9 March 2026

23 links · Monday

Ireland shuts last coal plant, becomes 15th coal-free country in Europe

Moneypoint in County Clare, Ireland, joins the ranks of other European nations exiting coal by shutting off power generation at its sole remaining coal plant. Industry observers say Ireland’s increased renewable energy generation in recent years, particularly …

Why Am I Paranoid, You Say?

Technology has advanced to a point I could only have dreamed of as a child. Have you seen the graphics in video games lately? Zero to 60 miles per hour in under two seconds? Communicating with anyone

Agent Safehouse

Sandbox your LLM coding agents on macOS. Kernel-level enforcement via sandbox-exec — deny-first, composable, zero dependencies.

Your Agent Doesn’t Need a README

Your AI agent is reading your README right now. It’s on paragraph three of the “Getting Started” section, trying to figure out whether npm run dev or make dev is the current way to start the project. It will get there eventually. That’s the problem.

Am I scared?

Lately, I've been getting a lot of questions like, 'Should we be scared about our jobs? Aren't you scared?' The person asking usually expects a soothing response. In reality, I can't answer that, but let me tell you something personal.

Tools, thinking and people - anton

September 2007. I'm still a student but got my first job as junior software engineer working 30 hours a week after my classes. As a junior person ...

Build Awesome's Kickstarter is Cancelled

After only a couple days, Build Awesome's Kickstarter has been cancelled and rescheduled due to email delivery issues that ruined the project's momentum despite reaching their funding goal in a single day.

Sinclair 4K BASIC for the ZX80

In my study of Tiny BASICs, one I overlooked reviewing was Sinclair 4K BASIC, which stands out for its unique keyboard, its approach to graphics, and its memory usage.

The Workplace Blind Spot

Most knowledge workers assume their role's complexity will protect them from AI. I held the same belief — until I was proven wrong, twice. The models don't need to improve; they just need to be better harnessed.

How Long Do Major Strait of Hormuz Disruptions Last?

The Strait of Hormuz has experienced five major disruption episodes since 1981, ranging from a multi-year tanker war to brief seizure incidents. With the current 2026 conflict disrupting commercial traffic through the st…

Conveying Math Intuition Is Hard

3blue1brown recently felt the need to add a supplementary video to its Grover’s algorithm introduction. Apparently, a lot of people have been confused by what I believe is basically just the logical structure of the concept, or why this algorithm is interestin…