27 August 2026

7 links · Thursday

Small Models Have Arrived

For the past few weeks, I've been playing with gpt-5.6-luna. It is shockingly capable, fast, and smart. I regularly see it do ~100 tps, and rip around my codebase, email, and knowledge base.

Reliable Isn’t Always Better: TCP vs UDP

Dave explains what happens when you nuke one network packet, and how it is handled differently by TCP and UDP, and what that means for you! Check out the NEW Task Manager on ShopTalk! https://youtu.be/c3EEs-O3bGE

507 Mechanical Movements

Five Hundred and Seven Mechanical Movements, now Animated for the Internet.

Amazon Mechanical Turk

Amazon Mechanical Turk (MTurk) is a crowdsourcing marketplace that makes it easier for individuals and businesses to outsource their processes and jobs to a distributed workforce who can perform…