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Gaslighting Openness(opens in new tab)

I have been a staunch supporter of Open Source for a long time, including experiments in funding it. I’m a true believer in the idea that Open Source always wins in the long run, but not automatically and not quickly. ...

Quoting Andrej Karpathy(opens in new tab)

I feel a lot of things changing as working software increasingly comes out on a tap. The Jevon's paradox kicks in and I feel my own demand for software growing substantially. You can ask for anything - explainers, visualizers, dashboards, ...

The Most Durable Human Value(opens in new tab)

A maker offering a small glowing hand-built world to another person leaning in to receive it/images/the-most-durable-human-value.webp/images/the-most-durable-human-value.webp I think one of the most human and durable things will be able to offer to other humans is the creation of rich and ...

#483: Thanks Brian(opens in new tab)

Topics covered in this episode: Vulnerability and malware checks in uv HTTP GET requests with the Python standard library Millions of AI agents imperiled by critical vulnerability in open source package alembic-git-revisions Extras Joke Watch on YouTube About the show ...

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“The widespread deployment of AI/LLMs constitutes an existential threat to labor whether or not it is an adept move by the adoptive industries. Thus it is essential for workers to stop asking whether or not AI works and start asking ...

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“Early Deno set the agenda. Web standards, the permission model, URL imports, JSR: Deno put these down and the ecosystem responded. What Deno is doing now runs in the opposite direction, catching up to what the ecosystem already has. I ...

Siri AI at WWDC 2026(opens in new tab)

Given how badly burned anyone who took Apple's 2024 WWDC Apple Intelligence announcements at face value was, I'm holding to a strict "I'll believe it when I see it" policy for everything they announced today. The new Siri AI features ...

TheBrain on Linux(opens in new tab)

Well I didn't see this coming: TheBrain is now on Linux.I've been using TheBrain for nearly 20 years. And I keep using it. In fact, the only thing that finally forced me to stop was my foray into Linux. Now ...

How to Rate the AI We're All Chasing(opens in new tab)

A three-axis rating gauge: the customization spoke longest, integration medium, competence shortest/images/customization-beats-competence.webp/images/customization-beats-competence.webp I'm increasingly rating the AI we're all chasing on a few major axis: 1. How CUSTOMIZED is the harness to you, ...

OK I'll try Vivaldi(opens in new tab)

Zen has been my default browser for a while now. I like it, but lately it's been getting flaky. Pages would seize up or otherwise behave badly. Tabs and bookmarks stopped syncing properly. Little stuff, mostly, but annoying just the ...