OpenAI and Google Workers File Amicus Brief in Support of Anthropic Against the US Government
Google DeepMind chief scientist Jeff Dean is among the AI researchers and engineers rushing to Anthropic's defense.
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Blocking HTTP1.1 - Some Results
A couple of weeks ago I wrote that I was experimenting with blocking HTTP1.1 requests to my site. Here are some observations, in case anyone is thinking of following in...
MariaDB backs down on Galera removal after community outcry
: But questions remain over long-term commitment to clustering tech in open source
Referred pain is deferred pain
I was chatting with Brian “redbeard” Harrington recently, and a certain turn of phrase came up during our conversation I thought was worth sharing: “Referred pain is deferred pain…
Pwn Request: Scanning GitHub for the Vulnerability That Took Down Trivy
We scanned 5,400+ repos. 48 had the same flaw. Here's what we found.
A New Chapter for Bluesky - Bluesky
After several intense and incredible years building Bluesky from the ground up, I've decided to step back as CEO and transition to a new role as Bluesky's Chief Innovation Officer.
Oracle is building yesterday’s data centers with tomorrow’s debt
The OpenAI deal fallout exposes the fundamental danger of being the most leveraged player in a market where the chip cycle moves faster than the concrete dries.
The View From RSS
What the web looks like when you subscribe to 2,000 RSS feeds.
When Using AI Leads to “Brain Fry”
A new study finds that certain patterns of AI use are driving cognitive fatigue, while others can help reduce burnout.
OpenAI and Oracle reportedly abandon TX Stargate expansion
: Meta supposedly considering untapped capacity in deal brokered by Nvidia
karpathy/autoresearch: AI agents running research on single-GPU nanochat training automatically
AI agents running research on single-GPU nanochat training automatically - karpathy/autoresearch
Chinese local governments offer OpenClaw subsidies as security questions linger
Shenzhen and Wuxi pledge subsidies to fuel OpenClaw adoption even as analysts warn of a ‘tricky trade-off between ease of use and privacy’.
The emerging role of SRAM-centric chips in AI inference
In this post, we'll discuss the major differences between GPUs and SRAM-centric accelerators (e.g. Cerebras, Groq, and d-Matrix), explaining why near-compute memory versus far-compute memory is the key tradeoff being made by these architectures, and what this means for inference workloads.
AWS Introduces Nested Virtualization on EC2 Instances
AWS recently announced support for nested virtual machines within virtualized EC2 instances running KVM or Hyper-V. A long-awaited feature by the community, the new option enables use cases such as app emulation and hardware simulation on supported C8i, M8i, and R8i instances.
Beijing warns of more chip supply worries amid Nexperia mess
: PLUS: Indonesia joins kids social media ban; China frets about AI job impacts; India’s PC market fails to launch, again; And more
Power Dynamics Rug Pulls and Other Corporate Impacts on OSS Sustainability at SCALE 2026
Power Dynamics, Rug Pulls, and Other Corporate Impacts on OSS Sustainability at SCALE 2026
As many of you know, this isn’t a new topic for me. I’ve written here about what your OSPO can do about power dynamics, rug pulls, and other corporate impacts on OSS sustainability along with a post on the OpenUK blog, The Shifting Power Dynamics in Open Source: Rug Pulls, Relicensing and Forks, and on The New Stack, Clouds, Code, and Control: The New Open Source Power Struggle. I’ve also given other presentations on this topic, so you can watch the video from the recent Open Source Summit EU (OSSEU) in Amsterdam, which Jon Corbett did a lovely job of summarizing in his LWN Coverage of the talk.
I’ve been continuing to think about how power dynamics and rug pulls impact OSS sustainability, and I had an opportunity to talk about this at SCALE 2026 in Pasadena last weekend! I already blogged about how much I love SCALE, so I won’t continue to gush about how great it is. SCALE gave me a bit more time than I’ve had for the other presentations, so I added some new slides about other types of rug pulls beyond the relicensing and forks that I’ve previously focused on. I talked more about MongoDB, which kicked off the recent wave of relicensing when they relicensed under the newly created Server Side Public License (SSPL), which didn’t result in a fork. I also talked about some examples of rug pulls that came about when images / releases were put behind a paywall (Bitnami / Linkerd). My slides are a bit sparse, but available, and SCALE will also release the video of the talk if you want more details.
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Slides: Power Dynamics, Rug Pulls, and Other Corporate Impacts on OSS Sustainability at SCALE in Pasadena in March 2026.
What can your OSPO do about power dynamics, rug pulls, and other corporate impacts on OSS sustainability?
Power Dynamics, Rug Pulls, and Other Corporate Impacts on OSS Sustainability at OSSEU (video)
New Power Dynamics in Open Source: Rug Pulls, Relicensing, and Forks
OpenUK Blog Post: The Shifting Power Dynamics in Open Source: Rug Pulls, Relicensing and Forks – OpenUK
LWN Coverage of my recent talk: Rug pulls, forks, and open-source feudalism
Companies Can Mitigate Sustainability Risks
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I’m available for consulting engagements focused on open source strategy, contributor strategy, improving project governance, and related topics.
8_Friends[Security Advisory] CVE-2026-3288: ingress-nginx rewrite-target nginx configuration injection
Anthropic Sues Department of Defense Over Supply-Chain-Risk Designation
The Claude chatbot developer says the Trump administration overstepped by escalating a contract dispute into a federal ban on the company’s technology.
It's Time to Wrangle Your Messy Wires With Our Handy Guide to Cable Management
You need to sort out that rat’s nest of cables under your desk. These cable management tips and products can help you do it.
Anthropic and the Pentagon are back at the negotiating table, FT reports
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei is reportedly back at the negotiating table with the U.S. Department of Defense after the breakdown of talks on Friday.
Anthropic officially told by DOD that it's a supply chain risk even as Claude used in Iran
The formal declaration will require defense vendors and contractors to certify that they don’t use Anthropic’s models in their work with the Pentagon.
Jack Dorsey Is Ready to Explain the Block Layoffs
In an exclusive interview with WIRED, Block’s cofounder and CEO says he axed 40 percent of his workforce so that he can rebuild the company “as an intelligence.”
How I Dropped Our Production Database and Now Pay 10% More for AWS
I’m working on expanding the AI Shipping Labs website and wanted to migrate its current version from static GitHub Pages to AWS.
Where things stand with the Department of War \ Anthropic
A statement from Dario Amodei
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei calls OpenAI's messaging around military deal 'straight up lies,' report says | TechCrunch
Anthropic gave up its contract with the Pentagon over AI safety disagreements -- then, OpenAI swooped in.
Multi AZ by Default, Local by Design, Cutting Cross Zone Traffic With Cilium
Use Cilium to cut cross zone traffic in multi AZ Kubernetes clusters.
How not to IAM | LexisNexis confirms data breach as hackers leak stolen files
American data analytics company LexisNexis Legal & Professional has confirmed to BleepingComputer that hackers breached its servers and accessed some customer and business information.
DNS-PERSIST-01: A New Model for DNS-based Challenge Validation
When you request a certificate from Let’s Encrypt, our servers validate that you control the hostnames in that certificate using ACME challenges. For subscribers who need wildcard certificates or who prefer not to expose infrastructure to the public Internet, the DNS-01 challenge type has long been the only choice. DNS-01 works well. It is widely supported and battle-tested, but it comes with operational costs: DNS propagation delays, recurring DNS updates at renewal time, and automation that often requires distributing DNS credentials throughout your infrastructure.
Does Data Really Have Weight? Exploring SSD Insights
Explore the quirky notion that data has weight, especially in SSDs, and learn the science behind this fun idea!
googleworkspace/cli: Google Workspace CLI — one command-line tool for Drive, Gmail, Calendar, Sheets, Docs, Chat, Admin, and more. Dynamically built from Google Discovery Service. Includes AI agent skills.
Google Workspace CLI — one command-line tool for Drive, Gmail, Calendar, Sheets, Docs, Chat, Admin, and more. Dynamically built from Google Discovery Service. Includes AI agent skills. - googlework...