I returned to AWS and was reminded why I left http://fourlightyears.blogspot.com/2026/05/i-returned-to-aws-and-was-reminded-hard.html
Blogspot
I returned to AWS - and was reminded HARD why I left.
I was one of the very first advocates for AWS back when it was brand new - SQS, S3, EC2 SimpleDB - it was a lot smaller back then. In fact I...
Hardware Attestation as Monopoly Enabler https://grapheneos.social/@GrapheneOS/116550899908879585
GrapheneOS Mastodon
GrapheneOS (@GrapheneOS@grapheneos.social)
Apple and Google are gradually expanding their use of hardware-based attestation. They're convincing a growing number of services to adopt it. Google's Play Integrity API and Apple's App Attest API are very similar. Apple brought it to the web via Privacyβ¦
Local AI needs to be the norm https://unix.foo/posts/local-ai-needs-to-be-norm/
unix.foo
Local AI Needs to be the Norm Β· unix.foo
Local AI models should be the default.
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Rendering the Sky, Sunsets, and Planets https://blog.maximeheckel.com/posts/on-rendering-the-sky-sunsets-and-planets/
The Blog of Maxime Heckel
On Rendering the Sky, Sunsets, and Planets - The Blog of Maxime Heckel
This article explores how to render realistic skies and atmospheres in real time in the browser with shaders, from simple sky domes, to entire planets using shaders, raymarching, Rayleigh and Mie scattering, and ozone absorption.
Show HN: Needle: We Distilled Gemini Tool Calling into a 26M Model https://github.com/cactus-compute/needle
GitHub
GitHub - cactus-compute/needle: 26m function call model that runs on incredibly small devices
26m function call model that runs on incredibly small devices - cactus-compute/needle
Setting up a free *.city.state.us locality domain (2025) https://fredchan.org/blog/locality-domains-guide/
Frederick's Perch
Setting up a free *.city.state.us locality domain
In the US, you can get a domain name like `somename.city.state.us` for free. If your town has its own domain, you can get nameservers from Amazon Lightsail, send the *Interim .US Domain Template* to the delegated manager for your locality, then point DNSβ¦
The Emacsification of Software https://sockpuppet.org/blog/2026/05/12/emacsification/
sockpuppet.org
The Emacsification of Software
Removing the modem and GPS from my 2024 RAV4 hybrid https://arkadiyt.com/2026/05/13/removing-the-modem-and-gps-from-my-rav4/
Arkadiyt
Removing the Modem and GPS from my 2024 RAV4 Hybrid
Modern cars are computers on wheels that send home nonstop telemetry about you. In this post I remove my 2024 RAV4 Hybrid's modem and GPS to prevent that :)
Project Gutenberg β keeps getting better https://www.gutenberg.org/
Project Gutenberg
Project Gutenberg is a library of free eBooks.
I believe there are entire companies right now under AI psychosis https://twitter.com/mitchellh/status/2055380239711457578
X (formerly Twitter)
Mitchell Hashimoto (@mitchellh) on X
I strongly believe there are entire companies right now under heavy AI psychosis and its impossible to have rational conversations about it with them. I can't name any specific people because they include personal friends I deeply respect, but I worry aboutβ¦
Ξ΄-mem: Efficient Online Memory for Large Language Models https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.12357
arXiv.org
$Ξ΄$-mem: Efficient Online Memory for Large Language Models
Large language models increasingly need to accumulate and reuse historical information in long-term assistants and agent systems. Simply expanding the context window is costly and often fails to...
Moving away from Tailwind, and learning to structure my CSS https://jvns.ca/blog/2026/05/15/moving-away-from-tailwind--and-learning-to-structure-my-css-/
Julia Evans
Moving away from Tailwind, and learning to structure my CSS
Hello! 8 years ago, I wrote excitedly about discovering Tailwind.
SANA-WM, a 2.6B open-source world model for 1-minute 720p video https://nvlabs.github.io/Sana/WM/
nvlabs.github.io
SANA-WM | Efficient Minute-Scale World Modeling
SANA-WM is an efficient minute-scale world model for camera-controlled 720p video generation.