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aiSubscriberThe quiet crisis in open datasets
The problem is not the idea. It is the second year.
Ada Okafor · 1 Jan 2024
cultureSubscriberfour-day weeks: a reality check
A small change in a standard can take years to reach the shelf.
Nadia Farrow · 31 Dec 2023
aiSubscriberThe quiet crisis in prompt caching
The short version is in the deck. The long version is in the tickets.
Ada Okafor · 30 Dec 2023
cultureSubscriberThe slow normalization of data hoarding
The early adopters are enthusiastic. The second wave is not.
Nadia Farrow · 29 Dec 2023
softwareSubscriberThe case against type systems
The pressure is coming from the supply chain, not the roadmap.
Tomas Rehn · 27 Dec 2023
gamingSubscriberEveryone is wrong about speedrunning
The numbers look convincing until you read the footnotes.
Jules Ferrand · 26 Dec 2023
aiSubscriberA short history of distillation
The pressure is coming from the supply chain, not the roadmap.
Ada Okafor · 24 Dec 2023
hardwareSubscriberThe long road to QLC SSDs
The technology is ready. The business model is not.
Mira Kessler · 22 Dec 2023
cultureSubscriberThe slow normalization of forum moderation
This is less a breakthrough than a slow accumulation of fixes.
Nadia Farrow · 21 Dec 2023
softwareSubscriberA field guide to monorepos
The interesting part is not the technology but the incentives.
Tomas Rehn · 20 Dec 2023
cultureSubscriberThe long road to CRT monitors
The easy part is shipping. The hard part is maintaining it.
Nadia Farrow · 18 Dec 2023
cultureSubscriberThe case for coworking spaces
The obvious fix collides with a contract nobody wants to reopen.
Nadia Farrow · 16 Dec 2023
softwareSubscriberHow observability bills got complicated
The gap between the demo and the deployment is where the money goes.
Tomas Rehn · 14 Dec 2023
gamingSubscriberWhat the upscaling debate misses
The technology is ready. The business model is not.
Jules Ferrand · 9 Dec 2023
hardwareSubscriberThe economics of small-form-factor cases
The early adopters are enthusiastic. The second wave is not.
Mira Kessler · 7 Dec 2023
aiSubscriberThe hidden cost of synthetic data
The trend is real. The timeline is doing most of the work.
Ada Okafor · 3 Dec 2023
softwareSubscriberWhat the build caches debate misses
A useful reminder that defaults are product decisions.
Tomas Rehn · 23 Nov 2023
softwareSubscriberThe long road to maintainer burnout
The market has moved faster than the documentation.
Tomas Rehn · 22 Nov 2023
softwareSubscriberBeyond static binaries
The same argument has been made for a decade, with worse numbers.
Tomas Rehn · 19 Nov 2023
cultureSubscriberHow electronics clubs got complicated
The spec is settled. The implementation is another matter.
Nadia Farrow · 17 Nov 2023
aiSubscriberBeyond AI browsers
The obvious fix collides with a contract nobody wants to reopen.
Ada Okafor · 11 Nov 2023
cultureSubscriberBeyond electronics clubs
The technology is ready. The business model is not.
Nadia Farrow · 11 Nov 2023
cultureSubscriberWhat comes after right to repair
The people closest to the work are the least surprised.
Nadia Farrow · 8 Nov 2023
gamingSubscriberThe trouble with modding tools
The demo works. The maintenance plan is less clear.
Jules Ferrand · 4 Nov 2023
aiSubscriberA field guide to agent permissions
The market has moved faster than the documentation.
Ada Okafor · 29 Oct 2023
gamingSubscriberWhat comes after matchmaking
It is a small change on paper and an expensive one in production.
Jules Ferrand · 27 Oct 2023
softwareSubscriberThe bill for SQLite is coming due
The fix is known. The hard part is paying for it now.
Tomas Rehn · 23 Oct 2023
softwareSubscriberWhat the internal tools debate misses
This is less a breakthrough than a slow accumulation of fixes.
Tomas Rehn · 19 Oct 2023
gamingSubscriberWhat the studio closures debate misses
The story is less about the announcement than the aftermath.
Jules Ferrand · 17 Oct 2023
gamingSubscriberThe uncomfortable truth about game passes
The details are boring, which usually means they matter.
Jules Ferrand · 15 Oct 2023
hardwareSubscriberhandheld gaming PCs, five years later
The same argument has been made for a decade, with worse numbers.
Mira Kessler · 14 Oct 2023
softwareSubscriberWhat the remote debugging debate misses
The story is less about the announcement than the aftermath.
Tomas Rehn · 12 Oct 2023
cultureSubscriberThe limits of film photography
The technology is ready. The business model is not.
Nadia Farrow · 9 Oct 2023
aiSubscriberEveryone is wrong about AI regulation
The headline is simple. The second-order effects are not.
Ada Okafor · 8 Oct 2023
softwareSubscriberHow message queues got complicated
The early adopters are enthusiastic. The second wave is not.
Tomas Rehn · 4 Oct 2023
softwareSubscriberThe long road to dependency trees
The numbers look convincing until you read the footnotes.
Tomas Rehn · 2 Oct 2023
gamingSubscriberThe limits of anti-cheat
The technology is ready. The business model is not.
Jules Ferrand · 1 Oct 2023
aiSubscriberWhat comes after watermarking
The problem is not the idea. It is the second year.
Ada Okafor · 30 Sep 2023
gamingSubscriberA field guide to cloud gaming
The short version is in the deck. The long version is in the tickets.
Jules Ferrand · 29 Sep 2023
softwareSubscriberreproducible builds: a reality check
The headline is simple. The second-order effects are not.
Tomas Rehn · 24 Sep 2023
softwareSubscriberThe long road to config files
The tooling is better than it was. So are the expectations.
Tomas Rehn · 20 Sep 2023
aiSubscriberA field guide to model routing
The obvious fix collides with a contract nobody wants to reopen.
Ada Okafor · 20 Sep 2023
gamingSubscribergame preservation, five years later
The headline is simple. The second-order effects are not.
Jules Ferrand · 13 Sep 2023
gamingSubscriberHow game jams got complicated
It is a small change on paper and an expensive one in production.
Jules Ferrand · 10 Sep 2023
gamingSubscriberThe case against cloud gaming
It is a small change on paper and an expensive one in production.
Jules Ferrand · 8 Sep 2023
aiSubscriberA field guide to inference costs
The story is less about the announcement than the aftermath.
Ada Okafor · 4 Sep 2023
softwareSubscriberHow static binaries got complicated
The obvious fix collides with a contract nobody wants to reopen.
Tomas Rehn · 31 Aug 2023
aiSubscriberWhat we get wrong about AI assistants
The short version is in the deck. The long version is in the tickets.
Ada Okafor · 30 Aug 2023
gamingSubscriberThe uncomfortable truth about indie publishing
The change is being driven by costs, not by ambition.
Jules Ferrand · 24 Aug 2023
cultureSubscriberA field guide to office returns
It is a small change on paper and an expensive one in production.
Nadia Farrow · 22 Aug 2023
aiSubscriberThe long road to model cards
The change is being driven by costs, not by ambition.
Ada Okafor · 21 Aug 2023
hardwareSubscriberhandheld gaming PCs: a reality check
The obvious fix collides with a contract nobody wants to reopen.
Mira Kessler · 21 Aug 2023
softwareSubscriberThe problem with logging pipelines
The demo works. The maintenance plan is less clear.
Tomas Rehn · 21 Aug 2023
softwareSubscriberThe slow normalization of static binaries
The tooling is better than it was. So are the expectations.
Tomas Rehn · 19 Aug 2023
aiSubscriberThe trouble with inference chips
The same argument has been made for a decade, with worse numbers.
Ada Okafor · 17 Aug 2023
softwareSubscriberThe problem with incident response
The numbers look convincing until you read the footnotes.
Tomas Rehn · 14 Aug 2023
softwareSubscriberA short history of logging pipelines
The interesting part is not the technology but the incentives.
Tomas Rehn · 13 Aug 2023
gamingSubscriberThe next fight over indie publishing
The change is being driven by costs, not by ambition.
Jules Ferrand · 13 Aug 2023
gamingSubscriberHow anti-cheat got complicated
The spec is settled. The implementation is another matter.
Jules Ferrand · 11 Aug 2023
hardwareSubscriberThe uncomfortable truth about high-refresh panels
The short version is in the deck. The long version is in the tickets.
Mira Kessler · 11 Aug 2023