In this episode, we review the AI Engineer World’s Fair, discussing key takeaways, future trends, and notable demos, including OpenAI’s impressive new capabilities. We also delve into AI economics, the role of LLMs as judges, and emerging technologies like GraphRAG and generative UIs.
by Rick & Cesar · 7/11/2024
Rick & Cesar · 6/14/2024
In this episode, Cesar and Rick dive into the features of Cursor.sh, an innovative code editor based out of VS Code designed to enhance developer productivity powered by AI by using their Pro features or bring your own AI model.
Rick & Cesar · 5/8/2024
Rick and Cesar kick off with lively banter about Apple's latest iPad event before diving into Cesar's experience of his day at POST/con 2024, the developer conference hosted by Postman. Talk about APIs, platforms, the now usual AI and pigeons!
Kincy & Rick · 4/26/2024
Rick and Kincy delve into the intricacies of full stack development, exploring its pivotal role in crafting robust products from conception to launch. Tune in as they unravel the dynamic interplay between frontend and backend technologies, sharing insights and strategies to streamline the product development journey.
Rick & Cesar · 4/1/2024
Follow along as Cesar shares his experience on migrating an old MySQL database to Supabase, with Rick by his side asking questions and offering insights. While they both praise Supabase for its capabilities, they diverge in their opinions on the clarity and helpfulness of the documentation.
Kincy & Rick · 3/20/2024
In this week's episode, Rick & Kincy dive into the world of best practices and uncover some of the ways they can lead teams astray. From the pitfalls of autonomy, the misunderstood mantra of 'the customer is always right,' and the nuance of Don't Repeat Yourself, get ready for a discussion that challenges conventional wisdom!
Kincy & Rick · 3/8/2024
Almost all businesses use online and email surveys to gauge customer experiences with their products and services. This week, Rick and Kincy discuss six well-intentioned surveys that end up frustrating customers and likely provide unreliable data.
Rick & Cesar · 2/28/2024
Unkey is an open-source API authentication and authorization platform for scaling user facing APIs and this week Rick and Cesar have the pleasure to have James Perkins, CEO at Unkey, to talk about what they do, how they are building products and what's in the future for Unkey and their happy customers.
Rick & Cesar · 2/14/2024
Cesar is joined by special guest Kincy Clark to talk about qualitative and quantitative research, building products, and a more details about OneStudy, the startup that he and Rick are working on.
Rick & Cesar · 1/31/2024
What is Supabase? Why joining a hackathon? What's vector search and RAG? This and a lot more fun this week from Rick's experience back in December.
Rick & Cesar · 1/23/2024
Friction Log is back in 2024 and we hit the ground running by talking about Cesar's experience while attending Microsoft's AI Tour in San Francisco.
Rick & Cesar · 8/5/2022
We are back with a new friction log about Hex, a platform to build notebooks around data science and analytics.
Rick & Cesar · 7/14/2022
Summer travel, WWDC, and the Data and AI Summit by Databricks.
Rick & Cesar · 7/6/2022
We are back to talk about React Miami 2022, where Rick gave the talk: Faster and Better UX Helps Ocean Sustainability
Rick & Cesar · 4/20/2022
In this episode we talk about why and how the Friction Log website code is now open source and available for anybody to use.
Rick & Cesar · 3/31/2022
Whether is because of licensing or excessive memory consumption, some of us have looked for Docker alternatives and here is where Podman comes into place. This week Cesar shares his experience moving from Docker to Podman.
Sign up and get the latest friction log studies, blog articles and podcast updates
© 2021 Friction Log. All Rights Reserved.