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Uber’s COO has said that it’s getting “harder to justify” its AI costs because there was no way to show a link between AI spend and any meaningful increase in useful features. This is the first time I’ve seen a company say this directly. www.businessinsider.com/uber-coo-and...

A question I get from students a lot that I'm not sure I can answer: Is there a place where people are discussing building sustainable/public interest/civic projects? As in talking about the challenges they face/sharing tips/recommendations, promoting their work to others to get extra eyes on WIP?

People once lauded for their desire to use technology to improve people's lives are now openly & persistently advocating for decimating public sector unions as well as replacing workers with generative AI trained on stolen works.

an evollution of 27, organoids now have DNA & absorb some mutations when eating h9.bees.free/genuary26/29... #genuary #genuary2026 #genuary29

Genuary 30: oops all bugs, a collection of interesting glitches that accumulated throughout the month while working on other sketches #genuary #genuary2026 #genuary30

At the beginning of the month I thought the library was close to ready, but spending all month with it made me realize there are 2-3 big things I want to do before stabilizing the API. I also added a lot of features as I went, but most are poorly documented.

It's been fun sharing these & seeing everyone else's all month! my HTML-only #genuary28 will be the polished/updated version of the site & docs for honeycombs/h9.js, the library I've been using for all of these, but that'll probably be in a few weeks.

most of the work on this one was an experimental WebGL renderer backend, honeycombs/h9.js now has SVG, canvas, and WebGL renderers. h9.bees.free/genuary26/31... felt fitting to demonstrate w/ a return to one shape one color.

There is no path forward for democracy in this country where ICE is intact and those that led, funded, and supported it walk free. Dismantling this before it gets worse needs to be the highest priority.

#genuary #genuary2026 #genuary9 hexagonal cellular automata with a circular food chain definitely more fun to watch the interactive than the gif: h9.bees.free/genuary26/09...

#genuary #genuary2026 #genuary10 infinite cycles of death & rebirth This one was really short since h9 already had a polar coordinate reference system built in. 7 variables and a 2-line draw loop! Code here: h9.bees.free/genuary26/10...

so many ways of being, but none of them seem to fit Prompt: Only Cubes #genuary12 #genuary2026 #genuary Interactive Code: h9.bees.free/genuary26/12...

h9.bees.free/genuary26/19... #genuary19 #genuary #genuary2026

#genuary #genuary21 #genuary2026 bauhausa26

#genuary2026 #genuary #genuary4 I'm using these prompts to iterate on h9, which is a mostly-SVG-based geometric drawing tool, so this one posed an interesting challenge. I decided I'd take the opportunity to try out my hardly-used Canvas backend and adapted a vector sketch to this pixelated look

Third prompt, fibonacci -- tried to use it for every decision in this quick animation: color, rotation, length, arcDegrees & speed interactive source here: h9.bees.free/genuary26/03... #genuary #genuary2026 #genuary3

Today's prompt was the 12 principles of animation. Focusing on slow-in/slow-out and bounce/stretch, I added some basic keyframe code to the variable system to get a nice bounce. The ellipse code was fortunately already done #genuary2 #genuary #genuary2026 h9.bees.free/genuary26/02...

I'm using Genuary to kick the tires/build features on an experimental drawing library I've been working on. Today's prompt: One color, one shape. (hexagons of course!) #genuary1 #genuary #genuary2026 h9.bees.free/genuary26/01...

I wanted something I could recommend to people that just want a reliable way to host static websites with minimal fuss & cost. I wound up writing a script to sync your static site with a low-cost CDN jpt.sh/posts/host-s... I'm now using it to host ~15 static websites for $1/mo without Google/MS/CF

trifold: painless static website hosting via CDN

I just want to host some HTML… For years I hosted my static sites on AWS CloudFront, but about six years ago, in an effort to move away from Amazon, I wound up on Netlify. Netlify has mostly been grea...

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Both of the co-founders of Turning Point USA died from things that were preventable, but which they mocked and urged this nation to ignore. Bill Montgomery was killed in 2020 by COVID and Charlie Kirk was killed in 2025 by gun violence.

The protest march in Chicago - the second in only four days staged in opposition to the Trump admin's targeteting of Chicagoland for an immigration blitz - has stepped off from Congress Plaza and is heading north down Michigan Avenue. Hundreds of people have joined the march so far.

Dave Byrnes@djbyrnes1.bsky.social · 11mo ago

For the second time in four days, a large protest march is assembling in Chicago's Congress Plaza. Organizing groups, incl. the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights, called for today's protest in response to the DHS announcing "Operation Midway Blitz" targeting Chicagoland yesterday.

If you're someone that uses the default terminal setup that came with your OS & wonder why anyone *prefers* the terminal, here's the first post in a series on learning to like your terminal (through installing better software for it) www.jpt.sh/posts/like-y...

learn to like your terminal, part 1

learn to like your terminal I’ve met a lot of people that have learned to use the terminal just enough for it to remain a perpetually frustrating experience for them. There’s a lot to love about termi...

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Hi authors! Please remember to file a claim!

Ars Technica@arstechnica.com · 11mo ago

AI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.

Disable ChatGPT this fucking instant. Destroy it. JFC.

Whey Standard@wheystandard.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Holy fucking shit

Qutting GitHub www.jpt.sh/posts/quitti...

Qutting GitHub

I’ve had this post sitting in my drafts since April. I decided to finish it in light of the news that GitHub is no longer independent inside Microsoft and going full-tilt into AI slop. I’ve decided to...

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You're so close dude. You are nearly there

I appreciate how short and to this point this is— and mostly sums up how GenAI makes me feel. www.tbray.org/ongoing/When... There’s also something particular about teaching in the current era of course, but I find the (direct) pressure is coming from companies mostly, not the students. Ask why.

The Real GenAI Issue

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