Phillip de Wet

1 week ago | thestack.technology | Phillip de Wet

In 2022, San Francisco company Turso forked SQLite. In late 2024, it formally announced a plan to rewrite SQLite in Rust. That project, named Limbo, now counts well over 100 contributors. Earlier this month, Turso brought one of the most prolific contributors on as a staff software engineer. So far, so normal.

1 week ago | itweb.co.za | Phillip de Wet

Are you old enough to remember the raucous old days? I don't know about other sectors, but it was very noticeable in newsrooms because they were particularly loud. The need for collaboration between and across teams kept noise-deadening fabric dividers to a height where they were useful for keeping piles of paper from spilling onto neighbouring desks without ever approaching proper cubicle height.

2 weeks ago | brnw.ch | Phillip de Wet

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2 weeks ago | itweb.co.za | Phillip de Wet

By Phillip de Wet, ITWeb contributorJohannesburg, 09 Jun 2025This time last year, Apple announced Apple Intelligence was rolling out across its product lineup, almost exactly as Microsoft was launching its Copilot+ PCs with ludicrous hardware performance to support AI everywhere. Last week, the console I can't help thinking of as the Nintendo Switch 2: AI edition, went on sale to rapturous response, though gamers won't see the benefits of their expensive hardware in too many direct ways just yet.

2 weeks ago | brnw.ch | Phillip de Wet

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