We Rewrote JSONata with AI in a Day, Saved $500K/Year simonwillison.net/2026/Mar/27/vine-porting...

There is no ethical consumption of HBO’s Harry Potter series You can’t without supporting Rowling’s transphobic bigotry.

There is no ethical consumption of HBO’s Harry Potter series

wouldn't it be funny if EVERYONE blocked this Attie AI account @ bsky.app/profile/atti... before they could do anything with it

Field Engineering is the YOLO team This week, we discuss big bets gone wrong, OpenAI buying the Python toolchain, and Claude's favorite tools. Plus, how fast should AI agents ship bug fixes?

This week, @brandonwhichard.com and @mattray.dev discuss big bets gone wrong, OpenAI buying the Python toolchain, and Claude's favorite tools. Plus, how fast should AI agents ship bug fixes?

https://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/565

hearing someone say they regularly talk to ai chatbots for anything does feel like they just rolled up their sleeve to reveal a festering zombie bite

Wow, very impressive.

Damn. Credit to this poster, who has paid attention to all of the pieces. And indeed, as we were prepping the pilot, Mueller's FBI was going all in on counter-terror and Squad 5 (Narcotics) of the Baltimore field office was dumping casework. We had to report, write and film that in real time.

Looking forward to ICE ending these long lines at TSA checkpoints the only way they know how -- dispersing tear gas and savagely assaulting anyone who's left

New Token Machines This week, we discuss NVIDIA GTC, token machines, token budgets, and an AWS outage that may or may not involve AI. Plus, Matt reviews The Wizard of Oz at The Sphere.

This week, @brandonwhichard.com, @cote.io and @mattray.dev discuss NVIDIA GTC, token machines, token budgets, and an AWS outage that may or may not involve AI. Plus, Matt reviews The Wizard of Oz at The Sphere.

https://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/564

I know it is tempting, but I really think we need to quit slandering Idiocracy by comparing it to this regime.

President Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Camacho was a statesman who recognized a crisis, found the smartest guy available, gave him authority to fix it, and celebrated him when it worked.

/me sighs into the void

This is Hank. He is incredibly invested in this plumbing project that does not require him in the slightest. 13/10 (TT: compound_interest_)

Superglue on my fingers locking me out of my fingerprint reader, keeping me out of 1Password, making me late to a video conference because I couldn't auth.

The most first-world problem.

A color photograph of American singer and songwriter Lionel Ritchie, who became a superstar in the 1980s with a string of hits like “Hello” and “Say You, Say Me.” Yìchén uses this photograph, from the peak of Ritchie’s fame, as a benchmark to compare the Ministry of State Security’s facial recognition system against similar platforms by U.S. companies. In 75% of the tests, the American facial recognition algorithms misidentify Lionel Ritchie, often labeling him as a criminal suspect. The Chinese system, Yìchén is proud to say, has 98% accuracy, thanks to a partnership with the Zimbabwean government, which has given China unfettered access to a database of black faces to train its facial rec algorithms. Yìchén begins humming the words, “Hello, is it me you’re looking for?”

RITCHIE1.BMF

Fascinating Bloomberg piece about how AI is used as an excuse for downsizing, but isn't usually the real reason:

> “We’re restructuring around AI” is a growth signal. “We over-hired during the pandemic and revenue softened” is an accountability signal.

/1

republicans are in charge of everything and they are getting everything theyve ever wanted and doing everything theyve ever wanted and the world is on fire and the global world order is collapsing. is there a correlation? who can say

Congratulations!

"Faster than a speeding bullet."

I love watching border collies work.

This was unexpected.

I finished tonight with more respect for Pitbull.

Bobby Pulido for Congress with three young women celebrating quinceañeras in the background

INBOX: Latin Grammy Award-winning singer-songwriter Bobby Pulido, who is running as the Democratic candidate for #TX15, is offering to sing at any quinceañera in his district by request, after his Republican opponent remarked that he “only belong[s] at Quinceañeras":

pulidoevents.com/quince

Always walk your dog.

SXSW Austin
Sat, March 14th
6-10pm
anormalfuckingparty.splashthat.com

OpenClaw Exposure Watchboard OpenClaw Exposure Watchboard lists publicly reachable active OpenClaw instances for defensive security awareness. Vivgrid.com gives you authentication, model gateway, tool control, cost tracking, and ...

Someone launched a website for detecting unsecured instances of OpenClaw found on the internet. Currently, there are 278,230 of OpenClaw instances that have absolutely no security while exposed to the public web.

Please, secure your machines and/or just don't use OpenClaw...

Thank you for the recommendation! The audiobook's available through the Austin Public Library, I'll listen to it next.

Bureaucracy: Still Unsolved This week, we discuss Claude Code's momentum, Cursor's identity crisis, and the SDLC's uncertain future. Plus, Coté finally explains how Markdown is destroying the economy.

This week, @brandonwhichard.com, @cote.io and @mattray.dev discuss Claude Code's momentum, Cursor's identity crisis, and the SDLC's uncertain future. Plus, Coté finally explains how Markdown is destroying the economy.

https://www.softwaredefinedtalk.com/562

Fish

When someone says „Scientists do not want you to know“ you can dismiss everything from there on. Scientists want you to know. They are desperate that you know. They can’t shut up about what they found out and want you to know.

things every single republican president of your lifetime has done

- started a war in the middle east
- completely destroyed the economy

Between AI rewriting COBOL and the predicted death of Microsoft Office, we’re covering a lot of ground this week. Plus, we debate if TSA PreCheck Touchless is the ultimate peak of airport efficiency.