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Good Morning! Linus Torvalds shares wisdom at Open Source Summit, encouraging new programmers to leverage open source for industry entry and advising developers to focus on niche interests rather than chasing trends. OpenAI unveils exciting new developer tools at DevDay 2024, including a Realtime API for speech-to-speech experiences and Vision Fine-Tuning to enhance GPT-4's visual understanding.

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Linus Torvalds Thinks Developers Should Do This 👇

At the Linux Foundation’s Open Source Summit Europe event last month, Linus Torvalds gave advice to programmers. That is, any new programmer can use open source as a way to enter the industry and make connections, no matter what school you went to or personal connections you may or may not have. “People take open source for granted now in a way that they absolutely did not just two decades ago,” he said, which is a great outlook in a time filled with tech layoffs and reduced corporate involvement in open source.

But that’s not all the advice he had. For those looking to start new open source projects, Linus advises developers to stop “trying to chase the next big thing, … I don’t think that’s a successful strategy.” Instead, find a niche you find interesting, one that’s meaningful to you, and excel at that. Don’t chase the hype.

He also announced new Linux updates, like how they’re still doing very core development and gave us a look into a bit of the development process.

More OSS Announcements:

  • Linux kernel 6.11 has been released.

  • The CAMARA project issued its first release, offering unified network APIs for telcos and hyperscalers.

  • Free5GC, the open source 5G core software project, is transitioning to the Linux Foundation.

  • AWS has shifted OpenSearch governance to the Linux Foundation.

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OpenAI Drops New Dev Tools: Realtime API, Vision Fine-Tuning, and More

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OpenAI just wrapped up their DevDay 2024, and they’ve go some cool new toys fo rus to play with.

Let’s break it down:

  • Realtime API (beta): Build low-latency, speech-to-speech experiences with 6 AI voices. Think Siri, but way more customizable.

  • Vision Fine-Tuning: Supercharge GPT-4o’s visual understanding by training it on your own images and text. Perfect for specialized visual tasks.

  • Prompt Caching: Save 50% on input costs for frequently used prompts. Your wallet will than you.

  • Model Distillation: Use big models like GPT-4o’s to boost smaller, cheaper ones. It’s like giving your compact car a supercar engine.

Context: OpenAI’s facing tougher competition these days, so they’re doubling down on making life easier (and cheaper) for developers. They’ve also cut API costs by 99% in the last two years.

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🔥 More Notes

  • Pear AI Drama: PearAI, a Y Combinator-backed startup, ignited controversy by launching an "AI code editor" that was largely a fork of existing open-source projects, with a hastily AI-generated license change. The incident spotlights the ethics of open-source development in the AI era and raises questions about due diligence in the current rush to fund AI startups.

  • The ‘WordPress’ fight is now a lawsuit: WP Engine is suing WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg and Automattic over a dispute about the WordPress trademark and open-source project.

  • Deno 2.0 Release Candidate: Deno 2 makes JavaScript better by working with Node.js and npm, and it easily supports TypeScript. It also simplifies code formatting and reduces the need for extra packages, making coding faster. Deno brings useful new tools, but it still faces challenges with support for big companies and staying strong in the long run.

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