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Big W at the Branson Midwest Manufacturer's Trade Show(opens in new tab)
February 23-25 2026, Big W Engineering Solutions partnered with T&O Group, Tessere, J.E. Dunn, Platinum Roofing and Larsen Consulting to exhibit in booths 88-89 at the Missouri Association of Manufacturers (MAM) Midwest Manufacturer's Trade Show and Conference in Branson.
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Claude is an Electron App because we’ve lost native(opens in new tab)
Article argues that Claude is not an Electron app not because LLMs can’t do it, but because there are no advantages left for native
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How to make your first contribution to an open source project(opens in new tab)
Getting involved in open source doesn't have to be scary! Understand how to find a great project and make your first contribution in this guide.
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★ HazeOver — Mac Utility for Highlighting the Frontmost Window(opens in new tab)
What HazeOver does is highlight the active window by dimming all background windows. That’s it. But it does this simple task with aplomb, and it makes a significant difference in the day-to-day usability of MacOS.
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Claude Code as member of the engineering team(opens in new tab)
I made the experiment: Claude Code as a full engineer on GitLab, as part of the development team for a mini game. I create tickets and review merge requests, while Claude Code submits code as merge requests and iterates on ...
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Finale & Friends (Changelog & Friends #129)(opens in new tab)
Adam and Jerod get into the news, Jerod officially retires from the pod (and Changelog), plus a bonus for our Changelog++ subs!
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State of WASI support for CPython: March 2026(opens in new tab)
It's been a while since I posted about WASI support in CPython! 😅 Up until now, most of the work I have been doing around WASI has been making its maintenance easier for me and other core developers. For instance, ...
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🔥 The M4 iPad Air is notable, because it will set…(opens in new tab)
The M4 iPad Air is notable, because it will set Apple apart as the only company to release a product in 2026 sporting more RAM for the same price as the outgoing model. (8GB to 12GB) https://www.macrumors.com/2026/03/02/apple-announces-ipad-air-with-m4-chip/
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FOREVERGREEN(opens in new tab)
In the first few minutes, Ruby says to me, “This is like The Giving Tree“, and by the end, I was like, “OK, you’re right.”
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GIF optimization tool using WebAssembly and Gifsicle(opens in new tab)
Agentic Engineering Patterns > I like to include animated GIF demos in my online writing, often recorded using LICEcap. There's an example in the Interactive explanations chapter. These GIFs can be pretty big. I've tried a few tools for optimizing ...
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I like how Nolan paints this two-sided picture of AI coding. The worst fact about these tools is that they work. They can write code better than you or I can, and if you don’t believe me, wait six months. ...
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I swapped my gaming headset for IEM earphones, and I am in love(opens in new tab)
Over the past few years, I've been searching for the best audio option for my PC gaming setup. It’s been a battle. I have big, satellite-dish ears and the kind of Neurospicy that makes ear cushions and heavy headsets unbearable ...
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Popover API or Dialog API: Which to Choose?(opens in new tab)
Choosing between Popover API and Dialog API is difficult because they seem to do the same job, but they don’t! After a bit lots of research, I discovered that the Popover API and Dialog API are wildly different in terms ...
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MOOving to a self-hosted Bluesky PDS(opens in new tab)
Bluesky is a “Twitter clone” that runs on the AT Protocol. I have to be honest, I’d struggle to explain how atproto works. I think it’s similar to Nostr but like, good? When atproto devs talk about The Atmosphere they ...
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February sponsors-only newsletter(opens in new tab)
I just sent the February edition of my sponsors-only monthly newsletter. If you are a sponsor (or if you start a sponsorship now) you can access it here. In this month's newsletter: More OpenClaw, and Claws in general I started ...
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TIL #139 – Multiline input in the REPL(opens in new tab)
Today I learned how to do multiline input in the REPL using an uncommon combination of arguments for the built-in open. A while ago I learned I could use open(0) to open standard input. This unlocks a neat trick that ...
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Remove extra spaces(opens in new tab)
Learn how to remove extra spaces from a string using regex, string splitting, a fixed point, and itertools.groupby. In this article you'll learn about three different ways in which you can remove extra spaces from the middle of a string. ...
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Meet the man who stuffed as much Deus Ex into Fallout 3 as was "humanly possible"(opens in new tab)
Here, put on this pair of reflective sunglasses. Now regard the 21st century so far. Doesn’t it look as if the ideas of Deus Ex have spread into the mainstream? Like fire propagating across a dry hillside, the prevalence of ...
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My first and last frames of Kodachrome(opens in new tab)
Shooting Kodachrome from 1982 through 2010.
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Pluralistic: No one wants to read your AI slop (02 Mar 2026)(opens in new tab)
Today's links No one wants to read your AI slop: If you must do this, for god's sake, do it privately. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: AOL email tax; Ebook readers' bill of rights; Sanders media ...
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#471: The ORM pattern of 2026?(opens in new tab)
Topics covered in this episode: Raw+DC: The ORM pattern of 2026? pytest-check releases Dataclass Wizard SQLiteo - “native macOS SQLite browser built for normal people” Extras Joke Watch on YouTube About the show Sponsored by us! Support our work through: ...
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Book Notes: “Blood In The Machine” by Brian Merchant(opens in new tab)
For my future self, these are a few of my notes from this book. A take from one historian on the Luddite movement: If workmen disliked certain machines, it was because of the use that they were being put, not ...
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🎙️ Breaking Change podcast v52 - Skynet any%(opens in new tab)
Sure feels like some combination of AI, the US military, and the AI military could bring an end to the world any day now, so I figured I'd better record one last show for posterity. Welcome me on this version's ...
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My current policy on AI writing for my blog(opens in new tab)
Because I write about LLMs (and maybe because of my em dash text replacement code) a lot of people assume that the writing on my blog is partially or fully created by those LLMs. My current policy on this is ...
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Ed’s Software, in a Time of Fear(opens in new tab)
I enjoyed this essay from my friend Ed Lyons, which I think speaks well to my particular state of mind as someone who has been in this industry for 30+ years, a parent, a people leader, a builder.
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Quoting claude.com/import-memory(opens in new tab)
I'm moving to another service and need to export my data. List every memory you have stored about me, as well as any context you've learned about me from past conversations. Output everything in a single code block so I ...
