Charles Humble
@charleshumble.bsky.social
Techie, podcaster, editor, author and consultant, 1/2 of Twofish. I'd rather be making music.
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Charles Humble
@charleshumble.bsky.social
· Sep 16
Kubernetes at the Edge: Container Orchestration at Scale
Edge computing promises incredible performance. But the reality is often unreliable connectivity, complex security, and overwhelming management. This ebook gives you the proven strategies to deploy an...
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‘Kubernetes at the Edge: Container Orchestration at Scale’ is now live! Published by @thenewstack.io and sponsored by @siderolabs.com , it includes real-world case studies, vendor evaluations and proven strategies for managing distributed infrastructure at scale. 👉 bit.ly/kubernetes-e...
Somewhere between Christmas and Easter I buy Cadbury Creme Egg, eat it, and then feel slightly sick. I have no idea why I do this. I don’t like them. I don’t think I ever did.
February 7, 2026 at 3:24 PM
Somewhere between Christmas and Easter I buy Cadbury Creme Egg, eat it, and then feel slightly sick. I have no idea why I do this. I don’t like them. I don’t think I ever did.
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Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 11:50 AM
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
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The energy transition is happening, faster than many realize. This week, I look at how clean energy is surging, where we can get it wrong, why silence on climate is spreading, and what we can do. Read the full edition for the data, the stories, and practical ways to keep the conversation going:
"Climate hushing"—the quiet trend undermining global climate action | Talking Climate with Katharine Hayhoe
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February 5, 2026 at 5:12 PM
The energy transition is happening, faster than many realize. This week, I look at how clean energy is surging, where we can get it wrong, why silence on climate is spreading, and what we can do. Read the full edition for the data, the stories, and practical ways to keep the conversation going:
I have a client that is requiring me to use a supplied Mac so I'm back on Firsher Price my first Operating System. Gosh I do hate what they've done to the Mac.
February 5, 2026 at 2:58 PM
I have a client that is requiring me to use a supplied Mac so I'm back on Firsher Price my first Operating System. Gosh I do hate what they've done to the Mac.
The excitement around ‘Moltbook’ is weird. It's basically the old fallacy of writing “I’m alive” on a piece of paper, photocopying it, and then saying ’OMG look what the photocopier says!”
February 3, 2026 at 3:48 PM
The excitement around ‘Moltbook’ is weird. It's basically the old fallacy of writing “I’m alive” on a piece of paper, photocopying it, and then saying ’OMG look what the photocopier says!”
Human brains run on ~12-20 watts and sandwiches, while AI needs gigawatts. Could biology hold AI's future? I spoke with Dr. Ewelina Kurtys from FinalSpark about building computers from human stem cells, neural encoding, and the ethics of conscious systems.
. @charleshumble.bsky.social & Dr. Ewelina Kurtys discuss biological computing: living neurons that could cut AI costs by being 1M times more energy efficient than current systems.
State of the Art of Biological Computing • Ewelina Kurtys & Charles Humble • GOTO 2026
This interview was recorded for GOTO State of the Art in January 2026. #GOTOcon #GOTO
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Read the full transcription of this interview here:
https://gotopia.tech/articles/423
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February 2, 2026 at 7:37 PM
Human brains run on ~12-20 watts and sandwiches, while AI needs gigawatts. Could biology hold AI's future? I spoke with Dr. Ewelina Kurtys from FinalSpark about building computers from human stem cells, neural encoding, and the ethics of conscious systems.
To misquote Gremlins "the most important rule, the rule you can never forget, never read the comments."
February 2, 2026 at 5:59 PM
To misquote Gremlins "the most important rule, the rule you can never forget, never read the comments."
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. @charleshumble.bsky.social & Dr. Ewelina Kurtys discuss biological computing: living neurons that could cut AI costs by being 1M times more energy efficient than current systems.
State of the Art of Biological Computing • Ewelina Kurtys & Charles Humble • GOTO 2026
This interview was recorded for GOTO State of the Art in January 2026. #GOTOcon #GOTO
https://gotopia.tech
Read the full transcription of this interview here:
https://gotopia.tech/articles/423
Dr.…
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February 2, 2026 at 1:01 PM
. @charleshumble.bsky.social & Dr. Ewelina Kurtys discuss biological computing: living neurons that could cut AI costs by being 1M times more energy efficient than current systems.
My wife and I went to see the wonderful “H is for Hawk” at the cinema this week. Fabulous acting particularly from Claire Foy, and a brilliant soundtrack from Emilie Levienaise-Farrouch (which kind of does the job of the inner monologue in the book). Loved it.
H Is For Hawk - Official Trailer
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February 1, 2026 at 12:08 PM
My wife and I went to see the wonderful “H is for Hawk” at the cinema this week. Fabulous acting particularly from Claire Foy, and a brilliant soundtrack from Emilie Levienaise-Farrouch (which kind of does the job of the inner monologue in the book). Loved it.
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AI success hinges on designing your API landscape based on business capabilities, not resources, says API expert @kinlane.bsky.social.
By @charleshumble.bsky.social, thanks to @naftiko.bsky.social
By @charleshumble.bsky.social, thanks to @naftiko.bsky.social
Map Your API Landscape To Prevent Agentic AI Disaster
AI success hinges on designing your API landscape based on business capabilities, not resources, says API expert Kin Lane.
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January 22, 2026 at 2:30 PM
AI success hinges on designing your API landscape based on business capabilities, not resources, says API expert @kinlane.bsky.social.
By @charleshumble.bsky.social, thanks to @naftiko.bsky.social
By @charleshumble.bsky.social, thanks to @naftiko.bsky.social
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From bored of peace to the board of peace ft.trib.al/exehe5A | opinion
From bored of peace to the board of peace
Forget the road to Damascus; Trump’s conversion has happened on the jet to Davos
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January 22, 2026 at 4:48 PM
From bored of peace to the board of peace ft.trib.al/exehe5A | opinion
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AI success hinges on designing your API landscape based on business capabilities, not resources, says API expert @kinlane.bsky.social.
By @charleshumble.bsky.social, thanks to @naftiko.bsky.social
By @charleshumble.bsky.social, thanks to @naftiko.bsky.social
Map Your API Landscape To Prevent Agentic AI Disaster
AI success hinges on designing your API landscape based on business capabilities, not resources, says API expert Kin Lane.
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January 18, 2026 at 8:15 PM
AI success hinges on designing your API landscape based on business capabilities, not resources, says API expert @kinlane.bsky.social.
By @charleshumble.bsky.social, thanks to @naftiko.bsky.social
By @charleshumble.bsky.social, thanks to @naftiko.bsky.social
I find it pointless but I don’t hate it on iOS. I know lots of people found that MacOS was fine, but I’m back on Sequoia on my Mac-so many small annoyances like missing when trying to resize windows, horrible icons, horrible, cluttered menus. I’ll try again in a year…
January 18, 2026 at 5:24 PM
I find it pointless but I don’t hate it on iOS. I know lots of people found that MacOS was fine, but I’m back on Sequoia on my Mac-so many small annoyances like missing when trying to resize windows, horrible icons, horrible, cluttered menus. I’ll try again in a year…
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Climate change, nature loss, and inactivity could cut sports industry revenues 14 per cent by 2030
The global sports economy may be booming, but climate change and nature loss threaten to wipe billions of dollars off its projected value over the coming decades.
The global sports economy may be booming, but climate change and nature loss threaten to wipe billions of dollars off its projected value over the coming decades.
Climate change, nature loss, and inactivity could cut sports industry revenues 14 per cent by 2030
Report outlines 'double imperative' for sport to safeguard natural systems that make play possible
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January 17, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Climate change, nature loss, and inactivity could cut sports industry revenues 14 per cent by 2030
The global sports economy may be booming, but climate change and nature loss threaten to wipe billions of dollars off its projected value over the coming decades.
The global sports economy may be booming, but climate change and nature loss threaten to wipe billions of dollars off its projected value over the coming decades.
@monkchips.com just trying to submit a talk to Monki Gras and can’t get Papercall to work. It says “ There were errors with your submission!” But if there are it isn’t telling me what they are!
If you’re not already full I’d love to pitch a talk-two new ideas, one of which I have no idea how to do
If you’re not already full I’d love to pitch a talk-two new ideas, one of which I have no idea how to do
January 15, 2026 at 6:01 PM
@monkchips.com just trying to submit a talk to Monki Gras and can’t get Papercall to work. It says “ There were errors with your submission!” But if there are it isn’t telling me what they are!
If you’re not already full I’d love to pitch a talk-two new ideas, one of which I have no idea how to do
If you’re not already full I’d love to pitch a talk-two new ideas, one of which I have no idea how to do
Looking forward to reading this. If you’d like someone to review and make comments ahead of time I’d be happy to help.
January 13, 2026 at 11:11 PM
Looking forward to reading this. If you’d like someone to review and make comments ahead of time I’d be happy to help.
For my first sponsored article of 2026 I sat down with Kin Lane from @naftiko.bsky.social to talk about business capabilities and how language shapes our mental models. Kin is such a deep thinker and I found the conversation really interesting.
#AI #APIs #AgenticAI #DomainDrivenDesign
#AI #APIs #AgenticAI #DomainDrivenDesign
AI success hinges on designing your API landscape based on business capabilities, not resources, says API expert Kin Lane.
By @charleshumble.bsky.social, thanks to @naftiko.bsky.social
By @charleshumble.bsky.social, thanks to @naftiko.bsky.social
Map Your API Landscape To Prevent Agentic AI Disaster
AI success hinges on designing your API landscape based on business capabilities, not resources, says API expert Kin Lane.
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January 13, 2026 at 8:28 AM
For my first sponsored article of 2026 I sat down with Kin Lane from @naftiko.bsky.social to talk about business capabilities and how language shapes our mental models. Kin is such a deep thinker and I found the conversation really interesting.
#AI #APIs #AgenticAI #DomainDrivenDesign
#AI #APIs #AgenticAI #DomainDrivenDesign
For my first published article of 2026 I sat down with Kin Lane of @naftiko.bsky.social to talk about business capabilities and how language shapes our mental models. Kin is such a deep thinker and I found the conversation really interesting.
#APIs #AgenticAI #DomainDrivenDesign
#APIs #AgenticAI #DomainDrivenDesign
AI success hinges on designing your API landscape based on business capabilities, not resources, says API expert Kin Lane.
By @charleshumble.bsky.social, thanks to @naftiko.bsky.social
By @charleshumble.bsky.social, thanks to @naftiko.bsky.social
Map Your API Landscape To Prevent Agentic AI Disaster
AI success hinges on designing your API landscape based on business capabilities, not resources, says API expert Kin Lane.
bit.ly
January 13, 2026 at 8:19 AM
For my first published article of 2026 I sat down with Kin Lane of @naftiko.bsky.social to talk about business capabilities and how language shapes our mental models. Kin is such a deep thinker and I found the conversation really interesting.
#APIs #AgenticAI #DomainDrivenDesign
#APIs #AgenticAI #DomainDrivenDesign
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AI success hinges on designing your API landscape based on business capabilities, not resources, says API expert Kin Lane.
By @charleshumble.bsky.social, thanks to @naftiko.bsky.social
By @charleshumble.bsky.social, thanks to @naftiko.bsky.social
Map Your API Landscape To Prevent Agentic AI Disaster
AI success hinges on designing your API landscape based on business capabilities, not resources, says API expert Kin Lane.
bit.ly
January 12, 2026 at 8:19 PM
AI success hinges on designing your API landscape based on business capabilities, not resources, says API expert Kin Lane.
By @charleshumble.bsky.social, thanks to @naftiko.bsky.social
By @charleshumble.bsky.social, thanks to @naftiko.bsky.social
Another brilliant bit of design from Apple:
noheger.at/blog/2026/01...
noheger.at/blog/2026/01...
The struggle of resizing windows on macOS Tahoe – no.heger
noheger.at
January 12, 2026 at 7:41 PM
Another brilliant bit of design from Apple:
noheger.at/blog/2026/01...
noheger.at/blog/2026/01...
Any GenAI experts willing to answer what feels like quite a basic question for me with regards to Grok's ability to generate deepfake and non-consensual sexualised images? DM me?
January 9, 2026 at 9:08 AM
Any GenAI experts willing to answer what feels like quite a basic question for me with regards to Grok's ability to generate deepfake and non-consensual sexualised images? DM me?
Nikita Prokopov points out that they almost exactly mirror the approach which Apple’s Macintosh Human Interface Guidelines advised against back in 1992 tonsky.me/blog/tahoe-i...
It’s hard to justify Tahoe icons
Looking at the first principles of icon design—and how Apple failed to apply all of them in macOS Tahoe
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January 6, 2026 at 9:34 PM
Nikita Prokopov points out that they almost exactly mirror the approach which Apple’s Macintosh Human Interface Guidelines advised against back in 1992 tonsky.me/blog/tahoe-i...
Apple's new UI guideline that recommends putting icons next to every single menu item is truly awful. So bad, in fact that MacOS Tahoe is the fist MacOS I've ever uninstalled. I'm back on Sequoia. Sequoia has lots of bad design choices but Tahoe really is legitimately terrible.
January 6, 2026 at 8:11 PM
Apple's new UI guideline that recommends putting icons next to every single menu item is truly awful. So bad, in fact that MacOS Tahoe is the fist MacOS I've ever uninstalled. I'm back on Sequoia. Sequoia has lots of bad design choices but Tahoe really is legitimately terrible.
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Tell me we should trust AI to give us the facts. Tell me it's a future we can put our faith in. Come at me. I'm right here, waiting.
January 4, 2026 at 3:24 PM
Tell me we should trust AI to give us the facts. Tell me it's a future we can put our faith in. Come at me. I'm right here, waiting.