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“Let me make it clear: without people at the top of their game sharing their experience and knowledge — regardless of whatever “game changing” technology is in place — we are pulling up the ladders and committing our industry to ...
"Publishers are afraid of certain parts of the world": Saber Interactive's message to North American studios is to get their head out of their own geography(opens in new tab)
Layoffs have been a constant drumbeat in gaming industry news since 2022. Even if the cadence of layoffs seems to have slowed in 2026, the severity of those cuts has not lessened. In July, Microsoft made 1600 staff redundant as ...
Pluralistic: Textured (18 Sep 2026)(opens in new tab)
Today's links Textured: The surprises are what matter. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: RIP Mr Dressup; Oligarch sucker-punch; ICC v CEOs. Upcoming appearances: Berkeley, Edmonton, Boston, South Bend, Hudson, Calgary, Winnipeg, Vancouver, Victoria, Ottawa, Kilkenny, Montreal. ...
★ The iPhones 18 Pro(opens in new tab)
It’s the best version of the most successful product ever made. And yet by nature of *how* the iPhone 18 Pro improved in the last year, it’s not exciting at all.
Persistent Databases in the Browser with DuckDB-Wasm and OPFS(opens in new tab)
DuckDB-Wasm can open a persistent database file in the browser's Origin Private File System (OPFS). This post shows how, and when data reaches disk.
CSS-Tricks could be a co-op(opens in new tab)
How I Vibed a Proof of Conway’s Conjecture(opens in new tab)
You can just prove things, apparently.
Two techniques for working with System One models(opens in new tab)
The absolute best AI tools to use in September 2026(opens in new tab)
The best AI tools for development, productivity, creativity, and more.
Jev Explained: Demos and Use Cases(opens in new tab)
Why Are There So Many Danish Programming Language Designers?(opens in new tab)
2.5 Admins 317: Need Less(opens in new tab)
🔥 Codex is extremely frustrating in that when you…(opens in new tab)
Codex is extremely frustrating in that when you send "steering" instructions reminding it to do the work in a certain way, it will almost always reply to acknowledge the request and then STOP ALL WORK. I've tried coaxing it to ...
Three different 4X strategy games, three different solutions to "that inherent problem" of disappearing exploration(opens in new tab)
There is an issue in 4X games. In fact, it's so persistent, that Amplitude Studios' co-founder and CEO Romain de Waubert de Genlis describes it as an "inherent problem", one his team have been attempting to solve since the first ...
how to pronounce "omarchy"(opens in new tab)
The Avocadinator(opens in new tab)
I think I bought this thing at some grocery store endcap or something. The magic is that it can do all three advocotasks: Amazing! All in one! My review: I actually kinda like it. I do reach for it when ...
"If the player trusts you enough, they are not going to savescum": Why the makers of some of the best RPGs on PC want you to get used to failing(opens in new tab)
When it comes to RPGs, I am an irredeemable savescummer. I admit it. I'll slam F9 at the drop of a hat (perhaps the hat was dropped as a result of a failed dexterity roll. Unacceptable. Reload). So when I ...
Pluralistic: On the sincerity of AI bosses (17 Sep 2026)(opens in new tab)
Today's links On the sincerity of AI bosses: Fascism is always an incoherent bundle. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: 9/11 v spam; PalmOS x WTC collapse; Wifi x WTC rubble; Berlusconi sex rings; Tesco bans writing ...
How I Actually Do Agentic Engineering As A Senior Software Engineer(opens in new tab)
It's been a minute since I last shared How I Actually Code with AI (almost a year!) and a lot has changed during that time. I moved to a terminal-focused dev setup I exclusively do agentic engineerin...
No Rescue(opens in new tab)
Kubernetes v1.37: Hardening Container Storage with Bind Mount Options and EmptyDir Permissions(opens in new tab)
Kubernetes v1.37 brings important storage security features: emptyDir permission modes and bind mount options. They help application programmers and security professionals implement rigorous security policies, for example, prohibiting deletion of files across containers or execution of arbitrary binaries from writable ...
"15 years ago, people understood it was an unfinished game": As Endless Legend 2 hits 1.0, Amplitude reflect on how early access has changed(opens in new tab)
Amplitude have always used early access for their games, even before Steam Early Access was a thing. Ahead of Endless Space's release in July 2012, players who preordered the game got immediate access to an alpha build that was steadily ...
Getting Started with Rust as Python Devs(opens in new tab)
Lint the entire CPython code base from scratch. It takes 0.3 seconds. Three blinks of an eye. That is ruff, and it is written in Rust. So are Pydantic, Polars, uv, and Granian. Rust shows up in Python three ways: ...
Work-Life Balance Is Why Most People Never Land a DevOps Job(opens in new tab)
Which Rude is it?(opens in new tab)
The commerical airport we use here in Bend, Oregon is actually in Redmond, Oregon. Flights from here generally depart very early. It think it’s because they need to make it to bigger airports to make connections to further-away places. Flight ...
🔥 A skill we need to learn is how to ratchet up…(opens in new tab)
A skill we need to learn is how to ratchet up our ambitions until we uncover what the models truly cannot do. And each time they're improved, to once again test the fences. Confidence and certainty in one's own workflow ...
Should You Quit Your Job?(opens in new tab)
Web-Perf Wednesday 009 – CrUX Makes Ad Weight Public(opens in new tab)
CrUX adds public ad count, density, CPU, and network metrics, giving publishers and advertisers a shared view of real ad weight.
selfh.st/apps Now Features SSO and Trending Filters (opens in new tab)
The directory's most requested features have (finally) arrived
Inside Kueue: How Kubernetes Decides What Runs Next(opens in new tab)
See how Kueue brings order to overloaded Kubernetes clusters by intelligently managing batch workloads with a hands on demo.
My Last Quest(opens in new tab)
Pluralistic: How an AI moratorium can save AI bosses (16 Sep 2026)(opens in new tab)
Today's links How an AI moratorium can save AI bosses: If you can't impose switching costs, just eliminate the competition. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Flash Worms; This Film is Not Yet Rated; Libdem copyright sabotage; ...
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Apple’s daily harassment beat me into submission. I installed iOS 27 and macOS 27. I was told they’re both an improvement over 26 with less of the glasshole nonsense. I dialled back every setting I could and macOS 27 is ...
Icon Fall Web Component(opens in new tab)
How I Built My AI SaaS on Kubernetes(opens in new tab)
DuckDB Skills for Claude Code(opens in new tab)
The duckdb-skills plugin gives Claude Code a growing number of skills that use the DuckDB CLI to read data files, run queries, convert formats, explore object storage, work with spatial data, search the documentation and recall earlier sessions.
jid(opens in new tab)
A JSON incremental digger with auto completions and expressions.
Jev means structured output is interesting again(opens in new tab)
🔥 So I guess we're all just agreed that, "it's not…(opens in new tab)
So I guess we're all just agreed that, "it's not against the law if an AI agent does it," then? https://www.strix.ai/blog/baseten-harbor-github-pat-takeover
The Four Tiers of Tab Importance(opens in new tab)
Arc is the greatest web browser ever, and has been tragically moved-on-from by The Browser Company of New York-come-Atlassian. I’ve been back on it the last month or so though. It’s still very usable as they keep the Chromium version ...
Kubernetes v1.37: Pod-Level Resource Managers graduated to Beta(opens in new tab)
With the release of Kubernetes v1.37, the Pod-Level Resource Managers feature has graduated to Beta status (disabled by default)! First introduced as an Alpha feature in Kubernetes v1.36, this enhancement builds on Pod-Level Resources by equipping Kubelet's Topology Manager, CPU ...
Tim Willits doesn't think Rideshare's generative AI is damaging Saber's reputation(opens in new tab)
A few weeks ago, when I spoke with Tim Willits, chief creative officer at Saber Interactive, makers of games like Space Marine 2, SnowRunner, and World War Z, the company was dealing with the shitstorm that ensued from their announcement ...
#496: A lake house in Seattle(opens in new tab)
Topics covered in this episode: Pandas Should Go Extinct Pydantic-pint puts real-world units in your Pydantic models How Libraries Run Rust Inside Python (With PyO3) AWS acquires DuckLabs Extras Joke Watch on YouTube Sponsored by Logfire from Pydantic: pythonbytes.fm/logfire Connect ...
Paradox's grand strategy game Afterworld hasn't got a fixed history, it changes with every playthrough(opens in new tab)
Each time you start a new campaign in Afterworld, Paradox's upcoming post-apocalyptic grand strategy game, a tiny virtual historian cracks their knuckles and gets to work writing a new 200-year history for what happened to North America in the dying ...
🔥 By far the biggest change in the agentic coding…(opens in new tab)
By far the biggest change in the agentic coding era has been that I'm no longer chained to my computer all day. Just got more done by sending a few messages from my iPhone on the driving range than I ...
Pluralistic: Everybody pees (15 Sep 2026)(opens in new tab)
Today's links Everybody pees: Even Jeff Bezos. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Zune won't play Microsoft files; Papercraft 1:1 Mustang; Third gender for Aussie passports; France hacked Canada; EC v links; Welcome to Night Vale; University ...
Obsidian Vault to Enterprise Company Brain: Where Agents Write, Branch and Merge(opens in new tab)
I’ve been using a personal second brain for many years. I started with OneNote and pivoted to Obsidian due to the linking feature. Since then, I have built a full net of knowledge for my personal life, but not only ...
Rust generics: from Static to Dynamic dispatch(opens in new tab)
Imagine that you want to add a camera to your computer which is lacking one. You buy a webcam and connect it via a USB port. Now imagine that you
Table of Contents Web Component(opens in new tab)