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In order to better control what you see, we're adding Generative AI disclosure filtering to few more places on the site where it was critically lacking, including our search results page

Search results page with the "No AI" tag selected

With my site approaching 7TB of monthly data transfer, I've had to take action. Download links are now signed to prevent direct hotlinking. No changes for you! Please link to my website instead of directly to files. That way, I at least get a chance to ask for a donation.

I had a thought, And honestly I don't do that often. But how about instead of these monolithic AI models that can do everything, We focus more on mini modular models that are really good at a specific task? And then have like a good harness that allows for cross communication.

If you haven't already, I would highly recommend setting up like a little home lab. Not for anything serious, But like just get a few apps up on like a Raspberry Pi or something. So much fun, I got a Forgejo instance up. Which is like hella light btw.

Was watching the new Theo video and he was talking about how big the code base is in terms of fixing some of the issues with GitLab and he followed it with "You are not going to vibe code your way out of that one" 😭

I know that it's going to be done to death, But Create Aeronautics actually so inspiring. Need to add "Building Minecraft from scratch in C++ but Create and add-ons is natively built in"

I think as a developer if you make an always online game, And have plans on shutting it down, You should take reasonable steps into making sure your game can be self hosted or playable offline.

Starter Kit: Racing for @godotengine.org is releasing next week! Open-source and great as a base for your racing game using my well-known sphere ball technique. It might be a little rough around the edges but I really want to finally release this ✨

Spent a decent chunk of today translating C code to gd script. Been a decent learning experience as someone who has not touched C, It feels a little uncanny and I wont be able to call it a success until I know jumping and crouching work.

Big Tech alternatives are finally getting mainstream media attention! 🎉 The Guardian published a piece on how people can leave Big Tech behind & choose privacy-focused alternatives, a topic we’ve been passionate about at Tuta for a long time. 🙌🔐 Thank you to Steve Rose for mentioning us at Tuta!

Screenshot of an article written by Steve Rose for The Guardian titled : Leave Big Tech behind! How to replace Amazon, Google, X, Meta, Apple - and more.

After seeing Anthropic stand up against the bullies that is the United States government. And simply saying no to mass surveillance and full anonymous kill drones. If I had to pick any company to survive the pop of the AI bubble, I'm praying it's them.