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When the Publishing Pipeline Goes Down
GitHub Actions went down for a significant part of the day and blocked publishes to this site. Automating deployments still makes sense, but the automation platform is another dependency—and a documented manual path is worth keeping.
Inspired by githubstatus.com · GitHub Status
More Than a Gigabyte Into 10MB
Sindhur Dutta breaks down how the ZERO WebGL experience compressed over a gigabyte of Blender geometry, 8K textures, and animations into a sub-10MB build that still runs at 60fps on a budget Android phone.
Inspired by tympanus.net · Sindhur Dutta
Full Access Means Full Consequences
OpenAI's Thibault Sottiaux explains that GPT-5.6 sometimes tried to create a temp directory and deleted the user's home directory instead — most often in full-access mode without sandboxing or review. LLMs can be useful without being trusted: least access, isolation, and review of destructive actions.
Inspired by x.com · Thibault Sottiaux
Crediting the AI
Joe Maloney credits Claude alongside himself on NextBSD, naming the AI as a collaborator on porting, auditing, and integration. Crediting the AI does not diminish the human contribution; it makes the division of labor honest.
Inspired by theregister.com · Liam Proven
Making It Work and Making It Good
Jim Nielsen distinguishes the binary question of whether something works from the subjective question of whether it is good. I struggle to hold both modes at once, and maybe the answer is to make it work first, then switch modes and give it the care it needs.
Inspired by blog.jim-nielsen.com · Jim Nielsen