Oracle Files Thousands of H-1B Visa Petitions Amid Mass Layoffs - Austin Today
Oracle, the software company headquartered in Austin, Texas, has filed thousands of petitions for H-1B visas in the past two fiscal years, even as it lays off thousands of American workers as part of a broader organizational shift. Federal data shows Oracle fi…
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First Posted: 2026.02.09, Last Revised: 2026.03.30, Author: Tom Brown
A growing number of NHS staff are reportedly refusing to work on the Federated Data Platform (FDP) due to ethical concerns with its US-based provider, Palantir. The US technology company was...
Last year my aunt let me add her original Tangerine iBook G3 clamshell to my collection of old Macs1. It came with an AirPort card—a $99 add-on Apple made that ushered in the Wi-Fi era. The iBook G3 was the first consumer laptop with built-in Wi-Fi antennas, a…
apfel - Free AI on Your Mac
Use Apple's built-in AI from the terminal. No API keys, no cloud, no subscriptions. The LLM is already on your Mac.
European Alternatives to US Products & Software | Only EU
Find European alternatives for software, daily products, and tech. Stricter environmental standards, fair working conditions, and data sovereignty – Made in Europe.
Zipbombs are not as effective as they used to be
Last year, I wrote about my server setup and how I use zipbombs to mitigate attacks from rogue bots. It was an effective method that help my blog survive for 10 years. I usually hesitate to write thes
Programming (with AI agents) as theory building
Back in 1985, computer scientist Peter Naur wrote “Programming as Theory Building”. According to Naur - and I agree with him - the core output of software engineers is not the program itself, but the theory of how the program works. In other words, the knowled…
How Microsoft Vaporized a Trillion Dollars
Inside the complacency and decisions that eroded trust in Azure—from a former Azure Core engineer.
It's getting hard to justify app stores
The app store model is broken, and it's only going to get worse with AI.
Leonardo de Moura — Creator of Lean and Z3
Dependencies are a huge supply chain security risk; the more of them you have, and the more often you update, the bigger the attack surface.
Top 10 Features in Mise You're Not Using
Jeff Dickey's personal website
Your Signups Are Lying to You
Zero conversions from 100 signups? Before fixing the funnel, ask why those people signed up. One question separates a product problem from a positioning one.
Understanding Typography: Key Principles for Better Design
Explore the principles of typography and its theatrical parallels in this insightful reflection on Butterick’s Practical Typography.
Source: XKCD #1296
Is Claude Code 5x Cheaper Than Cursor?
I ran 12 side-by-side experiments. At the same $200/month, Claude Code delivered roughly 5x more agent-hours. Here's the data, methods, and nuances.
vtables aren’t slow (usually)
A common critique of object-oriented programming - and modern programming more broadly - is its poor “mechanical sympathy”: code structured and executed without consideration for what executes it. Whether this matters to you is its own discussion, but understa…
Below is an email I received in December 2024, but this is just one example of various encounters I’ve had where students have been led to contribute to the project by their tutor. I don’t mind spending time to help assisting contributions from those that have…
Over the last year, a strange thing has happened in tech: very different companies have started moving towards the same product shape, and it feels like everyone is building the same thing.
After seeing the tweet from @Fried_rice and reading about the source leak of claude code I got curious. I moved to pi quite a while ago and since then have enjoyed the minimal and highly extensible setup it offers. But seeing the leak got me curious, what are …
Reduce noise by adopting a clear mental model for what actually deserves an ERROR log.
Software never had a soul
Ryo Lu recently wrote: > The web was the same. Personal sites were genuinely personal. Blogs felt like letters. Forums had regulars. You knew who made what....
An impossible to ignore trend has formed around software development and "code quality": worse is better. Reading The Claude Code Leak pushed me to write down my thoughts on this topic.
A web log
Meet the new Cursor · Cursor
Cursor 3 is a unified workspace for building software with agents.
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How notch traversal works on MacBooks
Tailscale now has a full windowed UI. Before that, our app had to learn how to tell you it was hidden by The Notch.