What the Internet Was Like in 1999 In 1999, Microsoft vanquishes Netscape in the browser war, Google starts to show up competing search engines, Blogger launches, and Napster loudly arrives to shake up our culture. By | September 3, 2025 | Tags: Dot-com, Yearly Reviews, 1999 1999 Napster software…

written on September 29, 2025 “I think we will be there in three to six months, where AI is writing 90% of the code. And then, in 12 months, we may be in a world where AI is writing essentially all of the code” Three months ago I said that AI changes everything. I came to that after plenty of…

In my youth I was under the all too common delusion that Great Men were to thank for most of society's innovations. Eventually I noticed that the supposedly greatest men of our modern times got to their position of influence and power largely by taking things. It's harder to outright take material…

Loneliness increases death risk by 32% but we know how to fix it. Real solutions that cut loneliness in half, from mindfulness to community programs that actually work. Faruk Alpay 6 min read·Just now -- Press enter or click to view image in full size Abstract Chronic loneliness increases mortality…

Shall I compare thee to a summer's data? Anthropic says its new AI model “maintained focus” for 30 hours on multistep tasks Latest Claude model beats OpenAI and Google on coding tests. Benj Edwards – Sep 29, 2025 6:10 pm | 4 The Claude Sonnet 4.5 logo. Credit: Anthropic The Claude Sonnet 4.5 logo.…

29th September 2025 Anthropic released Claude Sonnet 4.5 today, with a very bold set of claims: Claude Sonnet 4.5 is the best coding model in the world. It’s the strongest model for building complex agents. It’s the best model at using computers. And it shows substantial gains in reasoning and math.…

An effect that’s being more and more widely reported is the increase in time it’s taking developers to modify or fix code that was generated by Large Language Models. If you’ve worked on legacy systems that were written by other people, perhaps decades ago, you’ll recognise this phenomenon. Before…

I started reading software blogs before I got my first programming job 20 years ago. At this point, I’ve read thousands of blog posts and essays about software, but only a small handful stuck in my mind and changed the way I think. “The Joel Test: 12 Steps to Better Code” by Joel Spolsky (2000) Joel…

Data Science Web Development Why Is Python So Popular in 2025? While other programming languages come and go, Python has stood the test of time and firmly established itself as a top choice for developers of all levels, from beginners to seasoned professionals. Whether you’re working on intelligent…

First Week at the Recurse Center Sep 28, 2025 Context: I arrived in Brooklyn last week to start a 12 week program at the Recurse Center (RC). Read more about how it works here. Everything is new; my routines, environment, habits, diet, etc. But for all the stress and uncertainty leading up to this,…

Working with Python in Zed isn’t where it should be. Virtual environments often slip through the cracks, configuration can be confusing, and the onboarding experience can stumble in small but frustrating ways. This year, we've made Python a priority as part of our Language‑specific Initiatives. Now…

Behind the outcome of the 2024 election lies a deep fracture in the American dream: the choice between affordable places that stall mobility, and dynamic cities that lock people out with impossible prices. DEREK THOMPSON: You know, there's lots of ways to explain the 2024 election, but I think the…

We’ve had an exciting week since our initial public preview release last week. We’ve shipped numerous improvements to GitHub Copilot CLI which wouldn’t have been possible without the great engagement and feedback from our preview users. Thank you, and keep it coming! Here’s what’s new this week.…

One of my favorite parts of writing publicly is that it acts like a beacon, attracting unexpected and fascinating conversations. Case in point: a few weeks ago, Dr. Susan Schneider — the philosopher, author, and cognitive scientist — emailed me in response to a recent newsletter I had written. Her…

As natural language models and artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots improve, AI is becoming more successful at convincing us that it is human. But this doesn't mean that it is conscious, or has any understanding of the conversations that it is taking part in. Essentially, it receives an input and…

For New York’s No 1 Socialite, A. 1) Prioritize your ease of being over any other consideration: parties are like babies, if you’re stressed while holding them they’ll get stressed too. Every other decision is downstream of your serenity: e.g. it's better to have mediocre pizza from a happy host…

Share I can’t believe it’s been five years since my last post… Five years since I decided to join an early stage startup as the CTO / “the tech guy”. Five years since I took my last train to the office in Manhattan. It feels like the whole world changed multiple times over – first with the lockdown…

We’ve been talking about our upcoming migration to WordPress, and every time it comes up, there are understandable concerns raised in the comments. Some folks worry about security, others about performance, and many still think of WordPress as the old blogging tool of 15 years ago. That’s why I’m…

Beijing’s Enduring Formula for Wealth and Power September/October 2025 Published on August 19, 2025 Gregori Saavedra Subscribe to unlock this feature or Sign in. Print Subscribe to unlock this feature or Sign in. Save Sign in and save to read later A decade ago, planners in Beijing unveiled Made in…

Today, we’re introducing new capabilities for managing your agents’ context on the Claude Developer Platform: context editing and the memory tool. With our latest model, Claude Sonnet 4.5, these capabilities enable developers to build AI agents capable of handling long-running tasks at higher…

Disclaimer This free-to-access article was made possible by Tom's Hardware Premium, where you can find in-depth news analysis, features and access to Bench. Nearly every analyst firm and memory maker is now warning of looming shortages of NAND and DRAM that will result in skyrocketing pricing for…

In fitness, there is a concept called “time under tension.” Take a simple squat, where you hold a weight and lower your hips from a standing position. With the same weight, a person can do a squat in two seconds or 10 seconds. The latter is harder, but it also builds more muscle. More time is more…

Are you an octopus? A while ago, Scott Werner published a blog post that has lived rent free in my head ever since. In the post, he describes how his work as a software engineer has been transformed by AI agents like Claude Code. Instead of focussing on a single problem at a time, he has started…

So there's this octopus I've been thinking about. Not a real octopus (well, maybe it's real, I haven't checked) but the kind of octopus that lives in the space between your keyboard and your anxiety about wasting time. This octopus has eight arms, obviously. That's what makes it an octopus and not,…

The infrastructure ouroboros Why does OpenAI need six giant data centers? OpenAI's new $400 billion announcement reveals both growing AI demand and circular investments. Benj Edwards – Sep 24, 2025 12:06 pm | 18 A photo of the "Stargate I" site in Abilene, Texas. Credit: OpenAI A photo of the…

AI computing has a reputation for consuming epic quantities of energy. This is partly because of the sheer volume of data being handled. Training often requires billions or trillions of pieces of information to create a model with billions of parameters. But that’s not the whole reason — it also…

Pixel déjà vu Google Pixel 10 series review: Don’t call it an Android Google's new Pixel phones are better, but only a little. Ryan Whitwam – Aug 29, 2025 10:35 am | 231 Left to right: Pixel 10, Pixel 10 Pro, Pixel 10 Pro XL. Credit: Ryan Whitwam Left to right: Pixel 10, Pixel 10 Pro, Pixel 10 Pro…

By Linus Torvalds (creator of Linux) I don’t know how to really explain my fascination with programming, but I’ll try. To somebody who does it, it’s the most interesting thing in the world. It’s a game much more involved than chess, a game where you can make up your own rules and where the end…

07 Sep, 2025 Freedom is one of the great ideals in Western Europe, North America, and some other places on our planet. We're told that more choice, more options, more flexibility will make us happier. In some cases, freedom often leads to boredom, distraction, and dissatisfaction. I've learned this…

By Michael McLeay, Amar Radia and Ryland Thomas of the Bank’s Monetary Analysis Directorate.(1)  This article explains how the majority of money in the modern economy is created by commercial banks making loans.  Money creation in practice differs from some popular misconceptions — banks do not…

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