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Great post by Aaron Tay: 'the next time you see an “AI-powered search engine,” maybe the first question shouldn’t be “Is this AI?” but rather “What kind of AI, “where and how it is used in the pipeline”.'
From: @…

Aaron Tay (@aarontay@mastodon.cloud)
Attached: 1 image [Last blog post of 2025] "AI-powered search" hides at least 4 different things—post-retrieval features, semantic search, LLM ranking, and synthesis. Your concerns about one may not apply to another. New post unpacking what's actually under the hood. https://aarontay.substack.com/p/what-do-we-actually-mean-by-ai-powered

What a great blog, easily defeats traditional media,
https://open.substack.com/pub/mickryan/p/the-oreshnik-is-the-sign-of-a-fearful?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web

The Oreshnik is the sign of a Fearful, Worried Putin, Not a Leader Confident of Victory: The Big Five 11 January 2026.
My first 2026 update on war and great power competition. This week: the Oreshnik attack, peace talks progress, the ground war in Ukraine, China's reaction to Venezuela & my Big Five recommended reads.

A sloppy blog posted on how I spent $25 messing with Openclaw this weekend.
#openclaw

For the first time in, uh, over four years, I wrote a blog post:
pandoc-lecturenotes and the Quest for More Efficient Professoring
https://dynalabs.de/mxp/blog/2025-12-29
The post presents pandoc-lecturenotes, a set of

I wrote up how I set up #ty with #helix, with a focus on finding third-party packages (a.k.a. virtualenvs, which I keep on a central location!)
https:/…

Using ty with the helix editor · Technical inconsistencies blog
The folks at Astral have released ty, which they define as: An extremely fast Python type checker and language server, written in Rust. You can read more in the blog post announcing it. Today, I set it up with helix. To make it work, we first have to install it. Using uv, it’s as easy as typing: uv tool install ty@latest Then, edit your ~/.config/helix/languages.toml and add the following: [language-server.ty] command = "ty" args = ["server"] [[language]] name = "python" scope = "source.p…

For the first time in, uh, over four years, I wrote a blog post:
pandoc-lecturenotes and the Quest for More Efficient Professoring
https://dynalabs.de/mxp/blog/2025-12-29
The post presents pandoc-lecturenotes, a set of

For the first time in, uh, over four years, I wrote a blog post:
pandoc-lecturenotes and the Quest for More Efficient Professoring
https://dynalabs.de/mxp/blog/2025-12-29
The post presents pandoc-lecturenotes, a set of

from my link log —
How the CPython compiler works.
https://tenthousandmeters.com/blog/python-behind-the-scenes-2-how-the-cpython-compiler-works/
saved 2020-09-24

What came first: the CNAME or the A record?
https://blog.cloudflare.com/cname-a-record-order-dns-standards/

What came first- the CNAME or the A record
A recent change to 1.1.1.1 accidentally altered the order of CNAME records in DNS responses, breaking resolution for some clients. This post explores the technical root cause, examines the source code of affected resolvers, and dives into the inherent ambiguities of the DNS RFCs.

Friday Links 26-04
It is a bit sad that he is leaving In Our Time, but I enjoyed the interview with Melvyn Bragg.
The blog post about curiosity as a leader is short and great.
https://christof.damian.net…

January recap blog post: #MastodonDev

I’ve been hesitant to share this since the post is strictly visuals sans alt text, but I think the examples it shows are worth it for those who are designing GUIs.
“It’s hard to justify Tahoe icons”
https://tonsky.me/blog/tahoe-icons/
Though if you’re a sighted visual designer, you’ve like…

It’s hard to justify Tahoe icons
Looking at the first principles of icon design—and how Apple failed to apply all of them in macOS Tahoe

🤔 If you're wondering why your attempts to cultivate some new habits haven't stuck after the first few weeks of 2026, check out my blog post: "Why can't I stick to my habits?"
http://www.worklifepsych.com/why-cant-i-stick-to-my-new-habits/

@… interop is great. Other factors are great.
The 'What’s changing?' section of Adrian Vovk's June 2025 blog post also touched upon why change was appropriate. This was eyebrow-raising:
＂… code was initially implemented for GNOME 2.24, and is starting to show its age. It has received very minimal attention in the 17 years since it was first …

7 Common #Kubernetes Pitfalls
https://kubernetes.io/blog/2025/10/20/seven-kubernetes-pitfalls-and-how-to-avoid/

There is a new release of BSSG, the Bash Static Site Generator, available, 0.33, thanks to @…
Showing the full text posts on the home page (index page) of the blog, instead of just showing the description (from meta data) or, if that is not available, the first few words of a post.
Tried it, and it works: