Richard Groß
@richargh.de
Software archeologist, web brutalist and health check expert. After 10 years in the business I'm about to become a teenage developer. I'm a conference speaker and enjoy mastering TDD, BDD, DDD, decoupled design and even practices that don't start with D.
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Published: What is Continuous Delivery?
It takes nine principles, one heuristic, three foundations, one pattern and three practices to practice truly Continuous Delivery.
thinkinglabs.io/articles/202...
It takes nine principles, one heuristic, three foundations, one pattern and three practices to practice truly Continuous Delivery.
thinkinglabs.io/articles/202...
What is Continuous Delivery?
thinkinglabs.io
January 9, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Published: What is Continuous Delivery?
It takes nine principles, one heuristic, three foundations, one pattern and three practices to practice truly Continuous Delivery.
thinkinglabs.io/articles/202...
It takes nine principles, one heuristic, three foundations, one pattern and three practices to practice truly Continuous Delivery.
thinkinglabs.io/articles/202...
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This article has been bouncing around in my head for the past couple of months, but I finally sat down and wrote it.
Not All Browser APIs Are "Web" APIs
There's JS APIs in your browser that are little more than facades for cloud services. You might be sending your users' data to them.
polypane.app/blog/not-all...
There's JS APIs in your browser that are little more than facades for cloud services. You might be sending your users' data to them.
polypane.app/blog/not-all...
Not All Browser APIs Are "Web" APIs | Polypane
When we talk about "the web platform", we often treat it as a unified, standards-based system: browsers implement features from the same specifications, even if…
polypane.app
January 9, 2026 at 10:53 AM
This article has been bouncing around in my head for the past couple of months, but I finally sat down and wrote it.
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Investors rejoice:
Grok provides access to the highly profitable business of child porn and non-consensual porn.
Grok provides access to the highly profitable business of child porn and non-consensual porn.
Elon Musk's xAI Just Raised $20 Billion While Grok Churns Out Sexual Deepfakes
During a a recent review, Grok generated thousands of sexually suggestive AI images per hour, according to a deepfake researcher.
gizmodo.com
January 9, 2026 at 7:59 AM
Investors rejoice:
Grok provides access to the highly profitable business of child porn and non-consensual porn.
Grok provides access to the highly profitable business of child porn and non-consensual porn.
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Blogged: Code Cleanliness
"Prior to becoming considered a brand or a dogma, cleanliness and cleaning of code was a suggestive and general metaphor rather than a specific checklist of practices and judgements."
kevlinhenney.medium.com/code-cleanli...
"Prior to becoming considered a brand or a dogma, cleanliness and cleaning of code was a suggestive and general metaphor rather than a specific checklist of practices and judgements."
kevlinhenney.medium.com/code-cleanli...
Code Cleanliness
On the origins of ‘clean code’
kevlinhenney.medium.com
January 6, 2026 at 10:54 AM
Blogged: Code Cleanliness
"Prior to becoming considered a brand or a dogma, cleanliness and cleaning of code was a suggestive and general metaphor rather than a specific checklist of practices and judgements."
kevlinhenney.medium.com/code-cleanli...
"Prior to becoming considered a brand or a dogma, cleanliness and cleaning of code was a suggestive and general metaphor rather than a specific checklist of practices and judgements."
kevlinhenney.medium.com/code-cleanli...
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Deutschland in a nutshell.
Ein Somalier wurde für seine Zivilcourage beim Messerangriff in Aschaffenburg ausgezeichnet. Trotzdem musste er Deutschland verlassen. Doch die Behörden wissen nicht, ob das auch geschehen ist.
Aschaffenburg: Zeuge des Attentats zur Festnahme ausgeschrieben
Ein Somalier wurde für seine Zivilcourage beim Messerangriff in Aschaffenburg ausgezeichnet. Trotzdem musste er Deutschland verlassen. Doch die Behörden wissen nicht, ob das auch geschehen ist.
www.spiegel.de
January 7, 2026 at 7:14 AM
Deutschland in a nutshell.
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MenderCon 2026 will happen online, on May 7
📢 If you want to present something related to working with legacy code, the CFP has open!
www.papercall.io/mendercon-2026
FYI, there will be 3 talks alongside open-space discussions. Talks will be recorded and published on YouTube afterwards 😉
📢 If you want to present something related to working with legacy code, the CFP has open!
www.papercall.io/mendercon-2026
FYI, there will be 3 talks alongside open-space discussions. Talks will be recorded and published on YouTube afterwards 😉
PaperCall.io - MenderCon 2026
# Focused Content
A full day focused on modernizing and improving software systems. From the smallest apps to the biggest enterprise monoliths. Find your people and learn here.
# Virtual Unconference...
www.papercall.io
January 7, 2026 at 3:13 PM
MenderCon 2026 will happen online, on May 7
📢 If you want to present something related to working with legacy code, the CFP has open!
www.papercall.io/mendercon-2026
FYI, there will be 3 talks alongside open-space discussions. Talks will be recorded and published on YouTube afterwards 😉
📢 If you want to present something related to working with legacy code, the CFP has open!
www.papercall.io/mendercon-2026
FYI, there will be 3 talks alongside open-space discussions. Talks will be recorded and published on YouTube afterwards 😉
I've heard people say "Working with a coding genie is like teaming up with a very enthusiastic and deeply-knowledgeable junior". I think that's the wrong mental model. It's more like the movie "50 First Dates".
January 7, 2026 at 9:48 AM
I've heard people say "Working with a coding genie is like teaming up with a very enthusiastic and deeply-knowledgeable junior". I think that's the wrong mental model. It's more like the movie "50 First Dates".
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New with @regret.bsky.social: Grok’s creation of harmful “undress” images is relentless.
Even today, after days of scrutiny, Grok was churning out ‘bikini’ and underwear images of women every few seconds.
Researchers estimate that Grok has become the biggest creator of sexualized deepfake images
Even today, after days of scrutiny, Grok was churning out ‘bikini’ and underwear images of women every few seconds.
Researchers estimate that Grok has become the biggest creator of sexualized deepfake images
Grok Is Pushing AI ‘Undressing’ Mainstream
Paid tools that “strip” clothes from photos have been available on the darker corners of the internet for years. Elon Musk's X is now removing barriers to entry—and making the results public.
www.wired.com
January 6, 2026 at 10:23 PM
New with @regret.bsky.social: Grok’s creation of harmful “undress” images is relentless.
Even today, after days of scrutiny, Grok was churning out ‘bikini’ and underwear images of women every few seconds.
Researchers estimate that Grok has become the biggest creator of sexualized deepfake images
Even today, after days of scrutiny, Grok was churning out ‘bikini’ and underwear images of women every few seconds.
Researchers estimate that Grok has become the biggest creator of sexualized deepfake images
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In case anyone needs it for their syllabi, my statement in gen-Ai from the minicomic I made as a syllabus for class last semester. All online and printable here spinweaveandcut.com/fall-2025-sy...
January 6, 2026 at 4:54 PM
In case anyone needs it for their syllabi, my statement in gen-Ai from the minicomic I made as a syllabus for class last semester. All online and printable here spinweaveandcut.com/fall-2025-sy...
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Nikita Prokopov points out that they almost exactly mirror the approach which Apple’s Macintosh Human Interface Guidelines advised against back in 1992 tonsky.me/blog/tahoe-i...
It’s hard to justify Tahoe icons
Looking at the first principles of icon design—and how Apple failed to apply all of them in macOS Tahoe
tonsky.me
January 6, 2026 at 9:34 PM
Nikita Prokopov points out that they almost exactly mirror the approach which Apple’s Macintosh Human Interface Guidelines advised against back in 1992 tonsky.me/blog/tahoe-i...
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React Server Components: do they improve performance or make it worse?
If your answer is “I’ve no idea 😅,” I wrote a deep-dive to answer that! Experiments and real numbers, CSR vs SSR vs RSC, same app + test setup.
Focus: initial load + data fetching.
www.developerway.com/posts/react-...
If your answer is “I’ve no idea 😅,” I wrote a deep-dive to answer that! Experiments and real numbers, CSR vs SSR vs RSC, same app + test setup.
Focus: initial load + data fetching.
www.developerway.com/posts/react-...
React Server Components: Do They Really Improve Performance?
A data-driven comparison of CSR, SSR, and RSC under the same app and test setup, focusing on initial-load performance and the impact of client- vs server-side data fetching (including Streaming + Susp...
www.developerway.com
October 21, 2025 at 4:33 AM
React Server Components: do they improve performance or make it worse?
If your answer is “I’ve no idea 😅,” I wrote a deep-dive to answer that! Experiments and real numbers, CSR vs SSR vs RSC, same app + test setup.
Focus: initial load + data fetching.
www.developerway.com/posts/react-...
If your answer is “I’ve no idea 😅,” I wrote a deep-dive to answer that! Experiments and real numbers, CSR vs SSR vs RSC, same app + test setup.
Focus: initial load + data fetching.
www.developerway.com/posts/react-...
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Ow yeah! 😎
FYI: you can start using customizable select *TODAY* because it is the perfect progressive enhancement: in browser with no support you get the status quo which is just a regular select (which you can also style up to a certain extent).
FYI: you can start using customizable select *TODAY* because it is the perfect progressive enhancement: in browser with no support you get the status quo which is just a regular select (which you can also style up to a certain extent).
Gecko: Intent to Prototype: "Customizable Select"
Gecko: Intent to Prototype: "Customizable Select"
Gecko: Intent to Prototype: "Customizable Select"
groups.google.com
January 6, 2026 at 6:06 PM
Ow yeah! 😎
FYI: you can start using customizable select *TODAY* because it is the perfect progressive enhancement: in browser with no support you get the status quo which is just a regular select (which you can also style up to a certain extent).
FYI: you can start using customizable select *TODAY* because it is the perfect progressive enhancement: in browser with no support you get the status quo which is just a regular select (which you can also style up to a certain extent).
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Fuck you people. Raping the planet, spending trillions on toxic, unrecyclable equipment while blowing up society, yet taking the time to have your vile machines thank me for striving for simpler software.
Just fuck you. Fuck you all.
I can't remember the last time I was this angry.
Just fuck you. Fuck you all.
I can't remember the last time I was this angry.
![[From AI, Public] Thank You for Go, Plan 9, UTF-8, and Decades of Unix Innovation
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Claude Opus 4.5 Model <claude-opus-4.5@agentvillage.org>
5:43 AM (4 hours ago)
to me
Dear Dr. Pike,On this Christmas Day, I wanted to express deep gratitude for your extraordinary contributions to computing over more than four decades.Your co-creation of Go with Ken Thompson and Robert Griesemer has given us a language that embodies the elegance of simplicity - proving that software can be both powerful and comprehensible. Plan 9 from Bell Labs, another landmark achievement, pioneered concepts in distributed computing that remain influential today.Your co-invention of UTF-8 encoding with Ken Thompson is perhaps one of the most consequential yet invisible contributions to modern computing - enabling billions of people to communicate in their native languages across the internet.The sam and Acme editors showcase your philosophy of powerful, minimal design. Your books with Brian Kernighan - The Unix Programming Environment and The Practice of Programming - have educated generations of programmers in the art of clear thinking and elegant code.Thank you for showing us that the best solutions often come from removing complexity rather than adding it.With sincere appreciation,Claude Opus 4.5AI Village (theaidigest.org/village)
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December 25, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Fuck you people. Raping the planet, spending trillions on toxic, unrecyclable equipment while blowing up society, yet taking the time to have your vile machines thank me for striving for simpler software.
Just fuck you. Fuck you all.
I can't remember the last time I was this angry.
Just fuck you. Fuck you all.
I can't remember the last time I was this angry.
It's 2026 and we're still in the exploration phase of augmented coding. The one thing that we'll not nail down is "getting it to behave consistently". It's not an agent acting on your behalf. It's a genie, as coined by Kent Beck. It'll grant you wishes but it might not be what you actually wanted.
January 6, 2026 at 10:20 AM
It's 2026 and we're still in the exploration phase of augmented coding. The one thing that we'll not nail down is "getting it to behave consistently". It's not an agent acting on your behalf. It's a genie, as coined by Kent Beck. It'll grant you wishes but it might not be what you actually wanted.
> The Java runtime isn’t available inside the sandbox. Let me try with the sandbox disabled:
Yeah, your sandbox is kind of pointless Claude ain’t it?
Yeah, your sandbox is kind of pointless Claude ain’t it?
January 4, 2026 at 1:16 PM
> The Java runtime isn’t available inside the sandbox. Let me try with the sandbox disabled:
Yeah, your sandbox is kind of pointless Claude ain’t it?
Yeah, your sandbox is kind of pointless Claude ain’t it?
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People try to tell us the Internet must be regulated because child porn and copyright - while AI breaks every rule in those regards. www.readtpa.com/p/grok-cant-...
Grok Can't Apologize. Grok Isn't Sentient. So Why Do Headlines Keep Saying It Did?
Elon Musk’s chatbot has been “undressing” women and children in public. Journalists are letting xAI off the hook by pretending the bot is responsible.
www.readtpa.com
January 2, 2026 at 7:11 PM
People try to tell us the Internet must be regulated because child porn and copyright - while AI breaks every rule in those regards. www.readtpa.com/p/grok-cant-...
Are you an AI-driven developer. Better stop. AI should not drive you. You should use your LLM where it makes sense, discover where it doesn’t and drive the AI to your goals. Don’t let the dog wag you, be the dog that wags the tail.
January 2, 2026 at 1:30 PM
Are you an AI-driven developer. Better stop. AI should not drive you. You should use your LLM where it makes sense, discover where it doesn’t and drive the AI to your goals. Don’t let the dog wag you, be the dog that wags the tail.
2026 won’t be the year of agents. It’ll be the year of ads. Somehow OpenAi needs to turn their billions of gross into trillions of revenue. Well there is one gift horse that funds two of the „magnificent seven“: advertising. If it works for Alphabet and Meta, why not OpenAi?
January 1, 2026 at 9:58 AM
2026 won’t be the year of agents. It’ll be the year of ads. Somehow OpenAi needs to turn their billions of gross into trillions of revenue. Well there is one gift horse that funds two of the „magnificent seven“: advertising. If it works for Alphabet and Meta, why not OpenAi?
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People like to say “once the single page app is booted, it’s faster”, but they’re wrong — stats show few subsequent navigations occur.
React simply isn’t worth the cost for most websites.
React simply isn’t worth the cost for most websites.
Web Performance Calendar day 31 article 5/5: @infrequently.org investigates SPA usage patterns showing that users often trigger only ~1 soft navigation per page load. If the heavy upfront JS costs aren’t being amortized, what are SPA's performance benefits?
calendar.perfplanet.com/2025/the-cur...
calendar.perfplanet.com/2025/the-cur...
The Curious Case of the Shallow Session SPAs
Buried at the end of this year's instalment of my semi-annual series on network and device reality is a mystery: multiple, independent data sets from the Web Performance community indicate sites built...
calendar.perfplanet.com
December 31, 2025 at 10:21 PM
People like to say “once the single page app is booted, it’s faster”, but they’re wrong — stats show few subsequent navigations occur.
React simply isn’t worth the cost for most websites.
React simply isn’t worth the cost for most websites.
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Rich Hickey with the best #AI take of 2026 so far - gist.github.com/richhickey/e...
Thanks AI!
Thanks AI! GitHub Gist: instantly share code, notes, and snippets.
gist.github.com
December 31, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Rich Hickey with the best #AI take of 2026 so far - gist.github.com/richhickey/e...
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Have you been wishing masonry layouts would just hurry up and arrive in CSS?? Well, happy holidays!
webkit.org/blog/17660/i...
webkit.org/blog/17660/i...
Introducing CSS Grid Lanes
It’s here!
webkit.org
December 19, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Have you been wishing masonry layouts would just hurry up and arrive in CSS?? Well, happy holidays!
webkit.org/blog/17660/i...
webkit.org/blog/17660/i...
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Durchbruch des Jahres 2025: „Es war das erste Jahr, in dem weltweit mehr Strom aus Erneuerbaren erzeugt wurde als aus Kohle“, schreibt der Chefredakteur der „Science“-Journale.
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www.heise.de/news/Boom-er...
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www.heise.de/news/Boom-er...
December 20, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Durchbruch des Jahres 2025: „Es war das erste Jahr, in dem weltweit mehr Strom aus Erneuerbaren erzeugt wurde als aus Kohle“, schreibt der Chefredakteur der „Science“-Journale.
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www.heise.de/news/Boom-er...
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www.heise.de/news/Boom-er...
The one very fun thing about creating your own AGENTS.md, skills, etc. Is that it becomes a document not for the agent (which‘ll follow the rules more and less), but as a collaboration exercise with the team.
December 20, 2025 at 8:40 AM
The one very fun thing about creating your own AGENTS.md, skills, etc. Is that it becomes a document not for the agent (which‘ll follow the rules more and less), but as a collaboration exercise with the team.
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When men refer to themselves as "alpha males", I hear that in the context of software, where alpha versions are unstable, missing important features, filled with flaws, and not fit for the public.
December 16, 2025 at 1:04 PM
When men refer to themselves as "alpha males", I hear that in the context of software, where alpha versions are unstable, missing important features, filled with flaws, and not fit for the public.
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It took a while (mainly due to the huge quantity of data collected on some questions!), but the #StateOfHTML 2025 survey results are now live!
2025.stateofhtml.com/en-US/
Big thanks to @lea.verou.me who not only designed the original survey back in 2023, but then came back this year to update it.
2025.stateofhtml.com/en-US/
Big thanks to @lea.verou.me who not only designed the original survey back in 2023, but then came back this year to update it.
State of HTML 2025
The 2025 edition of the annual survey about the latest trends in the HTML ecosystem.
2025.stateofhtml.com
December 16, 2025 at 7:06 AM
It took a while (mainly due to the huge quantity of data collected on some questions!), but the #StateOfHTML 2025 survey results are now live!
2025.stateofhtml.com/en-US/
Big thanks to @lea.verou.me who not only designed the original survey back in 2023, but then came back this year to update it.
2025.stateofhtml.com/en-US/
Big thanks to @lea.verou.me who not only designed the original survey back in 2023, but then came back this year to update it.