TIL: Parental controls aren't for parents – Beast Hackerby beasthacker.com on beasthacker.comparentingoffline mode for gamesNoted January 5, 2026
AI hype is excessive, but its productivity gains are realby pcloadletter.dev on www.pcloadletter.devai programmingengineer identifies being more productive with AINoted January 5, 2026
25 years in web dev and I’m starting to hate the "Modern Web." : r/webdevelopmentby briancrabtree on www.reddit.comsoftwaremodern web is bloatedNoted January 5, 2026
Generative AI might end up being worthless — and that could be a good thingby Fenwick McKelvey on theconversation.comai predictionsthe cost to build AI is a sunk costNoted January 5, 2026
How Uber Built a Real-Time Push System for Millions of Location Updates | EP: 4 Behind The Screenby Sushant Dhiman on sushantdhiman.substack.comuber architecture softwaredeep dive on polling -> push evolutionNoted January 5, 2026
We’re not concerned enough about the future of junior-level software engineering | by Austin Starks | Jan, 2026 | Mediumby https://medium.com/@austin-starks on medium.comai programming predictions careersAI sucks the oxygen away from small incremental work - but breeds review workNoted January 5, 2026
Why Big Tech Turns Everything Into a Knife Fight | by Dmitry Trifonov | Data Science Collective | Jan, 2026 | Mediumby https://medium.com/@dmitrytrifonov on medium.comcareers corporatezero sum sometimes applies - more than you'd like to thinkNoted January 5, 2026
Why Java Is the Real Production Language for AIby Markus Eisele on www.the-main-thread.comai programming java pythonEnterprise java will continue to evolve in 2026Noted January 5, 2026
Artificial Intelligence and the Extended Workday - EmoryBusiness.comby Alexandra Shimalla on www.emorybusiness.comai economics jobsAI means you work more...Noted January 5, 2026
The Origins of the 2 Percent Inflation Target | Richmond Fedby Matthew Wells on www.richmondfed.orghistory fed economicshistory of the 2% rule for the fedNoted January 5, 2026
The Silicon Valley Stack Doesn’t Work Here: Why Africa Will Lead the Post-Bloat Web | by Paul Allies | Dec, 2025 | Mediumby https://paulallies.medium.com on paulallies.medium.comarchitecture softwarebuilding a lighter web-page is a good idea regardlessNoted January 5, 2026
The Mythical Man-Month at 50by Kieran Potts on kieranpotts.comarchitecture softwarea revisit of mythical man month and software complexity - deep diveNoted January 5, 2026
America is having its Ming Dynasty moment - Asia Timesby Noah Smith on asiatimes.comeconomics historyAmerica prosperity and "another one of those"Noted January 5, 2026
(1) Filip Ganyicz on X: "So, have we all decided to just accept this? https://t.co/BJrdir8wa9" / Xby @ganyicz on x.comai programmingai is super verbose in solutioningNoted January 5, 2026
What is the best way to code with Claude (web/ide/etc)? Asking for people who are actual developers/or generating revenue in their business using it. : r/ClaudeAIby No-Conclusion9307 on www.reddit.comai programming"ALWAYS plan mode" - I agree! same hereNoted January 5, 2026
How to Use Git with Claude Code: Understanding the Co-Authored-By Attributionby deployhq on www.deployhq.comai gitAI is a tool - not an authorNoted January 5, 2026
CEOs are hugely expensive so why not automate them? - New Statesmanby Will Dunn on www.newstatesman.comai automation jobsROI on automation - start at the topNoted January 5, 2026
What I learned from writing 500k+ lines with Claude Code : r/ClaudeCodeby dhruv1103 on www.reddit.comai programming500k lines of code with AI lessons learnedNoted January 5, 2026
Andrew Ng says AI is 'limited,' won't replace humans anytime soonby Jared Perlo on www.nbcnews.comai predictions programmingLLM are not the path to AGINoted January 5, 2026
Poor sleep health is associated with older brain age: the role of systemic inflammation - eBioMedicineby Yuyang Miaoa,b,j ∙ Jiao Wangc,d,j ∙ Xuerui Lia ∙ Jie Guoc,e ∙ Maria M. Ekblomf,g ∙ Shireen Sindih on www.thelancet.comsleep healthanother reason to go to bed on timeNoted January 5, 2026
AI Is Killing Artists’ First Jobs - The Atlanticby Nick Geisler on www.theatlantic.comai jobsai is vaporizing the jobs people used to cut their teeth onNoted January 5, 2026
Why SVN Still Makes Sense for Most Development Teams | Bob Browning's blogby bobbrowning on bobbrowning.me.uksvn programmingsvn is still a viable scm systemNoted January 5, 2026
A Billionaire Wants to Reinvent Appalachia with a Utopian City, And the Plan Is Bigger Than Anyone Expected – Echoes of Appalachiaby appalachianmemories.org on appalachianmemories.orgeconomics infrastructuredid we learn nothing from company towns?Noted January 5, 2026
France pushes back plastic cup ban by four years | The Straits Timesby the strait times on www.straitstimes.comeconomics climatepaper cups would like a wordNoted January 5, 2026
(1) Boris Cherny on X: "@YashGouravKar1 Correct. In the last thirty days, 100% of my contributions to Claude Code were written by Claude Code" / Xby Boris Cherny on x.comai programming100% ai generated codeNoted January 5, 2026
Software Engineering Job Market Outlook for 2026by Kaustubh Saini on www.finalroundai.comai software economics jobsai is coverage for outsourcingNoted January 5, 2026
Groq investor sounds alarm on data centersby Dan Primack on www.axios.comai predictions economicsI don't think AI is bounded by data center build outsNoted January 5, 2026
Writing Code Was Never The Bottleneck - ordep.devby Pedro Tavares on ordep.devai programmingwriting code (now generating it) was never the bottleneckNoted January 5, 2026
LLMs will never be alive or intelligent - by Thane Thomsonby THANE THOMSON on hatwd.comai predictionsai is not aliveNoted January 5, 2026
AddyOsmani.com - 21 Lessons From 14 Years at Googleby Addy Osmani on addyosmani.comsoftware programmingsoftware lessons learned from experienceNoted January 5, 2026