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CodeClash Benchmarks LLMs through Multi-Round Coding Competitions

Researchers from Standford, Princeton, and Cornell have developed a new benchmark to better evaluate coding abilities of large language models (LLMs). Called CodeClash, the new benchmark pits LLMs against each other in multi-round tournaments to assess their capacity to achieve competitive, high-level objectives beyond narrowly defined, task-specific problems.

By Sergio De Simone

Presentation: Growing and Cultivating Strong Machine Learning Engineers

Vivek Gupta shares best practices for managing and mentoring ML engineers, from early-career development to senior leadership growth. He breaks down the crucial, distinct skills for Production Machine Learning, including data/model management, building training pipelines, LLM prompt evaluation, privacy/security, and integrating human-in-the-loop processes for reliable, scalable AI systems.

By Vivek Gupta

Dev Proxy v1.3.0: HAR File Generation, LLM Usage Tracking, and Enhanced API Testing Feature

Release of Dev Proxy v1.3.0, introducing several new features aimed at improving debugging, testing, and API monitoring. The update includes two new plugins, HAR file generation for standardized network tracing and OpenAI usage tracking for better visibility into AI-related costs, along with enhancements to permissions analysis, OpenAPI specification generation, and overall stability.

By Almir Vuk

Podcast: Architecture Should Model the World as It Really Is: A Conversation with Randy Shoup

In this podcast, Michael Stiefel spoke with Randy Shoup about how to evolve your software after a software failure, and how to improve the resilience of your software by modeling transient states using events and workflows. Software failure is inevitable, but learning from failure, including making the necessary changes to organizational culture can make your software more resilient.

By Randy Shoup

Article: Building Resilient Platforms: Insights from Over Twenty Years in Mission-Critical Infrastructure

Building resilient platforms requires understanding the art and science of creating infrastructure that others depend on for critical applications. This perspective applies to anyone who builds software consumed by others at scale. Whether developing infrastructure platforms, software development platforms, or messaging systems, principles address how to build software that others consume at scale

By Matthew Liste

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