Make Search Great Again (or just kill it) I typed in Midjourney to search for Midjourney because I wanted to use Midjourney. Here’s what I got instead. It’s the fifth result down on the page. So if you want to … Read more
Run every GUI app in the terminal! Even over ssh! Behold as I play a video game in a font in a web browser in a terminal transmitted over ssh (with one hand tied behind my back)! Read about how … Read more
Some people like to spend $3 on a cup of coffee. While that sounds like a gamble I probably wouldn’t take, I’ll always like to gamble– especially as little as… Some people like to spend $3 on a cup of … Read more
I see a lot of bad system design advice. One classic is the LinkedIn-optimized “bet you never heard of queues” style of post, presumably aimed at people who are new to the industry. Another is the Twitter-optimized “you’re a terrible … Read more
I want everything local — no cloud, no remote code execution. That’s what a friend said. That one-line requirement, albeit simple, would need multiple things to work in tandem to make it happen. What does a mainstream LLM (Large Language … Read more
At the end of April, I travelled to Dubai to observe a violin competition. It was a commission for which I was profoundly unqualified, except in one regard: I wanted to visit Dubai. The editor of a classical music website … Read more
Hacker News brought this gem of a comment in a yet another discussion about AI: Much of the criticism of AI on HN feels driven by devs who have not fully ingested what is going with MCP, tools etc. right … Read more
The TWZ Newsletter Weekly insights and analysis on the latest developments in military technology, strategy, and foreign policy. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy Lockheed Martin has shared new details about its QuadStar surface-to-air missile, which is taking part in … Read more
Takeaways We’re celebrating the first-ever LlamaCon by sharing some exciting new tools that will make it even easier to build with Llama and create custom models to fit your use cases. The Llama API, launching as a limited preview, combines … Read more
In 1950 the Italian physicist Enrico Fermi was discussing the possibility of intelligent alien life with his colleagues. If alien civilizations exist, he said, some should surely have had enough time to expand throughout the cosmos. So where are they? … Read more