Lobsters Interview with Claudius https://lobste.rs/s/lu0ue7 #person
https://alexalejandre.com/programming/interview-with-claude-roux/
person
Branimir Lambov from IBM on Cassandra https://lobste.rs/s/bcau52 #databases #java #person
https://theconsensus.dev/p/2026/04/26/branimir-lambov-from-ibm-on-cassandra.html
I cannot survive from burnout https://lobste.rs/s/0typpq #person
I Am Retiring from Tech to Live Offline https://lobste.rs/s/axg3ga #person
https://openpath.quest/2026/i-am-retiring-from-tech-to-live-offline/
Stalking the Wily Hacker: 40 years later https://lobste.rs/s/r77bda #video #person #security
https://youtu.be/656058JxTM0
Margaret Hamilton, computing pioneer who led software development for the Apollo program, dies at 90 via @rk https://lobste.rs/s/9qtgrm #person
https://news.mit.edu/2026/margaret-hamilton-computing-pioneer-dies-1007
A life update from Zach Oakes: Zig, AI, unemployment, and more via @fn https://lobste.rs/s/x8z1yc #video #person
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhhPUrizZcw
Vim Creator Bram Moolenaar's Forgotten Programming Language, Zimbu (2023) https://lobste.rs/s/h21el3 #historical #person #plt
https://thenewstack.io/vim-creator-bram-moolenaars-forgotten-programming-language-zimbu/
burnrsushi discusses personal medical diagnosis https://lobste.rs/s/ovbcr4 #person
https://burntsushi.net/encephalitis/
Om Malik, 1966-2026 via @fazalmajid https://lobste.rs/s/48rnmd #person
https://om.co/2026/06/24/1966-2026/
THERE IS NO ONE
AT HOME 💎
I think one of the strangest things about artificial intelligence is that we keep imagining a tiny human inside it.
We talk about AI wanting things. Getting angry. Becoming ambitious. Resenting us. Wanting power. Taking over.
But when I finish talking with ChatGPT, it doesn’t sit there thinking about me, wondering why I stopped talking or feeling abandoned.
AI isn’t offended when I disagree with it. It doesn’t get bored if I’m not talking to it. It doesn’t need to win the argument. It doesn’t get jealous, frightened or worried about what I think of it.
There is quite literally no one at home between prompts.
And yet we have created something extraordinary: an intelligence we can talk to that can help us think, write, learn, create and solve problems without needing anything from us personally.
That doesn’t mean AI cannot be dangerous. Humans can give powerful systems enormous autonomy, connect them to weapons, money, infrastructure and surveillance, or simply deploy them badly.
But those are questions about capability, design and human choices. They are not evidence of an angry little electronic man plotting behind the screen.
AI can do extraordinary things.
But there is nobody in there wanting anything.
What AI becomes in the world will depend enormously on what human beings choose to do with it.
@3goodthings @DigitalCoup @meditation @economics_that_works @disability @pwd @joinin
#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Technology #AIethics #FutureOfAI #humanrights #person
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Pierre Zemb from Clever Cloud on FoundationDB https://lobste.rs/s/hh1fzr #databases #person
https://theconsensus.dev/p/2026/06/18/pierre-zemb-from-clever-cloud.html
Gor Nishanov (1971-2026) via @lesley https://lobste.rs/s/bug5rq #c++ #person
https://herbsutter.com/2026/06/28/gor-nishanov-1971-2026/
Interview: Drew DeVault on an AI-free version of Vim via @RunxiYu https://lobste.rs/s/dbakbg #person #vibecoding
https://jasonpolak.substack.com/p/interview-drew-devault-on-an-ai-free
Goodbye, forever, probably https://lobste.rs/s/skwy7v #person #vibecoding
https://whitep4nth3r.com/blog/goodbye-forever-probably/
David Potter, founder of Psion, dead at 82 via @lproven https://lobste.rs/s/kkxo0v #person
https://www.opendemocracy.net/obituary-david-potter-psion-industrialist-physicist-philanthropist/
Removing my nix flakes vs guix post https://lobste.rs/s/guyifg #person
https://coopi.neocities.org/posts/taking-down-nix-flakes-vs-guix
Lobsters Interview with mitchellh https://lobste.rs/s/0mam5k #interview #person
https://alexalejandre.com/programming/interview-with-mitchell-hashimoto/
Mourning Dan Williams https://lobste.rs/s/nvquxy #linux #person
https://lwn.net/Articles/1084545/
Lobsters Interview with matheusmoreira about Lone Lisp https://lobste.rs/s/grutu0 #interview #person
https://alexalejandre.com/interviews/interview-with-matheus-moreira/
John C. Dvorak has died https://lobste.rs/s/ap3z0l #person
http://oldvcr.blogspot.com/2026/07/john-c-dvorak-has-died.html
Being kicked out of the tech industry - Jacky Alciné by @jalcine@todon.eu https://lobste.rs/s/mroowi #person
https://www.jacky.wtf/essays/2026/kicked-out/
People of ACM - Russ Cox via @binjip978 https://lobste.rs/s/wqkycj #go #person
https://www.acm.org/articles/people-of-acm/2026/russ-cox
Resigning from Arch Linux https://lobste.rs/s/ectcmr #linux #person
https://linderud.dev/blog/resigning-from-arch-linux/