George Black
@george.black
Software engineer in Austin, TX. A huge fan of AWS 💻, Austin FC 🌳, and autonomous cars 🚙.
Don’t want to be limited by the simple binary of a toggle? No problem, just replace it.
January 11, 2026 at 4:24 AM
Don’t want to be limited by the simple binary of a toggle? No problem, just replace it.
Image via AppleInsider: appleinsider.com/articles/25/...
January 10, 2026 at 2:46 PM
Image via AppleInsider: appleinsider.com/articles/25/...
21 years ago, the Mac Mini started at $499. Today it starts at $599. What a fantastic little machine.
January 10, 2026 at 2:45 PM
21 years ago, the Mac Mini started at $499. Today it starts at $599. What a fantastic little machine.
Yes! Beyond markdown even — code snippets as a part of the lexicon would be great.
January 9, 2026 at 12:31 AM
Yes! Beyond markdown even — code snippets as a part of the lexicon would be great.
I think it's a slim chance that x402 catches on – but if it does, that would be great!
January 8, 2026 at 7:55 PM
I think it's a slim chance that x402 catches on – but if it does, that would be great!
With x402, I get paid each time a chatbot uses my site. Chatbots (like search engines) always look for the best content. The better my content, the more I could get paid.
I'm no longer incentivized to write clickbait to get more eyeballs and ad revenue.
I'm no longer incentivized to write clickbait to get more eyeballs and ad revenue.
January 8, 2026 at 7:55 PM
With x402, I get paid each time a chatbot uses my site. Chatbots (like search engines) always look for the best content. The better my content, the more I could get paid.
I'm no longer incentivized to write clickbait to get more eyeballs and ad revenue.
I'm no longer incentivized to write clickbait to get more eyeballs and ad revenue.
For those unfamiliar, take this example.
Suppose I write a high quality blog reviewing screwdrivers. I rely on human visitors & ad revenue for funding.
When a user asks their chatbot "what screwdriver should I buy?", the chatbot visits my website and uses my work. I miss out on the ad revenue.
Suppose I write a high quality blog reviewing screwdrivers. I rely on human visitors & ad revenue for funding.
When a user asks their chatbot "what screwdriver should I buy?", the chatbot visits my website and uses my work. I miss out on the ad revenue.
January 8, 2026 at 7:55 PM
For those unfamiliar, take this example.
Suppose I write a high quality blog reviewing screwdrivers. I rely on human visitors & ad revenue for funding.
When a user asks their chatbot "what screwdriver should I buy?", the chatbot visits my website and uses my work. I miss out on the ad revenue.
Suppose I write a high quality blog reviewing screwdrivers. I rely on human visitors & ad revenue for funding.
When a user asks their chatbot "what screwdriver should I buy?", the chatbot visits my website and uses my work. I miss out on the ad revenue.
My personal wish for 2026 is for the x402 protocol to take off. People should be able to charge AI agents for content, which I (optimistically) believe will lead to higher quality content on the web. www.x402.org
January 8, 2026 at 7:48 PM
My personal wish for 2026 is for the x402 protocol to take off. People should be able to charge AI agents for content, which I (optimistically) believe will lead to higher quality content on the web. www.x402.org
It’s really fun! I have a hard time going back to AWS for personal projects.
January 7, 2026 at 1:30 AM
It’s really fun! I have a hard time going back to AWS for personal projects.
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i think i waited too long to give cloudflare workers/R2 a try, the tooling anyways is really nice to work with, and easy to mock locally
January 7, 2026 at 12:11 AM
i think i waited too long to give cloudflare workers/R2 a try, the tooling anyways is really nice to work with, and easy to mock locally
This blew me away when it was announced! Wild stuff.
On 1 Dec 2020, AWS S3 announced that all writes to S3 are now strongly consistent (not eventually consistent, like before) *at no price change or latency changes* to any customers.
Pulling this off was probably one of the biggest invisible engineering achievements of the decade
Pulling this off was probably one of the biggest invisible engineering achievements of the decade
January 6, 2026 at 11:19 PM
This blew me away when it was announced! Wild stuff.
Saying Waymo has "a higher per mile death rate than average American drivers" definitely reads as though the deaths are being attributed to Waymo.
January 6, 2026 at 5:46 PM
Saying Waymo has "a higher per mile death rate than average American drivers" definitely reads as though the deaths are being attributed to Waymo.
Parts of this article are very misleading.
Reading this paragraph, you'd assume two people died in a Waymo. In both incidents, an *empty* Waymo was struck by human driver at high speed.
It's a bit silly to attribute these deaths to Waymo.
Reading this paragraph, you'd assume two people died in a Waymo. In both incidents, an *empty* Waymo was struck by human driver at high speed.
It's a bit silly to attribute these deaths to Waymo.
January 6, 2026 at 3:57 PM
Parts of this article are very misleading.
Reading this paragraph, you'd assume two people died in a Waymo. In both incidents, an *empty* Waymo was struck by human driver at high speed.
It's a bit silly to attribute these deaths to Waymo.
Reading this paragraph, you'd assume two people died in a Waymo. In both incidents, an *empty* Waymo was struck by human driver at high speed.
It's a bit silly to attribute these deaths to Waymo.
A Cloudflare-powered PDS has been on my wish list for a long time. Can’t wait to take this for a spin!
January 4, 2026 at 1:43 PM
A Cloudflare-powered PDS has been on my wish list for a long time. Can’t wait to take this for a spin!
I’m such a sucker for G3-themed anything
January 2, 2026 at 5:20 PM
I’m such a sucker for G3-themed anything
Hah, I’ve got one coworker working on me. Maybe I’ll be a convert soon!
December 31, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Hah, I’ve got one coworker working on me. Maybe I’ll be a convert soon!
Writing CSS for my site that uses modern features only available in Chrome or Safari, but not both.
Eventual consistency — eventually it’ll look right in one browser… right?
Eventual consistency — eventually it’ll look right in one browser… right?
December 28, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Writing CSS for my site that uses modern features only available in Chrome or Safari, but not both.
Eventual consistency — eventually it’ll look right in one browser… right?
Eventual consistency — eventually it’ll look right in one browser… right?
That’s a lot shorter than I would have imagined — where did you get the dimensions?
December 28, 2025 at 2:45 PM
That’s a lot shorter than I would have imagined — where did you get the dimensions?
Headphones-on game for sure
December 28, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Headphones-on game for sure
You’ve already bought one, you just don’t know it yet.
December 28, 2025 at 2:07 PM
You’ve already bought one, you just don’t know it yet.
The industry standardized on USB-C on its own. The EC isn’t doing much aside from preventing future innovation.
Innovation happens when someone can pull away from the pack and risk it on a new idea.
Innovation happens when someone can pull away from the pack and risk it on a new idea.
One port, one cable, one Europe.
This holiday, unwrap the power of one: USB-C for all.
Yes, not just phones, tablets, and laptops. In three years, every charger will be under the same tree.
Because less waste, smarter choices, mean more for everyone, all year long.
link.europa.eu/QDMFTh
This holiday, unwrap the power of one: USB-C for all.
Yes, not just phones, tablets, and laptops. In three years, every charger will be under the same tree.
Because less waste, smarter choices, mean more for everyone, all year long.
link.europa.eu/QDMFTh
December 28, 2025 at 3:20 AM
The industry standardized on USB-C on its own. The EC isn’t doing much aside from preventing future innovation.
Innovation happens when someone can pull away from the pack and risk it on a new idea.
Innovation happens when someone can pull away from the pack and risk it on a new idea.
Might need to get a Mac mini just for this
December 28, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Might need to get a Mac mini just for this
Is the era of creating programming languages over? i.e. will we see anything new seriously take hold in the next decade?
December 24, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Is the era of creating programming languages over? i.e. will we see anything new seriously take hold in the next decade?
