07 October 2026 tech I have been using DeepSeek 4.1 Flash for about a month, heavily, across a dozen projects. It is super capable, and orders of magnitude cheaper than the “frontier” models. When I’m mid-session, if I don’t look … Read more
For years now one of the most reliable complaints I hear when I try to drag a team off their vendor specific SDK and onto OpenTelemetry is some variation of: “why does it seem like this isn’t done yet?” Vendor … Read more
At the 1952 dedication of the Institute for Advanced Study computer. AI may be less like an electronic Einstein than a machine-amplified von Neumann: immense speed, breadth and symbolic memory. When an AI system solves a difficult mathematical problem, the … Read more
The $1.65 Trillion Total Reconciles A viral Nikkei article reported that “hidden debt” at five U.S. technology companies had reached $1.65 trillion. That figure sounds implausible beside the companies’ reported debt, but the arithmetic does reconcile to their filings. Figure … Read more
98% isn’t very much · WhyNotHugo (雨果) 2026-07-03 #accesibility #design #society 98% sounds like a lot. If someone wins the lottery 98% of the times they play, they are clearly blessed. Getting a top mark (e.g.: 10/10) on exams 98% … Read more
4.7M DSPy monthly downloads 222M LangChain monthly downloads For a framework that promises to solve the biggest challenges in AI engineering, this gap is suspicious. Still, companies using Dspy consistently report the same benefits. They can test a new model … Read more
“Subsystem” on Windows NT has a vague definition. It basically means an API set, but predominantly for supporting programs written for other operating systems mostly through lightweight call translations. Windows NT, formerly “NT OS/2“, used to have an OS/2 subsystem … Read more
We’ve all heard the line: “UDP is unreliable.” It’s so common it’s almost an instinct. But that description doesn’t quite hold up once you look closer. UDP isn’t unreliable in the sense that it fails to do its job — … Read more
(a note for technical folk)1 | read as pdf When it comes to understanding the dangers of AI systems, the general public has the worst kind of knowledge: that what you know for sure that just ain’t so. After 40 … Read more
Works in Progress is becoming a print magazine. Our first print issue, Issue 21, will land in November. If you live in the United States or the United Kingdom, you can subscribe here. If you live outside the US or … Read more