6+ hour, 42+ min ago   (321+ words) I don’t send newsletters super often, but you’ll hear from me when I have ✨stuff going on✨, such as updates about my next album, which I am halfway through recording! I’m flying to Los Angeles in three weeks to record…...

9+ hour, 6+ min ago   (389+ words) Coding agents eliminated the cost of dual-platform maintenance AI coding agents fundamentally changed cross-platform software economics. Shopify is abandoning React Native to rebuild its apps in native Swift and Kotlin. Duplicate implementation no longer requires double the engineering effort. AI…...

3+ day, 24+ min ago   (431+ words) Buttondown From Ticket Handling to AI-Powered Application Support Is Application Support a Good Career in 2026? Yes, but it’s becoming a more technical career. Applying Support can give you an opportunity to work in the real production environment, deal with real…...

3+ day, 2+ hour ago   (378+ words) A while back I posted a glimpse of my custom pen-plotting generative tool I’m calling Contour. Let’s take a closer look. Inspiration also came from Ollie Lansdell’s DrawingBot software which I have used to produce artworks. DrawingBotsV3 is a complete Swiss-army…...

3+ day, 10+ hour ago   (27+ words) Buttondown Today's build opportunity 👇 Read the full report →...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (444+ words) AI tools crush workplace drudgery by matching existing operational patterns. Consumer products demand constant cultural novelty instead. Historical training data cannot predict the next viral human trend. Pure AI consumer products fail because users spot predictable patterns instantly. Lower build…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (655+ words) Is Automation Testing a Better Career Than Manual Testing in 2026? Buttondown Is Automation Testing a Better Career Than Manual Testing in 2026? Moreover, manual testing jobs may be useful for freshers who want to enter the world of software quality assurance,…...

5+ day, 40+ min ago   (270+ words) Fizza Rubab, Yiying Tong, Arun Ross Why it matters: Face embeddings thought to be opaque biometric templates can be translated into readable, reconstructable, and identifying representations, exposing serious privacy and security implications. Why it matters: This work shows why multiplying…...

5+ day, 8+ hour ago   (279+ words) OpenAI's newest flagship ships with a context-length pricing break that catches long-context workloads off guard GPT-6 Astra's headline is benchmark performance, but the operational detail that matters is a two-tier input price: standard Astra rates apply up to 272,000 context tokens,…...

5+ day, 15+ hour ago   (214+ words) Hey — Steve here. Last week we covered Alignment. This week, let's talk about something you've probably heard but maybe never fully understood. The quick version: An AI that doesn't just answer questions — it takes actions. The difference between a GPS…...