A developer made a browser extension called "Knockoff" that shows what a wasteland Amazon truly is by filtering out brands like "GODONLIF" "EHEYCIGA," ROTTOGOON," and sponsored products. Useful and illustrative even if you don't use Amazon www.404media.co/knockoff-bro...

I was invited to @thoughtworks.com' Future of Software Engineering summit in Switzerland with around 60 industry leaders. It was an open space hosted by @martinfowler.com. My retro looks at the state of Agentic Development and the role of software design & DDD. aardling.eu/en/insights/...

THE US HAVING A WHITES-ONLY REFUGEE POLICY SHOULD BE A MUCH BIGGER STORY

Nobody wants EVs” is now a decade-old genre of journalism. Over that decade, EV share of new UK car sales went from 0.3% to 25%. The genre hasn’t aged well.

Want to benchmark methods in .NET? ⏱️ We have you covered in this step-by-step tutorial: https://bit.ly/3ytwi0x #dotnet #benchmarking

Mayor Mamdani knows you’re hot (and not just because it’s 105 out!), so he’s been urging adults to go to the closest firehouse and ask for those special sprinkler caps that used to be impossible to get. nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/07/02/t...

I wrote a simple, ai-assisted, folder-based, markdown-based second brain created as a vs code custom agent (appears in agent dropdown). github.com/rickhodder/S... Not a single line of code - the agents and orchestration all defined in markdown.

AI 'Artists' all be like... #webcomics #comicsky

Latest Aspire Roadmap is up here: github.com/microsoft/as... #aspire #ai #programming

The most corrupt president in history and it's not close: "Trump reaped a stunning windfall in his first year back in the White House, including about $1.4 billion from his family’s cryptocurrency businesses, a new filing shows"

💡 If you’re implementing an MCP server in .NET, this walkthrough from Barret lays out the essentials with clarity and discipline. ⚙️ A clear guide for #dotnet architects and devs to implement their own MCP server: ⬇️ https://blog.nimblepros.com/blogs/mcp-server-dotnet/#dotnet #AI #DeveloperTools

A developer I know recently asked: "Since we can produce code so fast now, does the code actually matter that much? Assuming the code fulfills the requirement through actual user testing, who cares what the code looks like?" I have thoughts: ardalis.com/why-care-abo... #AI #code #programming

Even when AI was virtually free, it was expensive…

you ever seen somebody so good at what they do that his opponents were chanting his name and carrying him off the stage afterwards

Hey @oracularhades.com what do you think these were for?

‘PV panels significantly lowered indoor temperatures during daytime…maximum reduction of ~2.3 C (4.1F) during critical afternoon heat stress period (14:00–16:00)…modules installed parallel to roof slope, 0.10 m ventilated air gap between panels & roof surface, covered 60% of south-facing roof area’

The US is gonna end up paying $300B to restore free transit of the national mall

“Loitering is not permitted in this area. Please proceed to a designated location. Thank you for your cooperation,” a surveillance machine tells a small cluster of National Guard members as they patrol the fenced off Reflecting Pool in the rain.

The founders, in the Treaty of Tripoli -- begun under Washington, signed by Adams, ratified by a Senate filled with other crafters of the Constitution -- said "the Government of the United States of America is not in any sense founded on the Christian religion." Tom Emmer is a dumb-as-dirt bigot.

If you're using VS Code and want to check out how worktrees make it easy to switch between and have in flight multiple branches in the same repo, check out the built-in support for it here: code.visualstudio.com/docs/sourcec... #vscode #dotnet #git

For those still unaware, “classic Trump deal” means Trump will enrich himself while everyone around him gets screwed. And the whole thing will disintegrate like tissue paper in the rain in about 2 weeks.

Iran has two massive advantages: 1) Trump is desperate to stanch the economic damage the war has done and will make all kinds of insane concessions & 2) "negotiators" who are in way over their heads and bore easily. JCPOA took *two years* to finalize! We're so screwed.

Starmer reboots with dye job, black tee in plot to replace himself as prime minister www.bbc.com/news/live/ck...

South Korean workers at memory chip makers Samsung and SK Hynix negotiated profit sharing last year given the spike in demand for chips. Around 10% of profits in each case. A worker earning about $52,400 could receive up to $410,000 in bonuses this year according to Reuters. A nice win for unions

you know what I would love for whatever this next iteration of leadership brings in North America and the UK? Some goddamn imagination. You want to know why Mamdani is going to go down as the most beloved mayor of New York? Because he has imagination and he uses it.

Sums it up nicely

We don't need "alien brain in the cloud" AGI to get bad shit. I think all the things we FEAR an AGI will do are happening, achieveable, or imminent -- and few to none of the upsides. Current AI tech is powering self-interest and negligence. Most good things take sustained effort and care.

Nice📢dotnet-outdated tool now supports .NET file-based apps for both package and sdk references 👍 www.nuget.org/packages/dot... #dotnet #csharp

The most ironic part: "First world" means "aligned with NATO and Europe." "Second World" means "aligned with the Warsaw Pact and the Soviet Union." "Third world" means "neither aligned with NATO nor the Warsaw Pact." So if the alt-right has its way, the USA will become a Third World country.🤡

SCOOP: So remember Dialog, Peter Thiel's private society that doesn't have a public website and no public list of members? I (along with a number of other journalists) have just been tipped off that embedded in the code of their closed off website there IS what seems to be a list of some members.

Nice article about @stirtrek.com techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/mvp-blo...

Aww, they built Donnie a play mat for his birthday. How precious!

The three genders (nonbuynary)

Love makes the world a better place.

Tired of “works on my machine” tests? Testcontainers spins up real DBs on every run—Windows, macOS, Linux, CI. Consistent, predictable integration testing for .NET teams. Learn more about Testcontainers in .NET in this post from Kevin: blog.nimblepros.com/blogs/testco... 🔧 #dotnet #Testcontainers

What remains one of the best life hacks I’ve ever learned: at any chain that has a phone number-based rewards system needed for discounts (CVS, Duane Reade, etc.), simply put in the local area code followed by 867-5309. There is always already an account. You will always get the discount.

How AI Companies Make Money www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/ai-... #AI

Thursday night’s #Metallica #Budapest poster art was excellent.

The world’s first trillionaire is a killer. “A year ago, Musk’s actions directly led to the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people. He did it knowingly. And, worse — gleefully.” [theverge.com]

omfg, I thought I was kidding

Back to the Future 2 was a horrible movie. There I said it. Why are they remaking it, and why does the run time feel like infinity?

I just don't understand why my wellbeing and my ability to have a happy life should be sidelined because of the nebulous, ill-defined, hypothetical "concerns" of bigots who may or may not be present at the same time I use a service.

💥 In Donetsk region, birds are building nests from drone fiber optics.

If I were an action hero, this is what I’d say to the bad guy before the kill shot.

A last reminder for folks who have the link that Early Access to registration for the Refactoring workshops on June 16 & 20 ends at midnight tonight. Tickets go up to £129 +VAT tomorrow when they go on general sale.

The immense economic power of the richest Americans allows them to wield immense political power, too. They can pour millions into our elections to elect politicians that will continue to rig the system in their favor. We must end this vicious cycle.

a time-honored tradition for key affiliates of disintegrating Nazi regimes

No one could have possibly seen this coming except for the many people documented in this story who saw this coming.

As an anthropologist, I endorse this message!

There's a story about the mix for Carpenter's "The Thing". So they're playing back the reel with the Blood Test Scene for Carpenter and the team and as the scene progresses, there's this slowly building rumbling sound... /1