Thomas the guy from the engineering team
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A rant on Google's product pricing strategy when it comes to AI.
* a personal user: you can get Google AI Pro(€22)/Ultra (€275 )which replaces Google One and allows access to: Gemini, Gemini CLI with "Higher daily request limits", but not API
* Workspace user: has no equivalent:
* a personal user: you can get Google AI Pro(€22)/Ultra (€275 )which replaces Google One and allows access to: Gemini, Gemini CLI with "Higher daily request limits", but not API
* Workspace user: has no equivalent:
November 17, 2025 at 11:36 AM
A rant on Google's product pricing strategy when it comes to AI.
* a personal user: you can get Google AI Pro(€22)/Ultra (€275 )which replaces Google One and allows access to: Gemini, Gemini CLI with "Higher daily request limits", but not API
* Workspace user: has no equivalent:
* a personal user: you can get Google AI Pro(€22)/Ultra (€275 )which replaces Google One and allows access to: Gemini, Gemini CLI with "Higher daily request limits", but not API
* Workspace user: has no equivalent:
Germany needed to reinvent itself 20 years ago, but instead of allowing innovation, it still clings to old ideals and ways.
Over the past few weeks, Sebastien Ash, Florian Müller and I took a deep dive into the demise of German manufacturing. The situation appears so bleak that it really blows my mind.
www.ft.com/content/239e...
www.ft.com/content/239e...
Can anything halt the decline of German industry?
Europe’s manufacturing champion is in free fall. Economists are suggesting radical steps to save what is left
www.ft.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Germany needed to reinvent itself 20 years ago, but instead of allowing innovation, it still clings to old ideals and ways.
September 20, 2025 at 7:40 AM
"LinkedIn is OnlyFans for middle managers"
September 17, 2025 at 9:37 PM
"LinkedIn is OnlyFans for middle managers"
Happy 34th birthday, Linux!
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August 25, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Happy 34th birthday, Linux!
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Write code for the future. You'll thank yourself later.
August 14, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Write code for the future. You'll thank yourself later.
Russia found 1,000 old tanks in Siberia—they miss when they move, but it’s all that’s left
euromaidanpress.com/2025/08/08/r...
euromaidanpress.com/2025/08/08/r...
Russia revives 1,000 rusty T-72A tanks from Siberia for war
50-year-old T-72A tanks are back in fashion in the Russian military as newer tanks get demolished in Ukraine.
euromaidanpress.com
August 13, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Russia found 1,000 old tanks in Siberia—they miss when they move, but it’s all that’s left
euromaidanpress.com/2025/08/08/r...
euromaidanpress.com/2025/08/08/r...
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Legendary use case for Claude Code I’ve just heard:
“It managed to uninstall all Adobe products from my Mac by telling Claude Code to do this. Toon a bunch of tokens but was worth it.”
(Iykyk)
“It managed to uninstall all Adobe products from my Mac by telling Claude Code to do this. Toon a bunch of tokens but was worth it.”
(Iykyk)
August 12, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Legendary use case for Claude Code I’ve just heard:
“It managed to uninstall all Adobe products from my Mac by telling Claude Code to do this. Toon a bunch of tokens but was worth it.”
(Iykyk)
“It managed to uninstall all Adobe products from my Mac by telling Claude Code to do this. Toon a bunch of tokens but was worth it.”
(Iykyk)
Critical thinking is always needed when reading those kind of „surveys“
In what world is IBM's "AI coding technology" ranked a league above Cursor?? The technology I've not heard of existing (let alone a single dev using it) While Cursor adopted by large tech companies like Uber, Shopify, Stripe and many others?
Why reports like this "IDC" one are nonsense:
Why reports like this "IDC" one are nonsense:
August 10, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Critical thinking is always needed when reading those kind of „surveys“
On this day in 1806, the Holy Roman Empire ceased to exist, after being founded in 962
August 7, 2025 at 5:24 PM
On this day in 1806, the Holy Roman Empire ceased to exist, after being founded in 962
Just three weeks after acquiring rival AI startup Windsurf, Cognition has laid off 30 employees and is offering buyouts to the remaining staff. The move suggests the acquisition was for intellectual property, not talent.
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Three weeks after acquiring Windsurf, Cognition offers staff the exit door | TechCrunch
Cognition is also laying off 30 employees. Those who don't take the buyout are expected to work 80+ hour weeks.
techcrunch.com
August 6, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Just three weeks after acquiring rival AI startup Windsurf, Cognition has laid off 30 employees and is offering buyouts to the remaining staff. The move suggests the acquisition was for intellectual property, not talent.
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Most recruitment processes are not repeatable.
What a story from Steve Yegge from his time at Google, back in the day:
Using a "blind" and unbiased process, interviewers would not have hired most colleagues who were actually at the company!
Food for thought on how building a soild hiring process remains tough
Using a "blind" and unbiased process, interviewers would not have hired most colleagues who were actually at the company!
Food for thought on how building a soild hiring process remains tough
July 29, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Most recruitment processes are not repeatable.
metr.org/blog/2025-07...
A study found that recent (early-2025_ AI tools made experienced open-source developers 19% slower on real-world coding tasks. Despite the slowdown, developers incorrectly believed the AI had sped them up by an average of 20%.
A study found that recent (early-2025_ AI tools made experienced open-source developers 19% slower on real-world coding tasks. Despite the slowdown, developers incorrectly believed the AI had sped them up by an average of 20%.
Measuring the Impact of Early-2025 AI on Experienced Open-Source Developer Productivity
We conduct a randomized controlled trial to understand how early-2025 AI tools affect the productivity of experienced open-source developers working on their own repositories. Surprisingly, we find th...
metr.org
July 11, 2025 at 6:08 PM
metr.org/blog/2025-07...
A study found that recent (early-2025_ AI tools made experienced open-source developers 19% slower on real-world coding tasks. Despite the slowdown, developers incorrectly believed the AI had sped them up by an average of 20%.
A study found that recent (early-2025_ AI tools made experienced open-source developers 19% slower on real-world coding tasks. Despite the slowdown, developers incorrectly believed the AI had sped them up by an average of 20%.
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Jack Dorsey's BitChat whitepaper is out, and it's a masterclass in true off-grid communication. It details a P2P messaging app running entirely on a custom Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) mesh network. No internet, no servers, just pure decentralized messaging, ephemeral.
Jack Dorsey's BitChat whitepaper is out, and it's a masterclass in true off-grid communication. It details a P2P messaging app running entirely on a custom Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) mesh network. No internet, no servers, just pure decentralized messaging, ephemeral.
github.com
July 8, 2025 at 8:54 AM
github.com/jackjackbits...
Jack Dorsey's BitChat whitepaper is out, and it's a masterclass in true off-grid communication. It details a P2P messaging app running entirely on a custom Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) mesh network. No internet, no servers, just pure decentralized messaging, ephemeral.
Jack Dorsey's BitChat whitepaper is out, and it's a masterclass in true off-grid communication. It details a P2P messaging app running entirely on a custom Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) mesh network. No internet, no servers, just pure decentralized messaging, ephemeral.
Mark Russinovich (Azure CTO), Bill Gates, Linus Torvalds, and Dave Cutler (VMS, Windows NT) were in the same room. The universe didn't explode.
June 22, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Mark Russinovich (Azure CTO), Bill Gates, Linus Torvalds, and Dave Cutler (VMS, Windows NT) were in the same room. The universe didn't explode.
Aerial view of collected remnants of Russian rockets and Iskander ballistic missiles launched at the city of Kharkiv in northeastern Ukraine in December 2022.
June 19, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Aerial view of collected remnants of Russian rockets and Iskander ballistic missiles launched at the city of Kharkiv in northeastern Ukraine in December 2022.