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 LLM accuracy is a challenging topic to address and is much more multi-dimensional than a simple accuracy score. Denys Linkov introduces a framework for creating micro metrics to evaluate LLM systems, focusing on goal-aligned metrics that improve performance and reliability. By adopting an iterative "crawl, walk, run" methodology, teams can incrementally develop observability. (Article) |
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| AWS recently announced the launch of Container Insights with Enhanced Observability for Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS). This goes on the lines of a similar feature previously introduced for Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS). This new capability aims to improve monitoring and troubleshooting for container workloads. (News) |
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 Understanding pointers and references in Go can be challenging for many developers, especially those new to low-level programming languages. In this article, I’ll walk you through a program that leverages Go pointers and references to solve a real-world use case: a graph-based permission system. (Article) |
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| This week's Java roundup for January 13th, 2025, features news highlighting: JDK 24 in Rampdown Phase Two; Spring Framework 6.2.2; JobRunr 7.4.0; Micrometer Metrics 1.15.0-M1 and Micrometer Tracing 1.5.0-M1; and Infinispan joins the Commonhaus Foundation. (News) |
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| Microsoft Research’s AI Frontiers Lab has announced the release of AutoGen version 0.4, an open-source framework designed to build advanced AI agent systems. This latest version as stated marks the complete redesign of the AutoGen library, focusing on enhancing code quality, robustness, usability, and the scalability of agent workflows. (News) |
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