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Stuff I found on the internet and made me go Hmmm...
Gemini is in danger of going full Copilot
They’re everywhere. If 2025’s I/O keynote is any indication, we’re going to hear Gemini a lot. I’m definitely not alone in this reaction to Gemini creep.
WordPress plugin suite hacked to push malware to thousands of sites
EssentialPlugin, established in 2015 as WP Online Support and rebranded in 2021, is a WordPress development firm offering sliders, galleries, marketing tools, WooCommerce extensions, SEO/analytics utilities, and themes.
A few weeks ago, President Joe Biden was in the Netherlands, where he asked the Dutch government to restrict export from a company called ASML to China.
lucasgelfond/zerobrew: A drop-in, fast, modern, Rust-based experimental Homebrew alternative
Folders and files NameNameLast commit message Last commit date Latest commit A faster, modern Mac package manager. zerobrew applies uv's model to Mac packages. Packages live in a content-addressable store (by sha256), so reinstalls are instant.
Running local models on an M4 with 24GB memory
I’ve been experimenting with running local models on and off for a bit and I’ve finally found a setup that seems to work reasonably.
Vibe coding and agentic engineering are getting closer than I’d like
And my take on vibe coding was that it’s fantastic, provided you understand when it can be used and when it can’t. A personal tool for you, where if there’s a bug it hurts only you, go ahead!
The bottleneck was never the code
They are waiting on the next well-formed spec.The bottleneck moves from the people writing the code to the people deciding what code should exist. Which is to say: management.
A Senior Engineer losing their coding edge and becoming "rusty" over time as they move into managerial roles and practice coding less is not a new phenomenon.
Why are the Artemis II photos on Flickr?
Until Flickr, photo sharing online was essentially still analog, even if the experience was technically happening online. In Focus Flickr wasn't a social platform first — it was a photography platform first.
Through this journey, I've personally reached a point where I'm having success with modern AI tooling and I believe I'm approaching it with the proper measured view that is grounded in reality.