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Introducing text and code embeddings

We are introducing embeddings, a new endpoint in the OpenAI API that makes it easy to perform natural language and code tasks like semantic search, clustering, topic modeling, and classification.

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PlanetScale Blog

Using entropy for user-friendly strong passwords

Signup forms with specific and archaic password rules can be incredibly frustrating for anyone using a password manager. "Must have one special character, but only from !@#$ these allowed characters." It attempts to help users be more secure but causes more frustration than security. When building PlanetScale’s signup form, we wanted to enforce strong passwords while also working well with password managers. After researching the problem, we found the best method for doing this is using an entro

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