This Is the Internet We Were Promised | The Walrus
The World Wide Web hasn’t felt this supportive since it was invented. Why did it take a pandemic?
Modernizing the Acceptable Ads Standard | Acceptable Ads
The Acceptable Ads Standard is evolving to allow small, static in-content ads. Find out more in this blog about the changes and research behind it.
Don’t wait around for Pebble founder’s Small Android Phone
Eric Migicovsky is busy reviving the Pebble smartwatch first.
No, I do not want AI to “polish” me.
I was sending an email when a little magic wand popped up that said “Polish” and I thought that was weird because why would I want to translate my email into Polish? I tried to click on…
Move Fast and Break People Part 1: How the Internet Gave Us the World--Then Took It Away
The Internet was the greatest trick humanity ever pulled on itself
Open Source Software and Corporate Influence — Andrew Lilley Brinker
Open source software projects are frequently enmeshed with the interests of
corporations. We should update mental models of who works on open source
accordingly, and build or modify power structures to be more resilient to
corporate capture.
Telemetry Pipelines, Collectors and Agents: What’s the Difference?
Observability is for everyone, but when people use different definitions for related terms, it seems more complex than it really is.
Enterprise Architects: From Cartographers to Scouts
Check the map, and then go have a look for yourself.
What is Ephemeralization and Why it Matters
In 1956, IBM offered its RAMAC 105 digital storage system. It was the size of two refrigerators and cost about $1.4M in 2014 dollars. It held... #buckminsterfuller #ephemeralization #industrialdesign
Tech Blender: The Undocumented Framework
The Framework help is full of undocumentation. Consider the entry for the IBindingList.AddIndex method:
Funding Challenges and the Future of Our Work
Over the past two years Independent Federated Trust and Safety (IFTAS) has provided crucial support to independent, decentralised social media moderators, administrators, and community managers. Ou…
Jaz (IFTAS) (@[email protected])
Hardest thing I've had to write in quite some time:
https://about.iftas.org/2025/02/06/funding-challenges-and-the-future-of-our-work/
tl;dr - we are running out of money and will not be able to pay our bills in April. As such, unless we can secure funding by end of February, we will be closing down some services and re-examining our scope of activities.
Unified Timelines Are Not For Me
Unified timeline apps, like Tapestry and the new Reeder, just don't give me the experience and functionality I want to browse my collective feeds.
Code Red: How Tech’s Crunch Culture Is Burning Out Its Best Talent (And Killing Innovation)
The Silent Crisis Every Junior Developer Faces — And Why Fixing It Could Save Our Industry
Apple Ignorance
You wouldn't have thought Siri could go into decline, but it has.
RabbitMQ and MassTransit in .NET Core
Implement message queuing with MassTransit and RabbitMQ in .NET Core. Practical examples of SSL setup, configuration, filters, and circuit breaker pattern.
What Makes an AI personal?
The unintended risks of handing over our lives to Personal AI is the headline of the opening segment of Jamie Smith’s newsletter today. In it he shares a post by Liz Gerber about an autonomou…
What Fekete's Anomaly Can Teach Us About Isolation - Marc's Blog
The missing commoditization
I talk about the lack of innovation in the Apple ecosystem and how Tuist is reimagining developer experiences.
I'm done with Ubuntu
A few busted upgrades and the heavy-handed push of a software packaging solution has ruined Ubuntu for me.
Why Is Warner Brothers Discovery Dumping Old Movies On YouTube?
A major studio is apparently treating YouTube as a place to drop some of its archive films that have lost their cinematic luster. My mind is admittedly blown.
The Promises of Agentic AI and How to Sidestep Challenges
Following these suggestions could help today’s organizations fully realize the promises of agentic AI in 2025 and beyond.
Slow Is Officially the New Down. So Now What?
From the user perspective, a slow digital experience is no different than one that’s down. Here are five actions you can take to improve performance.
Observability Isn't Enough. It's Time To Federate Log Data
For enterprises that are stuck in contracts with observability or other platforms that don't provide data federation, it's time to consider new solutions.
Best Practices for Monitoring Network Conditions in Mobile
Learn several strategies to mitigate the impact of networking issues in mobile apps.
The Bear Manifesto
An outline of my philosophy and direction for the platform
Cyber Walkman Does It In Style
One of the best things about adulthood is that finally we get to, in most cases, afford ourselves the things that our parents couldn’t (or just didn’t for whatever reason). When [Yakroo…
Networking History Lessons
Do they teach networking history classes yet? Or is it still too soon? I was reading [Al]’s first installment of the Forgotten Internet series, on UUCP. The short summary is that it was a system fo…
It’s Raining From The BlueSky
Which would you rather feel? The blast of a fire hose, or a cool, digital rain? That’s what we thought. Introducing Blue Rain — the fire hose that is the BlueSky feed, falling semi-cryp…
Cool Kinetic Sculpture Has Tooling Secrets To Share
Occasionally, we get a tip for a project that is so compelling that we just have to write it up despite lacking details on how and why it was built. Alternatively, there are other projects where th…