Oxide Computer, which lets companies build their own cloud, raised $200M led by USIT, taking its total funding to nearly $390M since its 2019 founding (Chris Metinko/Axios) Main Link | Techmeme Permalink

Latest Oxide and Friends is up on the pod. Great conversation with @booch.com!

Disappointed to learn Bad Bunny wore Zara, effectively promoting the brand to millions. Although Zara has made admirable strides to address labor conditions, fast fashion can never be ethical because it depends on rapid production and cheap prices, which results in worker exploitation.

This firmware mod for espresso machines is the coolest thing I’ve seen since Magic Lantern gaggiuino.github.io#/?id=home

On this week's Oxide and Friends, @booch.com joined @bcantrill.bsky.social and me to talk about the past, present, and future of software engineering. From hand-made computers and the software crisis of the late '60s to LLMs (of course) we covered a lot... with--as always--many dated references!

The Omiwatari freezing of Lake Suwa, described in this article from last month, has not occurred this season. The chief priest of the local shrine confirmed it today. That makes it eight consecutive seasons, which is the longest break in 512 years. japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/society/gene...

Published the design document for how nextest implements records, replays and reruns. It's very large — over 6000 words! Lots of decisions and alternatives considered, to make what I believe is the best implementation of this set of features in the industry. Have a look!

@maryrobinettekowal.com did SUCH a fantastic job!

Labour Ministry says as of October 2025, there were 2,571,037 foreigners working in Japan. That's up 11.7% from last year, and a record high. Vietnamese make up 23.6% of the total, and 24.7% of all foreigners work in manufacturing. www.sankei.com/article/2026...

Value of Australia's Wine Exports in 2025

Ilhan Omar is an American hero. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...

i don't put my hand in a blender to develop empathy for folks who put their hand in a blender every day

Respectfully, no. I think it's perfectly okay to be ashamed of past behavior even if at the time it was acceptable, or at least tolerated. Also, bluntly, there has never been a time in my life where the "r"-word was not used as a slur, even when it was legitimately used clinically.

cup noodles is not ramen. like a cupcake is not a sandwich

stop using AI to do your research. it hallucinates too often. if you want an answer to something, post something arrogant on the appropriate subreddit. something like: "this item performs 10% better than everything else. only idiots deny this." this will bait nerds into doing your research for you.

Currently reading The Dream Hotel by Laila Lalami. A woman is detained indefinitely because the surveillance algorithm predicts future crimes. It’s excellent so far and way too real at the current moment.

Alex Jeffrey Pretti was an ICU nurse at a VA hospital. His life, through his profession, was dedicated to serving his community and our country. As so many have now seen on video, his final act before he was killed by federal agents was doing everything in his power to protect his community.

Minnesotans are showing the soul of the United States to the world.

the brownian ratchet github.com/dlorenc/mult...

mRNA cancer vaccine shows protection at 5-year follow-up, Moderna and Merck say arstechnica.com/health/2026/...

Yes.

oh this looks so blissfully stupid www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZmEx...

heros.db

On Monday, @sunshowers.io and @davidcrespo.bsky.social joined me and @bcantrill.bsky.social to talk about their use of LLMs for building software--not to make vibe-coded one-offs, but to build much *more* robust systems software.

Status: Just finished reading an ARC of Platform Decay Emotion check: I still fucking love Murderbot

enjoyed @kentbeck.com on bridges open.substack.com/pub/tidyfirs...

Hats off to whoever did this (and the beautiful model).

A U.S. president cannot be held accountable. Therefore, a U.S. president must never make a policy decision.

i adore everything t kingfisher. and apparently everything recommended by t kingfisher. this is lovely. a new favorite. bookshop.org/p/books/myst...

Have I mentioned lately that if you like my Paladin books, you’ll probably like MYSTIC & RIDER by @sharonshinnauthor.bsky.social ? Because they’re really good and I am rereading them now.

I don't like the death squads

V. boring answer but teaching myself to outline -- once I have my particular shape for the story, I find it much more fun to pour whatever I want into it in terms of voice, style, rhythm, tone, whatever (see especially AND WHAT CAN WE OFFER YOU TONIGHT for example)

My former colleague @iuliaferoli.com is taking us on her journey to learn robotics. And she's having a lot of fun! youtu.be/qnDjWk76ga4

for many problems it'll write working Rust code just fine, but there's a difference between that and the kind of code an experienced practitioner would write

"Renee was one of the kindest people I’ve ever known,” her mother said. “She was extremely compassionate. She’s taken care of people all her life. She was loving, forgiving and affectionate. She was an amazing human being.” www.startribune.com/she-was-an-a...

Unforseen benefit of starting day working on fiction is that no matter what happens over course of the day otherwise, I have done the enjoyable thing I can control. Which is deeply comforting at day end. There's something very calming about creating narrative. Brains love order.

Getting started with Claude for software development: steveklabnik.com/writing/gett...

This is insane. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

CNN graphics put the asterisk in the wrong place, it appears…

it's been an absolute motherfucker of a week, give each other some grace today

Congratulations to @clpolk.com on the new book, and also congratulations on getting a cover reveal in gd COSMOPOLITAN of all places, holy shit! www.cosmopolitan.com/entertainmen...

“You know how extreme wealth is classed as a weapon of mass destruction? [...] If it’s accumulated above a certain threshold?” [...] “Well, if [their] family doesn’t maintain a high enough financial burn rate, they’ll get arrested for weaponizing economic resources.” - Joel Dane, Kill Orbit

a perfectly gratifying end to an emotional trilogy

The best user experiences often involve the worst internal abstractions. Hard-won lesson

Kudos to whoever updated the Goodreads entry for my next book with new title: THESE SAVAGE STARS. Yes, it's still "Killing Eve meets Die Hard, in space." Out next year!!! Excited! www.goodreads.com/book/show/45...

I watched an amazing talk last night... They hacked washing machines and built a TUI for diagnostics. Rust + @ratatui.rs in action again. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1S-...

I think a big chunk of the "linux is hard" sentiment stems from the fact that most linux users do weird things with their computers. basically this:

ever curious why people that work in safety-critical systems want to use Rust? here's the title slide for the talk i'll give at @rustnationuk.bsky.social about this