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The writer Aadil Pickle has a great profile of one of my favorite hackers, “Training the Idea Muscle” on Riley Walz. Riley epitomizes the term “high agency,” and I’ve been continually impressed with his ability to rapidly code novel ideas and interfaces on top of public or reverse-engineered data. He’s a hacker, artist, and provocateur. … Continue reading Riley Watz →

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From a 2023 report at The Verge:

Sony highly confidential information about its PlayStation business has just been revealed by mistake. As part of the FTC v. Microsoft hearing, Sony supplied a document from PlayStation chief Jim Ryan that includes redacted details on the margins Sony shares with publishers, its Call of Duty revenues, and even the cost of developing some of its games.

It looks like someone redacted the documents with a black Sharpie — but when you scan them in, it’s easy to see some of the redactions. Oops.

This is sort of the exception that proves the rule regarding redactions. If you redact a document digitally, you have to know what to look for (e.g. metadata) to be certain you’ve redacted everything you want to redact. If you redact a document on paper, you can just look at it, with good light and sharp eyes.

is hiring top-level engineers to help to get rid of C and C++ in its largest codebases and replace that

The post Microsoft’s Bold Goal: Replace 1B Lines of C/C++ With Rust appeared first on The New Stack.

Measuring out-of-sync clocks on the Internet

In my last post, I discussed why a design system is the “visual rail” AI needs. But the “Architect” I’ve been describing doesn’t just care about how a site look

Former GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke once told James Governor, “You can’t do AI-based development without progressive delivery.” It’s a striking

The post Why You Can’t Build AI Without Progressive Delivery appeared first on The New Stack.

Splendid essay by Bilge Ebiri for The Yale Review, a meditation both on the films of Terrence Malick and several filmmakers he’s deeply influenced.

Longtime elite gymnastics coach Al Fong has been suspended for physical and emotional misconduct by the U.S. Center for SafeSport, the organization created by Congress to investigate reports of sexual abuse and misconduct across dozens of Olympic sports. The suspension will last for five years, per the USA Gymnastics database of suspended and restricted people.

Fong's wife, Armine Barutyan, who also coaches gymnastics, has been suspended by SafeSport for physical and emotional misconduct. Her suspension, per USAG, is for one year.

AI native startups definitely serve the non-human crowd. An AI agent can’t really have a human identity, according to Jake

The post Why AI Agents Need Their Own Identity, Not Yours appeared first on The New Stack.

The people of Wilcox County, Alabama, remember the longtime sheriff as a god or a monster—it just depends on who you ask. (Originally published by 'Topic' magazine in 2018)

The post The Two Faces of Lummie Jenkins appeared first on The Atavist Magazine.

We sifted through the fine print to figure out how to score the best deal on all the major carriers.

For years, web components have been the quiet genius in the corner of the web development world — technically brilliant,

The post Web Components Are the Comeback Nobody Saw Coming appeared first on The New Stack.

Christopher Goffard, reporting for the Los Angeles Times (News+ link): When police questioned Marvin Margolis following the murder of Elizabeth Short — who became known as the Black Dahlia — he lied about how well he had known her. The 22-year-old Short had been found mu...

CNN media analyst Brian Stelter, on Bluesky: As “60 Minutes” finalized its “Inside CECOT” report last Thursday, CBS sent the White House a request for comment. A WH spokesperson responded within a few hours. The quote was not included in the “60” report — so, judge for y...

Arnett stars in Bradley Cooper’s new film, ‘Is This Thing On?’ as a man who turns to the New York comedy scene as he grapples with his divorce. The ‘SmartLess’ podcast co-host talked with Terry Gross about voicework, how ‘Arrested Development’ changed his life, and being a troublemaker in school. 

Also, critic David Bianculli shares his picks for best TV of 2025.

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It’s been 10 years since Infrastructure as Code (IaC) became the backbone of cloud provisioning. Terraform, CloudFormation, Pulumi and Ansible

The post The New Operational Stack: From IaC to Platforms to AI Agents appeared first on The New Stack.

You would think a miserable year would be inspirational for a true hater. In actuality, it was hard to hold onto petty grievances and curmudgeonly grudges when the world has tilted into disarray. There is no respite from our constant toiling in a dystopian nightmare. Who rea...

The New York Police Department's “mosque-raking” program targeted Muslim communities across NYC. Now, as the city's first Muslim mayor takes office, one man is fighting—again—to fully expose it.