⏱️ Tracking Time Without a Clock
A crisp reminder that even time needs abstraction—proof that small conceptual shifts can greatly improve distributed system reliability.
TigerBeetle engineers share design strategies for managing time in distributed systems without direct clock dependence. By using parameterized time and periodic ticks, developers can simplify testing and avoid time-related logic errors.
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🌍 Multilingual Support Arrives for Marginalia Search
A fascinating deep dive into the challenges of multilingual search — proving that small, open-source projects can rival big players in technical innovation.
Marginalia Search now supports multiple languages — German, French, and Swedish — expanding beyond English. This major update overhauls the text processing pipeline with improved language detection, stemming, POS tagging, and keyword extraction. XML-based configurations and dedicated language indexes minimize keyword collisions and enhance search accuracy. A new domain discovery workflow will further grow the multilingual dataset in the future.
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🗣️ Build an AI Voice Agent with EchoKit, ESP32, and Rust
A creative and practical project that merges embedded hardware with cutting-edge AI — perfect for hobbyists exploring the intersection of Rust and voice technology.
This step-by-step guide shows how to build a custom AI voice assistant using EchoKit, ESP32, and Rust. It walks through setting up a configurable server that integrates with ASR, LLM, and TTS services via Groq APIs, offering full control over speech synthesis and AI interactions. Developers can deploy it locally or host it in the cloud for experimentation and customization.
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