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I really should have started a rolling tech news TV channel. Major events have been non stop the last few weeks.
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Ooohhhh baby. This Microsoft outage is a humdinger. I can't remember any that's gone on for so long.
We have a lot of public services in the UK on M365. We've managed to avoid impact thanks to the earth's spin, but this is going to start affecting us.
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Microsoft may be having a wobble, but on the bright side, I found out that The Register call X posts 'Xeets' which has made this all worth it.
theregister.com/saas/2026/11…
I've sunk a ridiculous amount of time working on vibe-coded projects with the wide-eyed enthusiasm of someone pulling a slot machine for the first time. Looking back, I hate every one of them. Here they are, and why.
jpain.io/i-hate-everything-i…
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A unrealistic and misleading Zwift advert.
No one has ever been happy to see a login screen.
Except maybe an infosec auditor. Ohh, was she doing a pentest? I take it back, that makes sense.
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Look at these wonderful posters!
They're so pretty! I love the style.
New night tube posters on the London Underground
(link to article in reply below)
A new series of posters is appearing in tube stations, celebrating London’s night-time cultural scene and marking the 10th anniversary of the Night Tube.
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I feel like I've seen dozens of product teasers that are just a bevelled corner.
What could it be. A bike. Sink taps. A way to hold the corners of your bedsheets to stop them slipping.
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I've never felt the fear of god more than watching Microsoft explain why their AI data centres won't take all of the electricity, water, and jobs from their local communities.
I never thought Microsoft would have to explain something like that, but here we are.
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Here's a sign of the times. When registering for the Microsoft Build conference, this drop down box used to give options like Developer, Engineering Manager, Exec. Now it's AI, AI, AI.
ALT Drop down box of a registration page
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The best article about AI-generated writing I've ever read.
samkriss.substack.com/p/if-y…
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New post, some honest thoughts about my AI usage
jpain.io/god-damn-ai-is-maki…
Had a nice response on Hacker News: news.ycombinator.com/item?id…
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I'm surprised we haven't had many specialised AI Gen Models yet, like a model specifically for typescript projects.
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James Pain retweeted
The creator of Vim, Bram Moolenaar, allegedly wrote the entire initial version of Vim using only a magnetized needle and a steady hand to directly manipulate bits on a hard drive. Thus, Vim is pure, made without using any other text editor.
Super impressed with Ladybird. Absolutely mammoth task to build a web browser. Great to see more sponsors on board. 👏👏👏
🐞 This Month in Ladybird: February 2025
📈 Progress on web-platform-tests
📸 "Flash Of Unstyled Content" prevention
🔐 Continued adoption of curl and OpenSSL
⏲️ Resource Timing
🧑🎨 New CSS features
🦊 Support for the Firefox DevTools protocol
Link to full newsletter below!
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James Pain retweeted
UI codegen demos are all like “check this out, I used AI to build a whole row of houses!”
Proud to share my first public Gen AI project (and only my 2nd blog post this year!). Curious about our journey? Dive into the full story 👉 thinkbit.uk/building-home-he…
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James Pain retweeted
I continue to think this is one of the most important cartoons of recent years. @marketoonist
