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Development

Pitfalls of Unified Memory Models in GPUs

Joe Rowell explores the use of unified memory on modern GPU, the low-level details of how unified memory is realized on an x86-64 system, and some of the tools to understand what's happening on a GPU.

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Architecture & Design

gRPC Migration Automation at LinkedIn

Karthik Ramgopal, Min Chen discuss how LinkedIn changed the remote procedure calls (RPC) protocol for 50,000 production endpoints from Rest.li to Google's gRPC.

AI, ML & Data Engineering

Poetry4Shellz – Avoiding Limerick Based Exploitation and Safely Using AI in Your Apps

Rich Smith provides a case study of a real world LLM based app that is vulnerable to a variety of attack vectors that illustrate the challenges to account for when integrating today's LLM technologies.

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Culture & Methods

Strategic Thinking for Staff+ Engineers

Shweta Saraf discusses a framework for developing strategic thinking at any career stage, with a special focus on Staff+ engineers.

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DevOps

Proactive Approaches to Securing Linux Systems and Engineering Applications

Maintaining a strong security posture is challenging, especially with Linux. An effective approach is proactive and includes patch management, optimized resource allocation, and effective alerting.