Aug 23, 2026 from The Autodidacts How to fit Qwen3.8-27B into 16GB of VRAM and run it on a single RTX 3080 card: the best quantizations and Llama.cpp flags I've found TL;DR: UD-IQ3_XXS with KV cache quantization
Aug 21, 2026 from Boris Tane On-Call Is Now Theatre On-call was calibrated to the cost of waking up a human. That cost just went to zero. Self-operating software is coming, and your rotation is the last thing standing in its way.
Aug 20, 2026 from The Autodidacts Vibecoding isn't as fun as writing code by hand Sticks tongue out at AI
Aug 20, 2026 from The Autodidacts The Hopefully Eventually Ultimate Desktop Linux Troubleshooting Guide: Recovering from Crashes and Freezes Free advice from the printer fixer
Aug 17, 2026 from Sulayman Bowles — Writing The U.S. rare-earth magnet buildout. Much of the disclosed plant capacity remains a future project. Qualification, product mix, inputs, and yield determine how much becomes usable supply.
Aug 17, 2026 from Sulayman Bowles — Writing What happened to the software buyout boom? An audit of 25 software take-privates: what changed ownership, what returned cash, and what the public record cannot say about returns.
Aug 16, 2026 from Sulayman Bowles — Writing An AI megawatt is not a megawatt. A conditional GB300 model turns facility power into installed GPUs. A grid request alone leaves the fleet unknown.
Aug 15, 2026 from Toni Notes Why most blog advice does not apply to small publications Most blogging advice is built for marketing assets at a different scale. When a small publication imports that infrastructure, the result is friction, guilt, and frameworks for a business that is n...
Aug 12, 2026 from Toni Notes A small publication needs rhythm more than volume Readers do not feel a publication through raw output totals. They feel it through recognizable return, and a small publication becomes easier to trust when its return shape is legible.
Jul 31, 2026 from tenticle Pizza Time Unfinished; posting anyway. Pizza and 2+1 offers go together like Apache Airflow and data engineering: Nobody knows why, but it is a thing. The premise is deceptively simple: Buy three pizzas and g...
Jul 28, 2026 from The Autodidacts Just being is worthwhile Some moments are intensely vivid and pleasant. Other moments are intensely and vividly unpleasant, or, more commonly, unmemorable and weakly depressing for no reason. The types of experience can be...
Jul 26, 2026 from Sulayman Bowles — Writing Who owns Austin’s home-service companies? A July ownership map follows 67 Austin-facing brands through local operators, platforms, sponsors, and franchises, leaving unsupported control claims unresolved.
Jul 23, 2026 from Sulayman Bowles — Writing How airlines borrow against loyalty programs. Bank payments reach the airline before many awards are redeemed. Contracts and controlled accounts determine how lenders can claim that cash.
Jul 23, 2026 from Sulayman Bowles — Writing When an index decides a company matters. Tracking funds turn index changes into trades. Net demand, execution, and anticipation determine what reaches the market—and whether price effects last.
Jul 22, 2026 from Sulayman Bowles — Writing Five capital stacks for hardware startups. Waymo, Serve, CoreWeave, Anduril, and Northvolt reveal how corporate funds, asset finance, and outside support divide hardware risk.
Jul 22, 2026 from Sulayman Bowles — Writing Who funds Waymo’s hardware? The disclosed funding points to parent-backed equity. The fleet model tests asset needs and downside where titles, leases, and standalone accounts remain unknown.
Jul 22, 2026 from Sulayman Bowles — Writing Who owns West Campus student housing? Six properties show how student lease obligations become property cash flow—and why rent levels cannot identify an owner’s return.
Jul 22, 2026 from Sulayman Bowles — Writing Where do online returns go? A refund settles the customer’s claim. Freight, inspection, condition, and resale eligibility decide whether retrieving the product is worth the cost.
