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Don't make me talk to your chatbot
It's fine that people talk to chatbots, but they shouldn't expect me to listen to theirs.
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Log messages are mostly for the people operating your software
You're probably reading this page because you've attempted to access some part of my blog (Wandering Thoughts) or CSpace , the wiki thing it's part of. Unfortunately you're using a browser version that my anti-crawler precautions consider suspicious, most often because it's too old (most often this applies to versions…
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We've freed Cookie's Bustle from copyright hell
We've stopped a persistent copyright troll who was trying to impede our work. Here's everything we learned—and how we beat them.
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A ternary plot of citrus geneology
Interactive ternary chart of citrus ancestry
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Someone needs to go to jail
A solution to the Epstein problem
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Claude is an Electron App because we've lost native
Article argues that Claude is not an Electron app not because LLMs can’t do it, but because there are no advantages left for native
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Working and Communicating with Japanese Engineers
Working on an international tech team comes with communication challenges that go beyond just language. Here’s some practical advice I’ve gathered in my ten years of working in Japan.
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I'm reluctant to verify my identity or age for any online services
Identity verification and age verification is an increasinly common policy conversation at the moment, in numerous countries.
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Don't become an engineering manager
Should you become an engineering manager?
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MacBook Air with M5
Apple today announced the new MacBook Air with M5, bringing exceptional performance and expanded AI capabilities to the world’s most popular laptop.
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MacBook Pro with M5 Pro and M5 Max
Apple announced the latest 14- and 16-inch MacBook Pro with the all-new M5 Pro and M5 Max.
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Apple Studio Display and Studio Display XDR
Apple today announced a new family of displays, Studio Display and Studio Display XDR, that takes pro workflows to the next level.
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Most-read tech publications have lost over half their Google traffic since 2024
Growtika helps startups accelerate growth through proven SEO, AI Search & Growth methods to build an inbound engine that generates demand and pipeline.
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The beauty and terror of modding Windows
Let's talk about the "Windows Baseline Security Mode," too.
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I built a pint-sized Macintosh
To kick off MARCHintosh, I built this tiny pint-sized Macintosh with a Raspberry Pi Pico: This is not my own doing—I just assembled the parts to run Matt Evans' Pico Micro Mac firmware on a Raspberry Pi Pico (with an RP2040). The version I built outputs to a 640x480 VGA display at 60 Hz, and allows you to plug in a…
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Daily Driving GrapheneOS
I've been running GrapheneOS on my Pixel Fold for over half a year now and can finally provide some experience on what it's like. Also, the official hardware partnership was announced!
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U.S. Troops Were Told Iran War Is for "Armageddon,"
Advocacy group reports commanders giving similar messages at more than 30 installations in every branch of the military
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Nobody ever got fired for using a struct
Rust struct serialization problem caused by many nullable SQL columns.
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Closure of the Weatheradio service in Canada
Radio Amateurs du Canada réagit à la fermeture du service Radio-Météo au Canada For immediate release | February 25, 2026Radio Amateurs of Canada (RAC) is saddened to learn about the closure of the Weatheradio service provided by Environment and Climate Change Canada.For decades, Weatheradio has been a trusted and…
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Welcome (back) to Macintosh
For at least 10 years, every Time Machine set up I have been in charge of, or tasked with maintaining for someone else, has eventually run into an issue where it stops backing up successfully. The only solution has been to start over, to not inherit backup state and to manually delete the old backup. My experience…
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A case for Go as the best language for AI agents
Pull up your agents folks, I'll convince you why Go is the best language for them.
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Felix "fx" Lindner has died
With heavy hearts, we announce that Felix “FX” Lindner —a cherished friend, and the founder and owner of Recurity Labs—passed away on 2026-03-01.
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First in-utero stem cell therapy for fetal spina bifida repair is safe: study
A UC Davis Health research team has safely performed the world’s first spina bifida treatment combining fetal surgery with stem cells, according to results from Phase 1 of an ongoing clinical trial. These results have been published today in The Lancet.
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Parallel coding agents with tmux and Markdown specs
A practical workflow for running 4–8 parallel coding agents using Claude Code, tmux, and a Markdown-based feature design system.
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New iPad Air, powered by M4
Apple announced the new iPad Air featuring M4 and more memory, giving users a big jump in performance and making it more versatile than ever.
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iPhone 17e
Apple today announced the new iPhone 17e, a powerful and affordable addition to the iPhone 17 lineup.
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OpenClaw surpasses React to become the most-starred software project on GitHub
OpenClaw has overtaken React to become the most-starred non-aggregator software project on GitHub — just five weeks after passing Linux.
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Hardware hotplug events on Linux, the gory details
Maybe the code shouldn't be the only documentation?