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Why Purpose-Built AI Models Outperform Frontier Models in Testing
"The success rates for testing specific AI models are about 90%, as opposed to frontier models, which generally succeed at about 60%.” #softwaretesting
www.functionize.com/blog/why-pur...
"The success rates for testing specific AI models are about 90%, as opposed to frontier models, which generally succeed at about 60%.” #softwaretesting
www.functionize.com/blog/why-pur...
Why Purpose-Built AI Models Outperform Frontier Models in Testing
Discover why purpose-built AI models outperform generalized frontier models in QA testing, delivering superior accuracy and reduced maintenance overhead.
www.functionize.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Why Purpose-Built AI Models Outperform Frontier Models in Testing
"The success rates for testing specific AI models are about 90%, as opposed to frontier models, which generally succeed at about 60%.” #softwaretesting
www.functionize.com/blog/why-pur...
"The success rates for testing specific AI models are about 90%, as opposed to frontier models, which generally succeed at about 60%.” #softwaretesting
www.functionize.com/blog/why-pur...
You've got to start young if you want to be on my pub trivia team.
November 25, 2025 at 8:29 PM
You've got to start young if you want to be on my pub trivia team.
Nextcloud Office vs. OnlyOffice: I tested both to find the best Microsoft 365 alternative zdnet.com/article/next... via @zdnet.bsky.social & @sjvn.bsky.social
Want an office suite that isn't tied to Microsoft 365? These open-source options are cheaper, safer, & you control your data
Want an office suite that isn't tied to Microsoft 365? These open-source options are cheaper, safer, & you control your data
Nextcloud Office vs. OnlyOffice: I tested both to find the best Microsoft 365 alternative
Want an office suite that isn't tied to Microsoft 365 or even Google Workspace? These open-source options run anywhere - and one of them is perfect for you.
zdnet.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Nextcloud Office vs. OnlyOffice: I tested both to find the best Microsoft 365 alternative zdnet.com/article/next... via @zdnet.bsky.social & @sjvn.bsky.social
Want an office suite that isn't tied to Microsoft 365? These open-source options are cheaper, safer, & you control your data
Want an office suite that isn't tied to Microsoft 365? These open-source options are cheaper, safer, & you control your data
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Microsoft added a new Windows mode that blanks out the Blue Screen of Death on public displays after 15 seconds.
www.theregister.com/2025/11/18/w...
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Windows Digital Signage mode hides BSoDs after 15 seconds
: BORK is borked
www.theregister.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Microsoft added a new Windows mode that blanks out the Blue Screen of Death on public displays after 15 seconds.
www.theregister.com/2025/11/18/w...
www.theregister.com/2025/11/18/w...
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Just published on FOSS Force: Rochko Steps Down as CEO, Leaving Mastodon Healthy fossforce.com/2025/11/roch...
Rochko Steps Down as CEO, Leaving Mastodon Healthy - FOSS Force
After nearly a decade running Mastodon, founder and CEO Eugen Rochko is handing day‑to‑day control to a new executive director.
fossforce.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Just published on FOSS Force: Rochko Steps Down as CEO, Leaving Mastodon Healthy fossforce.com/2025/11/roch...
This is not how IP over POTS works.
November 24, 2025 at 6:22 PM
This is not how IP over POTS works.
Do you really want tomorrow's Windows to be controlled from Redmond? computerworld.com/article/4094... via @computerworld.com & @sjvn.bsky.social
Agentic #Windows spells the end of standalone Windows desktops.
Agentic #Windows spells the end of standalone Windows desktops.
Singin' the Agentic Windows blues
Do you really want tomorrow's Windows to be controlled from Redmond?
computerworld.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Do you really want tomorrow's Windows to be controlled from Redmond? computerworld.com/article/4094... via @computerworld.com & @sjvn.bsky.social
Agentic #Windows spells the end of standalone Windows desktops.
Agentic #Windows spells the end of standalone Windows desktops.
3-Hour Cloudflare Outage Knocks Out AI Chatbots, Shopify: thenewstack.io/3-hour-cloud... via @thenewstack.io & @sjvn.bsky.social
It was a bad day at #Cloudflare. Here's what happened.
It was a bad day at #Cloudflare. Here's what happened.
3-Hour Cloudflare Outage Knocks Out AI Chatbots, Shopify
A simple database permissions blunder at Cloudflare triggered a massive, hours-long outage, crippling sites like Shopify and services like ChatGPT.
thenewstack.io
November 24, 2025 at 4:32 PM
3-Hour Cloudflare Outage Knocks Out AI Chatbots, Shopify: thenewstack.io/3-hour-cloud... via @thenewstack.io & @sjvn.bsky.social
It was a bad day at #Cloudflare. Here's what happened.
It was a bad day at #Cloudflare. Here's what happened.
Hummingbird: Red Hat's Answer to Alpine, Ubuntu Chiseled, Wolfi: thenewstack.io/hummingbird-... via @thenewstack.io & @sjvn.bsky.social
Safety-first, minimal #Linux distributions, such as Alpine Linux and Wolfi, have become popular, and now Red Hat is entering the field with Project Hummingbird.
Safety-first, minimal #Linux distributions, such as Alpine Linux and Wolfi, have become popular, and now Red Hat is entering the field with Project Hummingbird.
Hummingbird: Red Hat's Answer to Alpine, Ubuntu Chiseled, Wolfi
Safety-first, minimal Linux distributions, such as Alpine Linux and Wolfi, have become popular, and now Red Hat is entering the field with Project Hummingbird.
thenewstack.io
November 24, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Hummingbird: Red Hat's Answer to Alpine, Ubuntu Chiseled, Wolfi: thenewstack.io/hummingbird-... via @thenewstack.io & @sjvn.bsky.social
Safety-first, minimal #Linux distributions, such as Alpine Linux and Wolfi, have become popular, and now Red Hat is entering the field with Project Hummingbird.
Safety-first, minimal #Linux distributions, such as Alpine Linux and Wolfi, have become popular, and now Red Hat is entering the field with Project Hummingbird.
RHEL 10.1 Soft Reboot Slashes Downtime for Updates: thenewstack.io/rhel-10-1-so... via @thenewstack.io & @sjvn.bsky.social
The latest Red Hat Enterprise #Linux boasts several new advantages for server and cloud users.
The latest Red Hat Enterprise #Linux boasts several new advantages for server and cloud users.
RHEL 10.1 Soft Reboot Slashes Downtime for Updates
RHEL 10.1 brings a new era of disconnected intelligence, debuting an offline, locally available AI assistant that empowers administrators to troubleshoot even air-gapped servers
thenewstack.io
November 24, 2025 at 4:27 PM
RHEL 10.1 Soft Reboot Slashes Downtime for Updates: thenewstack.io/rhel-10-1-so... via @thenewstack.io & @sjvn.bsky.social
The latest Red Hat Enterprise #Linux boasts several new advantages for server and cloud users.
The latest Red Hat Enterprise #Linux boasts several new advantages for server and cloud users.
Linus Torvalds is surprisingly optimistic about vibe coding - except for this one 'horrible' use www.zdnet.com/article/linu... via @zdnet.bsky.social & @sjvn.bsky.social
Linus Torvalds and Dirk Hohndel talk about #Rust, #AI, and the #Linux kernel.
Linus Torvalds and Dirk Hohndel talk about #Rust, #AI, and the #Linux kernel.
What Linus Torvalds really thinks about AI and software development might surprise you
Linux's leader, Linus Torvalds, and his friend, Dirk Hohndel, discuss AI, Rust, and Linux's human side.
www.zdnet.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Linus Torvalds is surprisingly optimistic about vibe coding - except for this one 'horrible' use www.zdnet.com/article/linu... via @zdnet.bsky.social & @sjvn.bsky.social
Linus Torvalds and Dirk Hohndel talk about #Rust, #AI, and the #Linux kernel.
Linus Torvalds and Dirk Hohndel talk about #Rust, #AI, and the #Linux kernel.
Struggling to track AI agents? This open-source tool gives you a single source of truth www.zdnet.com/article/stru... via @zdnet.bsky.social & @sjvn.bsky.social
Looking at #AI agents and wondering how the heck you're going to manage them? Solo's new Agentregistry may be just what you'll need.
Looking at #AI agents and wondering how the heck you're going to manage them? Solo's new Agentregistry may be just what you'll need.
Struggling to track AI agents? This open-source tool gives you a single source of truth
Solo.io's new Agentregistry gives you a better way to discover, validate, and operate AI agent skills across frameworks and platforms.
www.zdnet.com
November 24, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Struggling to track AI agents? This open-source tool gives you a single source of truth www.zdnet.com/article/stru... via @zdnet.bsky.social & @sjvn.bsky.social
Looking at #AI agents and wondering how the heck you're going to manage them? Solo's new Agentregistry may be just what you'll need.
Looking at #AI agents and wondering how the heck you're going to manage them? Solo's new Agentregistry may be just what you'll need.
Cloud-native computing and AI will go together like peanut butter and jelly. via @zdnet.bsky.social & @sjvn.bsky.social
www.zdnet.com/article/clou...
www.zdnet.com/article/clou...
Cloud-native computing is poised to explode, thanks to AI inference work
CNCF leaders predict hundreds of billions of dollars more of AI work for cloud-native computing in the next 18 months.
www.zdnet.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Cloud-native computing and AI will go together like peanut butter and jelly. via @zdnet.bsky.social & @sjvn.bsky.social
www.zdnet.com/article/clou...
www.zdnet.com/article/clou...
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From Test Scripts to AI Agents: How Context Beats Foundation Models Every Time
The hype suggests you can point a foundation model at your application and walk away with a test automation suite. The reality for complex enterprise environments is far more nuanced.
www.functionize.com/blog/from-te...
The hype suggests you can point a foundation model at your application and walk away with a test automation suite. The reality for complex enterprise environments is far more nuanced.
www.functionize.com/blog/from-te...
From Test Scripts to AI Agents: How Context Beats Foundation Models Every Time
Foundation models fail in complex enterprise testing. Discover why context-aware, purpose-built AI delivers superior accuracy, efficiency, and ROI.
www.functionize.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:30 PM
From Test Scripts to AI Agents: How Context Beats Foundation Models Every Time
The hype suggests you can point a foundation model at your application and walk away with a test automation suite. The reality for complex enterprise environments is far more nuanced.
www.functionize.com/blog/from-te...
The hype suggests you can point a foundation model at your application and walk away with a test automation suite. The reality for complex enterprise environments is far more nuanced.
www.functionize.com/blog/from-te...
Soon to become a SER (Smoke Emitting Resistor).
November 21, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Soon to become a SER (Smoke Emitting Resistor).
Do you really want tomorrow's Windows to be controlled from Redmond? computerworld.com/article/4094... via @computerworld.com & @sjvn.bsky.social
Agentic #Windows spells the end of standalone Windows desktops.
Agentic #Windows spells the end of standalone Windows desktops.
Singin' the Agentic Windows blues
Do you really want tomorrow's Windows to be controlled from Redmond?
computerworld.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Do you really want tomorrow's Windows to be controlled from Redmond? computerworld.com/article/4094... via @computerworld.com & @sjvn.bsky.social
Agentic #Windows spells the end of standalone Windows desktops.
Agentic #Windows spells the end of standalone Windows desktops.
3-Hour Cloudflare Outage Knocks Out AI Chatbots, Shopify: thenewstack.io/3-hour-cloud... via @thenewstack.io & @sjvn.bsky.social
It was a bad day at #Cloudflare. Here's what happened.
It was a bad day at #Cloudflare. Here's what happened.
3-Hour Cloudflare Outage Knocks Out AI Chatbots, Shopify
A simple database permissions blunder at Cloudflare triggered a massive, hours-long outage, crippling sites like Shopify and services like ChatGPT.
thenewstack.io
November 21, 2025 at 5:29 PM
3-Hour Cloudflare Outage Knocks Out AI Chatbots, Shopify: thenewstack.io/3-hour-cloud... via @thenewstack.io & @sjvn.bsky.social
It was a bad day at #Cloudflare. Here's what happened.
It was a bad day at #Cloudflare. Here's what happened.
Hummingbird: Red Hat's Answer to Alpine, Ubuntu Chiseled, Wolfi: thenewstack.io/hummingbird-... via @thenewstack.io & @sjvn.bsky.social
Safety-first, minimal #Linux distributions, such as Alpine Linux and Wolfi, have become popular, and now Red Hat is entering the field with Project Hummingbird.
Safety-first, minimal #Linux distributions, such as Alpine Linux and Wolfi, have become popular, and now Red Hat is entering the field with Project Hummingbird.
Hummingbird: Red Hat's Answer to Alpine, Ubuntu Chiseled, Wolfi
Safety-first, minimal Linux distributions, such as Alpine Linux and Wolfi, have become popular, and now Red Hat is entering the field with Project Hummingbird.
thenewstack.io
November 20, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Hummingbird: Red Hat's Answer to Alpine, Ubuntu Chiseled, Wolfi: thenewstack.io/hummingbird-... via @thenewstack.io & @sjvn.bsky.social
Safety-first, minimal #Linux distributions, such as Alpine Linux and Wolfi, have become popular, and now Red Hat is entering the field with Project Hummingbird.
Safety-first, minimal #Linux distributions, such as Alpine Linux and Wolfi, have become popular, and now Red Hat is entering the field with Project Hummingbird.
RHEL 10.1 Soft Reboot Slashes Downtime for Updates: thenewstack.io/rhel-10-1-so... via @thenewstack.io & @sjvn.bsky.social
The latest Red Hat Enterprise #Linux boasts several new advantages for server and cloud users.
The latest Red Hat Enterprise #Linux boasts several new advantages for server and cloud users.
RHEL 10.1 Soft Reboot Slashes Downtime for Updates
RHEL 10.1 brings a new era of disconnected intelligence, debuting an offline, locally available AI assistant that empowers administrators to troubleshoot even air-gapped servers
thenewstack.io
November 19, 2025 at 8:57 PM
RHEL 10.1 Soft Reboot Slashes Downtime for Updates: thenewstack.io/rhel-10-1-so... via @thenewstack.io & @sjvn.bsky.social
The latest Red Hat Enterprise #Linux boasts several new advantages for server and cloud users.
The latest Red Hat Enterprise #Linux boasts several new advantages for server and cloud users.
Today's music to write to is coming from the honky-tonk/Americana/Roots Internet radio station Boot Liquor radio:
somafm.com/bootliquor/
somafm.com/bootliquor/
Boot Liquor from SomaFM
Americana Roots music for Cowhands, Cowpokes and Cowtippers
somafm.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Today's music to write to is coming from the honky-tonk/Americana/Roots Internet radio station Boot Liquor radio:
somafm.com/bootliquor/
somafm.com/bootliquor/
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Just published on FOSS Force: Raider File Shredder: For Those Times When Simple Deletion Isn’t Enough fossforce.com/2025/11/raid...
Raider File Shredder: For Those Times When Simple Deletion Isn't Enough - FOSS Force
Don’t leave deleted files behind—Raider File Shredder offers an uncomplicated solution for permanently erasing data.
fossforce.com
November 19, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Just published on FOSS Force: Raider File Shredder: For Those Times When Simple Deletion Isn’t Enough fossforce.com/2025/11/raid...