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archive.today is directing a DDOS attack against my blog
Well this is unfortunate. As someone on the outside, archive.* has often seemed like a useful service; it's sad to see that the person(s) behind it might not be quite the Internet hero some make out.
We ask Kojima Productions why they’ve stuck to Decima for nearly ten years.
Death Stranding and Death Stranding 2 look amazing. I don't think any other game has made my PS5 look as good as these two do. There seems to be a reason for it...
Evaluating AGENTS.md: Are Repository-Level Context Files Helpful...
A paper that asks the question: does AGENTS.md make any difference?
How Generative and Agentic AI Shift Concern from Technical Debt to Cognitive Debt
Having spent a few days finally taking an "agentic" approach to building a project, one thing I noticed was I didn't personally enjoy the process. I enjoyed the outcome, I enjoyed the result, but the actual process was a boring slog. I also felt that I was losing something too.
This covers this concern.
The Final Bottleneck
Having really dived into my first "agent-based" project, just to see how the process really feels, I can vibe with this article.
Common Lisp Screenshots
Screenshots of apps and stuff that are developed in some way using Common Lisp.
Subject access request Q and As for employers
Useful information regarding the right to access information held on you by your employer. While this is written as advice to the company, it's also informative about what you, as an employee, can ask.
AI Makes the Easy Part Easier and the Hard Part Harder for Developers
A pretty reasonable view of what AI in software development could be, should be, but at the moment isn't being.
naver/lispe: An implementation of a full fledged Lisp interpreter with Data Structure, Pattern Programming and High level Functions with Lazy Evaluation à la Haskell.
Yet another Lisp. I'm all up for yet another Lisp.
Hoot: Scheme on WebAssembly — Spritely Institute
Scheme in the browser. What's not to like?
mdp/linkedin-extension-fingerprinting
So it looks like LinkedIn does some interesting stuff while you're visiting it; and it's interesting what it says about what people are using in the browser when visiting it, and likely why.
The problem with 360-degree performance reviews
I'm very suspicious of any form of peer review in a workplace context, and this article does a good job of outlining why I distrust it, and any leadership that decides to make use of it.
C++ in Coders at Work
Excerpts from /Coders at Work/ and what they to say about C++.
Notepad++ Hijacked by State-Sponsored Hackers | Notepad++
At first you're like "but why though", and then a moment later you're like "huh, right, this makes perftect sense".
Functional Programming Bits in Python
Surprisingly good read about functional programming in Python.
Second Life & Philip Rosedale in Epstein files
I did not have SL and Rosedale being in the Epstein files on my 2026 bingo card.
The consequences of outsourcing thinking | Neil Sainsbury
Yet another post about the impact of the use of "AI" on our ability to learn and do things. It was hard not to nod along to this one too.
Outsourcing thinking – Erik Johannes Husom
A pretty good post going over the issues of relying on LLMs. I found myself nodding to a large part of this.
How AI Impacts Skill Formation
Paper looking at how the use of "AI" in software engineering impacts the build up of and retention of skills, at different skill levels.
Jade (@JadedBlueEyes@tech.lgbt)
Cloudflare caught doing... not great things, and it seems that (surprise face!) AI was at the heart of it.
Vibe coder's gonna vibe code.
Streamline Your Writing with Gemini Scribe for Obsidian
While I've had some fun (and actually some use) with mashing vaults into NotebookLM, this would be a different approach to things. Not sure I'm quite at the "I'm happy to pay for API tokens" stage of this stuff yet, but I'm going to consider this at some point.
Patient-Led Smartwatch ECG Monitoring After AF Ablation: A Randomized Trial
As someone who got (pill-based) treatment for AF, and who was alerted to the AF event by his Apple Watch, this is of interest.
davepdotorg · Steam Calculator
It turns out there's a tool that will calculate how much your Steam library is worth (if you were to buy it all now), and also gives you a ton of other stats too including stuff like how many of your games you've actually run up.
I'm surprsied to find that, as of the time of writing, I've run up and looked at 64% of my library!
uvx.sh | Astral
Now you can download my Python tools (and other people's Python tools, of course) like you don't care about your own security.
Nice.
The end of the curl bug-bounty
AI has caused curl to end its bug bounty programme.
(Very) Minor but (Somewhat) Notable Characters in the Original TWIN PEAKS (1st Preface to TWIN PEAKS Character Series)
Details on a bunch of background characters in Twin Peaks.
JVic - The web-based VIC 20 emulator built with libGDX
The second computer I owned, on the web, in your browser.
AI Product Rankings
Another way to give SEO folk anxiety, I guess.
Kitty Cards: Create your own Apple Wallet cards (no sign-in)
Site that lets you make your own cards that can go into Apple Wallet.
I don't know why or when I'd need this, but it might be useful at some point in the future.