For more than a decade I've either been a podcaster or thought about starting another podcast. That ends now.

One downside of working with the old Inmos Transputer devices is the rarity and cost of the original silicon. Obviously, you can’t sidestep the acquisition of the processor—unless you emulate…

During the AI research boom of the 1970s, the LISP language – from LISt Processor – saw a major surge in use and development, including many dialects being developed. One of these diale…

In this age of digital streaming services is there still a place for books and albums and physical media? I believe the answer is yes.

Posted on Wednesday 15 Oct 2025. 590 words, 7 links. By Matt Webb.

Business principles work—until they don't. What matters is building gut-level next token prediction.

No.375 — Future Risks Report ⊗ AI for scientific discovery is a social problem ⊗ Mega batteries are unlocking an energy revolution ⊗ Codex Atlanticus

The OODA loop—for observe, orient, decide, act—is a framework to understand decision-making in adversarial situations. We apply the same framework to artificial intelligence agents, who have to make their decisions with untrustworthy observations and orientation. To solve this problem, we need new systems of input, processing, and output integrity. Many decades ago, U.S. Air Force Colonel John Boyd introduced the concept of the “OODA loop,” for Observe, Orient, Decide, and Act. These are the four steps of real-time continuous decision-making. Boyd developed it for fighter pilots, but it’s long been applied in artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics. An AI agent, like a pilot, executes the loop over and over, accomplishing its goals iteratively within an ever-changing environment. This is Anthropic’s definition: “Agents are models using tools in a loop.”...

What years of software development reveal about progress, process, and people, reflections on why good judgment outlasts tools, and simplicity always wins.

As a classic car enthusiast, my passion revolves around cars with a Made in West Germany stamp somewhere on them, partially because that phrase generally implied a reputation for mechanical honesty…

Not too long ago, part of using a computer was often finding the correct disk for the application you wanted to run and inserting it into your machine before you could start. With modern storage, t…

Ok, you caught us. It certainly isn’t going to be the year of Algol. When you think of “old” programming languages, you usually think of FORTRAN and COBOL. You should also think o…

The Future of AI-Assisted Development

In a fascinating op-ed, David Bell, a professor of history at Princeton, argues that “AI is shedding enlightenment values.” As someone who has taught writing

Applying human ergonomics and design principles to syntax highlighting

The Apple Calculator leaked 32GB of RAM.

apps vs web; software quality; music streaming; cynicism, friction, and cheat codes

From lectures by Stephen Hawking to the letters of British politician Neil Kinnock – it's a race against time to save the historical treasures locked away on old floppy disks.

Instead of letting your old TV collect dust or end up in a landfill, with a little creativity you can turn it into something surprisingly useful.

In 1997, I opened a Hotmail account to get setup on eBay and buy used computer hardware parts like motherboards, RAM, and video cards. I was on a mission to build Linux boxes, for no good reason other than I could, it was fun, and—as far as I was concerned—at the bleeding-edge of innovation in info

Notes from my Thoughtworks colleagues on AI-assisted software delivery

TransferGo, founded in 2012, serves over 8 million customers in 160+ countries by providing fast and affordable international money transfers. In 2021, its Backend Guild faced challenges with inconsistent API documentation and schema maintenance across dozens of services and hundreds of channels. To solve this, TransferGo adopted a code-first AsyncAPI approach with internal PHP/.NET libraries, integrated validation and optimization pipelines, and automated publishing of schemas to a centralized Port.io Developer Portal. With tools like Event Catalog, Microcks, and their internal API Guardian CLI, TransferGo ensures reliable, scalable, and well-documented asynchronous communication across its event-driven architecture.

CNET takes you back to 2001, when Intel almost jumped into the tablet business.

There’s a quiet geometry to observation. It doesn’t come from fancy tools or adrenaline, but from silence, patience, and a knack for…

If you’re going to be a hacker, learning C is a rite of passage. If you don’t have much experience with C, or if your experience is out of date, you very well may benefit from hearing […

Nature is known for its intense beauty from its patterns and bright colors; however, this requires going outside. Who has time for that insanity!?!? [Bleuje] provides the perfect solution with his …

We at Hackaday are deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Robert Murray-Smith. The prolific experimenter had spent over a decade on YouTube, creating more than 2,500 videos where he gleefully d…

tl/dr: it can deliver big performance speedups at modest area cost