The energy generators inside our cells reach a sizzling 50°C
While it might make sense to think that most of the reactions that take place in our body happen at body temperature, that's not the case.
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Electrobun | Electrobun
A framework for building desktop applications in TypeScript, it seems. I don't think I've quite been grabbed by TypeScript yet, but this could push me over the edge into trying to properly get to grips with it as I can think of some desktop applications that I'd like to build.
AI has a cargo cult problem
I'm not sure I really quite agree with the article, especailly the "cargo cult" side of things, I can see where it's coming from and I think I'd agree in some ways.
AI Hallucination Cases Database
AI will enslave us all eventually...
Apple Intelligence in iOS 18.2: A Deep Dive into Working with Siri and ChatGPT, Together
Comprehensive article covering all the things that iOS 18.2 brings to Apple Intelligence (even more useful to me given that 18.2 is the first time AI turns up on iOS in the UK).
Conventional Comments
Similar to conventional commits, I guess. Reading through this I'm not a fan and I can't imagine I'd ever use it; but it's an interesting approach.
Conventional Commits
I've seen this style of commit on and off for a while now. I'm not a huge fan, but I get the idea. What I hadn't realised is that there was a "standard" behind this and even some documentation for it.
Why everything you thought you knew about your immune system is wrong
There's folk I know who seem to thnk they're experts on how the immune system works, and who offer terrible unsolicited advice any time someone has a cold, or the flu, or whatever. It almost always relates to crap based off their own health-freak bias founded in ignorance.
This should be a good article to start with to tackle such bollocks.
TIL: Python's splitlines does a lot more than just newlines
str.splitlines is obvious in what it does, so I don't think I've ever looked at what it actually does. It doesn't do quite what I originally thought it did.
SLip - a Lisp system in JavaScript, for browsers
A Lisp for the browser that is starting to look a lot like a Common Lisp; and on top of which an Emacs is being built, FOR THE BROWSER!
Feed Canary
Feed Canary watches your RSS feed and emails you if it’s missing or invalid.
A deep dive into the RSS feed reader landscape | Hacker News
Hacker News thread linking to an article that covers lots of RSS reading options that are available in late 2025. The article is interesting enough, but what's even more interesting is how many HN comments are "oh they didn't list this thing I use" or, just as often, "well I use this RSS reader I wrote myself".
So, yeah, everyone on HN has written an RSS reader it seems.
PyPI+ - Python Package Explorer with Dependency Visualization | Search 500K+ Packages
Another handy tool for diving into the depdencies of Python packages as found on PyPI.
Open Source Insights
Handy site, backed by Google, that lets you dive into packages from different ecosystems and see what they depend on and what depends on them, etc.
SPDX License List | Software Package Data Exchange (SPDX)
The list of SPDX licences. For me this is useful to find the ID so that I can add the most useful value to Python package metadata.
Why Next.js Falls Short on Software Engineering
I'm still not sure about, or won over by, Next.js. Here's another post that covers some things that I think touch on what makes me uneasy about it as a development tool choice.
On Basecamp (AKA Cringe-camp)
A rather well-done critical review of DHH's explanation of the anti-staff policy changes at Basecamp.
What really happened at Basecamp
Good background to the management meltdown at Basecamp.
On DHH’s “As I Remember London”
DHH being a terrible person isn't new, but his "input" about London was a whole new level of terible. This is an interesting take on his post.
DHH Is Way Worse Than I Thought | jakelazaroff.com
Pretty good read going over DHH's horrible London blog post.
Falsehoods programmers believe about addresses
Good article covering all the exceptions to the "an address is simple" rule.
New PS5 Update: DualSense Multi-Device Pairing & Power Save Mode!
Handy short video that details the latest PS5 updates, with emphasis on showing how to do the quick controller pairing.
Television Wasteland, a new streaming app for public domain weirdness : r/appletv
Reddit post that introduced me to a wonderflully bizarre app for AppleTV.
I just started out as a product manager, do I need programming knowledge? : r/ProductManagement
I've recently been thinking more and more about what sort of technical awareness a product manager should have; r/ProductManagemtn seemed like a good place to go read up...
Babashka
Clojure as a shell scripting languaghe, pretty much.
The Koka Programming Language
Interesting-looking functional programming language.
ctrl/tinycolor and 40+ NPM Packages Compromised - StepSecurity
A pretty impressive and concerning compromise of a lot of JavaScript (and by extension TypeScript) packages.
Beat Maker
There's a lot of these online, this is another cool one. What makes it interesting, to some degree, is that it's written in Clojure.
Gitlantis - Visual Studio Marketplace
I'm not really a VSCode user but... this is so stupid. I love it.
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