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.
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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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
DHH Is Way Worse Than I Thought | jakelazaroff.com
Pretty good read going over DHH's horrible London blog post.
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.
Falsehoods programmers believe about addresses
Good article covering all the exceptions to the "an address is simple" rule.
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...
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.
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.
Proton Services Status
stelvio.dev: AWS for Python devs - made simple
A Python library that also builds out your deployment too.
The whole IAC thing bothers me because people say "code" but it's almost never actually code. This looks like it might end up actually putting the code in IAC.
theoldreader/api: The Old Reader API
The API for TheOldReader.
Is it just me or is The Boss much, much more difficult in Delta than the original MGS3?
Personally, I'm new to MGS Delta (or any MGS game). I've done okay all the way through the game, but can't beat the Boss boss fight (or rather the first hour I tried getting through it got me nowhere).
Seems like even folk who played MGS3 have found it's not so simple...
Git Notes: git's coolest, most unloved feature - Tyler Cipriani
You can add notes to commits in git. It's almost never spoken about.
Red & blue functions are actually a good thing
A rebuttal of sorts for the red/blue language post.
What Color is Your Function? – journal.stuffwithstuff.com
An amusing take on async/await being sprinkled all over a language. While this is aimed more at the JavaScript crowd, I think the Python folk can relate too.
There are some good points here, and some good descriptions of the sort of frustration that can be felt. At the same time there are also some not-quite-sensible aspects to it as well.
Still a fun read.