Hey remember when I made this post?

With all these vibewashing projects, looks like we're gonna find out what happens!

Great blogpost by @nprofile1q...: "Programming Isn't Special" https://blog.glyph.im/2026/10/programming-isnt-special.html

People have rejected slop for art, writing, music, etc. You'll even see a few prominent vibecoding enthusiasts claim they would NEVER deign let an LLM write a word on their blog. There's this sense that those things are art, but code is like, functional, you know?

But lots of things that are functional are art. Including code. So code isn't special... because it *is* special, like everything else 💜

AI companies so convinced they're building the torment nexus that they're wargaming scenarios where the public turns against them in violent revolution https://www.axios.com/2026/10/09/ai-companies-day-after-major-attack

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I would like to find some time to learn a bit of Godot some day. Some day, in the future

How the Fediverse Found Parts for Its Platforms https://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/Features/How-the-Fediverse-Found-Parts-for-Its-Platforms

A really nice article from Linux Magazine, which includes a lot of interview material with me about the history of the fediverse, where I think things are going, etc. Lots of other lovely people interviewed also

Blender has a community survey out, about several important topics (including AI usage, project prioritization, etc). Worth filling out if you're a user! https://www.blender.org/news/blender-survey-2026/

hi my name is christine lemmer-webber and I've done a lot of things but you might know me most famously for being part of one of the two protocols used as a kind of methodone for the kind of centralized social media popular with millenials

Oh god I came to Toronto with nothing for warmth but a loose jean jacket dress and it is 4C / 40F out

What's some interesting thinky podcasts you've been listening to? Leaning more towards interesting things, less about politics, which I listen to plenty of stuff about already, don't need more of that rn.

The more unusual the better. No topic too strange.

Those who live by the rage post, die by the rage post.

your password must contain at least twelve letters, three numbers, two special case characters (but not too special), and seven extremely un-special riciculeable "mid" characters

I actually think there are a lot of reasons to be optimistic about technology, if you ignore the latest trends and focus on what you would be doing if all the things that weren't making you depressed weren't flooding your windshield