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Jan 19, 2026 from Brajeshwar

There’s an App for That, It Shouldn’t Have

We all remember Apple’s iPhone Commercial, “There’s an App for That.” That eventually became a pop culture phrase and one of the most common reasons in a company meeting to have “Apps, Lots of Apps.”

Jan 19, 2026 from Ploum.net

Giving University Exams in the Age of Chatbots

Giving University Exams in the Age of Chatbots What I like most about teaching "Open Source Strategies" at École Polytechnique de Louvain is how much I learn from my students, especially during the...

Jan 18, 2026 from Stranger Than Usual

Rollenspielszenen: Am Eingang die Waffen abgeben

Am Eingang zum Stadtteil der rassistischen Elfen muss man seine Waffen abgeben. Es sei denn…

Jan 18, 2026 from riz#000000me

on swift horses

What a heartbreaking movie. Generally set in the 50s and maybe early 60s, there is nothing particularly heartbreaking about the movement of the queer characters and the way they talk around identit...

Jan 18, 2026 from Adventures in Open Source Software

2025 re:Invent - How AWS Stole Christmas

First off, apologies for the click-baity title, but as this year marked the fourth re:Invent since I joined AWS I wanted to reflect on a major change it has made on my life - specifically how I cel...

Jan 18, 2026 from Kev Quirk

When Was I Happiest?

First, a little context. I'm currently in my early 40s. I'm married with 2 kids, many pets, and lots of other responsibilities. According to this site I am in the top 1% of earners in the UK (that'...

Jan 18, 2026 from Galaxy Garden

Weekly Recap: 18 January 2026

Inspired by the weekly and monthly recap posts by other bloggers, I decided to start writing such form of blog posts myself as a way to share what I have been up to, and interesting things I have d...

Jan 18, 2026 from Roy Tang

Weeknotes 2026-01-18

The World Maybe I'll avoid world news this week, it's a bit depressing. My Week Some surprises this week that made it busier than expected! Some additional tests that needed to be done because of i...

Jan 17, 2026 from Refereeing and Reflection

The Nocturnal Chronicles of Pendragon

Handsomely presented with gorgeous cover art and hardcover presentations in trade dress which allows them to sit seamlessly next to your 6th edition Pendragon collection, the new “Pendragon lore” r...

Jan 17, 2026 from The Newsletter Leaf Journal

Newsletter Leaf Journal CCLXIII 〜 Wooden snowman

Welcome to the 263rd edition of The Newsletter Leaf Journal, the official newsletter of the perennially virid online writing magazine, The New Leaf Journal and its short-form writing sister publica...

Jan 17, 2026 from Peter's Path

Utrecht Path part 08

Hiked 17.0 kilometres from Amersfoort to Baarn. Start in the old centre of Amersfoort, which you leave via the Koppelpoort. After this, the route remains near the Eem towards Baarn, where you will ...

Jan 17, 2026 from Karl Bartel's Website

Raising Notifications From Terminal

Raising Notifications From Terminal When executing long-running jobs in the terminal, it's useful to get notified when they complete so you can do other things while waiting. Here are a few ways to...

Jan 17, 2026 from Jordi Villar

Trust AI, But Verify

I wanted to understand buffer pool replacement policies better. So I asked Claude to run an experiment: implement LRU, Clock, LFU, and ARC, benchmark them under different workloads, tell me which o...

Jan 17, 2026 from A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry

Collections: Hoplite Wars, Part IVb: Training Hoplites?

This is, at long last, the last part of our four-part series (I, II, IIIa, IIIb, Intermission, IVa). last time we looked at the social status of hoplites and the implications that had for the polit...

Jan 16, 2026 from The New Leaf Journal

Cheap Winter Cherries

A report about cheap winter cherries in China inspired me to share my story about purchasing cheap cherries in Boerum Hill, Brooklyn, in February 2024.

Jan 16, 2026 from Thejesh GN

Weekly Notes 03/2026

It seems like yesterday, but we are in the 9th edition of NMG. NMG/2026 applications are open now. The last date to apply is March 15th. Please share it with your friends. Please do apply if you th...

Jan 16, 2026 from riz#000000me

january 15

I keep thinking that I need something to write about to write a little blog, which is fully the content poisoning of social media that I had been exposed to for so long. Write about what? Who cares...

Jan 16, 2026 from BattlePenguin

2026 Will be the Year of Wars

Last year, I thought 2025 would be the year of psychological operations. It’s not a risky prediction to make since false flags and propaganda infiltrate everything these days, from Wikipedia to fil...

Jan 16, 2026 from Brajeshwar

CSS Grid Lanes and the Long Road Home from Masonry

There was a time when the web fell in love with imbalance.

Jan 15, 2026 from Stranger Than Usual

Avif und andere Bildformate

Was kann denn das Bildformat AVIF so, wie schneidet es im Vergleich mit anderen Formaten ab?