Today Quincy Larson interviews Shawn Wang. He is a software engineer, founder of the AI Engineer Conference, and host of the Latent Space podcast focused on applying cutting-edge models to work.
We talk about:
Even if LLMs plateau, there will still be better production paths through surrounding harness codes.
And researchers in three major areas are looking to further improve model performance: world models, multimodality, and embodied AI.
What skills does Sean think are most important for developers going forward?
And why Sean thinks you should change your self-learning from “just in time learning” to “just in case learning”
Watch the podcast on freeCodeCamp.org Listen on the YouTube channel or your favorite podcast app.
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Community News Section:
freeCodeCamp has just published a comprehensive course that will teach you how to use the security-oriented Kali Linux operating system. You’ll learn how to identify, exploit, and defend against real-world vulnerabilities. You will also build a strong foundation in penetration testing, network security, and vulnerability assessment. Most importantly, you’ll learn how to think like a security engineer and take advantage of tools of the trade like Nmap and Wireshark. (4 hour YouTube course):
freeCodeCamp also published a guide to passing the Certified Kubernetes Administrator exam. Beau Carnes teaches this course, which will walk you through key DevOps concepts. You’ll start by setting up your K8s practice environment. Then you will bootstrap a multi-node cluster and your control plane. You’ll learn about Helm, High Availability Auto Scaling, CoreDNS, and more. (2 hour YouTube course):
We’ve just published a full-length book on Freecode Camp Press that you can read right in your browser. It will teach you the best ways to get modern React data. You’ll learn how to take advantage of suspense, error boundaries, and the new Use API. If you are interested in web development, it is worth bookmarking. (Full Length Handbook):
Finally, I’m proud to share the new DevOps course that Freecode Camp instructor Gavin Lone just published. You’ll learn how to take a full-stack app on your local machine and deploy it to a fully containerized production environment. Along the way, you’ll learn about CI/CD pipelines, Docker images, launching containers and more. By the end of the course, you’ll have a professional-grade pipeline that automatically builds and deploys updates with each push. (4 hour YouTube course):
Today’s Song of the Week is the 1980 classic “Turn Me Loose” by the Canadian band Loverboy. Built atop a very catchy syncopated bass line, the song features some super expressive vocals, buzzing synths, percussive piano, and a top-shelf guitar solo.