Marketing in 2026
The Boardroom Paradox of 2026 Imagine it’s Tuesday morning, late 2026. Elena, a CMO, sits before her board. The room…
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Feds ask Waymo about robotaxis repeatedly passing school buses in Austin
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has asked Waymo for more information about its self-driving system and operations following reports…
Transparent Leadership Beats Servant Leadership
tl:dr: Parenting and leadership is similar. Teach a man to fish, etc. I spent a couple of years managing a…
The 3 questions developers actually ask in interviews (hint: not about pizza parties)
After 15 years as a senior dev and conducting 100+ technical interviews, I noticed something interesting. Developers consistently ask these…
The CRDT Dictionary: A Field Guide to Conflict-Free Replicated Data Types
Back around 2014, I kept hearing about this cool database called Riak, a distributed database that could survive network partitions…
Voyager 1 Is About to Reach One Light-Day from Earth
Interesting article from Hacker News. Read the full story to learn more. Read more on Hacker News
The privacy nightmare of browser fingerprinting
The privacy nightmare of browser fingerprinting I imagine that most people who take an interest in de-Googling are concerned about…
Agent design is still hard
Armin Ronacher’s Thoughts and Writings blog archive projects travel talks about Agent Design Is Still Hard written on November 21,…
With the Rise of AI, Cisco Sounds an Urgent Alarm About the Risks of Aging Tech
Save StorySave this storySave StorySave this storyAging digital infrastructure equipment like routers, network switches, and network-attached storage—has long posed a…
Bjarne fix your freaking language
About 23 minutes into his talk about Safe C++ [1], Bjarne shows a slide with this code:void f(const char* p)…
About KeePassXC’s Code Quality Control
About KeePassXC’s Code Quality Control Managing a popular open source project is a lot of work and can be very…
I worked for the Internet – now what?
Exactly 6 months ago I wrote about Nova receiving a grant from NLnet’s NGI Zero Core fund and how I…
The Uncomfortable Truth About AI Agents: 90% Claim Victory While 10% Achieve Adoption
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Social Security Employees Grill Management During Tense Shutdown Meeting
Save StorySave this storySave StorySave this storyAs the US government shutdown stretches into its second month, agency leaders at the…
Is Software the UFOlogy of Engineering Disciplines?
One area where software development lags far behind other technical design disciplines like electronic and mechanical engineering is in standards…
Foursquare’s founder launches a new app that talks to you about your neighborhood
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Ruby and Its Neighbors: Smalltalk
Last time, we talked about Perl as an influence on Ruby, this time, we’ll talk about the other major influence…
Google Maps bakes in Gemini to improve navigation and hands-free use
Over the last year, Google has added multiple AI-powered features to Maps to improve discovery and enable users to ask…
Sam Altman says ‘enough’ to questions about OpenAI’s revenue
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman recently said that the company is doing “well more” than $13 billion in annual revenue —…
SQLite concurrency and why you should care about it
SQLite is a powerful database engine, but due to its design, it has limitations that should not be overlooked. Jellyfin…