Hey there! In my latest blog post, I delve into why we use isolated VMs for heightened security, share insights on the memory layer for personalized AI, discuss self-hosting with reverse proxy servers, and compare Traefik vs. NGINX. Plus, I cover tips to enhance ChatGPT interactions, the hallmarks of a product mindset, fresh news format ideas, and even the Minions’ lore debate!

• Unfashionably secure: why we use isolated VMs: Would your rather observe an eclipse through a pair of new Ray-Bans, or a used Shade 12 welding helmet? Undoubtably the Aviators are more fashionable, but the permanent retinal damage sucks. Fetch the trusty welding helmet. We’ve made a number of security choices when building Canary that have held us in pretty good stead. These…
• Mem0: The Memory Layer for Personalized AI: The memory layer for Personalized AI. Contribute to mem0ai/mem0 development by creating an account on GitHub.
• Self Hosting: Reverse Proxy Servers: Discussion on what reverse proxy servers are, popular options, and various use cases like combining multiple apps and servers, handling SSL, security, serving static assets, and local development.
• Traefik vs. NGINX: Comparison and Practical Guide: Explore the benefits, drawbacks, and unique characteristics of Traefik vs. NGINX for Kubernetes, enhancing load balancing and security.
• 4 ways to make ChatGPT work better: How to effectively guide ChatGPT toward useful interactions by providing clear guidance on what we’re looking for, assigning the AI a role, and using voice.
• The 10 hallmarks of a product mindset: The latest publishing news, jobs, analysis, comment, interviews and in-depth features about UK newspaper, magazine and online publishers.
• 13 ideas for fresh news formats: Forget the inverted pyramid, there are many ways to write a news story in the digital age
• Are You a Minion Creationist or Evolutionist?: ‘Despicable Me’ established that the Minions were created in a lab for Gru. But the ‘Minions’ spinoff movies retconned that origin story. Despicable Me’s writer tells us he’s sticking to his version: ‘My first reaction was, Wait, what?’
• A North Korean Hacker Tricked a US Security Vendor Into Hiring Him—and Immediately Tried to Hack Them: KnowBe4 detailed the incident in a recent blog post as a warning for other potential targets.
• My Favorite Algorithm: Linear Time Median Finding: Finding the median in a list seems like a trivial problem, but doing so in linear time turns out to be tricky. In this post I’m going to walk through one of my favorite algorithms, the median-of-medians approach to find the median of a list in deterministic linear time. Although proving that this algorithm runs in linear time is a bit tricky, this post is targeted at readers with only a basic level of algorithmic analysis.