Change Detection for Continuous Performance Engineering: Otava performs statistical analysis of performance test results stored in CSV files, PostgreSQL, BigQuery, or Graphite database. It finds change-points and notifies about possible performance regressions.
You can also read "8 Years of Optimizing Apache Otava: How disconnected open source developers took an algorithm from n3 to constant time" - https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.06758v1
that's very different and was more akin to prompt injection or engineering, depending on your perspective, with a very specific query to make it happen (required a web fetch).
I remember playing a black and white version of ShufflePuck Cafe on a Mac LC3 around 1992 or so. Great game, still fascinated by how the exotic characters make the game far more engaging than Pong could ever be.
I think there was a guy, Biff, he was really tough, seemingly impossible to beat (for my 10 year old self, anyhow).
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