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Are there any new technologies or contracts that underpin how images, videos or text created with AI can be verified? It seems nobody is really sure whether anything they see online is genuine or not any more; I think…

Recently my company issued Cursor licenses to everyone. We are about 100 people. Last week my manager asked for comments on a spike (that he hadn't yet worked on). I put some real thought into it; perhaps an hour and a…

First "vibe Engineering", now "context Engineering". Support for these kinds of posts is overwhelming. In both cases, it seems programmers are feeding generative AI models to the extent that their involvement is minimal…

I ask this question as someone with no knowledge of such things, but merely from what people I trust have told me.

To those who left software to do something else, what did you do?

Recently (~2 months ago) I decided to start self-teaching myself mathematics again, having last formally studied it when I was only 16 (I am 30 now). My goal is to spend a little time doing it every day, not to attain…

My company uses an internal build tool (like a set of bash scrips around docker) to orchestrate the various parts of the stack locally. There's no workaround for it; there's no other way to run the stack. Starting this…

Lately I've been learning Elixir. Many of the popular resources seem beginner-focused, which feels a bit tedious when you've been coding for over a decade. Are there any popular programming books or courses for more…

My original question (but had to shorten): What are some common household items that are easy to repair but that people usually replace? For example I often buy a new shower mat when it inevitably gets moldy and they're…

A recent breakup forced me to think a little about what I want from life. My ex was a doctor, which she'd trained a big chunk of her life to do. Her purpose was to help people live longer. I'm 28. I have a well-paid…