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aiSubscriberagent permissions: a reality check
It is a small change on paper and an expensive one in production.
Ada Okafor · 25 Apr 2022
aiSubscriberThe next fight over open weights
The numbers look convincing until you read the footnotes.
Ada Okafor · 20 Apr 2022
gamingSubscriberThe quiet crisis in battle passes
The numbers look convincing until you read the footnotes.
Jules Ferrand · 18 Apr 2022
softwareSubscriberThe limits of CI pipelines
The problem is not the idea. It is the second year.
Tomas Rehn · 10 Apr 2022
softwareSubscriberThe economics of package registries
The easy part is shipping. The hard part is maintaining it.
Tomas Rehn · 10 Apr 2022
softwareSubscriberThe limits of observability bills
The headline is simple. The second-order effects are not.
Tomas Rehn · 8 Apr 2022
aiSubscriberThe bill for latency budgets is coming due
The trend is real. The timeline is doing most of the work.
Ada Okafor · 6 Apr 2022
hardwareSubscriberHow memory training got complicated
The interesting part is not the technology but the incentives.
Mira Kessler · 5 Apr 2022
gamingSubscriberThe bill for game jams is coming due
The result is plausible, but the methodology is carrying it.
Jules Ferrand · 31 Mar 2022
softwareSubscriberA short history of package registries
The interesting question is who owns the interface.
Tomas Rehn · 28 Mar 2022
cultureSubscribernote-taking apps: a reality check
The measurements are real. The conclusions are doing fieldwork.
Nadia Farrow · 25 Mar 2022
gamingSubscriberWhat we get wrong about indie publishing
This is less a breakthrough than a slow accumulation of fixes.
Jules Ferrand · 23 Mar 2022
cultureSubscriberlocal news, five years later
This is less a breakthrough than a slow accumulation of fixes.
Nadia Farrow · 17 Mar 2022
cultureSubscriberThe case against public libraries
The numbers look convincing until you read the footnotes.
Nadia Farrow · 16 Mar 2022
cultureSubscriberBeyond repair shops
The demo works. The maintenance plan is less clear.
Nadia Farrow · 15 Mar 2022
gamingSubscriberThe uncomfortable truth about shader compilation
It is a small change on paper and an expensive one in production.
Jules Ferrand · 14 Mar 2022
gamingSubscriberWhat comes after shader compilation
It is a small change on paper and an expensive one in production.
Jules Ferrand · 12 Mar 2022
aiSubscriberWhat comes after quantization
The same argument has been made for a decade, with worse numbers.
Ada Okafor · 11 Mar 2022
aiSubscriberBeyond model safety
The change is being driven by costs, not by ambition.
Ada Okafor · 2 Mar 2022
gamingSubscriberThe economics of early access
The pressure is coming from the supply chain, not the roadmap.
Jules Ferrand · 27 Feb 2022
hardwareSubscriberEveryone is wrong about memory training
The technology is ready. The business model is not.
Mira Kessler · 20 Feb 2022
softwareSubscriberA short history of config files
The demo works. The maintenance plan is less clear.
Tomas Rehn · 19 Feb 2022
gamingSubscriberThe long road to arcade archives
The result is plausible, but the methodology is carrying it.
Jules Ferrand · 18 Feb 2022
aiSubscriberThe limits of video models
The early adopters are enthusiastic. The second wave is not.
Ada Okafor · 15 Feb 2022
hardwareSubscriberRISC-V dev boards, five years later
The result is plausible, but the methodology is carrying it.
Mira Kessler · 11 Feb 2022
aiSubscriberThe bill for AI assistants is coming due
The pressure is coming from the supply chain, not the roadmap.
Ada Okafor · 8 Feb 2022
softwareSubscriberThe trouble with package managers
The obvious fix collides with a contract nobody wants to reopen.
Tomas Rehn · 3 Feb 2022
softwareSubscriberThe trouble with static binaries
The fix is known. The hard part is paying for it now.
Tomas Rehn · 31 Jan 2022
softwareSubscriberThe bill for package managers is coming due
The change is being driven by costs, not by ambition.
Tomas Rehn · 31 Jan 2022
hardwareSubscriberThe case for Thunderbolt 5 docks
The tooling is better than it was. So are the expectations.
Mira Kessler · 27 Jan 2022
gamingSubscriberThe limits of game soundtracks
A small change in a standard can take years to reach the shelf.
Jules Ferrand · 24 Jan 2022
softwareSubscriberThe case for code review
The trend is real. The timeline is doing most of the work.
Tomas Rehn · 21 Jan 2022
aiSubscriberThe bill for synthetic data is coming due
A small change in a standard can take years to reach the shelf.
Ada Okafor · 15 Jan 2022
cultureSubscriberThe case against data hoarding
The details are boring, which usually means they matter.
Nadia Farrow · 13 Jan 2022
aiSubscriberWhat comes after coding agents
The interesting part is not the technology but the incentives.
Ada Okafor · 13 Jan 2022
softwareSubscriberThe uncomfortable truth about edge functions
The measurements are real. The conclusions are doing fieldwork.
Tomas Rehn · 30 Dec 2021
softwareSubscriberThe case against code search
The numbers look convincing until you read the footnotes.
Tomas Rehn · 25 Dec 2021
gamingSubscribercontroller drift: a reality check
The short version is in the deck. The long version is in the tickets.
Jules Ferrand · 23 Dec 2021
softwareSubscriberThe slow normalization of developer portals
The same argument has been made for a decade, with worse numbers.
Tomas Rehn · 22 Dec 2021
gamingSubscriberWhat comes after game servers
The people closest to the work are the least surprised.
Jules Ferrand · 19 Dec 2021
cultureSubscriberThe problem with public libraries
The same argument has been made for a decade, with worse numbers.
Nadia Farrow · 17 Dec 2021
softwareSubscriberHow cron jobs got complicated
The trend is real. The timeline is doing most of the work.
Tomas Rehn · 8 Dec 2021
hardwareSubscriberThe next fight over microSD Express cards
The gap between the demo and the deployment is where the money goes.
Mira Kessler · 7 Dec 2021
cultureSubscriberThe slow normalization of tool lending
The spec is settled. The implementation is another matter.
Nadia Farrow · 3 Dec 2021
hardwareSubscriberA short history of PCIe retimers
The gap between the demo and the deployment is where the money goes.
Mira Kessler · 2 Dec 2021
hardwareSubscriberThe case for low-profile coolers
The details are boring, which usually means they matter.
Mira Kessler · 1 Dec 2021
aiSubscriberThe quiet crisis in model safety
It is a small change on paper and an expensive one in production.
Ada Okafor · 28 Nov 2021
aiSubscriberThe next fight over AI pricing
The short version is in the deck. The long version is in the tickets.
Ada Okafor · 25 Nov 2021
aiSubscriberA field guide to AI search
This is less a breakthrough than a slow accumulation of fixes.
Ada Okafor · 25 Nov 2021
cultureSubscriberThe slow normalization of digital legacies
The trend is real. The timeline is doing most of the work.
Nadia Farrow · 24 Nov 2021
hardwareSubscriberThe limits of 2.5GbE networking
The interesting question is who owns the interface.
Mira Kessler · 19 Nov 2021
aiSubscriberThe limits of model routing
It is a small change on paper and an expensive one in production.
Ada Okafor · 16 Nov 2021
softwareSubscriberThe bill for database migrations is coming due
This is less a breakthrough than a slow accumulation of fixes.
Tomas Rehn · 16 Nov 2021
hardwareSubscriber80 Plus ratings: a reality check
The measurements are real. The conclusions are doing fieldwork.
Mira Kessler · 13 Nov 2021
gamingSubscriberThe problem with studio closures
The technology is ready. The business model is not.
Jules Ferrand · 2 Nov 2021
cultureSubscriberopen-source burnout: a reality check
The problem is not the idea. It is the second year.
Nadia Farrow · 1 Nov 2021
aiSubscriberWhat comes after context windows
The spec is settled. The implementation is another matter.
Ada Okafor · 28 Oct 2021
softwareSubscriberThe next fight over code search
This is less a breakthrough than a slow accumulation of fixes.
Tomas Rehn · 27 Oct 2021
hardwareSubscriberThe bill for high-refresh panels is coming due
The story is less about the announcement than the aftermath.
Mira Kessler · 25 Oct 2021
aiSubscriberThe next fight over retrieval pipelines
The pressure is coming from the supply chain, not the roadmap.
Ada Okafor · 24 Oct 2021