In this blog post, I explore everything from DIY surveillance systems using FFmpeg, to the cutting-edge technology trends for 2024. I also discuss the fascinating topic of increasing brain volume through exercise, all the way to smart advertising practices for small and medium enterprises. There’s also a neat section on a map showcasing places mentioned in Red Hot Chili Peppers songs. Plenty to dive into, so have a read!
- Making my own NVR — with a streaming proxy and FFmpeg: I’ve been thinking about getting some CCTV cameras for a while, and last summer I purchased two Reolink PoE cameras. The footage is stored on a SD card, and uploaded to a local FTP server. But I also wanted to record continuously, without getting a dedicated Reolink NVR. I’ve seen some YouTube videos by Tall Paul Tech where he uses FFmpeg to record CCTV footage — so let’s do that! 🙂
- Technology Trends for 2024 | O’Reilly: What O’Reilly Learning Platform Usage Tells Us About Where the Industry Is Headed
- Demystifying Project Estimation: Unraveling the Complexities of Project Estimation with Jordan Cutler
- How we built it: Smart Retries: How Stripe built Smart Retries, which predicts the optimal time to retry a failed payment using machine learning algorithms trained on billions of data points across the Stripe network.
- duplicity: Duplicity backs directories by producing encrypted tar-format volumes and uploading them to a remote or local file server. Because duplicity uses librsync, the incremental archives are space efficient and only record the parts of files that have changed since the last backup. Because duplicity uses GnuPG to encrypt and/or sign these archives, they will be safe from spying and/or modification by the server.
- Machine Learning Engineering Open Book: yet another ML ebook
- How exercise increases brain volume — and may slow memory decline: A study of more than 10,000 brain scans found that just 25 minutes of weekly exercise lead to bigger, healthier brains.
- How to (profitably) sell ads to SMEs: The combined marketing budgets of SMEs is considerable. The challenge for publishers is how to unlock it.
- Map of Places Mentioned in Red Hot Chili Peppers Songs: Leave it to reddit