Jemalloc Postmortem(jasone.github.io)
724 points by jasone | 216 comments
Jason Evans's blog post announcing the end of active jemalloc development and reviewing its history, phases, successes, and failures over about 20 years.
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TLA+ in Isabelle/HOL(davecturner.github.io)
71 points by kalaracey | 2 comments
The 1988 shooting down of Flight 655 as a user interface disaster(octodon.social)
717 points by srijan4 | 562 comments
A Mastodon thread by Jason Lefkowitz arguing that the 1988 USS Vincennes shootdown of Iran Air Flight 655 was partly caused by Aegis user interface design failures.
Doug Lenat has died(garymarcus.substack.com)
517 points by snewman | 144 comments
Gary Marcus's Substack obituary for AI researcher Doug Lenat (1950-2023), creator of the Cyc project, describing him as a giant of AI.
Simon Riggs has died(m6n.io)
793 points by ajdude | 211 comments
Mastodon post by Josh Berkus reporting that PostgreSQL maintainer Simon Riggs died in a small airplane crash, noting his contributions to replication.
Frank Rosenblatt(en.wikipedia.org)
62 points by Thevet | 29 comments
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Man found guilty of child porn because he ran a Tor exit node(lowendbox.com)
735 points by h0ek | 489 comments
LowEndBox blog post recounting the case of William Weber, convicted of child pornography charges in Austria after running a Tor exit node.
FBI raids home of prominent computer scientist who has gone incommunicado(arstechnica.com)
825 points by JaimeThompson | 332 comments
Ars Technica article reporting that the FBI raided the home of an Indiana University computer scientist whose profile was quietly removed and who has gone silent.
When everyone has AI and the company still learns nothing(robert-glaser.de)
355 points by youngbrioche | 234 comments
Robert Glaser's blog essay on why companies fail to turn individual AI tool use into organizational learning and team capabilities.
Coding expertise is going to collapse from AI reliance(larsfaye.com)
490 points by larsfaye | 479 comments
Blog essay by Lars Faye arguing that reliance on AI coding tools removes the friction needed to develop long-term programming expertise.
Software engineering may no longer be a lifetime career(seangoedecke.com)
380 points by movis | 624 comments
Sean Goedecke's blog post arguing that because AI use reduces learning on the job, software engineering may no longer be a lifelong career.
AI has no intent and no motivation(i-programmer.info)
37 points by aquastorm | 39 comments
An I Programmer opinion piece by Mike James arguing that AI has no intent or motivation, so fears of AI going rogue are misrepresentations.