What to expect at WWDC 2025: iOS 26 and other software branding changes, redesigned software interfaces, productivity enhancements, minor AI changes, and more (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/20
The IRS open sourced much of its incredibly popular Direct File software as the future of the free tax filing program is at risk of being killed by Intuit’s lobbyists and Donald Trump’s megabill.
Meanwhile, several top developers who worked on the software have left the government and joined a project to explore the “future of tax filing” in the private sector
The text I have conveys the •meaning• of the diagram, and it’s better than nothing:
❝Three different trees showing possible interpretations of 1000 - 100 - 10 - 1. In the first tree, subtraction happens from left to right. In the second tree, it happens from right to left. In the third tree, we first compute 1000 minus 100, then 10 minus 1, then subtract those two results.❞
That’s probably the best I can do in the current format. But if there were a way to make convey more of the spatial sense, I’d do it!
"Quite simply, if you have not read this book yet, read it. If you have a colleague who has yet to read it, get them a copy. If someone asks you what one book to read about software engineering, it is this one. It is not Code Complete, Second Edition, nor is it Clean Code, nor any other book that claims to teach you how to get software right the first time around (you will not)."
https://deprogrammaticaipsum.com/michael-feathers/
Got root?
I figured this spider plant would be a bit rootbound after 3 years in the same container, but I wasn't expecting _this_! Poor thing has been detangled some and potted up. Snipped off 9 babies and stuck them in the greenhouse while I was at it, to give away later in the year, because everyone needs more spider plants.
#garden
CrowdStrike Cooperating With Federal Probes Into July Software Outage
https://www.wsj.com/business/telecom/crowdstrike-cooperating-with-federal-probes-into-july-software-outage-…
If you think through in more detail about operation Spiderweb’s drone attack on Russia. Extreme vulnerabilities are evident for Russia but also for any european country or military. Remember that Ukraine used local (!) phone networks for guidance, with pilots remotely in Ukraine apparently.
#ukraine #drones
The IRS open sourced most of its Direct File tax software on GitHub last week, fulfilling a legal requirement under the SHARE IT Act, despite Intuit pressure (Jason Koebler/404 Media)
https://www.404media.co/directfile-open-source-…