The Eternal Sloptember
This post more or less reads like how I feel. The author seems to have had more problems with the generated code than I have, possibly, but I know where they're coming from and feel the same sense of concern.
Is AI Profitable Yet?
I mean, for Nvidia, I guess?
Rich Results Test – Google Search Console
Test JSON-LD and the like.
Schema Markup validator
Useful tool for checking and understanding microformats and structured data, etc.
LM Studio - Local AI on your computer
Tool for installing and managing local models. Might be worth a look.
tokenspeed — feel LLM tokens-per-second
Emulator to get a feel what N tokens/sec really feels like.
YAML? That’s Norway problem
Yup, YAML is still terrible.
The Interim Computer Museum
Vintage computing. I like.
Just Fucking Use Go - Blain Smith
I guess I should use Go.
The Ascetic Programmer — Home
On the surface this sounds like an interesting idea; one I sense I've used without really knowing, from time to time. This might be worth a read.
No Silver Bullet
FPBJr's famous paper.
Using responsive images in HTML - HTML | MDN
Everything you need to know about responsive images in HTML.
manyfold/AGENTS.md at main · manyfold3d/manyfold
Pretty fun anti-AI AGENTS.md file.
I wonder if it works?
GitHub is sinking
GitHub, once a popular platform for source control, is now criticised for its declining reliability and user experience, particularly since Microsoft’s acquisition. The author argues that GitHub’s value has diminished due to issues like bot infestation and a focus on profit over user needs. They suggest exploring alternatives like Codeberg, Gitea, or self-hosting Git repositories to escape GitHub’s shortcomings.
BlogMore performance
Andy checks out the time cost of each of BlogMore's optional features.
The AI water issue is fake
Summary: The water usage of AI data centres is not a significant environmental issue. While data centres do use water, primarily for cooling, their water consumption is minimal compared to other industries and daily activities. The concern is often based on misconceptions and misleading statistics, rather than a comprehensive understanding of the data and the broader context of water usage.
I see this brought up a lot, and while I understand the concern, I'm always a litle skeptical that it's what people trot out. Keeping this so I can refer back to it, and for further investigation.
The Boring Internet
The internet is not dying, but the commercial layer built on top of it is. This layer, characterised by platforms and services, is straining under the weight of machine-generated content and a focus on profit. Beneath this layer lies the protocol layer, a collection of older, less polished technologies that are harder to monetise but also harder to control or destroy.
Dave Pearson
Me on Codeberg.
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.
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8195242/
There's a "fact" about COVID deaths that does the rounds, that suggests that deaths amongst Amish/Mennonites was no higher than pre-COVID times; the implication being that something else was causing the deaths. It's nonsense, of course...
Piloting Agentic Engineering - What Software Engineers Can Learn From The Aviation Industry
I sense this is a good analogy, if you're going to find yourself in a position where using these tools is expected, or even required.
‘The cost of compute is far beyond the costs of the employees’: Nvidia exec says right now AI is more expensive than paying human workers | Fortune
Keep this up and squishy humans might end up being more cost effective.
Divine Launches in App Stores Expanding Its Vision for Human-First, AI-Free Social Media - Divine
(Re)do it for the (de)Vine!
Functional Programmers need to take a look at Zig.
I really should dabble with Zig.
The "contrarian dynamic" is that HN threads (and internet comments generally) ar... | Hacker News
A pretty good description of why, early on in the lifecycle of an article somewhere, the hate comments tend to be rife. I think it's fair to say it's even worse on HN.
Your Ai Hate Is Showing
A similiar post to one I also wrote recently, but from a slightly different angle. tl;dr: the most extreme of AI haters are just as bad as, and make just as stupid claims as, the most extreme of AI lovers.
in which more paths are charted towards code independence - Technomancy
A post on how git forges might be, or can be.
https://api.github.com/users/davep
The main information about my GitHub account, via the API.
Essential Emacs Packages for Efficient Software Development and Text Editing | James Cherti
A good list of useful packages that ever Emacs user should look at.
An AI Agent Just Destroyed Our Production Data. It Confessed in Writing. by @lifeof_jer(JER) | Twitter Thread Reader
No, it didn't, not really. What seems to have happened is someone didn't run their own setup correctly. Or do proper backups.