Let’s go for my web review for the week 2026-23.“But it happened.”Tags: tech, google, attention-economy, businessGood point, the booing on Eric Schimidt’s commencement speech is likely not just about him talking about AI at some point. You see, the man has very heavy baggage… He’s one of the architects of the current dystopia but won’t acknowledge it.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlQ7EoJDTQYAI didn’t break the web. The dotcons did – AI just turned up the volumeTags: tech, copyright, commons, web, ai, machine-learning, gpt, enclosureIndeed the trend wasn’t new. It’s “just” the icing on the cake from the enclosure point of view.https://hamishcampbell.com/ai-didnt-break-the-web-the-dotcons-did-ai-just-turned-up-the-volume/Unlawful by design: Exposing the human rights costs of generative AITags: tech, ai, machine-learning, gpt, ethics, lawWhen Amnesty International feels like it has to publish a 44 pages briefing pointing out what’s wrong with your approach and business… it’d be nice to pay attention.https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/pol40/0996/2026/en/About rsync slopocalypseTags: tech, ai, machine-learning, copilot, qualityIndeed, if the rsync maintainer can’t handle a coding assistant properly… who can?https://teh.entar.net/@spacehobo/116659545246426837When Other Games Chased Polygons, Blade Runner Chased AtmosphereTags: tech, game, graphics, 2d, 3dThere was an era of hybrid techniques in video games before it mostly went full real-time 3D. It gave interesting results, here is an example.https://gardinerbryant.com/when-other-games-chased-polygons/Avoid using "" in RSSTags: tech, blog, rssGood point indeed, need to review my own feed next time I get the chance.https://waspdev.com/articles/2026-05-11/avoid-using-cdata-in-rssYou Don’t Love systemd Timers EnoughTags: tech, linux, systemd, timeGood primer on systemd timers. Indeed it’s really one of the nice systemd features.https://blog.tjll.net/you-dont-love-systemd-timers-enough/5 PostgreSQL locking behaviors that trip people upTags: tech, postgresql, databases, distributedMind those traps when dealing with such a database. There are locks you don’t necessarily expect.https://dev.to/shinyakato_/5-postgresql-locking-behaviors-that-trip-people-up-4k7nYou probably don’t need Yocto, and that’s fineTags: tech, linux, embedded, yocto, debianIndeed, teams reach out to Yocto by default a bit too much. It’s good to have an idea on when you really needed and when you can go for simpler options.https://sigma-star.at/blog/2026/05/you-probably-dont-need-yocto-and-thats-fine/Nine Ways to Do Inheritance in Rust, a Language Without InheritanceTags: tech, rust, type-systems, object-orientedSome of the examples lean on macro trickery. Still this gives a good example of the flexibility you get with the trait system.https://medium.com/@carlmkadie/nine-ways-to-do-inheritance-in-rust-a-language-without-inheritance-14825bf1e215The C++ Standard Library Has Been Walking Itself Back for Fifteen Years, and the Receipts Are PublicTags: tech, c++, standard, cultureCold and harsh look at how the C++ standard library evolves. There’s indeed a problem in the fact that nothing gets removed ever.https://hftuniversity.com/post/the-c-standard-library-has-been-walking-itself-back-for-fifteen-years-and-the-receipts-are-publicYou Must Fix Your AssertsTags: tech, reliability, failure, debuggingGood point, disabling asserts in production is not the best default position to have.https://kristoff.it/blog/fix-your-asserts/What (almost) Everyone Gets Wrong About TDD & BDDTags: tech, tdd, atdd, historyGood summary of how the terms evolved. They are more tied to each other than most people think.https://antonymarcano.substack.com/p/what-almost-everyone-gets-wrong-about-c05normalize patienceTags: tech, culture, patience, time, productivity, attention-economyThings which matter take time. The calls to productivity and technology pushing us toward faster response on everything is killing what makes our humanity.https://rnotte.art/normalize-patience/Bye for now!