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If you are up this late, maybe you want to stay up later. Go ahead, read my latest essay, What Did Vibe Coding just do to the Commons?
https://varnelis.net/works_and_projects/what-did-vibe-coding-just-do-to-the-commons/

What did Vibe Coding just do to the Commons? - varnelis.net
I write a lot about art and architecture, landscape, and the impact of technology on culture, but I haven’t written about coding since the 1980s, when I sold my first article to Creative Computing magazine. Back then I was a high school kid, spending hours working in both BASIC and 6502 assembler on the VIC-20. I ...

Vue CEO Tim Richards criticizes Netflix's deal giving Imax a two-week exclusive run for the Narnia film, arguing it undermines the theatrical ecosystem (Alex Ritman/Variety)
https://variety.com/2025/film/news/vue-cinemas-letter-imax-netflix-narn…

Vue Cinemas Boss Slams IMAX Over Netflix's Exclusive Narnia Deal
In a letter shared with Variety, Vue CEO Tim Richards has criticised the exclusive deal IMAX signed with Netflix over Greta Gerwig's Narnia

«Digital commons is a bigger call than digital autonomy. It’s a better call because digital commons gets you digital autonomy, but not always the other way around. Almost everything we do today is Digitally Uncommon.»
Really great talk by @… on where much of the tech is currently stuck and how commoning can be away out – if paired with the right focus on delivering quality!
#commons

Trevon Diggs time in Dallas is coming to an end https://insidethestar.com/trevon-diggs-time-in-dallas-is-coming-to-an-end

Your reminder that Trump openly threatened the citizenship of Zohran Mamdani.
✅ Trump ramps up attacks against Zohran Mamdani | AP News
https://apnews.com/article/trump-zohran-mamdani-new-york-communism-attacks-nyc-ma…

Trump ramps up attacks against Zohran Mamdani
President Donald Trump has a new political foil: New York’s Democratic nominee for mayor, Zohran Mamdani. In recent days, the president has escalated his attacks against the 33-year-old self-described Democratic socialist, threatening to arrest Mamdani, to deport him and even take over the country’s largest city if he wins the general election in November. Mamdani’s stunning, surprise victory over former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has given Republicans a new target as they seek to paint t…

👍✅ Runtimes supporting CommonJS and ESM
👎❌ Modules dual publishing both CommonJS and ESM

Sources: 6 Chinese AI companies, including chip firms Montage and GigaDevice, are set to go public in Hong Kong in the coming weeks, aiming to raise up to $1B (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-12-17/…

Forget mood charts, which chemical compound are you today?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_chemical_compounds_with_unusual_names
• Cummingtoni…

Vibe coding is the single biggest transformation since ChatGPT 3.5, it is one of the biggest transformations since the dawn of computing. It will thoroughly transform Open Source. We are not ready. #VibeCoding #OpenSource

What did Vibe Coding just do to the Commons? - varnelis.net
I write a lot about art and architecture, landscape, and the impact of technology on culture, but I haven’t written about coding since the 1980s, when I sold my first article to Creative Computing magazine. Back then I was a high school kid, spending hours working in both BASIC and 6502 assembler on the VIC-20. I ...

OpenAI's chief communications officer Hannah Wong will leave in January; Wong joined in 2021 and led PR during Sam Altman's brief ouster and return in 2023 (Maxwell Zeff/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/openai-chief-communications-officer-hannah-…

OpenAI’s Chief Communications Officer Is Leaving the Company
Hannah Wong told staff she is moving on to her “next chapter.” The company will be running an executive search to find a replacement, according to a memo.