud service, data stack or platform that promises to simplify everything—yet somehow the ...
IEEE

Data-Driven Controller Synthesis via Finite Abstractions With Formal Guarantees

Abstract: Construction of finite-state abstractions (a.k.a. symbolic abstractions) is a promising approach for formal verification and controller synthesis of complex systems. Finite-state ...
Hyperallergic

Stephen Westfall’s Avian Abstractions

Stephen Westfall, "Cabana I" (2024), oil and alkyd on canvas (all images courtesy Alexandre Gallery) Already a member? Sign in here. We rely on readers like you to fund our journalism. If you value ...
Hyperallergic

Stephen Westfall’s Avian Abstractions

Stephen Westfall, "Cabana I" (2024), oil and alkyd on canvas (all images courtesy Alexandre Gallery) In 2006, I interviewed Stephen Westfall about his longtime interest in the possibilities of a ...