Data news and analysis on Web Pulse: 566 curated articles tracking the latest Data developments, tools, and research, updated continuously from vetted sources.
Tech giants like TikTok, Google, and Meta use invisible tracking tools called "pixels" embedded on websites to collect sensitive personal data—such as health information or browsing habits—from visitors, even if those vi…
PrimeCRM has implemented a new rules-based threat detection and mitigation layer that analyzes incoming submissions in real time to reduce spam and malicious traffic. During beta testing, the system successfully identifi…
The article explains how to use the `Microsoft.Extensions.Telemetry.Abstractions` source generator to simplify metric creation in .NET, replacing manual boilerplate code from the `System.Diagnostics.Metrics` APIs introdu…
The article argues that building billing systems remains fundamentally difficult despite advances in AI, because the core challenge is not coding but defining what a "correct" system looks like across complex, real-world…
The author is discontinuing their 567 Labs courses as of February 2, 2026, and releasing all course transcripts as open-source ebooks for public access. The material includes a RAG playbook emphasizing product mindset, s…
The article introduces the `System.Diagnostics.Metrics` API, which was built into .NET 6 and is also available for earlier .NET versions via a NuGet package. It explains core concepts like `Instrument` and `Meter`, descr…
GDP statistics in many poor countries are often unreliable, citing examples like Nigeria and Ghana, where methodological changes (such as updating base years) caused reported GDP to suddenly increase by 60–89% without an…
Based on the article, this is the fourth installment in a series about building a browser-based dinosaur runner game using Deno. The post focuses on integrating a PostgreSQL database to persist player scores, creating AP…
PrimeCRM, originally developed as an MVP to validate a cost-reducing, AI-driven CRM approach, initially operated two websites on duplicated code to prioritize speed to market. As the platform gained traction, this duplic…
Papua New Guinea's official 2022 population estimate of 9.4 million was based on an extrapolation from a flawed 2000 census, as the government deemed its 2011 census unreliable. A leaked UN report, using satellite imager…
The article archives two talk proposals submitted to re:publica 2026. The first proposal, "The Future is Decomputing," argues for moving beyond the tech sector's logic of scaling and efficiency toward a more humane and c…
The article traces the evolution of personal computing from the early days of "home computers" used for gaming and simple tasks to the modern era of centralized platforms. It argues that while early software landscapes w…
At the Supercomputing 2025 conference, Cornelis Networks CEO Lisa Spelman discussed the company's OmniPath architecture, a high-performance networking solution for HPC and AI workloads that was originally developed at In…
To load MaxMind's free GeoLite2 IP geolocation database into PostgreSQL for SQL-based queries, enabling joins with other tables, batch operations, and data sharing across services. It provides a practical guide for conta…
Comprehensive guide to hosting PostgreSQL with the pgvector extension, covering provider tradeoffs, migration strategies, and performance tuning for vector workloads. It compares fully managed providers, container-based …
Technical guide for setting up OpenTelemetry (OTEL) telemetry from Claude Code to Prometheus and Grafana to track AI coding productivity metrics. It details the configuration steps, including enabling telemetry via envir…
Bun 1.3 is a major update that transforms Bun into a full-stack JavaScript runtime with built-in frontend development support, including hot reloading, React Fast Refresh, and a production bundler. The release adds first…
The article explains that rsync is a widely available file synchronization tool, commonly used for system backups, and highlights the author's preferred flags: `-av` for archive and verbose modes, `--delete` to keep remo…
Fine-tuning re-rankers and embedding models can boost RAG system retrieval performance by up to 12%, with re-rankers acting as a plug-in between initial retrieval and the LLM. It details training approaches using query-c…
Glean builds custom embedding models for each customer because enterprise data is highly heterogeneous, containing diverse sources like Slack messages, GitHub code, and meeting transcripts, along with company-specific te…