The Avocadinator(opens in new tab)
I think I bought this thing at some grocery store endcap or something. The magic is that it can do all three advocotasks: Amazing! All in one! My review: I actually kinda like it. I do reach for it when ...
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Another Great Day of Software Engineering #ad(opens in new tab)
"If the player trusts you enough, they are not going to savescum": Why the makers of some of the best RPGs on PC want you to get used to failing(opens in new tab)
When it comes to RPGs, I am an irredeemable savescummer. I admit it. I'll slam F9 at the drop of a hat (perhaps the hat was dropped as a result of a failed dexterity roll. Unacceptable. Reload). So when I ...
The Date Hack(opens in new tab)
Thursday, September 17, 2026(opens in new tab)
Pluralistic: On the sincerity of AI bosses (17 Sep 2026)(opens in new tab)
Today's links On the sincerity of AI bosses: Fascism is always an incoherent bundle. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: 9/11 v spam; PalmOS x WTC collapse; Wifi x WTC rubble; Berlusconi sex rings; Tesco bans writing ...
How I Actually Do Agentic Engineering As A Senior Software Engineer(opens in new tab)
It's been a minute since I last shared How I Actually Code with AI (almost a year!) and a lot has changed during that time. I moved to a terminal-focused dev setup I exclusively do agentic engineerin...
datasette 1.0a40(opens in new tab)
Release: datasette 1.0a40 Same security fix as 0.65.5, plus some neat new features and bug fixes: Plugins can now launch and manage background tasks using the new datasette.add_background_task() method. Thanks, Alex Garcia. I've migrated Datasette to httpx2 for features like ...
datasette 0.65.5(opens in new tab)
Release: datasette 0.65.5 Security fix for an issue where a trailing newline in a requested table name could bypass table permissions and expose private rows, reported by dpfkdlemtp in GHSA-h547-rmjf-5m2m. Tags: security, datasette
Xcode 27.2 Is Out, but 27.1 Is Not, Which Means Developers Still Can’t Get Started on Duo-Adapted Apps(opens in new tab)
Is That a Duo in Ternus’s Pocket or Was He Just Happy That Apple TV Shows Won 28 Emmys?(opens in new tab)
Woz Launches Merch Store(opens in new tab)
No Rescue(opens in new tab)
Your STL Can Ship Itself(opens in new tab)
Launch Products Without the Overhead(opens in new tab)
Apple OS 27.2 Betas Are Out; Version 27.1 Is the Duo-Exclusive iOS Fork(opens in new tab)
Kubernetes v1.37: Hardening Container Storage with Bind Mount Options and EmptyDir Permissions(opens in new tab)
Kubernetes v1.37 brings important storage security features: emptyDir permission modes and bind mount options. They help application programmers and security professionals implement rigorous security policies, for example, prohibiting deletion of files across containers or execution of arbitrary binaries from writable ...
Design for 3D printing on a ramjet. #velo3d #3dprinting #imts(opens in new tab)
Claude Cowork and chat are now one Claude(opens in new tab)
Claude Cowork and chat are now one Claude In hopefully good news for anyone who, like me, was increasingly confused at Cowork v.s. Claude v.s. Claude Code: Starting today, Claude Cowork and chat are merging into one Claude. Bring a ...
"15 years ago, people understood it was an unfinished game": As Endless Legend 2 hits 1.0, Amplitude reflect on how early access has changed(opens in new tab)
Amplitude have always used early access for their games, even before Steam Early Access was a thing. Ahead of Endless Space's release in July 2012, players who preordered the game got immediate access to an alpha build that was steadily ...
Getting Started with Rust as Python Devs(opens in new tab)
Lint the entire CPython code base from scratch. It takes 0.3 seconds. Three blinks of an eye. That is ruff, and it is written in Rust. So are Pydantic, Polars, uv, and Granian. Rust shows up in Python three ways: ...
Quoting Mustafa Suleyman(opens in new tab)
We should not treat models as though they have feelings, preferences, rights, or any entitlement to our welfare. Consciousness is the foundation of our ethical, legal, and political systems. To invite another entity to share any flavor of these rights ...
Work-Life Balance Is Why Most People Never Land a DevOps Job(opens in new tab)
AirPods 5 With Wireless Charging Case Works With MagSafe, But Not Magnetically(opens in new tab)
Which Rude is it?(opens in new tab)
The commerical airport we use here in Bend, Oregon is actually in Redmond, Oregon. Flights from here generally depart very early. It think it’s because they need to make it to bigger airports to make connections to further-away places. Flight ...
The End of Programming(opens in new tab)
🔥 A skill we need to learn is how to ratchet up…(opens in new tab)
A skill we need to learn is how to ratchet up our ambitions until we uncover what the models truly cannot do. And each time they're improved, to once again test the fences. Confidence and certainty in one's own workflow ...
Should You Quit Your Job?(opens in new tab)
Web-Perf Wednesday 009 – CrUX Makes Ad Weight Public(opens in new tab)
CrUX adds public ad count, density, CPU, and network metrics, giving publishers and advertisers a shared view of real ad weight.
selfh.st/apps Now Features SSO and Trending Filters (opens in new tab)
The directory's most requested features have (finally) arrived
Wednesday, September 16, 2026(opens in new tab)
Inside Kueue: How Kubernetes Decides What Runs Next(opens in new tab)
See how Kueue brings order to overloaded Kubernetes clusters by intelligently managing batch workloads with a hands on demo.
My Last Quest(opens in new tab)
Pluralistic: How an AI moratorium can save AI bosses (16 Sep 2026)(opens in new tab)
Today's links How an AI moratorium can save AI bosses: If you can't impose switching costs, just eliminate the competition. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Flash Worms; This Film is Not Yet Rated; Libdem copyright sabotage; ...
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Apple’s daily harassment beat me into submission. I installed iOS 27 and macOS 27. I was told they’re both an improvement over 26 with less of the glasshole nonsense. I dialled back every setting I could and macOS 27 is ...
Icon Fall Web Component(opens in new tab)
How I Built My AI SaaS on Kubernetes(opens in new tab)
‘Apple Reference Image: A New Approach for Verified Photography’(opens in new tab)
How I Code Without Typing(opens in new tab)
DuckDB Skills for Claude Code(opens in new tab)
The duckdb-skills plugin gives Claude Code a growing number of skills that use the DuckDB CLI to read data files, run queries, convert formats, explore object storage, work with spatial data, search the documentation and recall earlier sessions.
jid(opens in new tab)
A JSON incremental digger with auto completions and expressions.
Jev means structured output is interesting again(opens in new tab)
🔥 So I guess we're all just agreed that, "it's not…(opens in new tab)
So I guess we're all just agreed that, "it's not against the law if an AI agent does it," then? https://www.strix.ai/blog/baseten-harbor-github-pat-takeover
Gemini Live audio(opens in new tab)
Tool: Gemini Live audio Google released Gemini 3.8 Live and 3.8 Live Extended Thinking today - two new speech-to-speech models that are a similar shape to OpenAI's GPT-Live family. I pointed GPT-6 Astra Extra High at the documentation and had ...
The Four Tiers of Tab Importance(opens in new tab)
Arc is the greatest web browser ever, and has been tragically moved-on-from by The Browser Company of New York-come-Atlassian. I’ve been back on it the last month or so though. It’s still very usable as they keep the Chromium version ...
See you here at IMTS(opens in new tab)
Bro, What Are You Doing?(opens in new tab)
2026 Roll-037(opens in new tab)
FT: ‘Steve Bannon and Bernie Sanders Unite in AI Safety Call’(opens in new tab)
Bottlenecks Get a Bad Rap(opens in new tab)
Poor bottlenecks. Always seen as problematic, antithetical to efficiency. But bottlenecks aren’t universally bad. Think about it: a bottle’s neck is designed to constrain the amount of liquid that can flow out. A decrease in bandwidth is its entire purpose! ...
