Nano Banana can be prompt engineered for extremely nuanced AI image generation
Nano Banana allows 32,768 input tokens and I’m going to try to use them all dammit.
IBM Patented Euler's 200 year old Math Technique
IBM Slapped the Buzzwords 'AI Interpretability' on Generalized Continued Fractions and their Series Transformations and was awarded a Patent
Zed Is Our Office - Zed Blog
From the Zed Blog: A look at how we use Zed's native collaboration features to run our entire company.
Britain’s Railway Privatization Was an Abject Failure - Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung
Sold off in the 1990s, the UK’s railways are returning to public hands — but at what cost?
Protecting our Merchants: Standing up to Extortion
Our statement detailing an incident concerning a legacy system. We outline our commitment to transparency, accountability, and planned investment in cyber security research.
Valve is about to win the console generation
Valve does nothing and still wins
Meta just killed native WhatsApp on Windows 11, now it opens WebView, uses 1GB RAM all the time
Windows 11 has just got a 'major' upgrade, and you're probably going to hate it because it uses 1-2GB RAM all the time.
GPT-5.1: A smarter, more conversational ChatGPT
We’re upgrading GPT-5 while making it easier to customize ChatGPT. Starting to roll out today to everyone, beginning with paid users.
my dad could still be alive, but he's not.
cw: death dad died this summer, from his first heart attack, barely a week after his 57th birthday. i get the first call at 11:30pm from mom, who lived...
Android developer verification: Early access starts now as we continue to build with your feedback
News and insights on the Android platform, developer tools, and events.
Comparing Integers and Doubles
A blog by and for database architects.
Creating recurring tasks in Todoist with cron
My approach to managing and creating repeating tasks using a cron scheduler in Todoist.
The Rise of Exit Taxes
Revolut’s co-founder Nik Storonsky recently moved from the UK to the UAE. The move will likely save him up to GBP 3bn (yes, those are billions) in capital gains tax which he would no longer have to pay in the UK if he were to sell his entire stake in Revolut. …
When Builders became Bullies
Builders once disrupted the tech world, but now they’re the gatekeepers. As their success made them risk-averse, they see any change as a threat. Today, they’re bullies - ripe for disruption.
Don't start writing — Luka
Luka's first post.
Learning from running
In 2005, Steve Jobs told the graduating class of Stanford a now-famous story about connecting the dots - a story about the calligraphy courses he took in his college years, which later influenced the industry-leading digital fonts that shipped with the Macinto…
What is Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) ?
Thinking about Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) for SaaS: should prices be adjusted according to country? Analysis of marginal costs and VPN risk
Creating prototypes constrained by the medium not our skills or understanding
I left my Big Tech job at 50 to build a game
We make modern games with a fierce classic touch.
how to stop having FOMO as a curious engineer: hold a thread
little worthless advice to learn passionately without boxing yourself
Trustworthy Data Visualization
This past September I gave the closing keynote at posit::conf; it’s now on YouTube to watch. Keen-eyed observers will note from the title that it’s about trustworthy data visualization. But it’s also about trust a bit more generally, and how we s…
How to Make a Living as an Artist
An essay by fnnch on making a living as an artist.
Feed the Beast | Derek Larson
AI Eats Software
The Shift from Computation to Conversation
I’ve been reflecting on how 𝑨𝑰 𝒂𝒈𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 built on large language models communicate, not with 0s and 1s but through tokens, hinting at a quiet shift in how information behaves. 💡 For decades, the 𝒃𝒊𝒕 …
Valve Announces New Steam Machine, Steam Controller & Steam Frame
Valve just sent over the press release announcing three new Steam Hardware devices.