Why do so many tools have JSON config files‽ Commenting why options have been set the way they have is just such a basic thing to want to do… Why do tech people have such an aversion to writing things down⁇

In a long-awaited decision, a federal judge said Google must change its ad tech business to address antitrust issues, but did not disclose the measures.

We treat the internet as if it were air, ambient and ownerless, when in
reality, however, it is the exact opposite. This is a look at what
connects the world, and who builds and owns that infrastructure.

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It’s becoming harder and harder to find tech employers that aren’t making everything worse.

Introducing Muse Spark 1.3, with max reasoning for challenging reasoning and agentic tasks and improved real-world usability.

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Since the explosion of usage in generative AI, much of the internet is pretty much unusable.

Search engines inject AI responses, when I actually want the ...

It's time for another technical blog post about async Rust on embedded. This time we're going to pitch Embassy/Rust against FreeRTOS/C on an STM32F446 microcontroller.

the general consensus around being an npc is that you’re giving up your autonomy—essentially becoming a side character in someone else's story or watching li...

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How a mistake of less than half a millimeter in a single part nearly brought down the world’s largest passenger aircraft.

Jq is a great tool. I use it frequently, but this recent article from Sequoia McDowell still has some great tips in it. Well worth a read. One thing that stood out to me from this post was the snippet

A new policy announced by the Department of Education bars younger students from using artificial intelligence, but stops short of a moratorium.

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Nigeria - Africa's most populous country - is proving a tough market for ride-hailing services.

The idea that universes evolve like organisms sat on the fringes of theoretical physics for decades. Then, a Substack post and a 2022 find by the James Webb Space Telescope boosted the concept

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