The smelly baby problem

Benjamin Spock told mothers in the mid-twentieth century to buy six dozen cloth diapers and a covered pail. Within a decade, both were obsolete.

2026-4-29 6:03am The Works in Progress Newsletter Virginia Postrel 3,000 words

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Appearing Productive in The Workplace

AI can produce work that looks expert without being expert. The failure arrives in two shapes, and both are reshaping the workplace.

2026-5-6 11:00am No One's Happy 2,000 words

Rated 2026-5-6 4:21pm - sethherr

I'm Scared About Biological Computing

I’ve been in the AI space since ChatGPT first dropped. I’ve toyed around with a lot of Language Models, built random side projects, built a couple from scratch and I’ve spent hours looking at the math behind it all.

ᨒ MindDump 500 words

Rated 2026-5-5 1:33pm - sethherr

Redis array type: short story of a long development - <antirez>

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Rated 2026-5-4 2:09pm - sethherr

Expecting driverless taxis to respect bike lanes “too high a bar” – because customers want to be dropped off in them, autonomous vehicle firm Waymo tells cyclists

Waymo, the autonomous driving tech firm whose so-called ‘robo-taxis’ are now roaming the streets of London, has told cycling campaigners that expecting their driverless cars to respect cycle lanes is “too high a bar” – because their customers want to be dropped off in them.According to the Highway Code, motorists “must not drive or park ... Read more

2026-4-24 3:02am road.cc Ryan Mallon 4,000 words

Rated 2026-4-26 1:36pm - sethherr