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Open Models Replace Big AI ⟡ Every New Browser Feature ⟡ Death of Stack Overflow ⌁ Syntax Weekly ⌁(opens in new tab)
The Star 7: the Early Java Prototype that was a Precursor to the Smartphone(opens in new tab)
Samsung 990 review: a lower-spec SSD that’s weirdly great for games(opens in new tab)
Launching a new SSD in the current hardware climate, even a simple, DRAMless, QLC-packing SSD like the Samsung 990, may seem like starting up a roof thatching business during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius: innocuous idea, apocalyptically bad timing. Read ...
Writing about electrification(opens in new tab)
For years I've been thinking about electrification, now I'm going to write about it.
Slicing GPUs in Kubernetes with NVIDIA Multi-Instance GPU (MIG)(opens in new tab)
GPU sharing in Kubernetes explained: time-slicing vs MPS vs MIG, every nvidia-smi command to enable and disable MIG on one GPU or eight, GPU Operator automation, pitfalls, and DCGM monitoring.
Optimize the common cases(opens in new tab)
One thing I've learned working on https://github.com/rust-stdx/stdx (Rust's extended standard library), is that libraries often have common cases that are worth optimizing for.
Looking for my next role(opens in new tab)
Niki is a software engineer and product designer specializing in databases, synchronization, frontend systems, and interface design. He is looking for a new role
AI Is Just Thinking and Doing(opens in new tab)
Charcoal sketch of business figures feeding a blank scroll into a massive thinking machine/images/ai-is-thinking-and-doing.webp/images/ai-is-thinking-and-doing.webp One useful way to cut through noise and hype in AI conversations is to replace the word "AI" with the words "Thinking" and "Doing". ...
The Sunday Papers(opens in new tab)
Sundays are for realising that there's a car in Japan's Super GT racing series this year which is sponsored by horse girl game Umamusume Pretty Derby. Here it is. It's been racing in the GT300 category against, among other cars, ...
Impro is a handbook for running a cult(opens in new tab)
Infinity(opens in new tab)
Make It Work vs. Make It Good(opens in new tab)
There are two wolves inside of me, lol. Some days I want to be a “designer”. Other days I want to be a “developer”. On the days I find myself wanting to feed the developer, it’s often because making something ...
The SLAP stack is the last server stack you'll ever need(opens in new tab)
Esoteric Ebb is the D&Disco Elysium I never knew I needed, but more importantly it's proof I'll never be cut out for political canvassing(opens in new tab)
Which way are you voting in the election? There’s an election coming, could I trouble you to ask which way you’re voting? ELECTION. YOU. VOTING? WHICH WAY? The time to place the great slip of paper into the holy box ...
Kimi K3 Might Have Just Started a Crash of the US Economy(opens in new tab)
Kimi K3 and the US economy/images/kimi-k3-us-economy-header.webp/images/kimi-k3-us-economy-header.webp Not enough people realize that China's push for open source AIhttps://www.google.com/search?q=popular+Chinese+AI+models is an explicit CCP strategy to crash the US stock market and economy. Peop...
What are we all playing this weekend?(opens in new tab)
What are we all playing this weekend? This weekend is the eye of the wedding storm, a brief reprieve before heading up to Sheffield next week for further nuptials. Though, that doesn't mean I can relax. My body is in ...
In Memoriam, Encountering World War I, and Thinkable Horrors(opens in new tab)
A delayed education on the trenches and scales of suffering
Overtraining as the path to human-like AI(opens in new tab)
A super tiny ergonomic mechanical keyboard! #mechanicalkeyboard #3dprinting #raspberrypi(opens in new tab)
How do we choose the next token from a transformer (LLM)? #explainer #programming #ml(opens in new tab)
The Java Story | The Official Documentary(opens in new tab)
Linux After Dark – Episode 126(opens in new tab)
"I'm saying this on camera and millions of people will believe it": How Suzerain Stories: The Neutral Lens lets you shape the news(opens in new tab)
The original Suzerain, a political strategy game presented as a visual novel, cast you in the role of Anton Rayne, the newly elected President of fictional country Sordland. You had to tackle political turmoil as the leader of a country ...
Self-Host Weekly (17 July 2026) (opens in new tab)
Pop it, fork it, polka dot it 🎶
Can This Reachy Mini Be My Personal Assistant?(opens in new tab)
New Member Perk: Insider Offers (opens in new tab)
The latest goodies for paid selfh.st subscribers
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I found Lumis via the Master’s blog (new name, huh?) Lumis looks to be the new hotness in syntax highlighting. Does that mean Shiki is now old and busted? I use Shiki for better syntax highlighting but I have to ...
Go releases are exciting (especially 1.27)(opens in new tab)
Go 1.27rc2 was released 10 days ago and Go 1.27 is due for August. Let's be honest, this release is freaking awesome! Generic methods? Yeah! UUID in the standard library?
Day 5: Local LLM Inference Engines, Wrappers, and What to Pick(opens in new tab)
A beginner-friendly guide to local LLM inference, with the same Qwen model tested through Ollama, llama.cpp, Docker Model Runner, vLLM, SGLang, and TensorRT-LLM on NVIDIA DGX Spark.
Launching: rez0’s rascals(opens in new tab)
I built a K-5 learning app for homeschool, co-op, and hybrid-school families.
Learning a few things about running SQLite(opens in new tab)
Regressive JPEGs:(opens in new tab)
One of the cool features of JPEG files is that there's the option to save low frequency components first. This means that a partially downloaded image will be displayed at low resolution instead of being cut off. In the file, ...
2.5 Admins 308: Sloppy Shims(opens in new tab)
Workshop Basel day three(opens in new tab)
See also: day one, day two. There is only one thing that is better than two days of HTTP workshop, and that is of course three days of HTTP workshop. The final day of this edition of the series started ...
Three sacred cows that must die so Europe can live(opens in new tab)
Podcast Notes: Iain McGilchrist on “The Great Simplification”(opens in new tab)
I wish I could remember how this podcast came across my radar so I could give credit where it’s due. But alas, I cannot. It’s episode 217 with Dr. Iain McGilchrist. At one point, he shares his perspective about how ...
Pluralistic: Deranged billionaires and their syndromes (16 Jul 2026)(opens in new tab)
Today's links Deranged billionaires and their syndromes: The Mad Kings do love a syllogism. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: PoGo v binding arbitration; Trump beat some absolute losers; Public interest internet; "Close to the Machine"; Gadget-friendly ...
Transformers are what power all modern LLMS. #LLM #explainer #ml #programming(opens in new tab)
Choose your own dark mode(opens in new tab)
When I redesigned my website earlier this year I removed dark mode. I never liked the colours, and the light switch toggle was so 2010’s. Personally I prefer reading with a dark theme for long-form content. Dark is not my ...
The Act and the Outcome of Creation(opens in new tab)
Creation is the ultimate form of pursuing ourselves, giving to the world when shared, and using the power of our subconscious. It gives us joy, and to every artist, it is the ultimate (flow) state of happiness. The Act of ...
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“What’s !important” is a semi-regular series on CSS-Tricks by Daniel Schwarz that covers everything hot in CSS and front-end. It’s a great round up, not just because I’m in this week’s edition! It’s nice to see CSS-Tricks ramping up quality ...
From microservice to subprocess(opens in new tab)
You were going to pack your bag and go back home when your manager stops you and tell you about this new feature. To surf the meme wave, you will
Bonsai 27B on RTX PRO 6000 vs DGX Spark: what actually works(opens in new tab)
Real Bonsai 27B benchmarks on an RTX PRO 6000 and a DGX Spark, including the supported llama.cpp setup, ternary vs 1-bit results, and speculative decoding.
NGC 7497, etc.(opens in new tab)
North is up (aprox). 0.53 "/pixel. [24' x 23' field] FWHM = 3.75" A relatively unremarkable spiral galaxy... but hey, what's that in the background? var current = false; function change() { current = !current; document.getElementById("notes").src = current?"/astro/ngc7497/notes.jpg":"/astro/ngc7497/small.jpg"; } Click ...
Workshop Basel day two(opens in new tab)
If you missed it. I already described day one. Caffeinated and ready, we all gathered in the same spacious room as yesterday, but seated in new places as “suggested” by our captain. Some of us even remembered to move over ...
pointer-events(opens in new tab)
The pointer-events property controls whether an element can become the target of pointer events like clicks, hover states, and other pointer-based events. In other words, it lets you decide whether the browser should treat an element as interactive when the ...
How a Junior Developer Created One of Java's Most Widely Used Server Technologies(opens in new tab)
Understanding the Rust hype for the busy developer(opens in new tab)
First, let's be clear, this post is not intended to fuel any programming language holy war. I wrote this post because I've sometime been late to understand the benefits of
Web-Perf Wednesday 001 – SPAs Are Finally Becoming Measurable(opens in new tab)
Chrome 151 brings native soft-navigation measurement closer, alongside better redirect timing, revealing CrUX data, and more trustworthy browser tooling.
