# [Bulletin](https://github.com/jakub-m/bulletin) for Friday, 09 Jan 2026 7 days digest --- [Rust Blog](#7c10e450b50413a1bd33ba8fb390cbb5) (1) * [Project goals update — December 2025](#7d4321e1ba9fd9b8f0ead8807963131b) --- [Evan Hahn (dot com)](#47adc829d74ec34ab7209c805a3e728f) (1) * [Notes from "On Writing Well"](#328de8f9cf2e5933cfab1ca4fc63dd35) --- [Think Fast Talk Smart: Communication Techniques](#27bc4119b11cd35272d45fab960cf2d0) (1) * [254. Start Fresh: How Framing, Timing, and Talk Can Improve Your Finances](#ac70267038b1ad830eeeb28f4dee9186) --- [Ten thousand meters](#fb41537d81ae1582210970229d74ead5) (1) * [I switched from VSCode to Zed](#27077d9203eb07d7d0746971c30e8f16) --- [The Observation Deck](#8f05b58f9c204604c866ea2a9f6d86a5) (1) * [The right place at the right time](#3fc88137cca918804e544d891154ee51) --- [Corrode Rust Consulting](#aa175ab82eb79b0b70bcba043b6aa467) (1) * [Radar](#56358763aa498bb0d94570897dedc7e8) --- [Computer Things](#3e38df01a47fdbcb05668eb7ba7dc65e) (1) * [The Liskov Substitution Principle does more than you think](#eb3bd34ba6b9ecdfeabb54d93242d08d) --- [DuckDB](#047f58ead240f6cb7a7314603c62f3a1) (1) * [DuckDB on LoongArch](#0e255ca80bbe6bfbb38b70eb947ab29e) --- [Angle of Attack](#a6bbb45507db43920622dec1d4eb8610) (1) * [Protecting Applications with OpenID Connect](#0f30296fec7dabc3c1810b8a5eaeb0b3) --- [This Week in Rust](#f05b3bced2ecf041654714b7ed319604) (1) * [This Week in Rust 633](#771bca4cfc65f8e3ee1cd4f545acf982) --- [JP's Website](#79503f7f424afc547d5fd7f980f18b6e) (1) * [Sun made ATX UltraSPARC boards for OEMs...](#5f6ab8950eda06a273364aed8ad1c01a) --- [Ardan Labs Blog on](#cc0e9a096c6fff5f9fd3a605e0c28af7) (1) * [Everything You Wanted to Ask About Rust – Answered by Herbert Wolverson](#7025c60f96965a683a082999f667ca2b) --- [John Graham-Cumming's blog](#c5d892cad708ac8a2e063932f69fa648) (1) * [There's a ridiculous amount of tech in a disposable vape](#b47042247187a5b55ee65d8e41bf3e80) --- [Latent.Space](#ae4213eb6f802a02d38fb184a51fd158) (1) * [Artificial Analysis: Independent LLM Evals as a Service — with George Cameron and Micah-Hill Smith](#c17c71be6e66b1dd5fa635646b92f48a) --- [The Technium](#f225fac2279e817c6b726aaaf4f15baf) (1) * [How Will the Miracle Happen Today?](#a9e9efc38444882ab5946058909adc83) --- [The Cloudflare Blog](#6210ce41d73e7394d4b842f3749a4318) (1) * [A closer look at a BGP anomaly in Venezuela](#3b01579abf50f0f1fabe4b6799011fe4) 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This post provides selected updates on our progress towards these goals (or, in some cases, lack thereof). The full details for any particular goal are available in its associated tracking issue on the rust-project-goals repository . Comment by @frank-king posted on 2025-12-18: Key developments : forbid manual impl of Unpin for #[pin_v2] types .y.z etc).a works, then @x.0.y. ([BACK TO TOP](#toc_7d4321e1ba9fd9b8f0ead8807963131b)) # [Evan Hahn (dot com)](https://evanhahn.com/blog/) https://evanhahn.com/blog/ ## [Notes from "On Writing Well"](https://evanhahn.com/on-writing-well-book-notes/) I’ve been trying to improve my writing so I read On Writing Well by William Zinsser. My main takeaways: Clear thinking is a prerequisite for clear writing. How do you avoid cluttered writing? “The answer is to clear our heads of clutter. Clear thinking becomes clear writing; one can’t exist without the other. It’s impossible for a muddy thinker to write good English.” Reduce scope. Zinsser hammers this point repeatedly. For instance: “Nobody can write a book or an article ‘about’ something. ([BACK TO TOP](#toc_328de8f9cf2e5933cfab1ca4fc63dd35)) # [Think Fast Talk Smart: Communication Techniques](https://fastersmarter.io) https://fastersmarter.io ## [254. Start Fresh: How Framing, Timing, and Talk Can Improve Your Finances](https://www.fastersmarter.io/254-start-fresh-how-framing-timing-and-talk-can-improve-your-finances/) How to have more open conversations about money. Talking about money is taboo for many people. But according to Wendy De La Rosa , financial well-being only starts when we break the silence around finance. De La Rosa is a professor at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and a co-founder of the Common Cents Lab, an initiative aiming to increase ﬁnancial well-being for low- to moderate-income people. For many, she says, shame keeps us silent about money.io/premium . ([BACK TO TOP](#toc_ac70267038b1ad830eeeb28f4dee9186)) # [Ten thousand meters](https://tenthousandmeters.com/) https://tenthousandmeters.com/ ## [I switched from VSCode to Zed](https://tenthousandmeters.com/blog/i-switched-from-vscode-to-zed/) For many years VSCode has been my day-to-day IDE for everything: Python, Go, C, occasional frontend development, and what not. It was never perfect but it worked. I like using mainstream tools with minimal configuration, so it suited me perfectly. But recent VSCode developments forced me to look for an alternative. In December I switched to Zed completely, and I think I'm never going back. VSCode no more VSCode felt stable over the years. This changed with the AI era. Few examples.k.a........... ([BACK TO TOP](#toc_27077d9203eb07d7d0746971c30e8f16)) # [The Observation Deck](https://bcantrill.dtrace.org/) https://bcantrill.dtrace.org/ ## [The right place at the right time](https://bcantrill.dtrace.org/2026/01/08/the-right-place-at-the-right-time/) Recently, the New Stack had a piece excerpting some of my conversation with Gergely Orosz . In introducing me in the piece, Joab Jackson writes "Cantrill has had a knack at being at the right place at the right time." While this is objectively true at some level, it also gave me a double take: it rarely felt true at the time. I never doubted going to school, but I also have never taken a job for granted. ([BACK TO TOP](#toc_3fc88137cca918804e544d891154ee51)) # [Corrode Rust Consulting](https://corrode.dev) https://corrode.dev ## [Radar](https://corrode.dev/podcast/s05e08-radar/) Radar processes billions of location events daily, powering geofencing and location APIs for companies like Uber, Lyft, and thousands of other apps. When their existing infrastructure started hitting performance and cost limits, they built HorizonDB, a specialized database which replaced both Elasticsearch and MongoDB with a custom single binary written in Rust and backed by RocksDB. In this episode, we dive deep into the technical journey from prototype to production.g.g. ([BACK TO TOP](#toc_56358763aa498bb0d94570897dedc7e8)) # [Computer Things](https://buttondown.com/hillelwayne) https://buttondown.com/hillelwayne ## [The Liskov Substitution Principle does more than you think](https://buttondown.com/hillelwayne/archive/the-liskov-substitution-principle-does-more-than/) Happy New Year! I'm done with the newsletter hiatus and am going to try updating weekly again. To ease into things a bit, I'll try to keep posts a little more off the cuff and casual for a while, at least until Logic for Programmers is done. Speaking of which, v0.13 should be out by the end of this month. So for this newsletter I want to talk about the Liskov Substitution Principle (LSP). Then ϕ(y) should be true for objects y of type S where S is a subtype of T. 3 e.g. For a function f , f. ↩ ([BACK TO TOP](#toc_eb3bd34ba6b9ecdfeabb54d93242d08d)) # [DuckDB](https://duckdb.org/) https://duckdb.org/ ## [DuckDB on LoongArch](https://duckdb.org/2026/01/06/duckdb-on-loongarch-morefine.html) ([BACK TO TOP](#toc_0e255ca80bbe6bfbb38b70eb947ab29e)) # [Angle of Attack](https://flightaware.engineering) https://flightaware.engineering ## [Protecting Applications with OpenID Connect](https://flightaware.engineering/protecting-applications-with-openid-connect/) In October 2024, we released AuthNxt—our next-generation authentication platform designed to integrate seamlessly with both our legacy TCL monolith and our modern microservices. ([BACK TO TOP](#toc_0f30296fec7dabc3c1810b8a5eaeb0b3)) # [This Week in Rust](https://this-week-in-rust.org/) https://this-week-in-rust.org/ ## [This Week in Rust 633](https://this-week-in-rust.org/blog/2026/01/07/this-week-in-rust-633/) Hello and welcome to another issue of This Week in Rust ! Rust is a programming language empowering everyone to build reliable and efficient software. This is a weekly summary of its progress and community. Want something mentioned? Tag us at @thisweekinrust.bsky.social on Bluesky or @ThisWeekinRust on mastodon.social, or send us a pull request . Want to get involved? We love contributions . This Week in Rust is openly developed on GitHub and archives can be viewed at this-week-in-rust.org .. ([BACK TO TOP](#toc_771bca4cfc65f8e3ee1cd4f545acf982)) # [JP's Website](https://thejpster.org.uk) https://thejpster.org.uk ## [Sun made ATX UltraSPARC boards for OEMs...](https://thejpster.org.uk/blog/blog-2026-01-06/) An offer you can't refuse Another one of those things happened just before Christmas. Someone sent me a message saying "hey, check this out!", with a link to a message on the debian-sparc mailing list : While having a clear out I have come across some old SPARK hardware and accessories. Is anyone interested in any of the following or knows communities / people who might be? Oh my.5" hard drives One 50-pin for four external 5. Safety first. Just your usual weekly shop. I installed IRIX 6.5...)... ([BACK TO TOP](#toc_5f6ab8950eda06a273364aed8ad1c01a)) # [Ardan Labs Blog on](https://www.ardanlabs.com/blog/) https://www.ardanlabs.com/blog/ ## [Everything You Wanted to Ask About Rust – Answered by Herbert Wolverson](https://www.ardanlabs.com/blog/2026/01/everything-you-wanted-to-ask-about-rust-answered-by-herbert-wolverson/) In a recent livestream with JetBrains, Vitaly Bragilevsky sat down with Herbert Wolverson, our Lead Rust Consultant and Instructor here at Ardan Labs, to talk about everything Rust developers – beginners and pros alike – are curious about. Watch the full livestream replay on the Ardan Labs Channel and check out the GitHub repo with Herbert’s prepared answers and code samples. Below is a short summary of the 23 questions that were covered during the livestream. ([BACK TO TOP](#toc_7025c60f96965a683a082999f667ca2b)) # [John Graham-Cumming's blog](http://blog.jgc.org/) http://blog.jgc.org/ ## [There's a ridiculous amount of tech in a disposable vape](http://blog.jgc.org/2026/01/theres-ridiculous-amount-of-tech-in.html) So, I'm walking through a park when I see this thing lying on the ground: It's a disposable vape that someone has discarded because it's empty. Specifically, it's a "Fizzy Max III 60K Rechargeable Disposable Vape" and I was about to take it to a bin to throw away when I noticed it had USB-C. I know nothing about vapes so that was a total WTF moment. Naturally, I took it home, sanitized it, and plugged it in. It looks kind of cyberpunk. At the bottom there are two circuit boards and a battery. ([BACK TO TOP](#toc_b47042247187a5b55ee65d8e41bf3e80)) # [Latent.Space](https://www.latent.space) https://www.latent.space ## [Artificial Analysis: Independent LLM Evals as a Service — with George Cameron and Micah-Hill Smith](https://www.latent.space/p/artificialanalysis) In our first episode of 2026, swyx sits down with the cofounders of Artificial Analysis to discuss the state of LLM Evals and Benchmarks, and the key trends and drivers of LLM progress for the year. ([BACK TO TOP](#toc_c17c71be6e66b1dd5fa635646b92f48a)) # [The Technium](https://kk.org/thetechnium) https://kk.org/thetechnium ## [How Will the Miracle Happen Today?](https://kk.org/thetechnium/how-will-the-miracle-happen-today/) When I was in my twenties I would hitchhike to work every day. I’d walk down three blocks to Route 22 in New Jersey, stick out my thumb and wait for a ride to work. Someone always picked me up. … Continue reading → ([BACK TO TOP](#toc_a9e9efc38444882ab5946058909adc83)) # [The Cloudflare Blog](https://blog.cloudflare.com) https://blog.cloudflare.com ## [A closer look at a BGP anomaly in Venezuela](https://blog.cloudflare.com/bgp-route-leak-venezuela/) There has been speculation about the cause of a BGP anomaly observed in Venezuela on January 2. We take a look at BGP route leaks, and dive into what the data suggests caused the anomaly in question. ([BACK TO TOP](#toc_3b01579abf50f0f1fabe4b6799011fe4)) # [Notes on software development](http://notes.eatonphil.com/) http://notes.eatonphil.com/ ## [Distinguishing yourself early in your career as a developer](http://notes.eatonphil.com/2026-01-03-distinguishing-yourself.html) Sometimes I get asked questions that would be more fun to answer in public. All letters are treated as anonymous unless permission is otherwise granted. Hello [Redacted]! You asked about a friend's son who is a recent graduate looking for work as a software developer and having a hard time. I like to think of three key aspects of getting a job: 1) knowing where to apply, 2) getting an interview at all, and 3) passing the interview. Everyone wants those jobs. A portion of them will get in. pic. ([BACK TO TOP](#toc_7219bfb3221cfe9078513785c55830df)) # [One Useful Thing](https://www.oneusefulthing.org) https://www.oneusefulthing.org ## [Claude Code and What Comes Next](https://www.oneusefulthing.org/p/claude-code-and-what-comes-next) With the right tools, AI can accomplish impressive things ([BACK TO TOP](#toc_768f2b505797390f7cd172ceaea5b4f1)) # [Blog on Tailscale](https://tailscale.com/blog/) https://tailscale.com/blog/ ## [Mendix Cloud Private Connectivity powered by Tailscale now available in public beta](https://tailscale.com/blog/mendix-cloud-private-connectivity-beta) Mendix customers can now create private, secure connections between their Mendix Cloud apps and their own infrastructure—without the hassle of complex networking set ups and arduous security reviews. ([BACK TO TOP](#toc_6307ac4f09f799dacf7bcf4c69de0247)) # [David Heinemeier Hansson](https://world.hey.com/dhh) https://world.hey.com/dhh ## [Promoting AI agents](https://world.hey.com/dhh/promoting-ai-agents-3ee04945) At the end of last year, AI agents really came alive for me. Partly because the models got better, but more so because we gave them the tools to take their capacity beyond pure reasoning. Now coding agents are controlling the terminal, running tests to validate their work, searching the web for documentation, and using web services with skills we taught them in plain English.5, Codex 5, Gemini 3, and even the Chinese open-weight models like MiniMax M2.1 and GLM-4. ([BACK TO TOP](#toc_ed4892aa92203cddee287a509dd7a3f3)) # [The Hacker Factor Blog](https://hackerfactor.com/blog/) https://hackerfactor.com/blog/ ## [A Typical PDF](https://hackerfactor.com/blog/index.php?/archives/1085-A-Typical-PDF.html) When folks contact me about my forensic software, they typically ask the same three questions: "Can you detect deep fakes?" This usually goes into a detailed discussion about how they define a deep fake, but the general conclusion is "yes". "Can you handle audio and video?" Yes, but the evaluation process is a lot harder than pictures. Quality means everything, and a high quality video is usually lower quality than a low quality picture. By "documents", they almost always mean PDF. Objects.5".7. ([BACK TO TOP](#toc_4442fbb0c73c089cded51c688ff03dc1)) # [High Growth Engineer](https://read.highgrowthengineer.com) https://read.highgrowthengineer.com ## [What The Best Engineers Do—and What Actually Got Them Promoted, from an Amazon VP](https://read.highgrowthengineer.com/p/traits-of-the-best-engineers) Guest post by Amazon VP, Ethan Evans ([BACK TO TOP](#toc_ce3d98083231f24c85bce7d9f3b0e9e2)) # [The Pragmatic Engineer](https://blog.pragmaticengineer.com/) https://blog.pragmaticengineer.com/ ## [The grief when AI writes most of the code](https://blog.pragmaticengineer.com/the-grief-when-ai-writes-most-of-the-code/) When AI writes almost all code, what happens to software engineering? There is grief involved for us developers, that's for sure. ([BACK TO TOP](#toc_2ad9c21076081b6475fba806229cbaee)) # [InfoQ - Articles](https://www.infoq.com) https://www.infoq.com ## [Article: Agentic Terminal - How Your Terminal Comes Alive with CLI Agents](https://www.infoq.com/articles/agentic-terminal-cli-agents/?utm_campaign=infoq_content&utm_source=infoq&utm_medium=feed&utm_term=articles) In this article author Sachin Joglekar discusses the transformation of CLI terminals becoming agentic where developers can state goals while the AI agents plan, call tools, iterate, ask for approval where needed, and execute the requests. He also explains the planning styles for three different CLI tools: Gemini, Claude, and Auto-GPT. By Sachin Joglekar ([BACK TO TOP](#toc_76186490cf6c46b3f943b1193de39b77)) # [Blog — PlanetScale](https://planetscale.com/blog) https://planetscale.com/blog ## [Automating our changelog with Cursor commands](https://planetscale.com/blog/automating-with-cursor-commands) Ever since Cursor commands were released, we've been usingthem to find ways to shortcut common tasks at PlanetScale. A Cursor command allows you to add slash (/actions) commands directly into Cursor. Each command guides the LLM on completing a common and repeatable workflow for you. Updating our changelog Each time we ship a feature or improvement at PlanetScale, we release an update on our changelog. Each changelog entry is a markdown file in a single directory checked into a Git repository... ([BACK TO TOP](#toc_835285edb5abd6ba5b98f33bc668e608)) # [Henrik's Blog](https://hforsten.com/) https://hforsten.com/ ## [Online radar image formation simulator](https://hforsten.com/online-radar-image-formation-simulator.html) Open application I was making some radar image formation visualizations using Python and thought that it would be nice if it was instead written in Javascript and ran on my browser. That way I could put some real-time visualizations on my blog posts. I don't have much web development experience, so I gave my Python program to Claude AI and asked it to convert it to Javascript and it did okay job. Click the above image to open it. ([BACK TO TOP](#toc_896749fdb123f130be9e0d586c6c5b4b)) # [Julia Evans](https://jvns.ca/atom.xml) https://jvns.ca/atom.xml ## [A data model for Git (and other docs updates)](https://jvns.ca/blog/2026/01/08/a-data-model-for-git/) Hello! This past fall, I decided to take some time to work on Git’s documentation. I’ve been thinking about working on open source docs for a long time – usually if I think the documentation for something could be improved, I’ll write a blog post or a zine or something. So we wrote a new “data model” document! You can read the data model here for now . I assume at some point (after the next release?) it’ll also be on the Git website .default is set to.kernel. ([BACK TO TOP](#toc_bb04096eb625d978c74c4e5455140dbb)) # [ntietz.com blog - technically a blog](/blog/) /blog/ ## [Reflecting on 2025, preparing for 2026](https://ntietz.com/blog/reflecting-on-2025-preparing-for-2026/?utm_source=atom&utm_medium=feed) As I do every year, it's that time to reflect on the year that's been, and talk about some of my hopes and goals for the next year! I'll be honest, this one is harder to write than last year's. It was an emotionally intense year in a lot of ways. Here's to a good 2026! Reflecting on 2025 Where last year I got sick and had time black holes from that, this year I lost time to various planned surgeries. I started coaching informally in 2024, and in 2025 I took on some clients formally. ([BACK TO TOP](#toc_938fcbfb6d4693ff384fb2d4a33f8880)) # [Svix Blog](https://www.svix.com/blog/) https://www.svix.com/blog/ ## [Svix Changelog January 2026](https://www.svix.com/blog/changelog-01-2026/) Latest product highlights and updates from the Svix team. ([BACK TO TOP](#toc_bfe5c527947b0a3094d5157802c6fd35)) # [Blog - Carl Pullein](https://www.carlpullein.com/blog/) https://www.carlpullein.com/blog/ ## [Provide Caregiving with Efficiency: A Carer's Guide to Boost Personal Productivity](https://www.carlpullein.com/blog/provide-caregiving-with-efficiency-a-carers-guide-to-boost-personal-productivity/4/1/2026) One in four caregivers feels their productivity drops by a third because of increased caregiving demands. And those caring for older adults with significant health needs, are far less efficient, according to the National Institute of Health . Have you ever looked at your caregiving to-do list and wondered when you'll check everything off? The endless trail of tasks waiting to be completed are more than the work hours available. This is a guest post by the wonderful Lucy Rose.m. to 11 a.m.m.m. ([BACK TO TOP](#toc_3509b8573c31f4af42df1a12e3f80ffe)) # [Vallified](https://philipotoole.com) https://philipotoole.com ## [rqlite 9.3.5 to 9.3.10: Snapshot Robustness, WAL Handling, and Shell Improvements](https://philipotoole.com/rqlite-9-3-5-to-9-3-10-snapshot-robustness-wal-handling-and-shell-improvements/) rqlite is a lightweight, open-source, distributed relational database built on SQLite and Raft. Versions 9.3.5 through 9.3.10 focus on internal correctness and operational robustness, particularly around Raft snapshotting, WAL handling, and testing. These releases also include improvements to logging, the rqlite shell, and routine dependency upgrades, including a new SQLite release. There are no breaking […] ([BACK TO TOP](#toc_4f10f9910e8d4f4adfafb47905106a26)) # [Maestro](https:/blog.lenot.re/) https:/blog.lenot.re/ ## [Maestro: 2025 retrospective](https://blog.lenot.re/a/2025-retrospective) A look back on Maestro's progress throughout 2025 ([BACK TO TOP](#toc_91acf2ad17f1c7d2f330e84d77891bd8)) # [Spotify Engineering](https://engineering.atspotify.com/) https://engineering.atspotify.com/ ## [Why We Use Separate Tech Stacks for Personalization and Experimentation](https://engineering.atspotify.com/2026/1/why-we-use-separate-tech-stacks-for-personalization-and-experimentation/) The technical and practical rationale for a clear separation between these domains. The post Why We Use Separate Tech Stacks for Personalization and Experimentation appeared first on Spotify Engineering . ([BACK TO TOP](#toc_273e81d2bfb682ce8455385e9a730409)) # [Entropic Thoughts](https://entropicthoughts.com/) https://entropicthoughts.com/ ## [Disaster Costs, 1900–2024](https://entropicthoughts.com/disaster-costs-1900-to-2024) ([BACK TO TOP](#toc_f17ce93163221eec434b01969705d2fe)) # [taylor.town](https://taylor.town) https://taylor.town ## [Happy Belated New Year](https://taylor.town/belated-new-year) Hey. It's been a while. I've been meaning to reach out, but work and the kids -- you know how it goes. I think about you surpringly often. Yesterday I saw a lone coconut at the grocery store and I literally guffawed . After all these years, I still don't know how to open a stupid coconut. I hope coconuts still baffle you too. I miss being idiots together. The truth is, I've been avoiding you. I miss you, but I'm afraid that you've changed as much as I have. Not yet. Not this year. ([BACK TO TOP](#toc_299f7e598ecf24866b723ab12566b6ad)) # [The AI Underwriter](https://theaiunderwriter.substack.com) https://theaiunderwriter.substack.com ## [Week 1 of 2026- W012026](https://theaiunderwriter.substack.com/p/week-1-of-2026-w12026) The most effective way to do it ([BACK TO TOP](#toc_03cdb70018e8e66528d9fdd4f65d3e4a)) # [Aphyr: Posts](https://aphyr.com/posts.atom) https://aphyr.com/posts.atom ## [No, You Can't (Officially) Reconnect Cut Pieces of Hue Strip Lights](https://aphyr.com/posts/402-no-you-cant-officially-reconnect-cut-pieces-of-hue-strip-lights) Hopefully this saves someone else an hour of digging. Philips Hue has a comparison page for their strip lights. This table says that for the Ambiance Gradient lightstrips, “Cut pieces can be reconnected”. Their “Can you cut LED strip lights” page also says “Many strip lights are cuttable, and some even allow the cut parts to be reused and added to the strip light using a connector. Lightstrip V4 and many of the latest models will enable this level of customization. ([BACK TO TOP](#toc_0d447e2f533f90a022d846978e7a6023)) # [Ferd.ca](https://ferd.ca/) https://ferd.ca/ ## [Software Acceleration and Desynchronization](https://ferd.ca/software-acceleration-and-desynchronization.html) A bit more than a month ago, I posted the following on social media: Seeing more reports and industry players blaming code reviews for slowing down the quick development done with AI. It's unclear whether anyone's asking if this is just moving the cognitive bottleneck of "understanding what's happening" around. "Add AI to the reviews" seems to be the end goal here. A pattern I’ll start with is one of loops, or cycles. This saves time and lets people focus on higher-level review elements.g. [.... ([BACK TO TOP](#toc_f8cbae48327ebaadb3f789fad61b8667)) # [Shekhar Gulati](https://shekhargulati.com) https://shekhargulati.com ## [STT Disambiguation in Voice Agents: It is “Now” Not “No”](https://shekhargulati.com/2026/01/06/stt-disambiguation-in-voice-agents-it-is-now-not-no/) I was reviewing our voice calls today and discovered that in one of voice agents when user was saying “Now” our system was handling it as “No”. After we reset their password we ask them “Would you like to try logging in with this temporary password now, or would you prefer to do it later?”. … Continue reading "STT Disambiguation in Voice Agents: It is “Now” Not “No”" ([BACK TO TOP](#toc_695000c359f08ce29121e00367ebe4ab)) ## [Building Production-Ready Voice Agents](https://shekhargulati.com/2026/01/03/building-production-ready-voice-agents/) I spent the second half of 2025 building a voice agent platform for a company that provides IT support services to higher education institutions. The platform is now live and handling calls from students and staff across multiple universities. We built a multi-tenant system where students call a phone number, speak with an AI agent, … Continue reading "Building Production-Ready Voice Agents" ([BACK TO TOP](#toc_9570e9a2b95dc0a75ae8a77feaaf44fb)) # [Construction Physics](https://www.construction-physics.com) https://www.construction-physics.com ## [How Did TVs Get So Cheap?](https://www.construction-physics.com/p/how-did-tvs-get-so-cheap) You’ve probably seen this famous graph that breaks out various categories of inflation, showing labor-intensive services getting more expensive during the 21st century and manufactured goods getting less expensive. ([BACK TO TOP](#toc_22a3034ec7e5e1a57e8f770678f218c8)) ## [Reading List 01/03/2026](https://www.construction-physics.com/p/reading-list-01032026) Automated code checkers, meranti wood, shifting snowfall patterns, launching spacecraft with bullwhips, and more. ([BACK TO TOP](#toc_d403a59d1bf9322cde201d3584062ee9)) # [Maurycy's blog](http://maurycyz.com/) http://maurycyz.com/ ## [The horsehead nebula (2026):](http://maurycyz.com/astro/horsehead/) 0.55 arcseconds/pixel. Image is 27' wide. North is right (mirrored). Color: 27 minutes (319 * 4 seconds) through thin clouds Equipment: C9.25, 0.63 reducer, ASI533 MC (IMX533 sensor), EQ6-R mount. Resolution: 5 arcsec FWHM I just can’t seem to take a good picture of this region. This one has: Messed up backfocus and collimation Bad seeing, made worse by looking over the roof of my house Every single 5-second frame was ruined by clouds. Raw stacks: FITs (compressed) ([BACK TO TOP](#toc_cd9613087c6ecd756c4b6b6f2498dd21)) ## [You should start a blog:](http://maurycyz.com/misc/starting_a_blog/) Writing something down forces you to fully understand it. When the idea is on paper, you can see all the missing assumptions and leaps in logic. It’s common to start writing, do some research and find out that your original point was wrong . This is a good thing. You are now less wrong then you were before, and have something you can share so that we can all be less wrong. Your work can have a lasting impact on lots of people rather then being briefly noticed by a few. ([BACK TO TOP](#toc_cec59623ea86f50c4790b84d163c395c)) # [Potaroo blog](http://www.potaroo.net/) http://www.potaroo.net/ ## [BGP Updates cin 2025](https://www.potaroo.net/ispcol/2026-01/bgpupd2025.html) The first part of this annual report on BGP for the year 2024 looked at the size of the routing table and some projections of table growth for both IPv4 and IPv6. However, the scalability of BGP as the Internet’s routing protocol is not just dependant on the number of prefixes carried in the routing table. BGP protocol behaviour in the form of dynamic routing updates are also part of this story. ([BACK TO TOP](#toc_6ee9dd65d119815e02db054a1bcd442b)) ## [BGP in 2025](https://www.potaroo.net/ispcol/2026-01/bgp2025.html) At the start of each year, it’s been my practice to report on the behaviour of the Internet’s inter-domain routing system over the previous 12 months, looking in some detail at some metrics from the routing system that can show the essential shape and behaviour of the underlying interconnection fabric of the Internet. ([BACK TO TOP](#toc_b8bb902c69b7f6f34a23beade95bfe1f)) # [Amazon Science homepage](https://www.amazon.science/) https://www.amazon.science/ ## [Fine-tuning vision-language models on memory-constrained devices](https://www.amazon.science/blog/fine-tuning-vision-language-models-on-memory-constrained-devices) A new hybrid optimization approach allows edge devices to fine-tune vision-language models using only forward passes, achieving up to 7% higher accuracy than existing techniques. ([BACK TO TOP](#toc_225bd1af60a664a3a069603a781c70ca)) ## [The unseen work of building reliable AI agents](https://www.amazon.science/blog/the-unseen-work-of-building-reliable-ai-agents) "Reinforcement learning gyms" train agents on the many low-level tasks that they must chain together to execute customer requests. ([BACK TO TOP](#toc_fa94b94e932de96185613658c17c4cfb)) # [Krebs on Security](https://krebsonsecurity.com) https://krebsonsecurity.com ## [Who Benefited from the Aisuru and Kimwolf Botnets?](https://krebsonsecurity.com/2026/01/who-benefited-from-the-aisuru-and-kimwolf-botnets/) Our first story of 2026 revealed how a destructive new botnet called Kimwolf rapidly grew to infect more than two million devices by mass-compromising a vast number of unofficial Android TV streaming boxes. Today, we'll dig through digital clues left behind by the hackers, network operators, and cybercrime services that appear to have benefitted from Kimwolf's spread. ([BACK TO TOP](#toc_9c384c3e738c72dc6dce5a2be4e8b9a1)) ## [The Kimwolf Botnet is Stalking Your Local Network](https://krebsonsecurity.com/2026/01/the-kimwolf-botnet-is-stalking-your-local-network/) The story you are reading is a series of scoops nestled inside a far more urgent Internet-wide security advisory. The vulnerability at issue has been exploited for months already, and it's time for a broader awareness of the threat. The short version is that everything you thought you knew about the security of the internal network behind your Internet router probably is now dangerously out of date. ([BACK TO TOP](#toc_8067846e7daa96aa6144de1e5e45d434)) # [Sourcegraph Blog](https://webflow.sourcegraph.com) https://webflow.sourcegraph.com ## [Tools for companies that don't need Sourcegraph](https://webflow.sourcegraph.com/blog/tools-for-companies-that-dont-need-sourcegraph) tools-for-companies-that-dont-need-sourcegraph ([BACK TO TOP](#toc_af2461839d2a883bf1b0a1852bd6bcd7)) ## [Weekly updates are coming to Sourcegraph Cloud](https://webflow.sourcegraph.com/blog/weekly-updates-are-coming-to-sourcegraph-cloud) weekly-updates-are-coming-to-sourcegraph-cloud ([BACK TO TOP](#toc_0940e534519fbf6deef9f28403d551a3)) # [Bert Hubert's writings](https://berthub.eu/articles/) https://berthub.eu/articles/ ## [AWS and Microsoft are selling much more than cloud services](https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/aws-and-microsoft-are-selling-much-more-than-cloud/) Ten, twenty years ago customers over at large corporations would often ask me what hardware they’d need to run my software. As software developers, we’d tend to be rather blasé about such questions: “whatever you have lying around!”. If pressed, we’d say you’d need this much RAM and that much storage. We thought we were doing our users a tremendous favor by being so flexible. Yet, customers were very much not happy with our responses. ([BACK TO TOP](#toc_0f5e4676d788843e963790bc8bdbf7f3)) ## [Unsigned char std::basic_string<> in C++](https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/unsigned-char-std-string-cpp/) Brief post on a somewhat vexing and irritating C++ problem I ran into some time ago. I hope that this page will help other people deal with this problem more quickly than I did. I’ve long used std::basic_string<uint8_t>, an unsigned char string, for fiddling with bits. You could use a regular char string, but especially when doing cryptographic or sub-byte operations, it is more convenient to not have to deal with sign bits. ([BACK TO TOP](#toc_e68bde6c2e9df0c51b238153d8bcb043)) # [seangoedecke.com RSS feed](https://seangoedecke.com) https://seangoedecke.com ## [The Dictator's Handbook and the politics of technical competence](https://seangoedecke.com/the-dictators-handbook/) The Dictator’s Handbook is an ambitious book. In the introduction, its authors Bruce Bueno de Mesquita and Alastair Smith cast themselves as the successors to Sun Tzu and Niccolo Machiavelli: offering unsentimental advice to would-be successful leaders. Given that, I expected this book to be similar to The 48 Laws of Power , which did not impress me. Like many self-help books, The 48 Laws of Power is “empty calories”: a lot of fun to read, but not really useful or edifying 1 .e.g.g. ↩ ([BACK TO TOP](#toc_aa7a195a477c61ff54f680ec373a343c)) ## [2025 was an excellent year for this blog](https://seangoedecke.com/2025-wrapup/) In 2025, I published 141 posts, 33 of which made it to the front page of Hacker News or similar aggregators. I definitely wrote more in the first half of the year (an average of around 15 posts per month, down to around 8 in the second half), but overall I’m happy with my consistency. I don’t put a lot of effort into appealing to Hacker News specifically, but I do think my natural style meshes well with the Hacker News commentariat (even if they’re often quite critical).3 million monthly views. ([BACK TO TOP](#toc_bfe38dc2fbdc8548aba4133d06f709d6)) # [Changelog Master Feed](https://changelog.com/master) https://changelog.com/master ## [From GitLab to Kilo Code (Changelog Interviews #672)](https://changelog.com/podcast/672) We're joined by Sid Sijbrandij, founder of GitLab who led the all-in-one coding platform all the way to IPO. In late 2022, Sid discovered that he had bone cancer. That started a journey he's been on ever since... a journey that he shares with us in great detail. Along the way, Sid continued founding companies including Kilo Code, an all-in-one agentic engineering platform, which he also tells us all about. ([BACK TO TOP](#toc_0c9d6aa7bf5f4592d76e07d6c2537674)) ## [The move faster manifesto (Changelog News #175)](https://changelog.com/news/175) Brian Guthrie lists his seven rules for moving faster in software, Continuous-Claude-v2 is a context management system for Claude Code, Gas Town is Steve Yegge's multi-agent orchestrator for Claude Code, Paul Dix sees a great engineering divergence in 2026, and Mattias Geniar thinks web development is fun again. ([BACK TO TOP](#toc_806c617ce79f5e4fd4bac45b26d4121e)) # [Daniel Lemire's blog](https://lemire.me/blog) https://lemire.me/blog ## [What I Got Wrong About “Hard Work” in My 20s](https://lemire.me/blog/2026/01/08/what-i-got-wrong-about-hard-work-in-my-20s/) When I was younger, in my 20s, I assumed that everyone was working “hard,” meaning a solid 35 hours of work a week. Especially, say, university professors and professional engineers. I’d feel terribly guilty when I would be messing around, playing video games on a workday. Today I realize that most people become very adept … Continue reading What I Got Wrong About “Hard Work” in My 20s ([BACK TO TOP](#toc_46ab010caac06a0390817808e93b3e48)) ## [A bit of glass and freedom is all you need](https://lemire.me/blog/2026/01/07/a-bit-of-glass-and-freedom-is-all-you-need/) Galileo Galilei was the OpenAI of his time. He helped establish modern science by emphasizing experimentation as the primary means to uncover natural truths. To this end, he built his own telescopes. He revealed to the world the moons of Jupiter, thereby changing forever how we viewed the cosmos. How was Galileo able to … Continue reading A bit of glass and freedom is all you need ([BACK TO TOP](#toc_858c60302e7aa42f46a1006f49e63164)) # [Almost Secure](https://palant.info/) https://palant.info/ ## [Backdoors in VStarcam cameras](https://palant.info/2026/01/07/backdoors-in-vstarcam-cameras/) VStarcam is an important brand of cameras based on the PPPP protocol . Unlike the LookCam cameras I looked into earlier , these are often being positioned as security cameras. And they in fact do a few things better like… well, like having a mostly working authentication mechanism. In order to access the camera one has to know its administrator password. So much for the theory. The overall tendency is clear: for some reason VStarcam really wants to have access to their customer’s passwords.eye4. ([BACK TO TOP](#toc_10b9d48375bb54cb1e3239a1bee08bdd)) ## [Analysis of PPPP “encryption”](https://palant.info/2026/01/05/analysis-of-pppp-encryption/) My first article on the PPPP protocol already said everything there was to say about PPPP “encryption” : Keys are static and usually trivial to extract from the app. No matter how long the original key, it is mapped to an effective key that’s merely four bytes long. The “encryption” is extremely susceptible to known-plaintext attacks, usually allowing reconstruction of the effective key from a single encrypted packet. I’ve opened a pull request to have the PPPP device detection script adjusted. ([BACK TO TOP](#toc_8f76867874b7fd0e697b9c776d093c65)) # [Sentry Blog RSS](https://blog.sentry.io) https://blog.sentry.io ## [Unity SDK 4.0.0: Console support, logs, user feedback and more](https://blog.sentry.io/introducing-gaming-console-support-logs-user-feedback-unity/) We just released the Sentry SDK for Unity 4.0.0 , our biggest update yet. This major release brings comprehensive gaming console support, structured logging, us... ([BACK TO TOP](#toc_45d632a27d21c8a96a53c42f2463a515)) ## [Trace-connected structured logging with LogTape and Sentry](https://blog.sentry.io/trace-connected-structured-logging-with-logtape-and-sentry/) As our applications grow from simple side projects into complex distributed systems with many users, the “old way” of console.log debugging isn’t going to hold ... ([BACK TO TOP](#toc_6b8f199b3d261da1ff06e4f65312f063)) ## [Another year, another $750,000 to Open Source maintainers](https://blog.sentry.io/another-year-another-750-000-to-open-source-maintainers/) Bored yet? 2025 was the fifth year in a row (2024, 2023, 2022, 2021) that Sentry gave a pretty hefty chunk of change to the maintainers of the Open Source softw... ([BACK TO TOP](#toc_ca90c272c36c87bb0b1d1a3af2bd20ec)) # [Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow](https://pluralistic.net) https://pluralistic.net ## [Pluralistic: Where did the money go? (08 Jan 2026)](https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/08/after-the-moneys-gone/) Today's links Where did the money go? Turning a mountain of (their) money into a pile of (your) money. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Revolutionary Colossus; T-Mobile CEO v EFF; Broadband isn't gasoline. Upcoming appearances: Where to find me. Recent appearances: Where I've been. Latest books: You keep readin' em, I'll keep writin' 'em. Upcoming books: Like I said, I'll keep writin' 'em. Colophon: All the rest.reddit. https://www.anildash.youtube. We never could.ccc. ([BACK TO TOP](#toc_d3aa2adad668ec8fbb562c7bcff8c868)) ## [Pluralistic: Writing vs AI (07 Jan 2026)](https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/07/delicious-pizza/) Today's links Writing vs AI: If you wouldn't ask an AI to eat a delicious pizza for you, why would you ask it to write a college essay? Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: WELL State of the World; A poem in 30m logfiles; Weapons of Math Destruction; The cost of keeping "13" a British secret; Congress v. "Little Green Men"; "Food and Climate Change Without the Hot Air" Upcoming appearances: Where to find me. Recent appearances: Where I've been. Colophon: All the rest.yale. ([BACK TO TOP](#toc_d0abe5677c1b1c058364f3d3336812f8)) ## [Pluralistic: Code is a liability (not an asset) (06 Jan 2026)](https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/06/1000x-liability/) Today's links Code is a liability (not an asset): AI psychosis, tech boss edition. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: Coldplay CD DRM; Star Wars Wars; Digital manorialism vs neofeudalism; Transvaginal foetal sonic bombardment: woo-tunes for your hoo-hah. Upcoming appearances: Where to find me. Recent appearances: Where I've been. Latest books: You keep readin' em, I'll keep writin' 'em. Upcoming books: Like I said, I'll keep writin' 'em. Colophon: All the rest.jezebel. ([BACK TO TOP](#toc_9ebf2e5e1f950a94617a01947f632247)) ## [Pluralistic: A world without people (05 Jan 2026)](https://pluralistic.net/2026/01/05/fisher-price-steering-wheel/) Today's links A world without people: AI is a promise to wire the boss's toy steering wheel directly into the company's drive-train. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Upcoming appearances: Where to find me. Recent appearances: Where I've been. Latest books: You keep readin' em, I'll keep writin' 'em. Upcoming books: Like I said, I'll keep writin' 'em. Colophon: All the rest. It's a very ketamine-coded way to move through the world: https://davekarpf.substack.nytimes.effectivealtruism.acs. ([BACK TO TOP](#toc_59d16496644afbcd5ee8a330b8399f21)) # [The CircleCI Blog Feed | CircleCI](https://circleci.com/blog/) https://circleci.com/blog/ ## [Deploy a serverless Python API to Scaleway Functions using CircleCI](https://circleci.com/blog/deploy-a-serverless-python-api-to-scaleway-functions-using-circleci/) ([BACK TO TOP](#toc_ade35b17ed8a18bf9e0b82fee81a3246)) ## [Finetuning Gemma 3 on private data with Unsloth and CircleCI](https://circleci.com/blog/finetuning-gemma-3-on-private-data-with-unsloth/) ([BACK TO TOP](#toc_b194de6d43962978c7a4e9a9f78efc54)) ## [Multi-environment DNS automation on Cloudflare using CircleCI and Terraform](https://circleci.com/blog/multi-environment-dns-automation-on-cloudflare/) ([BACK TO TOP](#toc_17da2345fb4a965c0a9709c0f8393a3a)) ## [Automating LLM application deployment with BentoML and CircleCI](https://circleci.com/blog/automating-llm-application-deployment-with-bentoml-and-circleci/) ([BACK TO TOP](#toc_2eb79dc77dff59d18575de58830a4d0c)) # [Stratechery by Ben Thompson](https://stratechery.com) https://stratechery.com ## [An Interview with Jeremie Eliahou Ontiveros and Ajey Pandey About Building Power for AI](https://stratechery.com/2026/an-interview-with-jeremie-eliahou-ontiveros-and-ajey-pandey-about-building-power-for-ai/) An Interview with Jeremie Eliahou Ontiveros and Ajey Pandey about how AI labs and hyperscalers are leveraging demand to build out entirely new electrical infrastructure for AI. ([BACK TO TOP](#toc_160bb24db6d425d1499597c49b635c39)) ## [Nvidia at CES, Vera Rubin and AI-Native Storage Infrastructure, Alpamayo](https://stratechery.com/2026/nvidia-at-ces-vera-rubin-and-ai-native-storage-infrastructure-alpamayo/) Nvidia's CES announcements didn't have much for consumers, but affects them all the same. ([BACK TO TOP](#toc_e0cd689a5859479d0ef86b3780de218a)) ## [Nvidia and Groq, A Stinkily Brilliant Deal, Why This Deal Makes Sense](https://stratechery.com/2026/nvidia-and-groq-a-stinkily-brilliant-deal-why-this-deal-makes-sense/) Nvidia is licensing Groq's technology and hiring most of its employees; it's the most potent application of tech's don't-call-it-an-acquisition deal model yet. ([BACK TO TOP](#toc_ebb7b812d40238ae4e80f260aa5de79b)) ## [AI and the Human Condition](https://stratechery.com/2026/ai-and-the-human-condition/) AI might replace all of the jobs; that's only a problem if you think that humans will care, but if they care, they will create new jobs. ([BACK TO TOP](#toc_238cefcfe5f702e330313b5730bbf5da)) # [Metadata](http://muratbuffalo.blogspot.com/) http://muratbuffalo.blogspot.com/ ## [The Sauna Algorithm: Surviving Asynchrony Without a Clock](http://muratbuffalo.blogspot.com/2026/01/the-sauna-algorithm-surviving.html) While sweating it out in my gym's sauna recently, I found a neat way to illustrate the happened-before relationship in distributed systems. Imagine I suffer from a medical condition called dyschronometria , which makes me unable to perceive time reliably, such that 10 seconds and 10 minutes feel exactly the same to me. In this scenario, the sauna lacks a visible clock. I'm flying blind here, yet I want to leave after a healthy session. If I stay too short, I get no health benefits. ([BACK TO TOP](#toc_7d427d2d078869796fc47b14e9161852)) ## [Are Database System Researchers Making Correct Assumptions about Transaction Workloads?](http://muratbuffalo.blogspot.com/2026/01/are-database-system-researchers-making.html) In this blog, we had reviewed quite a number of deterministic database papers, including Calvin , SLOG , Detock , which aimed to achieve higher throughput and lower latency. The downside of these systems is sacrificing transaction expressivity. So when these deterministic database researchers write a paper to validate how these assumptions hold in the real world, we should be skeptical and cautious in our reading. Don't get me wrong, this is a great and valuable paper.g.5% of the total workload. ([BACK TO TOP](#toc_e7c64d0f0f8e3ff50e8a44f84e4b0cd0)) ## [Too Close to Our Own Image?](http://muratbuffalo.blogspot.com/2026/01/too-close-to-our-own-image.html) Recent work suggests we may be projecting ourselves onto LLMs more than we admit. A paper in Nature reports that GPT-4 exhibits "state anxiety". When exposed to traumatic narratives (such as descriptions of accidents or violence), the model's responses score much higher on a standard psychological anxiety inventory. The jump is large, from "low anxiety" to levels comparable to highly anxious humans. Another recent paper argues that LLMs can develop a form of brain rot. ([BACK TO TOP](#toc_d647ac8ef56c871b5cdc9fa703fe4e4d)) ## [The Agentic Self: Parallels Between AI and Self-Improvement](http://muratbuffalo.blogspot.com/2026/01/the-agentic-self-parallels-between-ai.html) 2025 was the year of the agent. The goalposts for AGI shifted; we stopped asking AI to merely "talk" and demanded that it "act". As an outsider looking at the architecture of these new agents and agentic system, I noticed something strange. The engineering tricks used to make AI smarter felt oddly familiar. They read less like computer science and more like … self-help advice . They are almost too simple. Manuel Blum, a Turing Award winner. The paper becomes your external hard drive. ([BACK TO TOP](#toc_c4ed1d4d0180b4b17c073680348b6ef4)) # [Percona Database Performance Blog](https://www.percona.com/blog/) https://www.percona.com/blog/ ## [Introducing OpenEverest: An Independent Open Source Project for the Future of Data Platforms](https://www.percona.com/blog/introducing-openeverest/) Today, we are sharing an important step forward for the project many of you know as Percona Everest. Percona is transitioning Percona Everest into an independent open source project called OpenEverest (https://openeverest.io/). This change is about one thing: making the project stronger over the long term by building it in the open, with open governance, […] ([BACK TO TOP](#toc_27d9370009dd1293006d4c9c6c2cabdc)) ## [Urgent Security Update: Patching “Mongobleed” (CVE-2025-14847) in Percona Server for MongoDB](https://www.percona.com/blog/urgent-security-update-patching-mongobleed-cve-2025-14847-in-percona-server-for-mongodb/) At Percona, our mission has always been to provide the community with truly open-source, enterprise-class software. A critical part of that mission is ensuring that when security vulnerabilities arise in the upstream ecosystem, we respond with the urgency and transparency our users expect. As many in the MongoDB community are now aware, a security vulnerability—CVE-2025-14847, […] ([BACK TO TOP](#toc_15894df05645c52180ede8e3f5d369db)) ## [Good Bye Percona Everest, Hello OpenEverest!](https://www.percona.com/blog/blog-post-good-bye-percona-everest-hello-openeverest/) Over the past few years, we’ve been building Percona Everest with a clear goal in mind: to deliver a powerful yet approachable DBaaS experience on Kubernetes. Thanks to strong user and customer adoption, Everest has grown into a platform with thousands of production clusters deployed and overwhelmingly positive feedback from the community. As adoption grew, […] ([BACK TO TOP](#toc_36aeb6ae94f585b2b622c0c48aba8dc7)) ## [JavaScript Stored Routines in Percona Server for MySQL: A New Era for Database Programmability](https://www.percona.com/blog/javascript-stored-routines-in-percona-server-for-mysql-a-new-era-for-database-programmability/) For decades, we’ve accepted a painful compromise: if you wanted logic inside the database, you had to write SQL/PSM (Persistent Stored Modules). It’s clunky, hard to debug, and declarative by nature, making it terrible for algorithmic tasks. That ends with Percona Server 8.4.7-7. We are introducing JS Stored Programs as a Tech Preview. Unlike Oracle’s […] ([BACK TO TOP](#toc_0e9c94f2ce902d969903982358d20135)) ## [Running Databases on Kubernetes: A Practical Guide to Risks, Benefits, and Best Practices](https://www.percona.com/blog/running-databases-on-kubernetes-a-practical-guide-to-risks-benefits-and-best-practices/) As a database administrator, you are the guardian of the company’s most critical asset: its data. You live by performance, reliability, and security, ensuring every change maintains uptime and data integrity. That level of precision takes time, as every update, patch, and configuration is tested before it goes live. Meanwhile, application teams have fully embraced […] ([BACK TO TOP](#toc_fe500f30656d28c3df8e132b14eba3ed)) # [Stack Overflow Blog](https://stackoverflow.blog/) https://stackoverflow.blog/ ## [You need quality engineers to turn AI into ROI](https://stackoverflow.blog/2026/01/07/you-need-quality-engineers-to-turn-ai-into-roi/) Pete Johnson, Field CTO, Artificial Intelligence at MongoDB, joins the podcast to say that looking at AI’s impact as a job killer is a flawed metric. ([BACK TO TOP](#toc_d575f441439cf2baf58be955ad02202e)) ## [Search engine bots crawled so AI bots could run](https://stackoverflow.blog/2026/01/06/search-engine-bots-crawled-so-ai-bots-could-run/) Ryan hosts Akamai data scientist Robert Lester on the show to discuss how the growth of AI bots affects internet traffic, the ways these AI bots differ from the original search engine optimization ones, and why you might not want to mitigate AI bots on your websites. ([BACK TO TOP](#toc_016e12d4a6c1e021b2f669a670f990d0)) ## [What’s new at Stack Overflow: January 2026](https://stackoverflow.blog/2026/01/05/what-s-new-at-stack-overflow-january-2026/) For this first edition of the new year, we’re taking a step back to highlight some of the most impactful features shipped over the last year and how they can help you start 2026 strong. ([BACK TO TOP](#toc_7fb270eedc3dd9aaaec4d333acc03a06)) ## [A new worst coder has entered the chat: vibe coding without code knowledge](https://stackoverflow.blog/2026/01/02/a-new-worst-coder-has-entered-the-chat-vibe-coding-without-code-knowledge/) In the age of AI, being able to make applications and create code has never been easier. But is it any good? Here's what vibe coding is like for someone without technical skills. ([BACK TO TOP](#toc_fbc8be1990e291818e2f30715a2abc3d)) ## [The most dangerous shortcuts in software](https://stackoverflow.blog/2026/01/02/the-most-dangerous-shortcuts-in-software/) Ryan sits down with Tom Totenberg, head of release automation at LaunchDarkly, to discuss the perils of taking too many shortcuts in software development, how business pressures and AI code tools have contributed to dangerous corner cutting, and the importance of balancing speed with sustainability to maintain system integrity. ([BACK TO TOP](#toc_f6cade39222a5459e6757b638e304fe3)) # [LogRocket Blog](https://blog.logrocket.com/) https://blog.logrocket.com/ ## [19 ChatGPT prompts for faster, better UX research](https://blog.logrocket.com/19-chatgpt-prompts-for-faster-better-ux-research/) I don’t start research from a blank page anymore. These 19 ChatGPT prompts help me move faster across recruitment, interviews, surveys, and synthesis. The post 19 ChatGPT prompts for faster, better UX research appeared first on LogRocket Blog . ([BACK TO TOP](#toc_5172f4e0391bbe4efff269d3b2b6ed88)) ## [The Replay (1/7/26): React’s biggest problem, TanStack’s evolution, and more](https://blog.logrocket.com/the-replay-1-7-26/) Discover what's new in The Replay, LogRocket's newsletter for dev and engineering leaders, in the January 7th issue. The post The Replay (1/7/26): React’s biggest problem, TanStack’s evolution, and more appeared first on LogRocket Blog . ([BACK TO TOP](#toc_ec9744c826193faa3366e20dfaaa9b90)) ## [How to stop forgetting your wins and actually get promoted](https://blog.logrocket.com/product-management/how-product-managers-track-wins-for-performance-reviews/) Promotions depend on proof. This guide shows PMs how to capture wins, feedback, and impact before review season. The post How to stop forgetting your wins and actually get promoted appeared first on LogRocket Blog . ([BACK TO TOP](#toc_b812fb3d95c952d0d8e0a32278dc712e)) ## [React has finally solved its biggest problem: The joys of useEffectEvent](https://blog.logrocket.com/react-has-finally-solved-its-biggest-problem-useeffectevent/) Jack Herrington breaks down how React's new useEffectEvent Hook stabilizes behavior, simplifies timers, and enables predictable abstractions. The post React has finally solved its biggest problem: The joys of <code>useEffectEvent</code> appeared first on LogRocket Blog . ([BACK TO TOP](#toc_d005f78984fcd4a029aa4b3047c5821c)) ## [Don’t ship another chat UI. Build real AI with AG-UI](https://blog.logrocket.com/build-real-ai-with-ag-ui/) AG-UI is an event-driven protocol for building real AI apps. Learn how to use it with streaming, tool calls, and reusable agent logic. The post Don’t ship another chat UI. Build real AI with AG-UI appeared first on LogRocket Blog . ([BACK TO TOP](#toc_d8df7e589525f19faf0c1828f81e1de5)) # [APNIC Blog](https://blog.apnic.net) https://blog.apnic.net ## [Listening and responding to Member and community feedback from the second half of 2025](https://blog.apnic.net/2026/01/09/feedback-h2-2025/) APNIC is acting on feedback to improve services, products, Member experience, and community engagement across the region. ([BACK TO TOP](#toc_4f56cd71b1ac4f224b7a7b9a32c83d60)) ## [BGP in 2025](https://blog.apnic.net/2026/01/08/bgp-in-2025/) Geoff Huston’s annual analysis of BGP routing table growth for 2025 and some projections. ([BACK TO TOP](#toc_274a289db1dbb4f01e6a1148f5939bd6)) ## [Three of the best: Capacity development](https://blog.apnic.net/2026/01/08/three-of-the-best-capacity-development/) APNIC plays an active role in promoting the development of the Internet in the Asia Pacific. Here are the top three posts on the topic from 2025. ([BACK TO TOP](#toc_7df18b74567b9f914ebb7d739ec859f3)) ## [Three of the best: George Michaelson](https://blog.apnic.net/2026/01/07/three-of-the-best-george-michaelson-4/) In 2025, George Michaelson touched on topics ranging from news to explainers. Here are three of George’s best. ([BACK TO TOP](#toc_c8bca8b8ff554c4d72daf6aeb75f6bf8)) ## [Three of the best: Podcasts](https://blog.apnic.net/2026/01/06/three-of-the-best-podcasts-5/) Three of the best PING podcasts on Internet operations. ([BACK TO TOP](#toc_e4aabe618ec9ba4f3c858875416e71a8)) ## [An interview with the creators of ipv4.games](https://blog.apnic.net/2026/01/06/an-interview-with-the-creators-of-ipv4-games/) ipv4.games gamifies the IPv4 address space. We asked the creators of the game why they made it and how it works. ([BACK TO TOP](#toc_89d71164d71e638c506a0888e046653d)) ## [Nominations to the APNIC EC now open](https://blog.apnic.net/2026/01/05/nominations-to-the-apnic-ec-now-open-7/) Nominations are open for three positions on the APNIC EC. The deadline to submit a nomination is 20 January 2026. ([BACK TO TOP](#toc_e8f0721c9f964a400e623bb09c49f1de)) ## [Three of the best: Measurement](https://blog.apnic.net/2026/01/05/three-of-the-best-measurement-4/) Measurement is always a popular topic on the APNIC Blog. This year, authors measured everything from Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) prevention to Internet Service Provider (ISP) market share. Here are three of the best. ([BACK TO TOP](#toc_ed9743c72839e1083b0c6426e69b3427)) ## [Three of the best: Security](https://blog.apnic.net/2026/01/02/three-of-the-best-security-6/) Internet security risks are constant and expensive. Here are the top three posts related to security for 2025. ([BACK TO TOP](#toc_fa6ffe252fa644b2824604f267f4ad4b)) # [IEEE Spectrum](https://spectrum.ieee.org/) https://spectrum.ieee.org/ ## [How AI Accelerates PMUT Design for Biomedical Ultrasonic Applications](https://content.knowledgehub.wiley.com/quanscient-multiphysicsai-for-pmut-design/) This whitepaper provides MEMS engineers, biomedical device developers, and multiphysics simulation specialists with a practical AI-accelerated workflow for optimizing piezoelectric micromachined ultrasonic transducers (PMUTs), enabling you to explore complex design trade-offs between sensitivity and bandwidth while achieving validated performance improvements in minutes instead of days using standard cloud infrastructure.2% Download this free whitepaper now! ([BACK TO TOP](#toc_89eace418a95c5abc560abeed4e01d0b)) ## [AI Coding Assistants Are Getting Worse](https://spectrum.ieee.org/ai-coding-degrades) In recent months, I’ve noticed a troubling trend with AI coding assistants . After two years of steady improvements, over the course of 2025, most of the core models reached a quality plateau, and more recently, seem to be in decline. A task that might have taken five hours assisted by AI, and perhaps 10 hours without it, is now more commonly taking seven or eight hours, or even longer. My team has a sandbox where we create, deploy, and run AI-generated code without a human in the loop. df = pd. ([BACK TO TOP](#toc_5c273bb0f8e0c096a318c9c0fd8eb513)) ## [Meet the IEEE Board-Nominated Candidates for President-Elect](https://spectrum.ieee.org/2027-ieee-president-elect-candidates) The IEEE Board of Directors has nominated IEEE Senior Member David Alan Koehler and IEEE Life Fellow Manfred “Fred” J. Schindler as candidates for 2027 IEEE president-elect. IEEE Senior Member Gerardo Barbosa and IEEE Life Senior Member Timothy T. Lee are seeking nomination by petition. A separate article will be published in The Institute at a later date. The winner of this year’s election will serve as IEEE president in 2028.org/elections . IEEE Life Fellow Manfred “Fred” J. ([BACK TO TOP](#toc_0ee824e2100db943ca22a1128619d4cf)) ## [These Hearing Aids Will Tune in to Your Brain](https://spectrum.ieee.org/hearing-aids-biosignals) Imagine you’re at a bustling dinner party filled with laughter, music, and clinking silverware. You’re trying to follow a conversation across the table, but every word feels like it’s wrapped in noise. For most people, these types of party scenarios, where it’s difficult to filter out extraneous sounds and focus on a single source, are an occasional annoyance. For millions with hearing loss , they’re a daily challenge—and not just in busy settings. And I’m not alone. By 2050, an estimated 2.D. ([BACK TO TOP](#toc_5557c272227b04c57780c39ee49ff0f9)) ## [How the Dictaphone Entered Office Life](https://spectrum.ieee.org/who-invented-the-dictaphone) Thanks to Hollywood, whenever I think of a Dictaphone, my imagination immediately jumps to a mid-20th-century office, Don Draper suavely seated at his desk, voicing ad copy into a desktop machine. A perfectly coiffed woman from the secretarial pool then takes the recordings and neatly types them up, with carbon copies of course. I had no idea the Dictaphone actually had its roots in the 19th century and a rivalry between two early tech giants: Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas Edison.S.C.S.S.S.S. ([BACK TO TOP](#toc_9ccfa1e67deefab798db186202f9bab8)) ## [Global Giants Are Investing in Clean Tech Despite Politics](https://spectrum.ieee.org/firms-bet-climate-tech) The Trump administration has given corporations plenty of convenient excuses to retreat from their climate commitments, with its moves to withdraw from the Paris Agreement , roll back emissions regulations, and scale back clean-energy incentives. But will the world’s largest corporations follow its lead? Some multinational companies have indeed scaled back. They are continuing their climate policies, but often doing so quietly to avoid scrutiny . While President Donald Trump dismantles U.S.S.S. ([BACK TO TOP](#toc_4f064a1479b9bbdfd9e376bcc7ddf6e6)) ## [The Data Center Boom Is Concentrated in the U.S.](https://spectrum.ieee.org/data-center-growth) If a data center is moving in next door, you probably live in the United States. More than half of all upcoming global data centers—as indicated by land purchased for data centers not yet announced, those under construction, and those whose plans are public—will be developed in the United States. <img alt="chart visualization" src="https://public.flourish. Power usage varies widely among data centers, depending on land availability and whether the facility will provide x https://spectrum.ieee.S. ([BACK TO TOP](#toc_51aeb2835fd8d987663ed7b893b42b9a)) ## [See the Sky Like Never Before With a DIY Eyepiece](https://spectrum.ieee.org/diy-astrophotography-eyepiece) When it comes to viewing nebulae, galaxies, and other deep-sky objects, amateur astronomers on a budget have had two options. They can view with the naked eye through a telescope and perceive these spectacular objects as faint smudges that don’t even begin to capture their majesty, or they can capture long-exposure images with astrocameras and display the results on a view screen or computer, which robs the immediacy of the stargazing experience.2 seconds of exposure time on the sensor. ([BACK TO TOP](#toc_9b892507a0f654c99ba63d3658939b08)) ## [CES 2026 Preview: E-ink Smartphone, Allergen Detector, and More](https://spectrum.ieee.org/ces-2026-preview) In a few days, Las Vegas will be inundated with engineers, executives, investors, and members of the press—including me—for the annual Consumer Electronics Show , one of the largest tech events of the year. If you can dream it, there’s a good chance it’ll be on display at CES 2026 (though admittedly, much of this tech won’t necessarily make it to the mainstream)... bathroom activity . I’m excited to stumble across unexpected new tech while wandering the show floor. This has been removed. ([BACK TO TOP](#toc_77e72a3eca27d74e0fdaad19ef81dd3b)) ## [Jacob’s Ladder](https://spectrum.ieee.org/jacobs-ladder) I know now how the sparks can climb, in broadening arcs of ions— the heat they grow inside themselves like some permission or belief. But at ten, it seemed mystical; their frown, glowing, then invisible. Gone. Save the odor of ozone. I was young and scared and alone. But the buzz and brightness began anew in darker shades of blue. Then electrons leaping spoke to me, not in words, but in dignity: how they escaped the box where they were born. Joined in a plasma haze, they rose unafraid. ([BACK TO TOP](#toc_cbb11791ccfc87fd8dee1251aa87fa27)) ## [Video Friday: Watch Scuttle Evolve](https://spectrum.ieee.org/video-friday-robot-farming) Video Friday is your weekly selection of awesome robotics videos, collected by your friends at IEEE Spectrum robotics. We also post a weekly calendar of upcoming robotics events for the next few months. Please send us your events for inclusion. ICRA 2026 : 1–5 June 2026, VIENNA Enjoy today’s videos! I always love seeing robots progress from research projects to commercial products . [ UBTECH ] Very satisfying sound on this one. Let technology return to passion; let trials catalyze evolution. ([BACK TO TOP](#toc_e5f2313aec5ae142d749bdf2f5871020)) ## [This Engineer Builds Bespoke Accordions and Autonomous Car Systems](https://spectrum.ieee.org/digital-accordions-autonomous-car-system) When Sergey Antonovich rediscovered a childhood passion for music, he found an unexpected application for his skills as an embedded systems engineer: building bespoke digital accordions. Antonovich admits the accordion isn’t the coolest instrument. It was chosen for him by his mother when he was 8, and he quickly lost interest as a teenager. While growing up close to Moscow, his adolescent passions were instead channeled into electronics and tinkering with gadgets in after-school classes.” ([BACK TO TOP](#toc_4eb22355549881aca74195841b8b7f7e)) # [Simon Willison's Weblog](http://simonwillison.net/) http://simonwillison.net/ ## [LLM predictions for 2026, shared with Oxide and Friends](https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jan/8/llm-predictions-for-2026/#atom-everything) ([BACK TO TOP](#toc_a512bce2b085606cfef5a2c6ded685ec)) ## [How Google Got Its Groove Back and Edged Ahead of OpenAI](https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jan/8/how-google-got-its-groove-back/#atom-everything) ([BACK TO TOP](#toc_7e2050b93fdec455bc8d036fedc503dd)) ## [Quoting Adam Wathan](https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jan/7/adam-wathan/#atom-everything) ([BACK TO TOP](#toc_83a4c9fa978e2cd3b443d03cbf61e113)) ## [Quoting Robin Sloan](https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jan/7/robin-sloan/#atom-everything) ([BACK TO TOP](#toc_9327bd7e5fce4445c7222b60b5cd566f)) ## [A field guide to sandboxes for AI](https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jan/6/a-field-guide-to-sandboxes-for-ai/#atom-everything) ([BACK TO TOP](#toc_81a25ecb3d03767c4c06f9f2d005531d)) ## [It’s hard to justify Tahoe icons](https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jan/5/its-hard-to-justify-tahoe-icons/#atom-everything) ([BACK TO TOP](#toc_e63a42a5d00544c6b1672b96b3f4538a)) ## [Oxide and Friends Predictions 2026, today at 4pm PT](https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jan/5/oxide-and-friends-predictions-2026/#atom-everything) ([BACK TO TOP](#toc_e8163e5abeeb398cf15b9f77460a3eeb)) ## [The November 2025 inflection point](https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jan/4/inflection/#atom-everything) ([BACK TO TOP](#toc_84215fe00d4520ac6081406b7fe791b8)) ## [Quoting Addy Osmani](https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jan/4/addy-osmani/#atom-everything) ([BACK TO TOP](#toc_554ab393a29c1a0c9662116281a3b3d6)) ## [Helping people write code again](https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jan/4/coding-again/#atom-everything) ([BACK TO TOP](#toc_8ee68da079919e1075cba000ec9789c4)) ## [Quoting Jaana Dogan](https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jan/4/jaana-dogan/#atom-everything) ([BACK TO TOP](#toc_c33b78735fad081a289afaa38ab0ad8b)) ## [Was Daft Punk Having a Laugh When They Chose the Tempo of Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger?](https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jan/3/daft-punk/#atom-everything) ([BACK TO TOP](#toc_b67d2d6f4127160e18faedce079a67a3)) ## [Quoting Will Larson](https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jan/2/will-larson/#atom-everything) ([BACK TO TOP](#toc_8ad505829ef5fd9f2477900c7c5b690d)) ## [The most popular blogs of Hacker News in 2025](https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jan/2/most-popular-blogs-of-hacker-news/#atom-everything) ([BACK TO TOP](#toc_5585e14013855259c2066b74c09d5d02)) ## [December 2025 sponsors-only newsletter](https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jan/2/december/#atom-everything) ([BACK TO TOP](#toc_396e3c694628afaeca51d8cf234ff1a0)) ## [Quoting Ben Werdmuller](https://simonwillison.net/2026/Jan/2/ben-werdmuller/#atom-everything) ([BACK TO TOP](#toc_16006303dd818cecf9fb03ecce7a9375)) [Bulletin](https://github.com/jakub-m/bulletin) by Jakub Mikians

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