No Data Centers in My Backyard

🌻 no data centers in my backyard money, power, and populism in the AI buildout Jasmine Sun Aug 03, 2026 547 77 139 Share Driving in Wisconsin feels like cruising through Eden. It is unimaginably green given the heat-wave summer. There are fields of corn and clover blossoms and Queen Anne’s lace; in the temperate … Devamını oku

Helsinki Hacker News Meetup

Cal Paterson | Home Hire me About This is a coffee-morning meetup for Hacker News posters in Helsinki. It is completely unofficial – and nothing to at all do with the Y Combinator startup accelerator. To keep the group focused on posters (and not just readers!) anyone can join so long as: Often this is … Devamını oku

“Gravity is worth asking about.”

I’ve enjoyed John Gruber’s posts about ads appearing on an increasing number of Apple surfaces: the App Store, Apple News, and – soon, perhaps – Apple Maps. (Just for reference, here’s an example of such an ad.) In a post earlier this week , Gruber likened ads to stickers on laptops, and shared a fun … Devamını oku

The Golden Age of British Ice Cream

The Influencers The Golden Age of British Ice Cream Cornetto to Magnum: How fifteen influential years changed British culture. Words by Ruby Tandoh. Illustration by Sing Yun Lee. Vittles Aug 03, 2026 110 16 11 Share Good morning and welcome to Vittles . Today’s essay by Ruby Tandoh is about the most influential decade-and-a-half in … Devamını oku

Stateless MCP has recaptured my interest

31st July 2026 Tuesday was Stateless MCP day—the rollout of MCP 2.0, or the 2026-07-28 Model Context Protocol specification to use the more formal but less memorable name. This is the most significant change to the MCP spec since it first launched, and has also served to reignite my personal interest in the protocol. For … Devamını oku

Pi’s Minimalism Is Its Advantage

Date: Tue, 04 Aug 2026 From: Earendil To: You Subject: Pi, Minimal and Performant Pi’s Minimalism Is Its Advantage AI has made code cheap, and as a result many companies are building bigger tools in pursuit of better performance. Larger prompts, more orchestration, more layers, more complexity. This also makes these tools intrinsically more expensive … Devamını oku

Eight Myths on Software Engineering and GenAI

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