TLDR
Keep up with tech in 5 minutes
Get the free daily email with summaries of the most interesting stories in startups 🚀, tech 📱, and programming 💻!
Join 1,250,000 readers for
offset-allocator (GitHub Repo)

offset-allocator (GitHub Repo)

offset-allocator is a fast, simple, and hard real-time allocator especially useful for managing GPU resources. It is a port of Sebastian Aaltonen's OffsetAllocator package for C++, rewritten in 100% safe Rust. While the general algorithm in the crate could be adapted to construct a Rust allocator, this is beyond the scope of the implementation. offset-allocator is completely agnostic to what it's allocating. It only knows about a contiguous block of memory of a specific size.
How the PM job search changes as you rise in the ranks (3 minute read)
May 03 | Product

How the PM job search changes as you rise in the ranks (3 minute read)

The job landscape is shifting towards unlisted positions, necessitating a change in strategy to attract opportunities, especially for senior product leaders who face longer hiring processes driven by retained search firms and VCs, with compensation escalating significantly for top executive roles.
Skittles dials up the nonsensical in fun-loving brand refresh (3 minute read)
May 02 | Design

Skittles dials up the nonsensical in fun-loving brand refresh (3 minute read)

The latest Skittle brand refresh, which tries to appeal to Gen Z, focuses on the brand's quirks. The letter 'k' in the logo now has a distinctive upward flick. The signature upside-down rainbow icon was given a more vibrant makeover, and the iconic lentils have a 'dynamic signature layout', with matching flowing visual effects to boot.
Is the “AI developer” a threat to jobs – or a marketing stunt? (9 minute read)
May 02 | Webdev

Is the “AI developer” a threat to jobs – or a marketing stunt? (9 minute read)

The recent hype around "AI developers" replacing software engineers is a marketing strategy by startups trying to break into a market dominated by Microsoft's GitHub Copilot. AI tools are still far from replacing human developers, but these startups need to make bold claims to get attention. While AI is changing how software is created, fully replacing engineers will either never happen or is a long time away.

More Stories