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Toot of the Week
Piracy websites should adopt Midjourney's arguments on copyright: "Look bro, it's just too hard to figure out what license governs each and every file and who its author is." — @siguza@infosec.exchange
Software
- A Love Letter to Tinkerable Software (trevoragilbert.com)
Trevor explains the benefits of tinkerable, or at least tinker-neutral software.
- Why I'm skeptical of low-code (nick.scialli.me)
Nick Scialli lists four reasons why they're skeptical of low-code software.
- How my link blog works (justinmiller.io)
Justin Miller explains their link blog setup.
IndieWeb
- 2024: The Year of the Personal Website (matthiasott.com)
Matthias Ott summarises personal websites 2023.
- Where have all the websites gone? (fromjason.xyz)
Jason compares the early-2000's curated web to todays algorithm-driven web.
Cutting Room Floor
- MacOS ricing (igorbedesqui.com)
Igor Bedesqui explains how he customized his macOS setup.
- Attack of the week: Airdrop tracing (blog.cryptographyengineering.com)
Matthew Green explains the Chinese AirDrop attack and the political impact of fixing it.
- Why Would I Buy This Useless, Evil Thing? (aftermath.site)
Chris Person, who resents the idea of LLMs, about the rabbit r1 keynote.
- What If Money Expired? (noemamag.com)
Jacob Baynham about the history of money and the rational idea of Silvio Gesell.
