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Issue #003 • May 15, 2024
News
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Vercel Functions are now powered by Rust
Vercel Functions are now faster—and powered by Rust. Some of the features include: 30% faster cold starts, 80ms faster (average) and 500ms faster (p99) for larger workloads.
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Node.js v22 is now available
Node.js 22 will enter long-term support (LTS) in October, but until then, it will be the "Current" release for the next six months. Highlights include require()ing ES modules, a WebSocket client, updates of the V8 JavaScript engine, and more!
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OpenAI Launched GPT-4o
GPT-4o (Omni) is OpenAi's latest and greatest model and it is mindblowing. You should probably check-out the link above.
Google I/O Developer Keynote
Google IO, Google's annual conference happened this week! Here's a list of things from the developer keynote (Not the consumer one) that excited us the most. Read the rest of the updates here.
Fun fact: Google mentioned "AI" 120 times during the main keynote
AI
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New Gemini 1.5 Flash and 1.5 Pro with a 2 million context window. (And a heck of a lot more Gemini, Gemma and AI updates)
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Gemini Nano (A lightweight, on-device AI model) is available on chrome: Read More
Web Dev
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Speculation Rules API: Read More
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Gemini Powered Chrome Dev Tools insights: Read More
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View transitions API: Read More
Firebase
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Firebase now supports Postgres: https://firebase.google.com/docs/data-connect
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Firebase GenKit to build AI Apps: https://firebase.google.com/products/genkit
Developer Experience
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Project IDX (Google's code editor) is now in public beta
For a list of things announced at IO: https://techcrunch.com/2024/05/14/google-i-o-2024-everything-announced-so-far/ and https://developers.googleblog.com/en/google-io-2024-recap-making-ai-accessible-and-helpful-for-every-developer/
Thanks for reading! Here's a tech meme for you.
(IO Edition)
You just had to be there
Bonus Mark Rebillet Content
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