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epistemological & organizational anarchist ¦¦ co-organizer of #FroGSconf ¦¦ You get to decide how you're gonna try to see it. - D. F. Wallace ¦¦ @joeposaurus@chaos.social

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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Episode 2 is up! Beforecast, my new podcast about history and our present, starting with a deep dive into Machiavelli. beforecast.fm has links to all the podcast sites, and the YouTube link is below.
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Beforecast — Now Live
Historian Ada Palmer on the real Machiavelli. Episode 1 is out now. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Pocket Casts, YouTube and more.
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joeposaurus @joeposaurus.eurosky.social · 19/09/2026
Blogged: If developers have autonomy, mastery and purpose, what do you need testers for? In which I consider some answers, but also question the premise. smallsheds.garden/blog/2026/if...
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If developers have autonomy, mastery and purpose, what do you need tes
That's a big if, though.
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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Exciting news! “And Loki in His Prison” is up for pre-order!!! There is a 25% off sale through Barnes & Noble for both hardcover and e-book during W 9/9-F 9/11. Order your copy here. buff.ly/ry0xKYk
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Nicole Carpenter @nicolecarpenter.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
"It's just not our money to keep, and it felt really good to give it back," Panic co-founder Caleb Sasser said. "That's an easy way to know you made the right decision."
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Playdate maker Panic is refunding tariff fees to customers
Panic is refunding customers who purchased a Playdate device and paid a 19 percent fee imposed by the now-rescinded US tariffs.
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Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science · 29/09/2023
Excited to share this short & sweet article I wrote with @samhforbes.bsky.social! Teaching coding inclusively: if this, then what? doi.org/10.31235/osf... The title perhaps says it all; we show through arguments and examples what women experience in programming class and what to do to remedy it.
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Luca Minudel @lucaminudel.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
=========================== Agile Time Machine latest update =========================== The Agile Time Machine is a community-driven document capturing the original essence and spirit of Agile. You can check it out here => bit.ly/AgileTimeMac...
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
your apartment, the sport of basketball, and the Republic of Korea are all social constructs. mere recognition of this fact does not actually make the question of whether you are standing in your own apartment, playing basketball, or a Korean national up in the air until settled by op ed editors
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AlternativeTo @alternativeto.net · 17/07/2026
A new EU-hosted GitHub alternative for private repos and managed CI, with unlimited users, AI agent tools, and one-click portable exports
A software interface displaying Codebahn, an EU-based GitHub alternative, featuring repositories, branches, and recent commits.
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joeposaurus @joeposaurus.eurosky.social · 16/07/2026
It's an interesting contrast seeing people claim that due to GenAI testing is no longer deterministic and then reading Kem Caner's 2012 article "The Oracle Problem and the Teaching of Software Testing". kaner.com?p=190
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The Oracle Problem and the Teaching of Software Testing « Cem Kaner, J.D., Ph.D.
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Tom Humberstone @tomhumberstone.com · 16/07/2026
The Luddites loved technology. They owned looms at home and would ‘mod’ them to count threads. Their battle was against worker exploitation. The degradation of their rights, safety and wages. They were against a handful of rich businessmen owning the means of production. Sound familiar?
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ddɐ˙ʎʞsʞɔɐlq˙uǝʌs@ @sven.blacksky.app · 08/07/2026
« We identify how philosophical naivety, characterized by the uncritical adoption of reductive frameworks regarding consciousness, intelligence, and ethics, creates tangible organizational and technical liabilities. » 🔥
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On the Philosophical Naivety of Engineers in the Age of Machine Learning - Topoi
This paper examines the paradoxical decline in engagement with philosophy of science among engineers precisely when machine learning (ML) systems are increasingly performing complex epistemological fu...
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Vlad-Stefan Harbuz 🌸 @vlad.website · 04/07/2026
I want to recommend @typst.app. It's a new alternative to LaTeX that's much more intuitive and easy to use — but still very powerful. I have been using it exclusively and am very happy. typst.app
typst.app
Typst: The new foundation for documents
Typst is the new foundation for documents. Sign up now and experience limitless power to write, create, and automate anything that you can fit on a page.
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joeposaurus @joeposaurus.eurosky.social · 02/07/2026
Blogged: How do I know my testers are doing a good job? smallsheds.garden/blog/2026/ho...
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How do I know my testers are doing a good job?
What you measure, gets amplified.
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Dr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 28/06/2026
It's important to remember, the people who bought into this shit have been constantly, consistently sold a drumbeat lie that tells them "AI is Magic & It Can Do Anything," a lie reinforced by absurd stock valuations & credulous news coverage in indices & outlets these kinds of people treat as gospel
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Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science · 24/02/2026
We have also truly been here before... olivia.science/before/ 3/n
Another related aspect — described by Valentina Ponomareva (1998) — is that:

it is impossible to create an absolutely reliable automatic system, and sooner or later people face the necessity to act after equipment fails. [...] If the cosmonaut loses such skills because of [their] passive role [due to being typically limited to monitoring and observation only], the probability of [their] choosing and carrying out the right procedure in an emergency would be small. This contradiction is inherent in automatic control systems.
For more on this angle of AI see:
Guest, O. (2025). What Does 'Human-Centred AI' Mean?. arXiv. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2507.19960  Valentina Ponomareva
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Dr Naomi Scott @drnaomiscott.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
A lot of media coverage of the ‘AI’ reading of the Herculaneum scrolls really fails to understand what’s happened here. There’s no language processing happening, the AI/ML is not trained on a corpus of texts or language. It can detect ink to see shapes. HUMAN EXPERTS are then transcribing the text.
A screenshot from here: https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-02-07-inside-herculaneum-scroll-seen-first-time-almost-2000-years

It explains that the machine learning involves only the detection of ink
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Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science · 26/06/2026
> Microsoft is promoting Copilot to enhance its profits. This does not mean it will enhance your organization's goals or workflows. Caution is warranted.
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AntennaPod @antennapod.org · 21/06/2026
🚀 Big news: Your donations helped us sponsor €4,000 in Weblate improvements—now live in Weblate 2026.6! A win for our team, our translators, and the entire open-source ecosystem. Check out what improvements we sponsored: antennapod.org/blog/2026/06... #OpenSource #GivingBack #localisation
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Giving back upstream – AntennaPod
How your generosity made Weblate better for everyone
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joeposaurus @joeposaurus.eurosky.social · 19/06/2026
I just moved my account to @eurosky.social. It was really straightforward thanks to this guide: eurosky.tech/accounts/mig...
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Account migration instructions with EU-HAUL — Eurosky
Eurosky is a European initiative to build and operate sovereign social web infrastructure
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joeposaurus @joeposaurus.eurosky.social · 19/06/2026
Tech sovereignty (for AI) or a livable planet, you choose! "Europe must prioritize artificial intelligence over its immediate climate ambitions or risk surrendering its tech sovereignty to China." www.politico.eu/article/euro...
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Europe must choose between AI and climate goals, data center lobby says
Tech sector says only carbon-emitting gas plants are reliable enough today to power the EU’s AI goals.
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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
A number of older students say they're glad they're getting out of college now, and they feel sorry for younger siblings and students for whom AI is so much more crushing that they'll have far fewer experiences of learning on their own.
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Jeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Some people are asking if there were any "AI optimists." Many students would say something about how AI can be valuable for some things. But I was asking how it effects their education. In my small sample, no, nobody really described it as *improving* their education.
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joeposaurus @joeposaurus.eurosky.social · 14/06/2026
"Q: What is Big AI primarily selling? A: Labor replace­ment, with mass unem­ploy­ment as a likely conse­quence. Some disagree or call it doomerish. Why? It’s exactly what AI grandees have been telling us. " matthewbutterick.com/extinction-l...
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Matthew Butterick | Extinction-level capitalism
Matthew Butterick
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Micah @rincewind.run · 12/06/2026
a little on the nose for capitalism that the world’s first trillionaire is a nazi conman
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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
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trendig @trendigcomp.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Miscommunication often happens because a lot takes place between hearing what someone says and answering to it. Join the eye-opening workshop led by Christopher Chant & Joep Schuurkes and learn how to communicate better. See more: agiletestingdays.com/2026/session...
You can see a cartoon picture of Christopher Chant and a photo of the second speaker, Joep Schuurkes.
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trendig @trendigcomp.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Joep Schuurkes draws on more than 20 years of experience in the testing industry to reach an insightful conclusion: testing has always been about revealing software quality, regardless of how its methods and approaches have evolved over time. Read more: agiletestingdays.com/2026/session...
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Ada Palmer @adapalmer.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Love this news but hate the "surprise comeback" framing. Teams around the globe worked incredibly hard to protect & expand mangrove forests & it worked! Please just say, "We tried and we succeeded! Go team Earth!" We must admit our victories to give people the heart to keep trying! #ShareGoodNewsToo
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Patricia Aas 🐢🏳️‍🌈 @patigallardo.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
The valuation of SpaceX is based on this page in their filing*. Estimated future market: 28.5 trillion Of that Grok/AI is: 26.5 trillion 93% of the SpaceX valuation is Grok NINTY THREE PERCENT OF THE SPACEX VALUATION IS GROK!!!! * www.sec.gov/Archives/edg...
Close up of a barchart showing thisThe whole page with the barchart
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joeposaurus @joeposaurus.eurosky.social · 01/06/2026
Blogged: Thinking in threes about software testing Where I apply some Magical thinking to how we talk about software testing. smallsheds.garden/blog/2026/th...
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Thinking in threes about software testing
Sometimes you need a touch of Magic.
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The StoryGraph @thestorygraph.com · 19/05/2026
It’s official! You’ve been asking for this and we heard you loud and clear. @kobobooks.bsky.social x StoryGraph coming your way next month! 🎉
Deeper reading insights unlocking this June.Starting in June, Kobo users can track their reading progress more easily than ever with automatic StoryGraph sync.This integration supports both ebooks and audiobooks.The integration will be available for all Kobo account-based content in June. Stay tuned!
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Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science · 23/05/2026
sometimes I wonder if people in other fields have any clue what we go through as women in computational fields... (graph from: www.npr.org/sections/mon...)
graph from https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2014/10/21/357629765/when-women-stopped-coding showing medicine, law, and physics as lines going up for percentage of women, while computer science goes dramatically down from the 1980s roughly
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MediocreMigrant @seadanourhussen.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Zo ziet ontmenselijking er óók uit: de échte slachtoffers compleet onzichtbaar maken. Terwijl de politie-pr overuren draait deze weken, is er ook bij Jetten geen spoor van empathie voor de mensen in asielprocedure. Zij moeten alle haat maar slikken. Zoals dat al jaren gebeurt in deze massahysterie.
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Alex Hanna @alexhanna.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Join @dairinstitute.bsky.social and workers on the front line of resisting AI as we release the Luddite Lab Resource Hub, a new resource for fighting AI at work. 9 AM PT / Noon ET / 4 PM GMT on Wednesday, May 20 www.eventbrite.com/e/launching-...
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Launching the Luddite Lab Resource Hub
Join DAIR and workers on the front line of resisting AI as we release the Luddite Lab Resource Hub, a new resource for fighting AI at work.
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Iris van Rooij 💭 @irisvanrooij.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
“Feel free to adapt and reuse. No attribution needed (…) If you make an adaption that you also want to share, I’d love to know about it, too.” irisvanrooijcogsci.com/2026/04/08/r...
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Refusal to Review
I wrote the below email, when invited to review a paper that was partially processed by ChatGPT. As I imagine the email could be useful inspiration for others, I decided to make it available. Feel …
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joeposaurus @joeposaurus.eurosky.social · 05/04/2026
Blogged: On the acceptance of GenAI smallsheds.garden/blog/2026/on...
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On the acceptance of GenAI
Ethics is the worst.
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Tech Won’t Save Us @techwontsave.us · 02/04/2026
Tech Won’t Save Us is turning six years old this month! 🎉 To mark the occasion, we’re trying to get 100 new supporters so we can keep holding the industry to account. Plus, we’re working on a new series due out next month. Enjoy the show? Help us hit our goal today: patreon.com/techwontsaveus
Tech Won’t Save Us is trying to get 100 new supporters to mark its sixth birthday! 5 of 100 so far
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tante @tante.cc · 12/03/2026
The whole "AI" industry is just based on the hope that they can deskill people fast enough that they'll have to rent back cognitive support systems. Forever. It's like Uber. Just that they don't try to break existing transportation infrastructures but your brain.
Screenshot of a Tweet by @TheChiefNerd inclusing an interview with Sam Altman.

The text in the Tweet says:
SAM ALTMAN: “We see a future where intelligence is a utility, like electricity or water, and people buy it from us on a meter.”
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Anil Dash @anildash.com · 12/03/2026
"Podcast" does not mean "bad lighting and the microphone is in the shot"! "Podcast" means "not dependent on any commercial entity for distribution or content approval or monetization". That's a big fucking deal. It's radical! www.anildash.com/2024/02/05/w...
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“Wherever you get your podcasts” is a radical statement. - Anil Dash
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.
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joeposaurus @joeposaurus.eurosky.social · 10/03/2026
Blogged: It's clearly a bug, but what is the bug exactly? Because finding a bug, doesn't necessarily mean you're done. smallsheds.garden/blog/2026/it...
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It's clearly a bug, but what is the bug exactly?
Two bugs in a trench coat.
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joeposaurus @joeposaurus.eurosky.social · 24/02/2026
Only a few more days until we get to do #FroGSconf again! And you can still join this free online open space. Anyone who wants to talk software and quality is welcome. It takes place this Saturday, starting at 1pm CET. Go to frogsconf.nl for more information and (not unimportant) to register.
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Friends of Good Software Conference
Friends of Good Software (FroGS) - Saturday 28 February 2026 CET (open space)
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joeposaurus @joeposaurus.eurosky.social · 09/02/2026
Blogged: Reflections after writing a release advice It's been a while since I last wrote one... smallsheds.garden/blog/2026/re...
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Reflections after writing a release advice
Or rather, a release intent.
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Jake L and Hyde @jaykayell.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
The co-founder of substack made this statement over 2 years ago, after platforming a white supremacist on his podcast who also contributed to project 2025.
Hamish McKenzie *
21 Dec 2023


Hi everyone. Chris, Jairaj, and I wanted to let you know that we've heard and have been listening to all the views being expressed about how Substack should think about the presence of fringe voices on the platform (and particularly, in this case, Nazi views).

I just want to make it clear that we don't like Nazis either-we wish no-one held those views. But some people do hold those and other extreme views. Given that, we don't think that censorship (including through demonetizing publications) makes the problem go away—in fact, it makes it worse.
We believe that supporting individual rights and civil liberties while subjecting ideas to open discourse is the best way to strip bad ideas of their power. We are committed to upholding and protecting freedom of expression, even when it hurts. As Ted Gioia has noted, history shows that censorship is most potently used by the powerful to silence the powerless.Our content guidelines do have narrowly defined proscriptions, including a clause that prohibits incitements to violence. We will continue to actively enforce those rules while offering tools that let readers curate their own experiences and opt in to their preferred communities.
Beyond that, we will stick to our decentralized approach to content moderation, which gives power to readers and writers. While not everyone agrees with this approach, many people do, as indicated by Elle Griffin's post in defense of decentralized moderation on Substack, which was signed and endorsed by hundreds of writers on the platform, including some of the leading names in journalism, literature, and academia.
Even if we were in a minority of one, however, we would still believe in these principles.

There also remains a criticism that Substack is promoting these fringe voices. This criticism appears to stem from my decision to host Richard Hanania, who was later outed as having once published extreme and racist views, on my podcast, The Active Voice. I didn't know of those past writings at the time, and Hanania went on to disavow those views. While it has been uncomfortable and I probably would have done things differently with all the information in front of me, I ultimately don't regret having him on the podcast. I think it's important to engage with and understand a range of views even if-especially if-you disagree with them. Hanania is an influential voice for some in U.S. politics-his recent book, for instance, was published by HarperCollins-and there is value in knowing his arguments. The same applies to all other guests I have hosted on The Active Voice, including Hanania's political opposites.We don't expect everyone to agree with our approach and policies, and we believe it's helpful for there to be continued robust debate of these issues. Six years into Substack, however, we have been encouraged by the quality of discourse on the platform. As Elle said in her letter: "We are still trying to figure out the best way to handle extremism on the internet. But of all the ways we've tried so far, Substack is working the best."

Thanks for listening, and for caring, and thanks to everyone who publishes on Substack. We are here to serve you and will continue to do our very best in that mission.
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Nazih Fares 🔜 Spawn! Angoulême @nazihfares.com · 05/02/2026
I'd like to add that like in all industries, when we stop understanding how our tools work, we become entirely dependent on the corporate entities that own the mold. We are trading the ability to build and repair for the convenience of being permanent tenants in someone else's infrastructure/subs.
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Zig Zag Claybourne @zzclaybourne.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Hat tip to @geraldcoleman.bsky.social for doing The Work.
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Beginner’s Guide to Black Science Fiction and Fantasy
A while back, I created the first beginner's guide to black science fiction & fantasy in answer to two realities.
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
every epstein file drop underscores how elite power operates through shared socio-economic networks, regardless of people's ideological differences, populist posturing, or public feuds
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joeposaurus @joeposaurus.eurosky.social · 18/01/2026
Blogged: Three basic truths about planning This one is so short, I'm not sharing any spoilers here. smallsheds.garden/blog/2026/th...
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Three basic truths about planning
This post was correct about itself.
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George Dinwiddie @gdinwiddie.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
Here's a deal for you: My book, Software Estimation Without Guessing - Effective Planning in an Imperfect World 40% off with code INSIGHT at checkout. pragprog.com/titles/gdest...
Cover of book, Software Estimation Without Guessing - Effective Planning in an Imperfect World
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Anne Kirn @houseofdarkly.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
As if artists don't have enough to deal with, Amazon has a "Buy For Me" program in beta which is scraping indie shops for their items and putting them up on Amazon (often incorrectly), for their "AI agent" to buy from the other site. It is NOT opt in, and there is no opt out.
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