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2026-07-10

Open AI model #Apertus performs rather well in the (non-scientific) "city guide"

(source: @Marcel Waldvogel)
Open AI model #Apertus performs rather well in the (non-scientific) "city guide" benchmark:"The question is not "sovereign AI or quality" but "how much quality gap are you willing to accept for full sovereignty?" And that gap is closing."https://www.liip.ch/de/blog/apertus-after-8-months-what-we-learned-and-look-forward-using-switzerlands-ai-model

2026-07-10

Instagram decided to roll out a new “Muse AI” feature, that lets users create AI

(source: @Marques Brownlee)
Instagram decided to roll out a new “Muse AI” feature, that lets users create AI images based on people’s Instagram photos.Then they opted in EVERYONE with a public accountTo opt out:Click your profile picture3 bars in the top rightscroll down to "Sharing and reuse"Toggle off for both Posts and for Reels

2026-07-09

This one was inspired by @elbosso – it's a "zoomed in" clock face, and because o

(source: @blinry)
This one was inspired by @elbosso – it's a "zoomed in" clock face, and because of the zoom, you only need one handle to have a lot of precision! Between two ticks, it's 10 minutes. https://clocks.blinry.org/scale/

2026-07-07

🏗️ Workshop at Workshop-Tage 2026: Architecture: Creating Architectural Fitness

(source: @CH Open)
🏗️ Workshop at Workshop-Tage 2026: Architecture: Creating Architectural Fitness Functions using ArchUnitHow can you make sure that your software architecture is not only planned, but also followed over time? This is exactly what this hands-on workshop by Venkat Subramaniam on Architectural Fitness Functions with ArchUnit is all about. 🔍 In this workshop, you will learn about different fitness functions that help architects and teams assess the architectural soundness of their systems. You will then implement these rules as practical guardrails using ArchUnit and receive continuous feedback on whether your architectural expectations are being met.📅 Tuesday, September 8, from 🕘 9:00 AM …

2026-07-07

Be careful. The people analyzing how to use #AI inside your company are usually

(source: @Javier Jimenez Shaw)
Be careful. The people analyzing how to use #AI inside your company are usually AI-fans. They are biased.They will lessen the risks and maximize the benefits.

2026-07-07

Es gibt „Familienväter” und sonst nur Mütter. Es gibt „Karrierefrauen” und sonst

(source: @Erik Uden 🚩)
Es gibt „Familienväter” und sonst nur Mütter.Es gibt „Karrierefrauen” und sonst nur Männer.🤔

2026-07-07

Reactive Resume, the popular open-source resume builder, just dropped a major ne

(source: @Pikapods)
Reactive Resume, the popular open-source resume builder, just dropped a major new feature: Application Tracking.Job seekers can now manage their entire pipeline, from saved to offer, directly in the app. It includes search, filter, tags, and CSV import capabilities.Instead of spreading your job hunt across spreadsheets or third-party trackers, keep all your career data in one private place.https://www.reddit.com/r/selfhosted/comments/1uope1o/new_feature_drop_on_reactive_resume_application/

2026-07-06

Please stop the AI Confidence Theater - by Elena Verna

(source: www.elenaverna.com)
We don’t need an extra reason to be anxious

2026-07-05

Vor 11 und vor 8 Jahren habe ich Keynotes zum Thema Künstliche Intelligenz gehal

(source: @Ralf Stockmann)
Vor 11 und vor 8 Jahren habe ich Keynotes zum Thema Künstliche Intelligenz gehalten und behaupte: die sind ziemlich gut gealtert. Jetzt war es wieder soweit: vor Bibliotheks- Kolleg:innen von @maxplanckgesellschaft habe ich eine Art „state of the #AI union" gegeben mit sehr konkreten Empfehlungen: Ich weiß ihr habt wenig Zeit, aber dies sind niedrigschwellige Maßnahmen um im #KI game auf dem Stand zu bleiben.Darf gerne auf #PeerTube befreit werden:https://www.youtube.com/watch?si=M6Swvww4tMZx8kKZ&v=CqoX9IY8gbQ&feature=youtu.be

2026-07-04

https://deadsimpletech.com/blog/why-dont-people-use-git-properly

(source: @Jakob Miksch)
https://deadsimpletech.com/blog/why-dont-people-use-git-properly

2026-07-04

Do you want to know what a stack overflow is? Here is the song: https://youtu.be

(source: @Javier Jimenez Shaw)
Do you want to know what a stack overflow is?Here is the song:https://youtu.be/3bzcyZ5yO-4(Thank you @IvanSanchez ... now I cannot stop singing it 🤦)#programming

2026-07-04

- YouTube

(source: youtube.com)
Auf YouTube findest du die angesagtesten Videos und Tracks. Außerdem kannst du eigene Inhalte hochladen und mit Freunden oder gleich der ganzen Welt teilen.

2026-07-04

Blog post: Inspired by the video I just boosted - some honest thoughts on my AI

(source: @Elissa)
Blog post: Inspired by the video I just boosted - some honest thoughts on my AI remorse from my experiments earlier in the year.It was bad, and I have SERIOUS regrets.https://goodnameforablog.com/posts/very-average-prototypes/

2026-07-03

New game: are they talking about wine or a new LLM model? “Very warm, with a cle

(source: @jacobian)
New game: are they talking about wine or a new LLM model? “Very warm, with a clear French influence, and a subtle, almost playful essence”

2026-07-03

Joao Alves from Vienna, speaking as A&A editor in chief - "Writing is Thinking:

(source: @Dr. Victoria Grinberg)
Joao Alves from Vienna, speaking as A&A editor in chief - "Writing is Thinking: If we hand the writing to a machine, we quietly hand over the thinking too."#astronomy #academia #AcademicChatter #EAS2026

2026-07-02

Adrian Aeschbacher killed me with this one. Team EU vs USA at the World Cup Vide

(source: @Frédéric Jacobs)
Adrian Aeschbacher killed me with this one.Team EU vs USA at the World CupVideo: Kling 3, Seedream 2, a little bit of Grok Imagine 1.5Storyboard: Nano Banana 2, Nano Banana Pro, GPT Images 2Music: SunoVoices: Elevenlabshttps://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7478200262671699970/

2026-07-01

It looks like "AX" and "AUX" are getting traction among API-oriented people for

(source: @Marsh Gardiner 🌱🐝)
It looks like "AX" and "AUX" are getting traction among API-oriented people for describing an "agentic experience." I don't like this one bit. User Experience (UX) and Developer Experience (DX, i.e., UX in a technical context) both use X to describe the experience that humans have when they go through something. An agent/LLM cannot "experience," even if some of the lessons we learned with UX/DX may be reuseable.Does your car "experience" a new street? Does your API call "experience" a gateway? Instead, how about we agree to dicuss "discovery affordances" and "agentic on-boarding" and maybe hold …

2026-07-01

NEW BLOG FOR YOU Google's energy consumption numbers in their new climate report

(source: @Ketan Joshi)
NEW BLOG FOR YOU Google's energy consumption numbers in their new climate report are mind-blowing. 2 years ago they flipped from linear to exponential growth, and their climate impact is blowing out, too. A WILD testament to the obscene bloat and waste of GenAI: ketanjoshi.co/2026/07/01/g...

2026-07-01

AI enthusiasts are in a race against time, AI skeptics are in a race against entropy

(source: charitydotwtf.substack.com)
Both sides are grappling with a real existential threat, and both sides feel like they are screaming into the void. Here's how to close the gap and get everyone pulling in the same direction.

2026-07-01

Link

(source: @Vee)


2026-06-30

> By default, wins get trumpeted in one setting (blog posts, conference talks, >

(source: @Avdi Grimm)
By default, wins get trumpeted in one setting (blog posts, conference talks, all hands) and costs bubble up in others (SRE team meetings, on call, retros, complainy DMs, grumbling over whiskey).The result is that both sides may feel like they are being unfairly silenced. Charity Majors: AI Enthusiasts Are in a Race Against Time, AI Skeptics Are in a Race Against Entropy

2026-06-30

Trainable: discover places to visit in Scotland within walking distance of a tra

(source: @Sarah Dal)
Trainable: discover places to visit in Scotland within walking distance of a train stationhttps://trainable.world/

2026-06-30

RE: https://fosstodon.org/@openhomefoundation/116839597613421671 Join us at IFA

(source: @Home Assistant)
RE: https://fosstodon.org/@openhomefoundation/116839597613421671Join us at IFA Berlin this September to meet some of the team working on Home Assistant 🙌

2026-06-29

“Doctor, it hurts when agents create unreviewable PRs.” “Don’t do that.” – Jon Udell

(source: blog.jonudell.net)
I recently attended a talk, by an engineer at a large software company, on the topic of unreviewable PRs. The problem? When agents raise PRs with thousands of lines of LLM-written adds/deletes/edits, people can't make sense of them. The solution? Throw more agents at the problem: reviewer agents that scan what coding agents have produced,…

2026-06-27

Some companies who told their staff to use AI now are asking employees to reduce

(source: @404 Media)
Some companies who told their staff to use AI now are asking employees to reduce usage after, for example, Accenture found that non-technical workers were using it to convert PDFs into different file types. https://www.404media.co/the-tokenpocalypse-is-here-companies-are-scrambling-to-stop-spending-so-much-on-ai/

2026-06-27

Help Scout charges $25 per user every month. If your support team grows, your bi

(source: @Pikapods)
Help Scout charges $25 per user every month. If your support team grows, your bill skyrockets. FreeScout on PikaPods starts at just $2.30/mo for UNLIMITED users and mailboxes. It's a lightweight, powerful open-source help desk that looks and feels like a classic email client, making it super easy for your team to adopt. Stop paying per seat and keep your customer data private. Run it in one click: https://pikapods.com/pods?run=freescout#opensource #smallbusiness

2026-06-27

Da fährt eine kleine Topfpflanze auf ihren Dreirad und ein Auto kommt. Bei 30 St

(source: @Stephan Matthiesen)
Da fährt eine kleine Topfpflanze auf ihren Dreirad und ein Auto kommt. Bei 30 Stundenkilometer kommt das Auto gerade noch zum Stehen. Bei 50 hat der Fahrer noch nicht mal angefangen zu bremsen, weil der Reaktionsweg so lang ist. Die arme Topfpflanze!

2026-06-27

Home Assistant MCP Server

(source: homeassistant-ai.github.io)
AI-powered smart home control through the Model Context Protocol

2026-06-25

Candice Odgers: What we're getting wrong about teens and tech | TED Talk

(source: www.ted.com)
For years, the warning has been: smartphones are destroying a generation. But developmental psychologist Candice Odgers says that decades of data on teens tells a different story — violence, alcohol use and pregnancy are at historic lows, and research shows social media may not actually be the culprit for mental health problems. Hear her analysis of what’s really troubling kids these days, and why banning them from online spaces may make things worse.

2026-06-25

Prognose: 2028 wird KI-Coding teurer als Entwicklergehälter | heise online

(source: www.heise.de)
Von der Produktivitätsrevolution zur Kostenfalle: KI-Coding könnte Unternehmen bald teurer kommen als das Entwicklergehalt, prognostizieren Marktforscher.

2026-06-25

If you watch one thing today make it this. Absolutely phenomenal debunking of th

(source: @Taylor Lorenz)
If you watch one thing today make it this. Absolutely phenomenal debunking of the idea that social media and cell phones are causing a youth mental health crisis, and who that false narrative ultimately serves https://www.ted.com/talks/candice_odgers_what_we_re_getting_wrong_about_teens_and_tech

2026-06-23

GLM-5.2 – How to Run Locally Link: https://unsloth.ai/docs/models/glm-5.2 Discus

(source: @Hacker News 500)
GLM-5.2 – How to Run LocallyLink: https://unsloth.ai/docs/models/glm-5.2Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48636377

2026-06-23

Via WWF: 👏👏👏 Der ganze Redebeitrag 1 EINZIGER MICDROP 👏👏👏 Gestatten: Prof. Dr. K

(source: @why-not @why-not?)
Via WWF:👏👏👏 Der ganze Redebeitrag 1 EINZIGER MICDROP 👏👏👏 Gestatten: Prof. Dr. Klinger, hat heute bei der Anhörung im Wirtschaftsausschuss des Bundestags das Gebäudemodernisierungsgesetz der #Bundesregierung RASIERT 🫳🎤#GModG#klimakollaps #erneuerbare #reiche .#verfassungsbruch #heizen

2026-06-23

Some more thoughts on looping in coding agents. https://lucumr.pocoo.org/2026/6/

(source: @Armin Ronacher)
Some more thoughts on looping in coding agents. https://lucumr.pocoo.org/2026/6/23/the-coming-loop/

2026-06-23

Rettet Bäume Pflanzt Bäume

(source: @Hart)
Rettet Bäume Pflanzt Bäume

2026-06-23

➡️ Unser "Zitat" der Woche Quelle: https://www.instagram.com/ich.bin.azan/

(source: @Marcel Waldvogel)
➡️ Unser "Zitat" der WocheQuelle: https://www.instagram.com/ich.bin.azan/

2026-06-23

Make sure your kids see this graph https://www.smbc- comics.com/index.php?db=com

(source: @Jeff Atwood)
Make sure your kids see this graph https://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=2436

2026-06-21

We are deep in the finding out phase. We need to adapt. The changes in climate a

(source: @Extinction Rebellion Global)
We are deep in the finding out phase.We need to adapt. The changes in climate are accelerating to our detriment.Water access is essential not a luxury Cooling centers are essential infrastructure. Data centers NOT essential.#water #climatecrisis #extremeweather

2026-06-20

RE: https://mastodon.social/@DMTomas/116775505845210607 Funktioniert super auf Z

(source: @Matthias Schüssler)
RE: https://mastodon.social/@DMTomas/116775505845210607Funktioniert super auf ZüritütschWalkie Talkie – LaufischwätziBriefmarke – SchläckichläbiDefibrillator – PumpiginggiHummel – FlauschibrummiSchwangerschaftstest – WahrschinlichindliBH – BusihusiGabel – SpiessimampfiSocken – FüessliheiziNilpferd – PlumpiplantschiAlptraum – Gruusipfuusi

2026-06-19

Link

(source: @feliks✨)


2026-06-18

This dataviz is just amazing https://visquill.com/gallery/uk-a1

(source: @Nicolas Lambert 🌏)
This dataviz is just amazing https://visquill.com/gallery/uk-a1

2026-06-17

Beware, possibly addictive: putt.day #35 ⛳ 6/6 Par 🟡🟡🟡🟢🟢🟢 https://putt.day/s/JoM

(source: @Tim Bray 🇨🇦)
Beware, possibly addictive: putt.day #35 ⛳ 6/6 Par🟡🟡🟡🟢🟢🟢https://putt.day/s/JoM5FQsR5SK0

2026-06-16

Running local models is good now | ✰Vicki Boykis✰

(source: vickiboykis.com)
Local agentic coding has gotten great over the past few months

2026-06-16

Das Fritzbox-Kompendium: Einrichten, absichern und optimieren | heise online

(source: www.heise.de)
News und Foren zu Computer, IT, Wissenschaft, Medien und Politik. Preisvergleich von Hardware und Software sowie Downloads bei Heise Medien.

2026-06-15

Ask HN: Has anyone replaced Claude/GPT with a local model for daily coding? Disc

(source: @Hacker News 500)
Ask HN: Has anyone replaced Claude/GPT with a local model for daily coding?Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48542100

2026-06-14

GLM 5.2 Is Out Link: https://twitter.com/jietang/status/2065784751345287314 Disc

(source: @Hacker News 500)
GLM 5.2 Is OutLink: https://twitter.com/jietang/status/2065784751345287314Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48518684

2026-06-13

If You are Asking for Human Attention, Demonstrate Human Effort | Tom Bedor's Blog

(source: tombedor.dev)
An ever-increasing volume of debug investigations, document writing, and code is written by robots. This has created a new etiquette question when working with a team - when is it OK to forward the output of an AI to another human to read?

2026-05-12

GitHub for Non Developers

(source: medium.com)


2026-04-20

apfel - Your Mac Already Has AI

(source: apfel.franzai.com)
Your Mac already has AI. Apple ships a language model with macOS -apfel unlocks it with one brew install. No downloads, no API keys, no config. The fastest path to local AI.


2026-04-19

GitHub - erode-app/erode · GitHub

(source: github.com)
Contribute to erode-app/erode development by creating an account on GitHub.


2026-04-15

Git fixup is magic (and Magit is too)

(source: arialdomartini.github.io)
Random thoughts about programming

2026-04-15

Tooltrace

(source: www.tooltrace.ai)
Custom foam cutouts for your tools

2026-04-08

The Git Commands I Run Before Reading Any Code

(source: piechowski.io)
Five git commands that tell you where a codebase hurts before you open a single file. Churn hotspots, bus factor, bug clusters, and crisis patterns.

2026-04-05

I used AI. It worked. I hated it.: Taggart Tech

(source: taggart-tech.com)
I used Claude Code to build a tool I needed. It worked great, but I was miserable. I need to reckon with what it means.

2026-03-28

Anatomy of the .claude/ Folder - by Avi Chawla

(source: blog.dailydoseofds.com)
A complete guide to CLAUDE.md, custom commands, skills, agents, and permissions, and how to set them up properly.


2026-03-24

Claude Code Cheat Sheet

(source: cc.storyfox.cz)


2026-03-24

Völlig kostenlos: 21 Freeware-Perlen für den Mac | heise online

(source: www.heise.de)
Die von uns ausgewählten macOS-Helfer erleichtern lästige Aufgaben, erweitern das System um nützliche Funktionen und lassen Sie konzentrierter arbeiten.

2026-03-23

The True Cost of Claude Code - Paper Compute Blog

(source: papercompute.com)
If you're paying $100/month but consuming multiples of that in value, you have to start wondering when that's going to catch up to you. The AI coding tool market is following a familiar playbook.

2026-03-21

Delve - Fake Compliance as a Service - Part I

(source: deepdelver.substack.com)
How Delve managed to falsely convince hundreds of customers they were compliant and then lied about it when exposed and called out

2026-03-20

Lobster Boil – On my Om

(source: om.co)
I had coffee this weekend with my good friend Michael Galpert, father to my godchildren. Too much coffee. We talked too much Claw. OpenClaw that is. Michael has been running around the country organizing ClawCons. New York, Austin, Tokyo next. Not industry conferences. In the halcyon days of Web 2.0, we called them meetups and…

2026-03-19

Nightingale — Karaoke from your music library

(source: nightingale.cafe)
Turn any song into karaoke with neural network-powered stem separation, word-level lyrics, pitch scoring, and dynamic backgrounds. Ships as a single binary.


2026-03-13

Defuddle — Get the main content of any page as Markdown.

(source: defuddle.md)
Get the main content of any page as clean, readable Markdown.

2026-03-10

Emacs and Vim in the Age of AI | (think)

(source: batsov.com)
It’s tough to make predictions, especially about the future. – Yogi Berra

2026-02-28

Tool School: GitHub 101 (GitHub is the New Google Drive)

(source: hannahstulberg.substack.com)
Everything you need to start using GitHub: setup, workflow, and an interactive lesson where you learn GitHub by using GitHub.

2026-02-26

An Entirely Other Day: Lose Myself

(source: www.eod.com)