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"Thou shalt not make a machine to counterfeit a human mind."
— Frank Herbert
— Frank Herbert
Pretty sure all the gig economy apps were the absolute first to hit stage 3 enshittification
January 2, 2026 at 5:39 AM
Pretty sure all the gig economy apps were the absolute first to hit stage 3 enshittification
Fun¹ facts, the last time we were at this spot in our orbit around the Milky Way we had the largest mass extinction even in our planet's history (The Great Dying). Dinosaurs didn't even exist yet. We had one continent, and the avg temperature was ~18ºF (~10ºC) hotter than now.
¹ok maybe not so fun
¹ok maybe not so fun
Our Solar System is orbiting the center of our Galaxy at about 220 km/s so in 2025 we collectively traveled something like 7 billion kilometers across the Milky Way. Once in a while, when you have a moment, it’s worthwhile to take a look around, see where you are, and appreciate how far you’ve come.
January 1, 2026 at 7:56 PM
Fun¹ facts, the last time we were at this spot in our orbit around the Milky Way we had the largest mass extinction even in our planet's history (The Great Dying). Dinosaurs didn't even exist yet. We had one continent, and the avg temperature was ~18ºF (~10ºC) hotter than now.
¹ok maybe not so fun
¹ok maybe not so fun
> I love the First Amendment and abhor censorship, and yet I have reluctantly come to believe that the Great Firewall of China will be a long-term benefit to that country.
Fuck. This hits *real* hard.
Because it's right.
Fuck. This hits *real* hard.
Because it's right.
“We Used to Read Things in This Country”
https://thebaffler.com/salvos/we-used-to-read-things-in-this-country-mccormack
> For it is AI that has given the American ruling class the final impetus to more or less abolish education.
I could nitpick, but the overall argument is horrifyingly compelling
https://thebaffler.com/salvos/we-used-to-read-things-in-this-country-mccormack
> For it is AI that has given the American ruling class the final impetus to more or less abolish education.
I could nitpick, but the overall argument is horrifyingly compelling
January 1, 2026 at 7:40 PM
> I love the First Amendment and abhor censorship, and yet I have reluctantly come to believe that the Great Firewall of China will be a long-term benefit to that country.
Fuck. This hits *real* hard.
Because it's right.
Fuck. This hits *real* hard.
Because it's right.
The thing I wish devs would get into their thick-ass skulls is that even other *professional* developers... experts in their field... do not have all the same experiences.
Don't make assumptions, write the damn instructions, answer the questions. Everybody benefits.
Don't make assumptions, write the damn instructions, answer the questions. Everybody benefits.
“It is not simple. I do not know what that means.“
How I, a non-developer, read the tutorial you, a developer, wrote for me, a beginner - annie's blog
“Hello! I am a developer. Here is my relevant experience: I code in Hoobijag and sometimes jabbernocks and of course ABCDE++++ (but never ABCDE+/^+ are you kidding? ha!) and I like working with ...
anniemueller.com
January 1, 2026 at 5:54 PM
The thing I wish devs would get into their thick-ass skulls is that even other *professional* developers... experts in their field... do not have all the same experiences.
Don't make assumptions, write the damn instructions, answer the questions. Everybody benefits.
Don't make assumptions, write the damn instructions, answer the questions. Everybody benefits.
ST finale is gonna stay with me a while.
Flawless? No. Fitting? Definitely. Satisfying? Absolutely.
Flawless? No. Fitting? Definitely. Satisfying? Absolutely.
January 1, 2026 at 4:02 AM
ST finale is gonna stay with me a while.
Flawless? No. Fitting? Definitely. Satisfying? Absolutely.
Flawless? No. Fitting? Definitely. Satisfying? Absolutely.
I had my first kid right as the smartphone era started kicking off.
Finishing up my "young and stupid" years literally right before social media was a thing feels like I got on the last chopper out of 'Nam.
Finishing up my "young and stupid" years literally right before social media was a thing feels like I got on the last chopper out of 'Nam.
January 1, 2026 at 12:08 AM
I had my first kid right as the smartphone era started kicking off.
Finishing up my "young and stupid" years literally right before social media was a thing feels like I got on the last chopper out of 'Nam.
Finishing up my "young and stupid" years literally right before social media was a thing feels like I got on the last chopper out of 'Nam.
You don't have to ban social media.
You just have to ban algorithmic feeds
You just have to ban algorithmic feeds
December 31, 2025 at 7:56 PM
You don't have to ban social media.
You just have to ban algorithmic feeds
You just have to ban algorithmic feeds
Good lord Retro must've had a complete and utter dumpster fire on its hands with MP4 if this is what they actually shipped.
Whoever designed this clearly doesn't understand Metroid.
Whoever designed this clearly doesn't understand Metroid.
December 31, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Good lord Retro must've had a complete and utter dumpster fire on its hands with MP4 if this is what they actually shipped.
Whoever designed this clearly doesn't understand Metroid.
Whoever designed this clearly doesn't understand Metroid.
I'm convinced that people who hate on the last episode of Stranger Things are dead inside. Just internally rotting, self-loathing shells. Once-human carcasses powered by pure spite and bitterness.
December 30, 2025 at 10:04 PM
I'm convinced that people who hate on the last episode of Stranger Things are dead inside. Just internally rotting, self-loathing shells. Once-human carcasses powered by pure spite and bitterness.
"It's a simple question doctor.
Would you eat the moon if it were made of ribs?"
Would you eat the moon if it were made of ribs?"
December 30, 2025 at 4:32 PM
"It's a simple question doctor.
Would you eat the moon if it were made of ribs?"
Would you eat the moon if it were made of ribs?"
"AI democratizes [X]"
At this point, I'm treating this as a dog whistle for mediocrity. Just... petty people getting upset that some people are better at something than they are, or have better taste.
Spoiler: both skill AND taste are what makes those things good. Which are intrinsically human.
At this point, I'm treating this as a dog whistle for mediocrity. Just... petty people getting upset that some people are better at something than they are, or have better taste.
Spoiler: both skill AND taste are what makes those things good. Which are intrinsically human.
December 30, 2025 at 4:10 PM
"AI democratizes [X]"
At this point, I'm treating this as a dog whistle for mediocrity. Just... petty people getting upset that some people are better at something than they are, or have better taste.
Spoiler: both skill AND taste are what makes those things good. Which are intrinsically human.
At this point, I'm treating this as a dog whistle for mediocrity. Just... petty people getting upset that some people are better at something than they are, or have better taste.
Spoiler: both skill AND taste are what makes those things good. Which are intrinsically human.
People want the output of expertise, without putting in the work required to become an expert.
This is likely to fall on deaf ears as we're going through this collective hysteria episode of skipping the "boring" stuff and getting to the "good" stuff with AI. Here's the thing: the good stuff is only good because of all the boring stuff you overcome.
December 30, 2025 at 4:03 PM
People want the output of expertise, without putting in the work required to become an expert.
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The speed of react compiler and the corresponding eslint plugin is what currently blocks adoption at @sentry.io. Dev startup time went from a couple of seconds to 40 seconds, linting time doubled to over 4 minutes!
Had an 'upgrade to vite 8' PR running for a few weeks, and got it feature complete. Here's the rough difference in build timings for our vite projects in a monorepo from 6 -> 8.
Looking like the react compiler is now ~90% of the build times for puzzle.com
Looking like the react compiler is now ~90% of the build times for puzzle.com
December 30, 2025 at 8:33 AM
The speed of react compiler and the corresponding eslint plugin is what currently blocks adoption at @sentry.io. Dev startup time went from a couple of seconds to 40 seconds, linting time doubled to over 4 minutes!
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Life is valuable because it's finite. Art is valuable because it takes practice and time to create it. It's never about the end. It's always about the means.
December 30, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Life is valuable because it's finite. Art is valuable because it takes practice and time to create it. It's never about the end. It's always about the means.
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This is likely to fall on deaf ears as we're going through this collective hysteria episode of skipping the "boring" stuff and getting to the "good" stuff with AI. Here's the thing: the good stuff is only good because of all the boring stuff you overcome.
December 30, 2025 at 3:07 PM
This is likely to fall on deaf ears as we're going through this collective hysteria episode of skipping the "boring" stuff and getting to the "good" stuff with AI. Here's the thing: the good stuff is only good because of all the boring stuff you overcome.
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That's also what AI does when used. You skip the process of painting. You skip the writing. You skip the thinking. All the hard stuff. And the result you get isn't just empty and generated on somebody else's work, it's also pointless.
December 30, 2025 at 3:07 PM
That's also what AI does when used. You skip the process of painting. You skip the writing. You skip the thinking. All the hard stuff. And the result you get isn't just empty and generated on somebody else's work, it's also pointless.
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AI is a cheat code.
Remember when you were small and you tried cheats in video games? Infinite health, resources, that kind of stuff. That's what AI allows you to do—gain more by doing less or, at times, nothing at all.
It might feel great. You've broken the "game", right?
Remember when you were small and you tried cheats in video games? Infinite health, resources, that kind of stuff. That's what AI allows you to do—gain more by doing less or, at times, nothing at all.
It might feel great. You've broken the "game", right?
December 30, 2025 at 3:07 PM
AI is a cheat code.
Remember when you were small and you tried cheats in video games? Infinite health, resources, that kind of stuff. That's what AI allows you to do—gain more by doing less or, at times, nothing at all.
It might feel great. You've broken the "game", right?
Remember when you were small and you tried cheats in video games? Infinite health, resources, that kind of stuff. That's what AI allows you to do—gain more by doing less or, at times, nothing at all.
It might feel great. You've broken the "game", right?
The ST5 de-aging screwed up the eyes. It's always the eyes. Almost as if they're unfocused and not looking at anything.
December 30, 2025 at 7:27 AM
The ST5 de-aging screwed up the eyes. It's always the eyes. Almost as if they're unfocused and not looking at anything.
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December 30, 2025 at 3:40 AM
It took quite a few decades to prove out, but I think we can definitively say that the modern stock exchange was a complete and utter disaster.
Publicly owned companies are, were, and always have been a mistake.
Publicly owned companies are, were, and always have been a mistake.
December 30, 2025 at 4:02 AM
It took quite a few decades to prove out, but I think we can definitively say that the modern stock exchange was a complete and utter disaster.
Publicly owned companies are, were, and always have been a mistake.
Publicly owned companies are, were, and always have been a mistake.
Time to make a JS->C build pipeline for React? Being able to do your SSR and RSC handlers at native speed with native memory management would be absolutely *killer*.
I'd love to build my servers in something other than JS
I'd love to build my servers in something other than JS
Facebook's Static Hermes is kind of incredible. It can compile JavaScript into C, which is then optimized into native machine code.
I just compiled the Less.js source code into a C library. Then I called it from Rust as a native Parcel plugin (no Node). Wild. 👨🔬
devongovett.me/blog/static-...
I just compiled the Less.js source code into a C library. Then I called it from Rust as a native Parcel plugin (no Node). Wild. 👨🔬
devongovett.me/blog/static-...
How to compile JavaScript to C with Static Hermes
Lately, I've been working on porting more of Parcel to Rust, and investigating ways to embed JS-based plugins. This post describes how I used Static Hermes to compile Less.js to a native C library tha...
devongovett.me
December 29, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Time to make a JS->C build pipeline for React? Being able to do your SSR and RSC handlers at native speed with native memory management would be absolutely *killer*.
I'd love to build my servers in something other than JS
I'd love to build my servers in something other than JS
Metroid 4 needs a "omg shut up mackenzie" mode. This is f--king Metroid. I don't need my hand held. Exploration is the goal, not an obstacle.
December 29, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Metroid 4 needs a "omg shut up mackenzie" mode. This is f--king Metroid. I don't need my hand held. Exploration is the goal, not an obstacle.
Can we stop naming Tech things after characters and things that are the embodiment of pure evil?
JFC I'm embarrassed to be in this industry I swear to fucking god
JFC I'm embarrassed to be in this industry I swear to fucking god
Sauron is appearing on the scene as concerns rise about crime among the most wealthy.
Sauron, the high-end home security startup for "super premium" customers, plucks a new CEO out of Sonos | TechCrunch
Sauron is appearing on the scene as concerns rise about crime among the most wealthy.
techcrunch.com
December 29, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Can we stop naming Tech things after characters and things that are the embodiment of pure evil?
JFC I'm embarrassed to be in this industry I swear to fucking god
JFC I'm embarrassed to be in this industry I swear to fucking god