Let’s go for my web review for the week 2026-28.Chat Control 1.0: EU Council forces messenger scans via fast-trackTags: tech, europe, surveillanceThis is a shady move once more… They really want to extend this security apparatus. We could hope there were enough MEPs to vote against this… but it’s not been the case.https://www.heise.de/en/news/Chat-Control-1-0-EU-Council-forces-messenger-scans-via-fast-track-11353659.htmlYou paid me, a long-time Linux user, to use Windows 11 exclusively for a month: here’s how it wentTags: tech, windows, funnyFunny experiment. If you’re a Linux user pondering going back to Windows it’ll likely cure you. Goodness the install experience is abysmal and that’s just the beginning of the troubles. Of course it has a good side as well but it feels fairly limited.https://www.osnews.com/story/145459/you-paid-me-a-long-time-linux-user-to-use-windows-11-exclusively-for-a-month-heres-how-it-went/Democratizing AbandonwareTags: tech, ai, machine-learning, gpt, copilot, slop, flatpak, codereviewThe data set is rather small but the trend is really bad. So much reviewer time wasted due to AI slop… this time on the Flathub side.https://geopjr.dev/blog/democratizing-abandonwareI am not a toolTags: tech, ai, machine-learning, gpt, copilot, ethics, fossReally this kind of AI push is a bad move from employers, especially when interacting with FOSS communities so much. This forces people to pass the ethical issues onto volunteers…https://eng.hroncok.cz/2026/07/07/ai-toolBosses Horrified as “AI Native” College Graduates Hit the WorkplaceTags: tech, ai, machine-learning, gpt, productivity, educationHow is going this social experiment at scale? Not well I’d say… And some in those cohorts will end up in positions of power, that’s when it’ll become really “interesting” I guess.https://futurism.com/future-society/college-critical-thinking-aiLocal, CPU-Friendly, High-Quality TTS with KokoroTags: tech, ai, machine-learning, speechThis keeps being a very interesting TTS model. Looks like it’s getting simpler to deploy too.https://ariya.io/2026/03/local-cpu-friendly-high-quality-tts-text-to-speech-with-kokoro/Cpp2Rust: Automatic Translation of C++ to Safe RustTags: tech, c++, rust, compilerStill need some work I’d say but this is interesting research. Transpiling C++ to Rust is getting more accessible. It need some improvements on the optimisation side to be more generally usable.https://web.ist.utl.pt/nuno.lopes/pubs/cpp2rust-pldi26.pdfPhysically Based - The PBR values databaseTags: tech, shader, pbr, physicsCool resource to have the right values for various PBR materials.https://physicallybased.info/How I’m using CSS View Transitions on this blogTags: tech, html, css, animationA good reminder that you can go a long way to specify transitions with just CSS nowadays.https://blog.omgmog.net/post/how-im-using-css-view-transitions-on-this-blog/Size does matter, actuallyTags: tech, web, performance, complexityThere are ways to have a lighter web. It leads to interesting techniques too.https://nh3.dev/blog/05-bloat98% isn’t very muchTags: tech, reliability, statisticsCan you rely on something? Indeed, if it fails “only” 2% of the time it can mean a lot of failures… you better handle the edge cases and degrade gracefully.https://whynothugo.nl/journal/2026/07/03/98-isnt-very-much/a software engineering interview question I like: computing the medianTags: tech, hr, interviews, complexityI like this kind of questions as well. It’s more interesting to aim for something simple to start with than a puzzle. Even topics considered simple have several layers of complexity.https://krisshamloo.com/blog/007The Lion, The Witch, and the audacity of recruitersTags: tech, hr, interviewsWhatever the hiring process, show some respect to the candidate. It’s the least you can do for them.https://hauleth.dev/post/the-lion-the-witch-and-the-aduacity-of-recruiter/The myth of mind uploadingTags: tech, scifi, science, philosophyA long piece, but digs in details on why “mind uploading” really can’t be a thing.https://plus.flux.community/p/the-myth-of-mind-uploadingBye for now!