May 26, 2026

May 17, 2026

Cloud Agent Development Environments

“Cloud-based development environment configurations designed specifically for autonomous coding agents, featuring multi-repo support and governance controls.”

Adopting Herb at GitHub

“The tool found real bugs in ~2,800 failing files that existing linters missed, with AI assistants fixing most issues automatically.”

Is Software Losing Its Head?

“Salesforce’s strategic pivot toward headless APIs, suggesting that user interfaces no longer provide competitive advantages in an agentic future.”

Building, and Whatnot

“Lean teams of experienced PMs who remain connected to users, iterate rapidly, and leverage AI to strengthen decision-making.”

The Desert Safety Net

“In his 20s, he worked in seasonal kitchens and followed music festivals, selling hats and handbags along the circuit. Later came marriage, children, steady work. He joined the system, as he puts it.”

Reality Check

“Shadows are amazing. Lighting is amazing. Geometry is amazing. 3D reconstruction is a huge part of what I do.”

MCP Hello Page

“Customers kept reporting that the MCP server wasn’t working. They’d open mcp.acme.com/mcp in a browser, get a 401 and a raw JSON blob, and file a ticket.”

May 11, 2026

May 9, 2026

May 8, 2026

May 7, 2026

OpenAI's WebRTC problem

“WebRTC was designed for video calls, not for AI inference. Forcing it into that role creates the latency and reliability problems OpenAI is now scrambling to fix.”

May 6, 2026

Programming Still Sucks

“We replaced Makefiles with YAML, then replaced YAML with TOML, then replaced TOML with code that generates YAML. None of it builds reliably.”

May 5, 2026

May 4, 2026

Agentic Coding Is a Trap

“The agent gets you to ninety percent in an hour. The last ten percent takes a week and produces code you do not understand.”

May 3, 2026

May 2, 2026

Ask.com has closed

“After 30 years of operation, Ask.com is no longer accepting queries.”

May 1, 2026

Russia Poisons Wikipedia

“Coordinated edits across hundreds of accounts have inserted Kremlin-aligned framing into thousands of Wikipedia articles, including pages with no obvious Russia connection.”

April 30, 2026

April 29, 2026

Zed 1.0

“After five years of development, Zed reaches 1.0 with stable APIs, plugin support, and a finalized collaboration protocol.”