Let’s go for my web review for the week 2026-15.France Launches Government Linux Desktop Plan as Windows Exit BeginsTags: tech, foss, politics, desktop, france, europeWell, what can I say? This is excellent news and I’m excited to see it happen. Let’s hope more governments do the same. It’ll take a while of course, so we’ll have to be patient.https://linuxiac.com/france-launches-government-linux-desktop-plan-as-windows-exit-begins/The Free Market Lie: Why Switzerland Has 25 Gbit Internet and America Doesn’tTags: tech, infrastructure, economicsA good explanation and illustration of how natural monopolies work. This is why you want to regulate infrastructure properly.https://sschueller.github.io/posts/the-free-market-lie/You can absolutely have an RSS dependent website in 2026Tags: tech, blog, rssThe stats are clear there. Beside in term of experience, RSS feeds are so superior to newsletters… I wish more bloggers would give up on the newsletter focus. There’s also a good point in this post: as soon as you have a newsletter you will sit on a database of email addresses, it’s definitely a liability.https://matduggan.com/you-can-absolutely-have-an-rss-dependent-website-in-2026/The Downfall and Enshittification of Microsoft in 2026Tags: tech, microsoft, github, apple, linux, business, product-managementIndeed, the giant managed to make itself weak. This means opportunities for other ecosystems to grow faster than before.https://caio.ca/blog/the-downfall-and-enshittification-of-microsoft.htmlLet’s talk about LLMsTags: tech, ai, machine-learning, copilot, productivity, craftsmanshipLong but very precise piece about why you can likely ignore LLM for development purpose. Starting from older Fred Brooks work is spot on. Indeed whatever will remain of LLM based tools in the years to come, it’s much smarter to focus on fundamental skills than chase the new tools. At least, I’m trying to do my share in getting myself and others better at the craft.https://www.b-list.org/weblog/2026/apr/09/llms/Almost Half of US Data Centers That Were Supposed to Open This Year Slated to Be Canceled or DelayedTags: tech, ai, machine-learning, gpt, energy, economics, infrastructureIt’s getting clearer that the industrial LLM complex will have a hard time meeting its targets.https://futurism.com/science-energy/data-centers-construction-supply“Cognitive surrender” leads AI users to abandon logical thinking, research findsTags: tech, ai, machine-learning, gpt, cognition, biasIt feels like it’s supercharging an old bias… We tend to confuse confidence for competence.https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/04/research-finds-ai-users-scarily-willing-to-surrender-their-cognition-to-llms/The machines are fine. I’m worried about us.Tags: tech, ai, machine-learning, gpt, copilot, learning, science, researchExcellent piece, it show quite well the problem of skipping the “grunt work”. Without it you can’t really learn your trade (be it astrophysics or anything else). It also shows how the incentives on scientific careers are wrong. It’s not new, but when LLM agents become available, things are definitely changing for the worst.https://ergosphere.blog/posts/the-machines-are-fine/Giving LLMs a Formal Reasoning Engine for Code AnalysisTags: tech, ai, machine-learning, copilot, prolog, logicDefinitely interesting approach. I think neurosymbolic approaches are what we ultimately need so I’m probably biased. At least it means using LLMs for what they’re good at (language skills) and only that. Then rely on proper code symbolic models which do the reasoning heavy lifting. I’d expect it can give nice output with smaller models.https://yogthos.net/posts/2026-04-08-neurosymbolic-mcp.htmlOpen source security at AstralTags: tech, security, ci, supply-chainLots of interesting measures to reduce the risk of supply chain issues. Definitely to be considered on your projects.https://astral.sh/blog/open-source-security-at-astralanother memory corruption caseTags: tech, hardware, memory, failureFailing DRAM chips are real. Here is the case of debugging a single bit flip.https://trofi.github.io/posts/347-another-memory-corruption-case.htmlThe Git Commands I Run Before Reading Any CodeTags: tech, git, version-control, team, auditNice little commands to use to discover quickly the state of a code base… Or rather of its team.https://piechowski.io/post/git-commands-before-reading-code/Zsh: select generated files with (om[1]) glob qualifiersTags: tech, zsh, shellOh this is super neat and convenient! I didn’t know about those glob patterns modifiers in zsh.https://adamj.eu/tech/2026/01/27/zsh-om1-glob-qualifiers/Two little scripts: addup and sumupTags: tech, unix, shell, scriptingA friendly reminder that one can go far mainly with awk.https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/sysadmin/LittleScriptsIXAll of the String typesTags: tech, memory, unicode, encodingsSo many string types! They all have a purpose of course. It’s a good reminder that something mundane like a string type is not that simple.https://lambdalemon.gay/posts/string-typesStamp It! All Programs Must Report Their VersionTags: tech, version-control, debuggingExamples of how i3 and go stamp versions. This is indeed good habits to ease dealing with errors in production.https://michael.stapelberg.ch/posts/2026-04-05-stamp-it-all-programs-must-report-their-version/The MVC MistakeTags: tech, architecture, complexityShows the problem with layer cakes in applications or how you might want to go toward onion architectures.https://entropicthoughts.com/mvc-mistakeThe Mouse That RoaredTags: tech, leadership, tests, tdd, agile, organisationCryptic title to be honest. But this is a good explanation of why any “agile transformation” better start close to the code and in particular with automated tests. If you can crack that nut (and it takes time), the rest will follow naturally.https://codemanship.wordpress.com/2026/03/30/the-mouse-that-roared/If you thought the speed of writing code was your problem - you have bigger problemsTags: tech, productivity, organisation, leadership, ai, machine-learning, copilotSo much this… There are so many organisational problems that churning code faster is likely not what you need. When did we start to obsess with the number of lines of code?https://andrewmurphy.io/blog/if-you-thought-the-speed-of-writing-code-was-your-problem-you-have-bigger-problemsAre We Idiocracy Yet?Tags: satire, cultureGetting there, one day at a time.https://idiocracy.wtf/Bye for now!