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Last newsletter of the year! This one's light and just covers a few of the Fun Facts I know about software. Happy holidays and enjoy!
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Some Fun Software Facts
Last newsletter of the year! First some news on Logic for Programmers. Thanks to everyone who donated to the feedchicago charity drive! In total we raised...
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December 10, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Last newsletter of the year! This one's light and just covers a few of the Fun Facts I know about software. Happy holidays and enjoy!
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Sadly I’m inclined to agree — Europe needs to get its act together, strongly support Ukraine and become able to defend itself, as America is not going to come and help this time www.noahpinion.blog/p/europe-is-...
Europe is under siege
Menaced by Russia and China, abandoned by America.
www.noahpinion.blog
December 7, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Sadly I’m inclined to agree — Europe needs to get its act together, strongly support Ukraine and become able to defend itself, as America is not going to come and help this time www.noahpinion.blog/p/europe-is-...
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Considering that I was largely correct about how the war in Ukraine would develop and where Europe would eventually find itself, I will allow myself to share a few thoughts on how I see things unfolding for us in the future:
December 6, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Considering that I was largely correct about how the war in Ukraine would develop and where Europe would eventually find itself, I will allow myself to share a few thoughts on how I see things unfolding for us in the future:
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After reading the 2025 U.S. National Security Strategy, seeing Scott Bessent say that the US remains an ally of China, and reading Musk call for dismantling the EU, I just want to scream into the void, because it feels like we are sliding back into late 19th century imperialism led by a kakistocrats
December 6, 2025 at 1:01 PM
After reading the 2025 U.S. National Security Strategy, seeing Scott Bessent say that the US remains an ally of China, and reading Musk call for dismantling the EU, I just want to scream into the void, because it feels like we are sliding back into late 19th century imperialism led by a kakistocrats
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this fall I worked with the core Git folks on writing an official data model for Git and it just got merged! I learned a few new things from writing it. github.com/git/git/blob...
git/Documentation/gitdatamodel.adoc at master · git/git
Git Source Code Mirror - This is a publish-only repository but pull requests can be turned into patches to the mailing list via GitGitGadget (https://gitgitgadget.github.io/). Please follow Documen...
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December 2, 2025 at 5:01 PM
this fall I worked with the core Git folks on writing an official data model for Git and it just got merged! I learned a few new things from writing it. github.com/git/git/blob...
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In the research for Computing, my multi-part documentary that examines the intersection of computing and what it means to be human, I've collected almost 6,000 books to help inform my storytelling. You can browse my entire collection here
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https://www.librarycat.org/lib/gbooch
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October 31, 2025 at 11:23 PM
In the research for Computing, my multi-part documentary that examines the intersection of computing and what it means to be human, I've collected almost 6,000 books to help inform my storytelling. You can browse my entire collection here
t.co/fw6RXUYR2l
t.co/fw6RXUYR2l
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New blog post on the recent AWS incident: surfingcomplexity.blog/2025/10/25/q...
Quick thoughts on the recent AWS outage
AWS recently posted a public write-up of the us-east-1 incident that hit them this past Monday. Here are a couple of quick thoughts on it. Reliability → Automation → Complexity → New failure modes …
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October 26, 2025 at 3:57 AM
New blog post on the recent AWS incident: surfingcomplexity.blog/2025/10/25/q...
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Russia attacked kindergarten in Kharkiv. Russia’s daily terror across Ukraine continues.
October 22, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Russia attacked kindergarten in Kharkiv. Russia’s daily terror across Ukraine continues.
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just added the MEGA TERMINAL CHEAT SHEET from "The Secret Rules of the Terminal" to our list of posters at wizardzines.com#posters
October 20, 2025 at 3:22 PM
just added the MEGA TERMINAL CHEAT SHEET from "The Secret Rules of the Terminal" to our list of posters at wizardzines.com#posters
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Is this a "high crime or misdemeanor"? Asking for a friend.
Dutch intelligence suspends sharing arrangements with the US after concluding that high level intel was routinely being shared by the White House with their friends in the Kremlin. www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/n...
Nederlandse diensten delen minder informatie met de VS: ‘Soms vertellen we dingen niet meer’
Het aantal dreigingen dat op Nederland afkomt is groot, zien de hoofden van de AIVD en de MIVD elke dag: niet alleen Russische agressie, maar ook de opmars van China als digitale macht en binnenlands ...
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October 19, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Is this a "high crime or misdemeanor"? Asking for a friend.
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Russia’s T-90 tank production in 2024 reached around 240 units, including both new and modernized tanks. But internal planning papers analyzed by Frontelligence Insight show Moscow’s plan to lift output by 80% and launch production of a new T90 variant. 🧵Our Special Report:
October 12, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Russia’s T-90 tank production in 2024 reached around 240 units, including both new and modernized tanks. But internal planning papers analyzed by Frontelligence Insight show Moscow’s plan to lift output by 80% and launch production of a new T90 variant. 🧵Our Special Report:
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"Method Tracing" in async-profiler: github.com/async-profil...
Method Tracing · async-profiler async-profiler · Discussion #1497
Background Async-profiler is often described as a low-overhead sampling profiler for Java. Sampling means the profiler collects statistical information about program execution by periodically inter...
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September 22, 2025 at 4:33 PM
"Method Tracing" in async-profiler: github.com/async-profil...
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Threatens Denmark with Greenland annexation. Threatens Australian journalist. Threatens own media. DOJ threatens the opposition. On the other hand, lifts sanctions from Belarus and rolls out the red carpet for Putin. I don’t think this is the end, and the damage done will be very difficult to undo.
September 17, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Threatens Denmark with Greenland annexation. Threatens Australian journalist. Threatens own media. DOJ threatens the opposition. On the other hand, lifts sanctions from Belarus and rolls out the red carpet for Putin. I don’t think this is the end, and the damage done will be very difficult to undo.
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The effort to “decouple” Russia from China has failed. Putin’s rhetoric in Beijing after the Alaska meeting (which produced little of value) only conferred greater legitimacy on Putin. With the 50-day deadline to stop the war expired, the administration’s weakness is glaring
September 6, 2025 at 12:27 AM
The effort to “decouple” Russia from China has failed. Putin’s rhetoric in Beijing after the Alaska meeting (which produced little of value) only conferred greater legitimacy on Putin. With the 50-day deadline to stop the war expired, the administration’s weakness is glaring
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The epic continues: emptysqua.re/blog/review-...
Knowledge and Common Knowledge in a Distributed Environment, Part 2
Graph theory and epistemology, oh my!
emptysqua.re
August 25, 2025 at 2:48 PM
The epic continues: emptysqua.re/blog/review-...
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NEW POST
I'm about to head off on travels for the next few weeks. Before I go, here's a bunch of scattered thoughts about Gen-AI and software development
martinfowler.com/articles/202...
I'm about to head off on travels for the next few weeks. Before I go, here's a bunch of scattered thoughts about Gen-AI and software development
martinfowler.com/articles/202...
Some thoughts on LLMs and Software Development
a short post
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August 28, 2025 at 2:13 PM
NEW POST
I'm about to head off on travels for the next few weeks. Before I go, here's a bunch of scattered thoughts about Gen-AI and software development
martinfowler.com/articles/202...
I'm about to head off on travels for the next few weeks. Before I go, here's a bunch of scattered thoughts about Gen-AI and software development
martinfowler.com/articles/202...
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Exclusive Report: Shipments of engines, cylinders, pistons, and electronics are pouring from China into Alabuga, fueling Russia’s Shahed production. Frontelligence Insight analyzed export data, closed reports, and open sources, revealing the scale of support. 🧵Thread:
August 21, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Exclusive Report: Shipments of engines, cylinders, pistons, and electronics are pouring from China into Alabuga, fueling Russia’s Shahed production. Frontelligence Insight analyzed export data, closed reports, and open sources, revealing the scale of support. 🧵Thread:
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Desertions, AWOLs, manpower shortages, and recruitment struggles are often linked to the Ukrainian army. And rightly so - I’ve spoken about these issues at length. But the situation on the Russian side is also worsening. This issue deserves wider attention, so here’s a 🧵thread:
August 11, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Desertions, AWOLs, manpower shortages, and recruitment struggles are often linked to the Ukrainian army. And rightly so - I’ve spoken about these issues at length. But the situation on the Russian side is also worsening. This issue deserves wider attention, so here’s a 🧵thread:
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I wrote a short post on learning the fundamentals of distributed systems, with a few suggested resources to read and a few suggested projects to try.
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August 9, 2025 at 3:02 PM
I wrote a short post on learning the fundamentals of distributed systems, with a few suggested resources to read and a few suggested projects to try.
notes.eatonphil.com/2025-08-09-w...
notes.eatonphil.com/2025-08-09-w...
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August 9, 2025 at 11:27 AM
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Could someone—maybe a russian or someone who is pro-russian—remind us why German officials were present at the May 1st, 1941 parade in Moscow? Just asking for a friend
May 1, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Could someone—maybe a russian or someone who is pro-russian—remind us why German officials were present at the May 1st, 1941 parade in Moscow? Just asking for a friend
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Might any of my followers have leads on UK/remote software engineering jobs? Strong Haskell programmer with a ton of open source work. Little bit desperate-- would be keen to hear about any backend engineering roles
April 28, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Might any of my followers have leads on UK/remote software engineering jobs? Strong Haskell programmer with a ton of open source work. Little bit desperate-- would be keen to hear about any backend engineering roles
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I run a little technical book club over email. About 1100 people in the mailing list. 300-600 join each reading.
The current reading (Database Design and Implementation) ends this week. Sign up for the mailing list to get notified about future readings!
eatonphil.com/bookclub.html
The current reading (Database Design and Implementation) ends this week. Sign up for the mailing list to get notified about future readings!
eatonphil.com/bookclub.html
January 6, 2025 at 10:15 PM
I run a little technical book club over email. About 1100 people in the mailing list. 300-600 join each reading.
The current reading (Database Design and Implementation) ends this week. Sign up for the mailing list to get notified about future readings!
eatonphil.com/bookclub.html
The current reading (Database Design and Implementation) ends this week. Sign up for the mailing list to get notified about future readings!
eatonphil.com/bookclub.html