I can't help but feel deeply anxious at the fact that more and more people spend much of their time chatting with a mostly-identical AI conversation partner, having language and thought patterns influenced by one of a handful of entities, more than even the most popular media of the past

Naomi Saphra@nsaphra.bsky.social · 3w ago

I've been unsettled lately when reading messages and papers. It feels like I'm dissociating. Everything seems a bit alien, even if it's completely human. I've had a realization: When our simulations finally exited the Uncanny Valley, they brought the Uncanny with them.

The decision of so many people to keep using X in its race-war phase has made me a bit more cynical overall about the ability to draw moral red lines. It’s beyond disappointing.

Too many people still confuse Software Engineering with writing code. Code is the artifact. Software Engineering is understanding the problem, making tradeoffs, designing the system, reducing complexity, and deciding what shouldn't be built. No amount of 'vibe coding' can help you with this.

A new way to explore your node modules folder: nesbitt.io/heap

Valid computer command in the year twenty twenty six.

Thema Diversity, Equity und Inclusion (DEI) im Software Engineering: Trotz Anti-DEI Bewegungen, setzt sich die Software Engineering Community weiter für DEI ein, denn es macht auch laut Forschung Sinn (oh Wunder), führt zu mehr Kreativität und bessere Teamleistung (link.springer.com/content/pdf/...)

Keeping Up with the Em Dashians

I think about this tweet every time I feel something online start to curl its annoying little grip into my head

You often hear "software development is changing, and we must adapt" because of Claude Code. But for my entire career, code has been the *easiest* part of making shit people care about, and we still haven't adapted. The easier coding becomes, the less often we ask "do users actually NEED this?"

Research is leadership, and code can help (but only in the right places)

Code was never the blocker in delivering customer value — and the easier writing code becomes, the more it distracts from the work we must do to unblock productivity.

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This is blackout poetry to me

The only biosphere in the known universe capable of supporting human life is being turned into a hell planet because most of Earth's governments refuse to stop trying to satisfy the insatiable greed of a plutocracy composed of people who already have more money than they could spend in 20 lifetimes.

Point of no return: a hellish ‘hothouse Earth’ getting closer, scientists say

Continued global heating could set irreversible course by triggering climate tipping points, but most people unaware

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Java + scripting vibes? JBang makes it real. I wrote a hands-on walkthrough showing how to build real tools in a single Java file—CLI apps, API callers, even tiny Quarkus services. Fast, fun, and surprisingly powerful. Read it here: buff.ly/5ozu1Zl #Java #JBang #Coding #DX #Quarkus

TAGESSCHAU: Richterbund beziffert Geldwäsche in Deutschland auf 100 Milliarden Euro www.tagesschau.de/inland/gesel... Ach, einfach ignorieren und lieber bei 5,5 Millionen Menschen 76 Millionen Euro Einsparungen rausquetschen …

Richterbund beziffert Geldwäsche in Deutschland auf 100 Milliarden Euro

Zu wenige Staatsanwälte, zu viele offene Verfahren: Der Deutsche Richterbund beklagt den mangelnden Einsatz der Bundesländer gegen Geldwäsche. Jährlich werde in Deutschland die Herkunft von rund 100…

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If everything is a top priority, then everything gets done quickly. That's basic management

Some helpful advice for all you software devs: - You cannot solve social problems with code - You cannot improve a system until you understand why it works the way it does - You cannot produce tools for someone else without understanding how they work and what they're trying to accomplish

Diese Warnung ist unmissverständlich. @francescabria.bsky.social & @josebautista.bsky.social haben das Vorgehen von US-Big-Tech kartografiert. Ihre Fazit: Ein autoritäres Netzwerk ist auch hier dabei den Staat zu privatisieren. Wir müssen #Palantir & Co den Stecker ziehen bevor es zu spät ist.

The Authoritarian Stack

How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic America — And Why Europe Is Next

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me and the homies buying each others art

Justin Hendrix@justinhendrix.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Another depiction if the circularity of capital flows between OpenAI, Microsoft, Nvidia, CoreWeave, AMD, and Oracle.

It's us humans who will have to deal with the wicked problems. thestillwandering.substack.com/p/5-question...

5 Questions to Reintegrate Your Individuality

Factories needed consistent output, so their workers needed to be predictable, reliable, and remarkably interchangeable.

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Wenn wir doch nur so akribisch die Lücken bei der Steuervermeidung o. Cum-Cum schließen würden, wie CDU & SPD das gerade beim Draufhauen auf die Ärmsten dieser Gesellschaft tun. Es wären Milliardensummen im dreistelligen Bereich, die wir zur Verfügung hätten – & niemanden tuts weh.

Man, 80s computer books made even non-relational databases look fun. (Source.)

AI content is the new microplastic.

I'm just eight instances of Claude Code in a trenchcoat

Jay 🦋@jay.bsky.team · 11mo ago

Nobody even works here. It's just me and 29 advanced AIs.

This is as far as computing should have ever been allowed to get.

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👍 Really good article 😉 I would just nitpick on the fact that AI agents can help on other tasks than just coding ordep.dev/posts/writin...

Writing Code Was Never The Bottleneck

LLMs make it easier to write code, but understanding, reviewing, and maintaining it still takes time, trust, and good judgment.

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the collective acceptance that all work must be inside a panopticon is depressing news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4477...

Your future doctor is using ChatGPT to pass med school so you better start eating healthy.

has been an amazing few years for introverts who would never accept an invitation to a mansion party, a freak off, a private jet ride, or an island retreat

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