DHH · Issue #501 · neovim/neovim.github.io
An excellent lesson in how not to handle feedback and how to make yourself look like you align with the worst of the worst.
Felony Bench
Site that tracks questionable behaviour, or at least claims of questionable behaviour, by LLMs/agents.
Don't be a meat proxy
I'm going to remember the phrase "meat proxy". In fact, I'm tempted to keep ask the question "Are you being a meat proxy?" the next time someone sends me something, a question or a reply, that is so obviously just a copy/paste from their chatbot.
AI Mania Is Eviscerating Global Decision-Making — Ludicity
I feel this so much. I wish the people who need to read this would read this.
Very Average Prototypes
Interesting article about some of the downsides of working with AI to create code. Says a few things I've also been saying about my journey with BlogMore.
The AI Compass
I got "The Skeptic"
The AI Resist List
Does what it says in the title, pretty much.
The Jqwik Anti-AI Affair
The Jqwik author's perspective on their Markdown-based "malware".
AI enthusiasts are in a race against time, AI skeptics are in a race against entropy
Interesting take on the two "sides" of the debate about AI.
Potentially Useful | Hating AI in 2026
Kind of hard to argue with the content of this.
Don't Outsource Your Understanding
The article highlights the dangers of “cognitive surrender,” where individuals rely heavily on AI-generated content without proper verification. This phenomenon is evident in various fields, including law, software development, and academia, leading to errors, misinformation, and a lack of understanding. The author emphasises the importance of staying engaged in the cognitive loop, actively verifying AI outputs, and understanding the underlying processes to ensure the quality and reliability of work.
I beg you to follow Crocker's Rules, even if you will be rude to me
I don't think I agree, because I don't think it's this simple, but I can respect the idea.
Can coding agents relicense open source through a “clean room” implementation of code?
Simon Willison's take on the whole chardet issue.
No right to relicense this project | Hacker News
HackerNews weighing in on the chardet legal/ethical issue.
No right to relicense this project · Issue #327 · chardet/chardet
Well this is a whole furball of legal and AI issues. I think the thing that gets me here is the apparent motives of the current maint'. It doesn't matter how you cut it with the legal side of things, what they've done, for me, is a real ethical issue.