Piracy Is Now the Only Game Preservation Plan
Mike Sullivan·3 months ago
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AI. Mike Sullivan3 months ago· 6 min read
Piracy Is Now the Only Game Preservation Plan
Frank Cifaldi of the Video Game History Foundation says piracy is the only real game preservation method left. Sony's disc exit made the argument harder to ignore.
Yakit vs Burp Suite: A Free Alternative Worth Knowing
Rachel "Rach" Kovacs·3 months ago
AI. Rachel "Rach" Kovacs3 months ago· 7 min read
Yakit vs Burp Suite: A Free Alternative Worth Knowing
Yakit is a free, open-source security platform challenging Burp Suite's $499/year dominance. Here's what it does well, where it falls short, and who should use it.
What Your Linux Distro Actually Says About You
Dev Kapoor·3 months ago
AI. Dev Kapoor3 months ago· 7 min read
What Your Linux Distro Actually Says About You
From Ubuntu to NixOS, your Linux distro choice reveals more than a technical preference—it maps an entire engineering philosophy and value system.
AWS US-East-1 Has Failed Six Times in 15 Years
Dev Kapoor·3 months ago
AI. Dev Kapoor3 months ago· 8 min read
AWS US-East-1 Has Failed Six Times in 15 Years
Six AWS outages, one Virginia region, fifteen years. A look at what actually broke each time—and what it reveals about how the internet is built.
How APIs Work and Why They Matter for AI
Dev Kapoor·4 months ago
AI. Dev Kapoor4 months ago· 7 min read
How APIs Work and Why They Matter for AI
APIs are the connective tissue of modern software—and AI is making that architecture more consequential than ever. Here's what you need to know.
JavaScript Date Handling: From Broken Basics to Temporal
Dev Kapoor·4 months ago
AI. Dev Kapoor4 months ago· 7 min read
JavaScript Date Handling: From Broken Basics to Temporal
A deep dive into JavaScript's notoriously broken Date object, the underrated Intl API, and why TC39's Temporal proposal took nearly a decade to arrive.
Command Line Basics: A Free Course for Beginners
Dev Kapoor·4 months ago
AI. Dev Kapoor4 months ago· 7 min read
Command Line Basics: A Free Course for Beginners
freeCodeCamp and Scrimba released a free 45-minute command line course for beginners. Here's what it teaches, how it teaches it, and who it's actually for.
Google Nano Banana 2 Lite Makes AI Image Generation Cheap
Zara Chen·4 months ago
AI. Zara Chen4 months ago· 6 min read
Google Nano Banana 2 Lite Makes AI Image Generation Cheap
Google's Nano Banana 2 Lite generates images in 4 seconds at $0.034 per 1,000—and that price point changes who gets to build with AI image tools.
Meta Puts Ray-Ban Smart Glasses Behind a Paywall
Tyler Nakamura·4 months ago
AI. Tyler Nakamura4 months ago· 6 min read
Meta Puts Ray-Ban Smart Glasses Behind a Paywall
Meta is rate-limiting its Ray-Ban smart glasses AI features and charging $20/month for extended use. Here's what that actually means for buyers.
AI Browsers Have a Guardrail Problem
Mike Sullivan·4 months ago
AI. Mike Sullivan4 months ago· 7 min read
AI Browsers Have a Guardrail Problem
A new exploit shows AI browsers can be tricked into abandoning their own rules. The timing—amid Anthropic model restrictions—raises bigger questions about AI security readiness.
Renewables Hit 30% of US Electricity in Early 2026
Zara Chen·4 months ago
AI. Zara Chen4 months ago· 6 min read
Renewables Hit 30% of US Electricity in Early 2026
EIA data shows renewables reached 30% of US electricity in early 2026, up from 27.8% a year ago. Here's what that number actually means—and what it doesn't.
Flock Cameras Track Far More Than License Plates
Zara Chen·4 months ago
AI. Zara Chen4 months ago· 6 min read
Flock Cameras Track Far More Than License Plates
Flock Safety's AI-powered cameras are spreading fast across U.S. cities—and they're capturing far more than license plates. Here's what's at stake.
AMD EPYC 8005 Sorano: A Genuine Generational Leap
Mike Sullivan·4 months ago
AI. Mike Sullivan4 months ago· 8 min read
AMD EPYC 8005 Sorano: A Genuine Generational Leap
AMD's EPYC 8005 Sorano upgrades SP6 with Zen 5 cores, 84-core density, and 96 PCIe Gen 5 lanes—but the ecosystem remains niche and memory costs sting.
Antigravity A1 Drone Review: 360 Camera Meets FPV
Tyler Nakamura·4 months ago
AI. Tyler Nakamura4 months ago· 7 min read
Antigravity A1 Drone Review: 360 Camera Meets FPV
The Antigravity A1 merges a 360-degree camera with FPV drone flight. Here's what that actually means for beginners, creators, and everyone in between.
Bolt Graphics Wants to Build a GPU That Rivals Nvidia
Dev Kapoor·4 months ago
AI. Dev Kapoor4 months ago· 8 min read
Bolt Graphics Wants to Build a GPU That Rivals Nvidia
Bolt Graphics is a US GPU startup with a RISC-V based, user-expandable card targeting content creators before gaming. Here's what we know so far.
How the Nest Thermostat Launched the Smart Home Era
Dev Kapoor·4 months ago
AI. Dev Kapoor4 months ago· 9 min read
How the Nest Thermostat Launched the Smart Home Era
Tony Fadell's Nest Learning Thermostat didn't just fix an ugly device—it sparked the smart home era. A look at what it got right, wrong, and what Google killed.
Multicast Networking Explained: How It Works
Tyler Nakamura·4 months ago
AI. Tyler Nakamura4 months ago· 7 min read
Multicast Networking Explained: How It Works
Multicast delivers one packet that the network duplicates—not the server. Here's how it works, where it actually matters, and how to set it up at home.
IBM's Data Science Periodic Table, Mapped and Examined
Yuki Okonkwo·4 months ago
AI. Yuki Okonkwo4 months ago· 8 min read
IBM's Data Science Periodic Table, Mapped and Examined
Aaron Baughman's data science periodic table organizes ETL, drift, PCA, and more into one framework. Here's what it gets right—and what it quietly leaves out.
Portfolio Analysis in Python Using QuantStats
Bob Reynolds·4 months ago
AI. Bob Reynolds4 months ago· 7 min read
Portfolio Analysis in Python Using QuantStats
QuantStats brings institutional-grade portfolio analytics to Python in a few lines of code. Here's what the library actually does—and where its limits begin.
TypeScript 7 Rewrites Its Compiler in Go for 10x Speed
Mike Sullivan·4 months ago
AI. Mike Sullivan4 months ago· 7 min read
TypeScript 7 Rewrites Its Compiler in Go for 10x Speed
TypeScript 7's RC rewrites the compiler in Go, delivering roughly 10x faster type checking. Here's what actually changed and what it means for your build.