Let’s go for my web review for the week 2026-42.The importance of communities around softwareTags: tech, foss, licensing, community, ethics, governanceGood reminder that licensing is only one signal. The governance is what matters for Free Software communities. This means looking at more than just the license to pick your folks.https://lumi.codeberg.page/blog/software-community.htmlThe RSS Universe — Readers, Tools & StandardsTags: tech, rss, self-hostingNice resource listing many tools available around RSS. Plenty to choose from including self-hostable options (but not only).https://toolbox.rss.here.now/WING COMMANDER III to get a surprise remasterTags: tech, gaming, culture, historyOK, now that’s a blast from the past. I liked this game.https://thewertzone.blogspot.com/2026/10/wing-commander-iii-to-get-surprise.htmlTriple-A MinesweeperTags: tech, gaming, satireOK, that’s a funny one. You thought there was no back story to minesweeper? Time to see it differently.https://minesweeper.mikelacher.com/How Amazon pushes up prices all across the InternetTags: tech, amazon, business, criticismOr how Amazon manages to enshittify things even outside of its platform…https://www.not-ship.com/how-amazon-pushes-up-prices-all-across-the-internet/‘Unprecedented’ Cyberattack cripples supermarket fridges across EuropeTags: tech, iot, securityLooks like connecting everything isn’t the best idea after all.https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/unprecedented-cyberattack-cripples-supermarket-fridges-across-europe-as-hackers-activate-automatic-defrosting-delivery-and-store-prices-also-impacted-by-incidentHow Technology Empowers—and Imperils—DictatorsTags: tech, ai, machine-learning, gpt, fake-news, surveillance, politicsInteresting opinion piece on how autocracies benefit greatly from the current AI arm race. But the short term benefit will also create new weaknesses.https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2026/10/how-technology-empowers-and-imperils-dictators.htmlAI agents aren’t ‘going rogue.’ Frontier labs are skipping security basicsTags: tech, ai, machine-learning, gpt, securityBetween this and the scrapers behavior… the disregard for infrastructure and best practices is obvious. It’s just another externality those so called “labs” don’t want to deal with. And well, it makes for a marketing stunt each time isn’t it?https://www.csoonline.com/article/4234854/ai-agents-arent-going-rogue-frontier-labs-are-skipping-security-basics.htmlSteering AI Beyond AutomationTags: tech, ai, economics, researchI’m not agreeing with some of the points in here. That said the core position of “it should be about collaboration not automation” I’m very much aligned with. It’s after all at the center of how we designed AI systems in my team twenty years ago. We really wanted systems helping the user in their task. It was about co-constructing the result with the support of the machine rather than answers from some kind of “oracle”.https://www.normaltech.ai/p/steering-ai-beyond-automationMy self-hosted infrastructure with Incus OSTags: tech, infrastructure, incus, self-hostingLooks like a very neat setup. Probably a few good ideas to borrow in there.https://dataswamp.org/~solene/2026-10-15-selfhosting-infrastructure-incus-os.htmlBranches in branch-free codeTags: tech, cpu, compiler, securityInteresting case of the compiler not generating the code you’d expect on some platforms. The problem is that it can bring security implications you don’t want.https://00f.net/2026/10/09/llvm-compiles-branch-free-code-into-branches-on-risc-v/Lifeguard is a static analyzer to detect Lazy Imports incompatibilities in PythonTags: tech, python, linting, toolsEarly days but this could help better use lazy imports in Python. It’s not exactly a transparent process.https://github.com/Facebook/lifeguard2D Vehicle Physics PrototypeTags: tech, game, physics, simulationNice! A recreation of the 2D physics simulation used in the very first GTA. Loved that game and it had a very nice feel in its simulation at the time.https://patkerr.co.uk/2d-vehicles/CSS for underlinesTags: tech, html, cssThis is finally a solved problem. No more ugly border workaround.https://www.rubenerd.au/css-for-underlines/The Boots Theory of Software ArchitectureTags: tech, architecture, businessUnexpected metaphor but it kind of works. Indeed, architecture work is expensive, that doesn’t make it unnecessary.https://kevlinhenney.medium.com/the-boots-theory-of-software-architecture-e18cf0fa5a1bThe geometric model of maintenanceTags: tech, maintenance, estimatesThe article equates effort with lines of code a bit too much for my taste. That said I think this model can be useful to describe how maintenance works in a given project.https://entropicthoughts.com/geometric-model-of-maintenanceHow To Sound Smart When Talking About ChartsTags: tech, data-visualizationAphorisms and ideas on how to treat data visualization properly.https://graphpaper.substack.com/p/how-to-sound-smart-when-talking-aboutYou Can’t Change Your BossTags: management, workUnfortunately it’s true. Terrible bosses are generally the one who can’t handle feedback and so won’t change.https://jacobian.org/2026/oct/12/you-cant-change-your-boss/Bye for now!