A weekly recap of the articles and posts I’ve read that I think are worth your time.
- Did it do the work? – Andrew Doran — A well considered article about AI and how it actually works, and what we need to question about how it does what it does.
- Good people refuse to do bad things | A journey into a wild pointer — Good humans do good things
- best say about time – monolog — I feel this more than I care to admit. Time is moving too fast right now.
- I said no and Apple said yes – David Bushell – Web Dev (UK) — It’s hard to stay uncynical when AI choices start to get hidden from us. We must always have the option to say no.
- Everything Flows: 1:49 of LCD Soundsystem mixes edits and remixes — I was late to the LCD Soundsystem party but I’ve been all in for several years now. This only depends my love for them.
- I wanted a timer at the edge of my screen, so I built one • VelvetShark — A “vibe coded” app that I will be trying. Exactly this highly specific use that I suspect many “vc’d” apps will be.
- Is this finally the season Luka Dončić wins MVP? | Silver Screen and Roll — I hope so, cos it means Lakers will have a good season!
- A day is short, a life is long – overkill.wtf — Nice rumination. Wish I’d been this thoughtful and aware at 35!
- Pop Science, or Pop Pseudoscience? – MASS Research Review — ACTUAL scientific debunking. The Learning Styles one was v.interesting!
- What If We Just Stopped? | dansinker.com — “…there has to be a better way of connecting and sharing and existing together, a way that isn’t locked into the exploitative doom loops and psychic death of what we currently have”
- Sagrada Família 21065 | Architecture | Buy online at the Official LEGO® Shop US — If ONLY someone’s (me!) birthday was soon… like 23 days away…
- Adactio: Journal—Think local — Well considered piece on AI: “My issue is with the power dynamics, of being robbed of agency, of the over-inflated hype and criti-hype being used to convince us of an inevitable future where a small group of very rich men are masters over our lives.”
- ‘Don’t feed the trolls’ really is good advice – here’s the evidence — Great advice that I may be currently putting in to practice … IYKYK
- The Washing Line Index – Neil Turner’s Blog — Wonderful.
What are your thoughts?