The gold standard of optimization: A look under the hood of RollerCoaster Tycoon Due to some lucky circumstances, I recently had the chance to appear in one of the biggest German gaming podcasts, Stay Forever, to talk about the technology of RollerCoaster Tycoon (1999). It was …

After my recent podcast appearance at @stayforever.de where I talked about the optimization of RollerCoaster Tycoon, I finally found some time to also write an article:
larstofus.com/2026/03/22/t...
If you know German I'd still recommend the podcast, which also dives deep into the rest of the game 🎧

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Das Bemerkenswerte an Führungskräften, die erklären, in Zukunft werde alles von KI erledigt, ist ja, dass sie dabei beweisen, keine Ahnung von der Arbeitsrealität zu haben, über die sie täglich Entscheidungen fällen.

Claude Talk with Claude, an AI assistant from Anthropic

#AI pricing is subsidized. #Anthropic made updates to their rules.

OAuth tokens are now only for #ClaudeCode and claude.ai. No third-party tools allowed.

#OpenAI is doing the opposite with #GitHub #Copilot.

Someone will have to eat the inference costs eventually.

code.claude.com/docs/en/lega...

Historian Mar Hicks on why nothing about AI is inevitable The author of Programmed Inquality peers through the AI hype by recalling the rise of past technologies.

Das Problem liegt hier schon im Denkansatz, nämlich die Postlierung der Unausweichlichkeit, "Alternativlosigkeit". Siehe dazu auch: web.archive.org/web/20251006...

AGENTS.md AGENTS.md is a simple, open format for guiding coding agents. Think of it as a README for agents.

About 4% improvement. The authors seem underwhelmed by AGENTS.md files for #llm #ai agents.

I am not so sure. Adding a text #markdown file, with no computational cost, is making an AI agent a bit better at understanding your codebase.

More % than you got from a bank!

arxiv.org/abs/2602.11988

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Finally had time to watch "Mars Express". Exactly my kind of #scifi #movie. Beautifully animated. If you worry about how a future with #ai and #robots could look like, give it a shot.

www.rottentomatoes.com/m/mars_express

Knock-Knock | Live Intruder Map A real-time 3D globe showing bots trying to break into my server via SSH

One clever method to deal with #ssh #bruteforce #bots is to first allow the connection and then sever it abruptly. No FIN, no RST. The bot will just sit there thinking it is still connected.

Defense by time being wasted!

Here is a neat project visualizing this on a globe:

knock-knock.net

Someone tried to get #Vim approved at a large enterprise and the #Charityware clause sent their legal department into a spiral about “liability if we use it without donating.” Just don’t mention it ships in every #Linux distro.

#OpenSource is wild.

www.vim.org/vim-9.2-rele...

Why I’m not worried about AI job loss We're not in a February 2020 moment, and ordinary people will be fine

recommended reading, speziell für jene, die matts beachissenen "something big is happening" slop gelesen und für wahr befunden haben. der hawi ist ein grifter ohne ahnung. trust me on this one.

davidoks.blog/p/why-im-not...

Finally, someone doing actual good work with #LLMs ;) Warcraft III Peon voice notifications for #Claude Code.

peon-ping.vercel.app

Interesting. For me it was exactly the other way round. I read Circe first though.

The Steamdeck is my entire guitar rig

Cool! He is using his #steamdeck as a #guitar amp…aaaand he installed #windows on it. I am out :D

Still a very cool idea. Have to try this with #NAM models on #steamos.

youtu.be/yL1DM0QWGSE...

The average developer salary is my new GenAI signal. If it's really about developers leveraging AI and unlocking new value, then I expect salaries to increase.

If GenAI is about increasing profit margins, then I expect the average developer salary, and headcount, to decrease over time.