I’ve been loving Claude Code on the Web
This week, I’ve been voraciously using Claude Code on the web. It’s very much a “v1” product. You type a prompt to start a new thread, it launches a little container for your agent to work in, and you can keep talking to it. It produces a branch, which you can open a PR for […]
HOPL: The Human Only Public License
16 Oct 2025 Whether artificial intelligence systems will end up being a positive or anegative force for humanity is still an open question. But we might find ourselvesone day with AI embedded at every layer of our existence, living lives of toned down anddiluted humanity with only our dreams for escape. Although I am not […]
Using AI to negotiate a $195k hospital bill down to $33k
My brother in law died in June. Heart attack. Four hours in the hospital and gone. And then the bills came. He’d let his insurance lapse two months prior. Bills were a few thousand here for the cardiologist, another few there for the ER docs, a bit for the radiologist. I helped my sister-in-law negotiate […]
EuroLLM: LLM made in Europe built to support all official 24 EU languages
Our Mission Sharing a common vision, our team is committed to advancing multilingual AI technologies to empower Europe’s digital future and strengthen the EU’s commitment to AI sovereignty. The team’s goal is for EuroLLM to become a flywheel for innovation — offering anyone the opportunity to use this EU homegrown LLM and build upon it. […]
The AirPods Pro 3 flight problem
With incredible noise cancelling, a range of remarkable hearing health features, terrific sound quality and great battery life, the AirPods Pro have long been my goto pair of headphones from Apple. So when Apple announced the AirPods Pro 3 at their September event, I was ecstatic! Apple touted that the AirPods Pro 3 featured even […]
Washington Post editorials omit a key disclosure: Bezos’ financial ties
Amazon founder and Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos, shown above next to his wife, Lauren Sanchez, and other digital titans, at the inauguration of President Trump in January, has written: “When it comes to the appearance of conflict, I am not an ideal owner of The Post.” The Post has published several recent editorials that […]
Our LLM-controlled office robot can’t pass butter
Average completion rate, all tasks We gave state-of-the-art LLMs control of a robot and asked them to be helpful at our office. While it was a very fun experience, we can’t say it saved us much time. However, observing them roam around trying to find a purpose in this world taught us a lot about […]
Ubiquiti SFP Wizard
Massive Price Cuts Across the Ubiquiti SFP Line To mark SFP Liberation Day, Ubiquiti is dropping prices across the entire SFP lineup, offering up to 1000% savings compared to industry standards. Choose from Gigabit to 100 Gigabit options, including multimode, single-mode, BiDi, and CWDM modules for any deployment need. Whether you’re upgrading a small office […]
China has added forest the size of Texas since 1990
While the world is continuing to lose huge areas of forest, mostly in the tropics, woodlands are making a comeback in some countries. Since 1990, China has added more than 170 million acres of forest, an area roughly the size of Texas, according to a new U.N. report. Overall, the world has lost around 20 […]
Vitamin D reduces incidence and duration of colds in those with low levels
Acute respiratory infections (ARIs) continue to represent one of the most pervasive public health challenges globally, accounting for substantial morbidity, hospitalization, and mortality across all age groups. According to the World Health Organization, ARIs are responsible for nearly 20% of global deaths in children under five years of age, with a rising burden among adults, […]