Technology Commentary

Technology Commentary

The source code was the moat. But not anymore – Vallified
The source code was the moat. But not anymore – Vallified
Last week I started using some of the new coding agents properly. Not in a careful, experimental way, but properly -- for three days on rqlite. Claude Code. Copilot CLI. Tools I had yet to fully integrate into how I write software. If you know the Star Trek episode The Doomsday Machine -- where Kirk…
·philipotoole.com·
The source code was the moat. But not anymore – Vallified
What’s up with all those equals signs anyway?
What’s up with all those equals signs anyway?
For some reason or other, people have been posting a lot of excerpts from old emails on Twitter over the last few days. The most vital question everybody’s asking themselves is: What’s …
·lars.ingebrigtsen.no·
What’s up with all those equals signs anyway?
Accessible personal websites are easier than you think
Accessible personal websites are easier than you think
A lot of people in the small web space have a tendency to get intimidated by the idea of making their website accessible. This, of course, results in many websites being inaccessible for many people. But when you’re just one person, meeting the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) is
·goodinternetmagazine.com·
Accessible personal websites are easier than you think
“Unsituated knowledge” and the lack of a “world model” in so-called “AI"
“Unsituated knowledge” and the lack of a “world model” in so-called “AI"
In 1988, Donna Haraway proposed the concept of "situated knowledges" grounded in individual and community perspectives, as opposed to knowledge grounded in "a conquering gaze from nowhere". Gary Marcus has criticized Large Language Models and what Emily M. Bender and Alex Hanna call their "synthetic text-extruding machines" (STEMs) for lacking
·111-words.ghost.io·
“Unsituated knowledge” and the lack of a “world model” in so-called “AI"
Why Tech (&) Media is complicated
Why Tech (&) Media is complicated
After I published my “velocity is the new authority” essay, a reader and dear friend emailed and asked if my framework explained the fraught relationship between media and the technology …
·om.co·
Why Tech (&) Media is complicated
Netskope One - Cloud-native Converged Security & Networking
Netskope One - Cloud-native Converged Security & Networking
The Netskope One security cloud provides real-time data and threat protection when accessing cloud services, websites, and private apps from anywhere.
·netskope.com·
Netskope One - Cloud-native Converged Security & Networking
La Suite numérique
La Suite numérique
La Suite numérique is a set of open-source applications for digital collaboration and teamwork. It offers modern solutions for the digital workplace. - La Suite numérique
·github.com·
La Suite numérique
Substack Raised Another $100 Million, Which, I Bet, Is Already Being Flushed Down the Same Toilet as Their First $100 Million
Substack Raised Another $100 Million, Which, I Bet, Is Already Being Flushed Down the Same Toilet as Their First $100 Million
I firmly believe one could build a very nice business taking 10 percent of subscription revenue for a blogging/newsletter platform, if you could get as nice a roster of popular writers to build on the platform as Substack has. I do not think that’s a $1 billion business, though.
·daringfireball.net·
Substack Raised Another $100 Million, Which, I Bet, Is Already Being Flushed Down the Same Toilet as Their First $100 Million
Substack Did Not See That Coming
Substack Did Not See That Coming
Let’s set Substack’s “Nazi problem” aside for a moment. What if the bigger issue is being stranded on a collapsing platform... with a bunch of Nazis?...
·newsletter.anamariecox.com·
Substack Did Not See That Coming
DevOps: The Never-Ending Story - DevOps.com
DevOps: The Never-Ending Story - DevOps.com
A reflective take from Alan on why DevOps endures, adapts, and remains a human-centered practice in an era of platforms and AI.
·devops.com·
DevOps: The Never-Ending Story - DevOps.com
What is egoless programming?
What is egoless programming?
How ego-driven decisions cause software teams to fail, and how egoless development builds trust, better collaboration, and stronger products.
·shiftmag.dev·
What is egoless programming?
Got Ideas For Growing The Open Social Web? Bring Them.
Got Ideas For Growing The Open Social Web? Bring Them.
Register here for our Growing the Open Social Web Un-Workshop. For over three years now, since Elon Musk decided to spend $44 billion turning Twitter into his personal playground, we’ve been …
·techdirt.com·
Got Ideas For Growing The Open Social Web? Bring Them.
Velocity Is the New Authority. Here’s Why
Velocity Is the New Authority. Here’s Why
Why does everyone feel overwhelmed by information? Why does it feel impossible to trust what passes through our streams? We tend to blame individual publications, specific platforms, or b…
·om.co·
Velocity Is the New Authority. Here’s Why
Why agentic LLM systems fail: Control, cost, and reliability
Why agentic LLM systems fail: Control, cost, and reliability
In production, autonomy can lead to serious problems like runaway costs and silent policy violations. Learn why a control-first architecture is the key.
·thenewstack.io·
Why agentic LLM systems fail: Control, cost, and reliability
Context is AI coding's real bottleneck in 2026
Context is AI coding's real bottleneck in 2026
The context gap is what actually determines how much of AI's potential productivity gain your team captures this year.
·thenewstack.io·
Context is AI coding's real bottleneck in 2026