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31. Wirth's Revenge
Are LLMs the final blow in the war against Wirth's law?
32. Claude Code: connect to a local model when your quota runs out
If you're on one of the cheaper Anthropic plans like me, it's a pretty common scenario when you're deep into Claude coding an idea, to hit a daily or weekly
33. Sqldef: Idempotent schema management tool for MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQLite
34. The Wyden Siren: Senator's Cryptic CIA Letter Pattern Has Never Been Wrong
If you've been paying attention to surveillance and civil liberties issues over the past fifteen years, you've likely learned to recognize a particular pattern. Senator Ron Wyden will occasionally send a public letter that essentially says "hey, I can't tell you what's happening because it's classified, but something really bad is going on and you…
35. Top downloaded skill in ClawHub contains malware
The same capabilities that make OpenClaw a groundbreaking tool also make it an urgent security risk. This blog contains confirmed examples of agent skills being used as malware vectors, and advice on how to protect yourself if you're experimenting with them.
36. AI Is Killing B2B SaaS
SaaS is the most profitable business model on Earth.1 It’s easy to understand why: build once, sell the same thing again ad infinitum, and don’t suffer any m...
37. AI is just the latest Monoculture
There’s growing anxiety that AI will be the death of innovation.
38. CIA to Sunset the World Factbook
A statement on the CIA's website gives no reason for the decision, simply stating that the Factbook has been "sunset" while encouraging readers to "stay curious about the world and find ways to explore it".
39. Improving Unnesting of Complex Queries [pdf]
40. Building a 24-bit arcade CRT display adapter from scratch
41. Voxtral Transcribe 2
Precision diarization, real-time transcription, and a new audio playground.
42. OpenClaw Is What Apple Intelligence Should Have Been
Something strange is happening with Mac Minis. They’re selling out everywhere, and it’s not because people suddenly need more coffee table computers. If you browse Reddit or HN, you’ll see the same pattern: people are buying Mac Minis specifically to run AI agents with computer use. They’re setting up headless machines whose sole job is to automate their workflows. OpenClaw—the open-source framework that lets you run Claude, GPT-5, or whatever model you want to actually control your computer—has become the killer app for Mac hardware. Not Final Cut. Not Logic. An AI agent that clicks buttons.
43. Claude Code for Infrastructure
fluid.sh
44. An interactive version of Byrne's The Elements of Euclid (1847)
45. Remarkable Pro Colors
46. A few CPU hardware bugs
Catherine (Whitequark)’s recent observations on poorly-engineered firmware reminded me of a few mistakes I’ve seen in vendors’ CPUs; some unimportant and others surprisingly bad. Since I’ve never seen these widely discussed, here’s some discussion and links to supporting evidence to make them more widely known, since I think they’re interesting.
47. Why S7 Scheme?
48. Listen to Understand
You can captivate someone not by what you say, but by how you listen.
49. Why More Companies Are Recognizing the Benefits of Keeping Older Employees
50. Wood Gas Vehicles: Firewood in the Fuel Tank (2010)
This is a solar-powered website, which means it sometimes goes offline
51. The Great Unwind
52. A case study in PDF forensics: The Epstein PDFs
53. Adobe Animate will be discontinued effective March 1, 2026
54. LLatte: Scalable Transformers for Ads at Meta
55. Data centers in space makes no sense
SpaceX acquired xAI on Monday, forming a $1.25 trillion behemoth with the goal of sending data centers into space. They’re not alone either: Google and a host of startups like Lonestar, Axiom, and Nvidia-backed Starcloud are scrambling into the field. Endless solar power, free real estate, and most importantly, huge rockets! What more could you want?
56. Lily Programming Language
57. I built a search engine to index the un-indexable parts of Telegram
Discover and explore the best Telegram bots across AI, crypto, productivity, and more. Browse our comprehensive telegram bot directory with verified bots, reviews, and ratings. Find the perfect bot for your needs on TeleHunt.
58. BMW's Newest "Innovation" Is a Logo-Shaped Middle Finger to Right to Repair
BMW filed a patent for a proprietary screw that looks like the BMW logo. They say it looks cool, we’re worried it’s going to stifle repairs.
59. RS-SDK: Drive RuneScape with Claude Code
Runescape automation library, optimized for use by coding agents. - MaxBittker/rs-sdk
60. Microsoft's Pivotal AI Product Is Running into Big Problems