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Rails on SQLite: exciting new ways to cause outagesThis post was originally given as a talk for Friendly.rb. The slides are also available. Between Litestack and the Rails 8 trifecta of Solid Cable, Solid Cache, and Solid Queue, it’s easier than ever to spin up a Rails app that doesn’t need a database service, or a redis service, or a file storage service. It’s great to simplify things, but even after 20 years of deploying Rails apps I was still caught out by some of the ways things are different. 2025-09-11T08:29:51-0700 André.Arko.net André Arko 3,000 words Rated 2025-09-11T21:12:12-0700 - sethherr
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Hotwire components that refresh themselves | Boring Rails: Skip the bullshit and ship fastRated 2025-09-09T08:43:46-0700 - sethherr
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Opinion | Stop Funding Trump’s TakeoverDemocrats aren’t powerless, and they don’t have to enable autocracy. #Corruption #Donald Trump #US Politics 2025-09-06T22:02:19-0700 The New York Times Ezra Klein ($) 4,000 words Rated 2025-09-07T14:12:19-0700 - sethherr
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This power source is 15,000 ft below the ground | Bill GatesA company called Fervo Energy is hoping to supercharge geothermal power with an innovative new approach to turning the earth’s heat into power. #Climate Change gatesnotes.com Bill Gates 1,000 words Rated 2025-09-06T14:43:17-0700 - sethherr
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The Making of an American House of Lords: The U.S. Senate in the Constitutional Convention of 1787* | Studies in American Political DevelopmentThe Making of an American House of Lords: The U.S. Senate in the Constitutional Convention of 1787* - Volume 7 Issue 2 Cambridge Core 5,000 words Rated 2025-09-05T18:41:21-0700 - sethherr
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Giving people money helped less than I thought it wouldEnding the war on poverty will take more than cash transfers 2025-08-19T03:00:58-0700 The Argument Kelsey Piper 3,000 words Rated 2025-09-05T14:32:51-0700 - sethherr
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Wikipedia is under attack — and how it can surviveHow the world’s largest encyclopedia became the factual foundation of the web, but now it’s under attack from the right wing, tech billionaires, and AI. #Politics 2025-09-04T05:30:04-0700 The Verge Josh Dzieza ($) 10,000 words Rated 2025-09-05T13:22:15-0700 - sethherr
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A journey inside Epic Systems' mythical and sprawling campus, a world away from Wall StreetEpic Systems, a 45-year-old health-care software company, remains privately held with a sprawling campus that's far from Wall Street or Silicon Valley. #Technology 2024-09-01T05:00:01-0700 CNBC Ashley Capoot 2,000 words Rated 2025-09-04T16:21:39-0700 - sethherr
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A ton of AI images I've made that I've likedI think people with my aesthetic taste have been underrepresented in presentations of AI art. Here I try to change that. 2025-08-13T18:59:10-0700 The Weird Turn Pro Andy Masley 1,000 words Rated 2025-09-04T16:07:09-0700 - sethherr
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Where's the Shovelware? Why AI Coding Claims Don't Add Up78% of developers claim AI makes them more productive. 14% say it's a 10x improvement. So where's the flood of new software? Turns out those productivity claims are bullshit. 2025-09-03T08:01:15-0700 Mike Judge 2,000 words Rated 2025-09-03T16:28:09-0700 - sethherr
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Chicago’s lead pipe crisis, mappedChicago has the nation's highest concentration of lead pipes. We mapped them all. 2025-08-28T03:30:00-0700 Grist Keerti Gopal, Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco, Peter Aldhous, Clayton Aldern, ... 3,000 words Rated 2025-09-02T20:47:52-0700 - sethherr
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Toronto's underground labyrinthHow Canada's largest city developed a 30 kilometer network of pedestrian tunnels 2025-08-29T04:03:16-0700 The Works in Progress Newsletter Samuel Hughes 1,000 words Rated 2025-09-02T13:36:55-0700 - sethherr
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Detecting and countering misuse of AI: August 2025Anthropic's threat intelligence report on AI cybercrime and other abuses anthropic.com 2,000 words Rated 2025-09-01T21:03:14-0700 - sethherr
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In Search Of AI PsychosisFolie a deux ex machina 2025-08-26T04:37:49-0700 astralcodexten.com Scott Alexander 25,000 words Rated 2025-08-26T16:53:27-0700 - sethherr
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rv, a new kind of Ruby management toolFor the last ten years or so of working on Bundler, I’ve had a wish rattling around: I want a better dependency manager. It doesn’t just manage your gems, it manages your ruby versions, too. It doesn’t just manage your ruby versions, it installs pre-compiled rubies so you don’t have to wait for ruby to compile from source every time. And more than all of that, it makes it completely trivial to run any script or tool written in ruby, even if that script or tool needs a different ruby than your... 2025-08-25T23:21:07-0700 André.Arko.net André Arko 1,000 words Rated 2025-08-26T16:18:14-0700 - sethherr
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Thousands of climbing catfish filmed scaling waterfallsNew footage provides rare insight into the daring migration of an enigmatic fish 2025-08-14T12:55:00-0700 Science Advances Mark DeGraff 500 words Rated 2025-08-26T08:08:13-0700 - sethherr
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Google's Liquid Cooling at Hot Chips 2025Datacenter-Scale Heat Management 2025-08-24T11:47:51-0700 Chips and Cheese Chester Lam 1,000 words Rated 2025-08-25T21:01:57-0700 - sethherr
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What are OKLCH colors?Article about the OKLCH color model. jakub.kr 1,000 words Rated 2025-08-25T07:31:52-0700 - sethherr
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I’m Fighting for My Freedom Using Outdated TechnologyThe antiquated technology we use hinders our ability to work with our lawyers and file appeals. #New Jersey 2025-08-19T03:00:00-0700 Prison Journalism Project Jorge Luis Alvarado 1,000 words Rated 2025-08-24T20:28:49-0700 - sethherr
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How to check if your Apple silicon Mac is booting securelyHow to check your Mac is booting in Full Security, and how to read its log to verify all the key steps involved in that process. 2025-08-20T23:30:00-0700 The Eclectic Light Company 2,000 words Rated 2025-08-24T19:39:53-0700 - sethherr
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What makes Claude Code so damn good (and how to recreate that magic in your agent)!?An open source Chrome extension that adds AI data agents to your Metabase. Get reliable answers to all your business questions with our AI-powered data analyst. 2025-08-21T00:00:00-0700 MinusX vivek 3,000 words Rated 2025-08-23T13:36:45-0700 - sethherr
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Why you can’t grow cool-climate plants in hot climatesSince moving to Deep South Texas 4 years ago I've come to realize that many plants I used to love growing in the cool mild maritime climate of the SF bay area are impossible to grow where I live. This is not just because of the high daytime heat. It's not as simple as that. Specifically, it is the h Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't 1,000 words Rated 2025-08-23T07:41:35-0700 - sethherr
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What happened to Egghead Software - The Silicon UndergroundRated 2025-08-23T06:39:25-0700 - sethherr
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Executive Excess 2025Executive Excess 2025 - CEO pay and stock buybacks have soared at the 100 largest low-wage corporations. 2025-08-21T04:00:00-0700 Institute for Policy Studies averyr 2,000 words Rated 2025-08-21T22:44:25-0700 - sethherr
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Gouach wants you to insert and pluck the cells from its Infinite e-bike batteryTiny French firm wants to keep a few bad cells from spoiling a lot of e-bikes. 2025-05-22T13:12:13-0700 Ars Technica Kevin Purdy 1,000 words Rated 2025-08-21T14:44:17-0700 - sethherr
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Sequoia Backs Zed's Vision for Collaborative Coding - Zed BlogFrom the Zed Blog: This investment lets us pursue our vision for bringing a new kind of collaboration directly into the IDE. 2025-08-20T00:00:00-0700 zed.dev Nathan Sobo 1,000 words Rated 2025-08-21T06:09:39-0700 - sethherr
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Is Rotten Tomatoes Still Reliable? A Statistical AnalysisCan Hollywood's stamp of artistic excellence still be trusted? 2025-08-20T06:16:00-0700 Stat Significant Daniel Parris 2,000 words Rated 2025-08-20T20:10:12-0700 - sethherr
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States rethink a long-held practice of setting speed limits based on how fast drivers travelRoad safety activists and some states are pushing to depart from a longstanding rule that sets speed limits in the United States based largely on how fast drivers actually travel. This is due to the 85% rule, which ties speed limits to the speed of the 15th-fastest vehicle out of every 100 traveling a road in ideal conditions. Critics say this approach encourages speeding. Ohio is among the states considering new guidelines that focus more on safety. But supporters of the rule say it provides... #Activism #Business #California #North Dakota #Ohio #Politics #Texas #Washington #Wisconsin 2025-08-16T21:00:54-0700 AP News https://apnews.com/author/jeff-mcmurray 2,000 words Rated 2025-08-19T16:57:43-0700 - sethherr
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Opinion | A Cloud Forest in Ecuador Is Crying for HelpEcuador’s ecological progress is threatened by a series of reforms steamrolled by its young populist president, Daniel Noboa. #Ecuador #Environment #Mining #Politics 2025-08-14T22:00:05-0700 The New York Times César Rodríguez-Garavito, Robert Macfarlane ($) 1,000 words Rated 2025-08-16T14:51:58-0700 - sethherr
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Once Again, Oil States Thwart Agreement on PlasticsYale E360 2,000 words Rated 2025-08-16T08:36:43-0700 - sethherr
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The future of large files in Git is Git - Tyler Ciprianitylercipriani.com Tyler Cipriani 1,000 words Rated 2025-08-15T19:07:58-0700 - sethherr
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How I accidentally became PureGym's unofficial Apple Wallet developerTired of fumbling with the PureGym app for 47 seconds every morning, I reverse-engineered their API to build an Apple Wallet pass that gets me in with a quick wrist scan. Along the way, I discovered their bizarre security theatre: QR codes that expire every minute while my ancient 8-digit PIN lives forever. 2025-08-14T00:00:00-0700 Drobinin Limited Vadim Drobinin 2,000 words Rated 2025-08-15T19:01:08-0700 - sethherr
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Opinion | Abolish the Senate. End the Electoral College. Pack the Court.Why the left can’t win without a new Constitution. #Congress #Donald Trump #Elections 2025-08-14T02:02:17-0700 The New York Times Ross Douthat, Sophia Alvarez Boyd, Raina Raskin ($) 20,000 words Rated 2025-08-14T19:51:54-0700 - sethherr
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"None Of These Books Are Obscene": Judge Strikes Down Much of Florida's Book Ban BillIn a major win for intellectual freedom, a judge rules against Florida law that led to removing hundreds of books from school libraries. 2025-08-14T05:23:48-0700 BOOK RIOT Kelly Jensen 1,000 words Rated 2025-08-14T18:18:19-0700 - sethherr
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GitHub just got less independent at Microsoft after CEO resignationMicrosoft is bringing GitHub into its AI engineering team. It’s part of an AI shakeup, following the GitHub CEO resigning. #Microsoft 2025-08-11T08:43:09-0700 The Verge Tom Warren 500 words Rated 2025-08-11T15:23:41-0700 - sethherr
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Claude Code Is All You NeedRated 2025-08-11T07:57:29-0700 - sethherr
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What Happened When I Tried to Replace Myself with ChatGPT in My English ClassroomMy students call it “Chat,” a cute nickname they all seem to have agreed on at some point. They use it to make study guides, interpret essay prompts, and register for classes, turning it loose on t… 2025-07-28T04:59:18-0700 Literary Hub 6,000 words Rated 2025-08-07T21:49:48-0700 - sethherr
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What’s wrong with the JSON gem API?As I mentioned at the start of my Optimizing Ruby’s JSON series of posts, performance isn’t why I candidated to be the new gem’s maintainer. 2025-08-02T02:03:51-0700 byroot’s blog 3,000 words Rated 2025-08-05T16:30:08-0700 - sethherr
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I spent 6 years building a ridiculous wooden pixel displayThe world's most impractical 1000-pixel display and anyone in the world can draw on it Ben Holmen 2,000 words Rated 2025-08-04T19:16:30-0700 - sethherr
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If you're remote, rambleA lightweight way to add ambient social cohesion for remote teams. Steph Ango 500 words Rated 2025-08-03T22:02:32-0700 - sethherr
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DHH on AI, Vibe Coding and the Future of ProgrammingThe Ruby on Rails creator embraces AI for tasks like drafting and API lookups but emphasizes hands-on coding to retain skill and joy. 2025-07-27T06:00:14-0700 The New Stack David Cassel 2,000 words Rated 2025-07-31T20:25:43-0700 - sethherr
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The Manmade Clouds That Could Help Save the Great Barrier ReefInside a bold — and controversial — effort to cool the water around this beloved ecosystem. #Environment #Geoengineering 2025-07-25T02:01:32-0700 The New York Times Ferris Jabr ($) 5,000 words Rated 2025-07-29T20:06:02-0700 - sethherr
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Tour de France confronts a new threat: Are cyclists using tiny motors? - The Washington PostRated 2025-07-29T05:53:20-0700 - sethherr
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Revisiting MoneyballThe book was published in 2003, and the movie was released in 2011. It feels silly to rehash, except the whole thing fascinates fans two decades later. Why? On the one hand, it is loved because it… 2025-07-24T01:24:34-0700 djpardis.medium.com Pardis Noorzad 3,000 words Rated 2025-07-24T20:54:02-0700 - sethherr
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Scarcity, Inventory, and Inequity: A Deep Dive into Airline Fare BucketsAirline pricing may seem mystifying, but behind every airfare is a complex system of fare buckets and inventory controls. Airlines don't just sell seats - they manage a dynamic inventory of fares, divided into booking classes (fare buckets) with different prices and rules. For the technically curious, understanding how fare buckets work reveals the "source code" of airline revenue management. This report delves into the hierarchy of booking classes, how airlines update seat... 2025-07-21T12:31:07-0700 JetBack 5,000 words Rated 2025-07-24T17:43:47-0700 - sethherr
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Surprising Science: How Electric Cars Quietly Transform Urban Air"It’s not just the tailpipe y’all," joked one Electrek commenter, alluding to the black discolorations on alloy wheels visible proof of a less infamous city pollutant: brake dust. For decades, exhaust emissions have been the focus of city-air cleaning initiatives, but a new wave of research indicates that the real story goes far beyond the… 2025-07-22T03:58:36-0700 Modern Engineering Marvels 1,000 words Rated 2025-07-23T20:28:50-0700 - sethherr
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So You Think You've Awoken ChatGPT — LessWrongWritten in an attempt to fulfill @Raemon's request. … 2025-07-10T18:01:26-0700 lesswrong.com JustisMills 10,000 words Rated 2025-07-23T20:24:59-0700 - sethherr
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Laurence Tratt: Comparing the Glove80 and Maltron keyboardstratt.net 3,000 words Rated 2025-07-22T19:25:49-0700 - sethherr
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How Jane Jacobs got Americans stuckYoni Appelbaum on the real villians behind our housing and mobility problems 2025-07-09T09:30:24-0700 Riskgaming by Lux Capital Danny Crichton 5,000 words Rated 2025-07-21T17:13:51-0700 - sethherr
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He Claims He’s the ‘Sports Betting King.’ What Are the Odds?Mazi VS has become a major influencer by flaunting his expensive lifestyle and his big-winning wagers. Other gamblers say he can’t be what he seems. #College Basketball #Fraud #Gambling #Social Media 2025-07-13T02:00:59-0700 The New York Times Devin Gordon ($) 5,000 words Rated 2025-07-20T22:49:32-0700 - sethherr
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