Rabbit Holes
Random sample of the internet firehose, ready for you to explore.
Svelte state sharing? Just use classes. They're fine.
Who here remembers Stores from Svelte 4? // counte...
Finding curated public domain images
Xavier de Maistre in an armchair, displaying his “...
There’s No Minimum Angel Check Size
I remember one time I had this guy call me up, wan...
Diffs, by Pierre
<p>Although I’m generally allergic to dependencies as...</p>
PSA on Copy Fail (CVE-2026-31431), UPDATED
This is a short PSA (Public Service Announcement) ...
Who needs a flying car when you have display: grid
A friend asked me if I could build him a simple we...
Ok wait, Wind Runners looks really cool too
I knew this would happen, but I just stumbled acro...
Nobody asked me - Why I believe men dislike their birthday
Inspired by Dr. Amy Marschall’s Nobody Asked Me po...
Emergence Saved Our Tofu
I think I know what emergence means now: concretel...
The Price of Software
When Zork I was originally released in the early 8...
You should try contra dancing
A popular icebreaker in San Francisco these days i...
One Developer, Two Dozen Agents, Zero Alignment
Why we need collaborative AI engineering and a tou...
science in an anarchist society
I've always been fascinated by anarchist societies...
Structural diffing in Emacs; deterministic agent harnesses
Difftron Last newsletter I wished for structural d...
The Shockingly Simple Math Behind Social Security
In the world of very early retirement, we tend to ...
Life lessons from reinforcement learning
Becoming an RL diehard in the past year and thinki...
Fear in Four Dimensions
main table { font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums; b...
Daily steps to building our resistance into a General Strike
Daily steps to building our resistance into a Gene...
"No way to prevent this" say users of only language where this regularly happens
<p>In the hours following the release of <a href="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-55200">CVE-2026-55...</a></p>
The most important thing when working with LLMs
<p>Okay, so you’ve got the basics of working with Cla...</p>
Seven levels of a tree
Here’s a challenge. Julie Trigg has been developin...
Introducing My New Linux Distro: Casuarina Linux
Over the past few months I’ve been working on a Li...
Do We Need Billionaires?
A significant portion of the population in the USA...
Home-cooked software
Software can be a home-cooked meal. I experienced ...
Perfect Sentences, 182
Apologies for the light self-promotion: back in 20...
I'm switching to a dumbphone this summer
Yes. Really. A dumbphone. All summer.
How to Swim with Manatees—without a Tour!
Swimming with manatees had been a long-time dream ...
Sequoia Ascent 2026 summary
I did a fireside chat at Sequoia Ascent 2026. The ...
A bundle of bones // W24 + 25 — 2026
I have to publish this now, we’re already halfway ...
Categorize Your Dependencies
<p>When building a project, it's very likely that we ...</p>
Wizards, Metadata, and Memory
Stage design of the Enchanted Garden by Hermann Bu...
Notes for US Performers in Montreal
Maj and I went to see a world-famous comedian perf...
Summary of changes for May 2026
Hey everyone! This is the list of all the changes ...
Certificate Transparency in Firefox
.Firefox 136 looks poised to enforce Certificate T...
I am obsessed with these two ads
I didn’t know what a near-infrared LED mask was a ...
Public Transit Is Not “Coming Back” … It’s Doing Something Better
The post Public Transit Is Not “Coming Back” … It’...
Notes on a non-profit indicted for bank fraud
Well-regarded non-profit runs domestic intelligenc...
Embedding Forbidden Text in Spyware to Discourage AI Analysis
At least one malware developer is adding text abou...
This Week 2026 25
This has been a really warm week, like really warm...
Mongoose: Preauth RCE and mTLS Bypass on Millions of Devices
So, Mongoose. If you’ve never heard of it, you’ve ...
Why Sell Lifetime Plans, in a Default Subscription World?
There’s never been just one way to buy software. I...
Linkblog on linkding
A small update to my linkblog that you probably wo...
Over/Under Interview
Avengers The movies, overrated with the exception ...
Week of the Eclair
Last week I arrived home with a delicious pear fra...
I am publishing this from the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, technology is incredible, etc. etc.
I caved and spent the $32 fucking dollars to have ...
I wrote a book about computing, out soon.
First, we're starting a publishing company. Second...
My writing feels uninspired, so I ramble
It’s weird when this happens but some months are j...
Why you should run for the DSF Board, and my goals for the DSF in 2025
Applications are open for the 2025 Django Software...
A novel approach to multi-line strings in Rust
Writing multi-line strings in Rust is quite awkwar...
📝 2026-06-23 12:58: Create one of those Uses pages. Still a work in progress, but there's a good...
Create one of those Uses pages. Still a work in pr...
On Countercomputing
I recently read MOS8502's countercomputing manifes...
Generators with UnpinCell
In July, I described a way to make pinning more er...
I would search my feelings this morning, but...
I would search my feelings this morning, but Siri ...
On Michael Levin's research and approach
April 16, 2026 · 28 Min Read On Michael Levin's re...
[notes] Trying a New Approach to Note-Taking on Books
Taking a page (no pun intended!) from Eleanor Koni...
Better slopes in AABB collision systems
Earlier this year I published a guide on how to im...
How We Will Be Measured (abridged)
This is a version of How We Will Be Measured, abri...
Issue 106 – A tremendous birthday present
The crypto industry spent the spring buying primar...
Weeknote (03-01-2025)
It's been a much more joyful week. On Friday my wi...
Is there a tension between creativity and accuracy?
On Twitter, I’ve been chatting with my friend Juli...
LinkedIn fanfiction
I was on the bus on my way to an important busines...
Everything Is a Computer. Nothing Is a Computer.
For some reason my family has phenomenally crappy ...
Web Review, Week 2026-25
Let’s go for my web review for the week 2026-25. O...
Compare Your Company Stock to a Leveraged Index Fund
Say you work at a private company that gives you s...
After Virtue
A book by Alasdair MacIntyre. Source: en.wikipedia...
Gardenlog: April Showers Bring May Showers
Okie-Dokie artichokey, let me share what’s goin’ o...
A decade of data sharing: Celebrating the Cambridge Cybercrime Centre’s 10-year anniversary
This year marks the tenth anniversary of the found...
Open Community License v1
an unusual non-commercial hardware-software combo ...
I prefer Djot over Markdown
I prefer Djot over Markdown Why Djot? Markdown is ...
[books] John Green and his megaphone
I only know John Green from The Fault in Our Stars...
View from Lake Seminole at River Junction campground near Chattahoochee, Florida
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An average new Dad's approach to training with kettlebells (and other tools) to develop General Physical Preparedness (GPP) at home
This is a mirror of the post on /r/kettlebell: htt...
I Do Not Recommend Google Hardware
After several years of buying _Pixel_ phones and a...
ambivalence and authority
I have plenty of disagreement with George Scialabb...
Attensity! by The Friends of Attention (⭐️⭐️⭐️)
A rallying cry to fight the commodification of hum...
Meta Suspends Internal Surveillance Tech After Sensitive Information Was Left Unsecured
Paresh Dave and Lauren Goode, Wired: Meta left pot...
Summer Game Challenge 2026
Another internet challenge! Joel is doing this (se...
Multiple parties in government: A gadget toward accountability and action
In the previous post, we discussed why status quo ...
Comprehension is the job
I’ve already referenced Addy’s Comprehension Debt ...
Recent reads: June 2026
It's been a while and this year has turned out to ...
Single Page Plaintext Caddy Sites
Single Page Plaintext Caddy Sites June 15, 2026 I ...
Tip: creating a recurring 5th Sunday event in Google Calendar
I occasionally have the need to create a recurring...
Recently in May '26
May was an incredibly packed month, which sort of ...
Choosing a new bookmarking/read later service
I used the Mozilla Pocket service until recently. ...
Cloud Four (minus one)
It’s been 13 years, 2 months and 12 days since I j...
Pushing and Pulling: Three Reactivity Algorithms
It’s looking like I’m going to need to build a rea...
Japanese symbols that speak without words
I look at the Japanese symbols that carry meaning ...
Artemis II Is Not Safe to Fly
“Our test facilities can’t reach the combination o...
Playboy, kittens, and deep learning
It was nearing midnight and it had been a long day...
Full Self Driving
They're doing roadwork on the highway near the hou...
Leaving Mastodon and all social media for good
Howdy y’all. I thought about sharing this on just ...
The Age of the Holy Spirit
"An age so fragmented that there’s a weird emergen...
IndieWeb Book Club: July 2026
I’m hosting July’s IWBC and the timing is perfect ...
soot, solar, sedimentation, sin, & 'centers
Good evening, friends. Tonight I have a few loosel...
Make AI Boring Again (xpost)
On the ethics of engagement, the problem with puri...
Small Treasures
Remember that story I wrote in March about making ...
The Worlds Left To Conquer
Pre-script: I've got a podcast episode out with Ed...
Reading List 06/20/26
A new housing bill, General Motors joining the gri...
Wizards, Metadata, and Memory
Stage design of the Enchanted Garden by Hermann Bu...