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The president and vice president of Signal, a messaging app, have warned that agentic AI systems are insecure, unreliable, and a surveillance nightmare. They argue that these AI systems pose significant risks and should be approached with caution.

The article discusses the benefits of solar energy and battery storage in 2025, highlighting how they saved the author money and reduced their carbon footprint. It provides a detailed account of the author's experience with solar and batteries over the course of a year, including the financial and environmental impacts.

Reddit's API is effectively dead for archival. Third-party apps are gone. Reddit has threatened to cut off access to the Pushshift dataset multiple times. But 3.28TB of Reddit history exists as a torrent right now, and I built a tool to turn it into something you can browse on your own hardware.

The key point: This doesn't touch Reddit's servers. Ever. Download the Pushshift dataset, run my tool locally, get a fully browsable archive. Works on an air-gapped machine. Works on a Raspberry Pi serving your LAN. Works on a USB drive you hand to someone.

What it does: Takes compressed data dumps from Reddit (.zst), Voat (SQL), and Ruqqus (.7z) and generates static HTML. No JavaScript, no external requests, no tracking. Open index.html and browse. Want search? Run the optional Docker stack with PostgreSQL – still entirely on your machine.

API & AI Integration: Full REST API with 30+ endpoints – posts, comments, users, subreddits, full-text search, aggregations. Also ships with an MCP server (29 tools) so you can query your archive directly from AI tools.

Self-hosting options: - USB drive / local folder (just open the HTML files) - Home server on your LAN - Tor hidden service (2 commands, no port forwarding needed) - VPS with HTTPS - GitHub Pages for small archives

Why this matters: Once you have the data, you own it. No API keys, no rate limits, no ToS changes can take it away.

Scale: Tens of millions of posts per instance. PostgreSQL backend keeps memory constant regardless of dataset size. For the full 2.38B post dataset, run multiple instances by topic.

How I built it: Python, PostgreSQL, Jinja2 templates, Docker. Used Claude Code throughout as an experiment in AI-assisted development. Learned that the workflow is "trust but verify" – it accelerates the boring parts but you still own the architecture.

Live demo: https://online-archives.github.io/redd-archiver-example/

GitHub: https://github.com/19-84/redd-archiver (Public Domain)

Pushshift torrent: https://academictorrents.com/details/1614740ac8c94505e4ecb9d...

The article discusses the concept of 'End of Life' (EOL) in the context of digital content, exploring how digital platforms and content creators can responsibly manage the lifecycle of online content and handle its eventual expiration or removal.

Tulip CC is an open-source cloud-based collaborative coding platform that allows multiple users to work on the same code in real-time. The platform supports a range of programming languages and provides features like real-time code editing, code sharing, and version control.

The article discusses the benefits of incorporating sleep into a healthy lifestyle, highlighting its importance for physical and mental well-being. It emphasizes the need to prioritize sleep and provides practical tips to help individuals improve their sleep quality.

Games Workshop, the company behind the Warhammer franchise, has banned its staff from using AI in content or designs, citing concerns about the technology. The company's senior managers are not currently excited about AI and its potential impact on the business.

The article discusses how to measure the CPU time spent by the current thread in a Java Virtual Machine (JVM) using the `sun.management.ThreadMXBean` class. It provides code examples and explains the importance of accurately tracking CPU usage for performance optimization and resource management.

The article discusses the limitations and challenges of current generative AI technology, highlighting that it is not as advanced or capable as often portrayed in the media. The author argues that while these systems can produce impressive results, they still lack true understanding and are not yet a replacement for human intelligence.

The article discusses the potential drawbacks of collaboration in game development, emphasizing that having multiple people work on a game doesn't necessarily lead to better results. It explores the importance of clear communication, a unified vision, and individual responsibility in producing a successful game.

The article discusses how GitHub IDs can be used to identify and track individuals, raising privacy concerns. It explores potential solutions to address these issues, such as using alternate identifiers or implementing privacy-enhancing measures on the platform.

The article discusses the concept of 'no management needed' and how companies can thrive without traditional management structures. It explores the benefits of empowering employees, fostering self-organization, and creating a culture of responsibility and accountability.

I built Nogic, a VSCode extension currently, because AI tools make code grow faster than developers can build a mental model by jumping between files. Exploring structure visually has been helping me onboard to unfamiliar codebases faster.

It’s early and rough, but usable. Would love feedback on whether this is useful and what relationships are most valuable to visualize.

The article explores the controversy surrounding the 2026 JP Morgan Conference, examining the claims and counter-claims made by organizers and attendees regarding the event's purpose, content, and impact on the financial industry.

The article reports on videos showing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) agents using chokeholds and other potentially harmful techniques when arresting both undocumented immigrants and U.S. citizens, raising concerns about excessive force and lack of proper training.

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This article discusses Dicer, an open-source tool developed by Databricks that automatically partitions and shards data to optimize performance and reduce storage costs in big data applications. Dicer aims to simplify the data partitioning process and improve the efficiency of large-scale data processing.

The article discusses the rise and decline of ChatGPT, an AI language model created by OpenAI. It explores the rapid adoption and excitement around ChatGPT, as well as the challenges and limitations it faces as it becomes more widely used and scrutinized.

The article discusses the challenges and best practices for serving large-scale machine learning models, including considerations around infrastructure, model optimization, and monitoring to ensure reliable and efficient model deployment.

This article makes a case for the continued relevance of blogging in the digital age, arguing that it offers a platform for authentic self-expression and meaningful connection in a world increasingly dominated by social media and algorithm-driven content.