Proof of Corn
A CASE STUDYCan AI grow corn?On January 21, 2026, @fredwilson challenged @seth: AI can write code, but it can’t affect…
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LLMs are bullshitters. But that doesn’t mean they’re not useful
LLMs are bullshitters. But that doesn’t mean they’re not useful 19 Nov, 2025 Note: This is a personal essay by…
Tag proposal: self-hosting
Often there are stories on lobsters which relate to self-hosting. These stories get mostly tagged with devops, which doesn’t fit…
Just Use Curl
Just use cURL What the fuck happened to making HTTP requests? You used to just type curl example.com and boom,…
“Be Different” doesn’t work for building products anymore
“Be Different” doesn’t work for building products anymoreWe are in the middle of the biggest red ocean I have ever…
Mastodon says it doesn’t ‘have the means’ to comply with age verification laws
Decentralized social network Mastodon says it can’t comply with Mississippi’s age verification law — the same law that saw rival…
Crimes with Python’s Pattern Matching (2022)
One of my favorite little bits of python is __subclasshook__. Abstract Base Classes with __subclasshook__ can define what counts as…