The Emacsification of Software(sockpuppet.org)
394 points by rdslw | 247 comments
A blog post arguing developers want a good Markdown viewer, discussing how LLM agents have revived TUI tooling and an Emacs-like trend in software.
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Stop Making TUIs(sockpuppet.org)
406 points by underdeserver | 516 comments
Blog post arguing developers should stop building terminal user interfaces (TUIs) and instead build native GUI applications, re-evaluating the field's attachment to the command line.
What even is an OS now?(sockpuppet.org)
290 points by fratellobigio | 437 comments
Blog post on sockpuppet.org musing on how AI is reshaping what an operating system is, and announcing the author is leaving Fly.io to work with Kurt on a new project.
I Went to SQL Injection Court(sockpuppet.org)
1162 points by mrkurt | 416 comments
Blog post by Thomas Ptacek about testifying in an Illinois court case over whether public bodies can withhold database schemas from FOIA requests, and pending legislation.
Libations: Tailscale on the Rocks(jnsgr.uk)
99 points by yarapavan | 21 comments
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LLMs use a surprisingly simple mechanism to retrieve some stored knowledge(news.mit.edu)
336 points by CharlesW | 121 comments
MIT News article on research showing LLMs often retrieve stored facts via simple linear functions, and a technique to probe what a model knows about subjects.
How I use LLMs to learn complex topics(laurentiugabriel.github.io)
763 points by laurentiurad | 489 comments
Personal blog post by Laurentiu Raducu describing how he uses LLMs to learn complex topics, including building an interactive chip-making game called ChipTycoon.
LLMs are eroding my software engineering career and I don't know what to do(human-in-the-loop.bearblog.dev)
1029 points by poisonfountain | 967 comments
A personal blog post by a software engineer with 10 years of experience reflecting on how LLMs are eroding their career and their uncertainty about what to do.
Do your own writing(alexhwoods.com)
690 points by karimf | 222 comments
Blog post by Alex Woods arguing against using LLMs to write documents and essays, since writing is a way to think and build trust.
How I write software with LLMs(stavros.io)
440 points by indigodaddy | 423 comments
A personal blog post by Stavros describing how he uses LLMs to write software and why he values making things over programming itself.
You should write an agent(fly.io)
944 points by tabletcorry | 375 comments
Fly.io blog post arguing that every developer should build their own LLM agent to understand how agents work.