www.markround.com/blog/2026/03...
Mark and I worked together when I first picked up Rails a couple of decades ago, kind of a heart warming read hearing him seeing its praises having rediscovered it.
aresluna.org/fn/
Read to the end for some great British computing nostalgia vibes...
I have not paid a ton of attention to the uproar over RTO policies, bc we are all in on distributed teams and not going back.
My impression (via social media) has been that these were shadow layoffs.
Last month I asked an investor why they are doing RTO. He said: "Retention, mostly. And morale."
New benchmark just dropped: SnitchBench by Theo Browne tests if LLMs will snitch on you to the authorities if you feed them incriminating documents and a tool that lets them send email, as seen in the Claude 4 System Card
Turns out they pretty much all will! simonwillison.net/2025/May/31/...
Thoughts on thinking by @dcurtis.com - dcurt.is/thinking
Depressingly accurate take.
I think every designer should write a love letter to a font at least once in their lifetime.
This is mine: A 150-year-old font you have likely never heard of, and one you probably saw earlier today.
aresluna.org/the-hardest-...
New LLM plugin for running models on macOS using Apple's MLX framework:
llm install llm-mlx
llm mlx download-model mlx-community/Llama-3.2-3B-Instruct-4bit
llm -m mlx-community/Llama-3.2-3B-Instruct-4bit 'Python code to traverse a tree'
simonwillison.net/2025/Feb/15/...
Very neat!
As a dad of a 9 year old T1D who's been round the houses with watches, watch software and the tech politics that have us not truly own that screen real estate on our wrist I'm incredibly impressed with this DIY project by
@andrewchilds.bsky.social
andrewchilds.com/posts/buildi...
Falling in to the mouth of a Sarlacc
A perilous work day.
Lots of help from Hugo with this Litmus #legoday challenge!
Some rough notes on how I program with LLMs and on how tooling can make it better. crawshaw.io/blog/program...
It's finally done, the Tiramisu recipe is here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3AM...
As recipes go, this is reasonably nerdy - but optionally nerdy too. Somehow, after literally hundreds of tastings... I still quite fancy some tiramisu.
If C major is likened to high fructose corn syrup—simple, ubiquitous, and easy to digest—then F#13sus4 could be compared to a complex craft cocktail with unexpected yet harmonious flavors. Here’s why: 1. Complexity: F#13sus4 consists of: • A root (F#), • A suspended fourth (B, replacing the third), • A dominant seventh (E), • Extended tensions like the ninth (G#), eleventh (B again), and thirteenth (D#). This makes it a richly textured chord, demanding nuanced understanding and careful voicing. 2. Ambiguity and Color: • The suspended fourth eliminates the major/minor distinction, creating a suspended tension that resists resolution. • The extended upper partials (9, 11, 13) add layers of emotional and tonal complexity. 3. Rarity: Just as a craft cocktail might be appreciated by connoisseurs, F#13sus4 is less common in conventional music and more prevalent in jazz, fusion, and other sophisticated genres. 4. Depth and Sophistication: While C major offers immediate gratification, F#13sus4 engages the ear in a deeper, more layered experience, akin to savoring an intricate, perfectly balanced drink. In short, F#13sus4 is rich, nuanced, and rewards those with a taste for the unexpected and sophisticated.
“If C major is high fructose corn syrup, what is F#13sus4?”
chatgpt.com/share/6755ad...
#ai #chatgpt #llm #jazz
