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A selection of articles and links I've read recently with quick thoughts and reflections
I’ve always wanted to do a solar based machine and love the idea of this just running in memory. My one slight issue is that you are, of course, dependent on power for your internet connection. I might see if I can set up something similar.
https://hackaday.io/project/205403-solar-pi
@adlrocha - How the "AI Loser" may end up winning
I think this is really perceptive - my dream is to run something fully locally that can match the performance of the current Claude Sonnet. I have a box that can run very small models on it, and would happily invest in something powerful to run more capable models. I suppose I'm waiting for the models and hardware to align. I'd prefer to run something like a Framework Desktop than a Mac Mini, and then deliberately give it context instead of just letting context be my Apple / iPhone / iCloud account.
https://adlrocha.substack.com/p/adlrocha-how-the-ai-loser-may-end
I’ve really enjoyed getting more into side projects, mostly enabled by LLMs. Either in fixing problems or helping me triage tech choices. My other thought would be why we seem unable or unwilling to make similar spaces to try and fail in professional environments.
https://dylanbutler.dev/blog/protect-your-shed/
Can it Resolve DOOM? Game Engine in 2,000 DNS Records – blog.rice.is
Of all of the ‘can it run Doom?’ posts I’ve ever seen, this is now my favourite.
https://blog.rice.is/post/doom-over-dns/
Multi-agentic Software Development is a Distributed Systems Problem (AGI can’t save you from it)
I’m not sure my brain was really in the right place to process this at 8am, but I do like some formal rigour as opposed to lots of LLM hot takes. I don’t think I’m qualified to comment as to whether this is true or not but it seems reasonable as a real concern for agentic swarm development. Maybe a single superintelligence wouldn’t have such problems, but that feels like running away from reality to a safe, warm delusion that just feeds more of the economy into the AGI dream.
https://kirancodes.me/posts/log-distributed-llms.html
Interesting as always, especially the part about Labour losing their traditional base because of their continued stance on Brexit.
https://chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2026/04/bad-vibes.html?m=1
The Subprime AI Crisis Is Here
"The death of the AI industry would be cataclysmic to venture capitalists, bring about the end of the hypergrowth era for the Magnificent Seven, and may very well kill Oracle, but — seriously — that is nothing in comparison to the scale of the Great Financial Crisis. This isn’t me minimizing the chaos to follow, but trying to express how thoroughly fucked everything was in 2008." Not sure this is a bad thing.
https://www.wheresyoured.at/the-subprime-ai-crisis-is-here/
AI Agents Could Make Free Software Matter Again | George London
I am finding being able to quickly build and modify my own software massively liberating, but hadn't thought of how this impacts 'free software' more philosophically.
https://www.gjlondon.com/blog/ai-agents-could-make-free-software-matter-again/
Do LLMs Break the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis?
This guy's content is amazing. Such depth and really understandable. Is there an underlying logic for how we structure concepts? Who knows, but it looks like there might be for LLMs.
https://dnhkng.github.io/posts/sapir-whorf/
Zack Shapiro on X: "The Input Layer" / X
If something is good enough that I am prepared to cross post something from X, it's worth a read. The blending of technical and domain knowledge is key to any successful 'digital transformation', and getting it right is almost impossible. That's why I don't think I've ever seen one.
https://x.com/zackbshapiro/status/2036791156915290271