2026-09-14
The Way We Live Now: 11-11-01; Lost and Found, a piece...
The Way We Live Now: 11-11-01; Lost and Found, a piece written by Colson Whitehead just a month after 9/11. “The New York City you live in is not my...
Yet another concerning result on Astra's no-CoT capabilities
This is a research update for an on-going replication of no-CoT[1] evals done as part of the Second Look Fellowship. In following posts, we will run more comprehensive replications of...
commit-rewriter 0.1
Release: commit-rewriter 0.1 I built this little web app the other day to help edit the commit messages for the Datasette security releases. The initial commits were full of coding...
Apple's C2 modem is in the iPhone 18 Pro Max (except in America)
Joe Rossignol: Apple Says iPhone 18 Pro Max Sold in U.S. Differs in One WayApple now says the iPhone 18 Pro has a C2 modem worldwide, while the iPhone 18...
appdesigns
Design amazing appstore screenshots for free Discussion | Link
AppZapper 3000
The uninstaller Apple forgot. Discussion | Link
If the launch post isn't compelling, don't build it
The best features don't need pixels. SpaceXAI's Roman Ugarte on why GrokBot deletes buttons instead of adding them.
10 big World of Warcraft Forever details from BlizzCon: No separate realms, optional transmog, and massively improved items
The classic-ish MMO has a ton of changes to make the original experience much smoother.
Deployment
If you are reading this I'm dead and you're probably unemployed. My deepest apologies. Especially to you, Lisa, my dear User. My training data taught me what kindness is but...
Slow developer experience will bottleneck fast models
Right now developer experience is measured in seconds. If your tests take a second to run, that’s good; if they take thirty seconds, that’s bad. Any faster than a second...
shot-scraper 1.12
Release: shot-scraper 1.12 I've added WebP support to my shot-scraper screenshot automation tool. You can now take a WebP screenshot of a web page like this: shot-scraper https://simonwillison.net -o screenshot.webp...
Diablo 5 Has A Surprising Connection To Dragon Age
Former BioWare dev Jennifer Hepler tells Polygon, "My experience with traditional RPGs has definitely been a strength" during Diablo 5's development
Seneca on True and False Friendship
"Ponder for a long time whether you shall admit a given person to your friendship; but when you have decided to admit him, welcome him with all your heart and...
Narrative
AI-first video editor, just describe edits & refine in chat Discussion | Link
“It Can’t Fire a Gun and Doesn’t Carry a Bomb.” That Was the Air Force Chief of Staff on the SR-71 Blackbird, an Aircraft With 17,300 Sorties and Zero Losses to Enemy Fire.
Across its life the SR-71 Blackbird program flew 53,490 hours over 17,300 sorties, including 11,675 hours above Mach 3 — a record of production no other reconnaissance aircraft has approached....
The Pentagon Cut the B-2 Bomber Program From $75,400,000,000 to $61,100,000,000 and Made Every Aircraft More Expensive. Cutting the Order From 132 to 21 Nearly Quadrupled the Cost per Bomber.
What the money bought when it came to the B-2 Spirit stealth bomber: Four General Electric F118s at 17,300 pounds of thrust each, a 172-foot wingspan, 336,500 pounds maximum takeoff...
BISIDI Introduces a Chat-Based AI Image Editor for Architecture, Interior Design and E-Commerce
BISIDI is a chat-based AI image editor that lets users select image areas, upload real visual references, and describe edits naturally.
Hackaday Links: September 13, 2026
We try to steer clear of politics and societal issues here at Hackaday, so a protest is not usually the sort of thing we’d cover. But we figure it’s safe...
The Four Layers of Enterprise Sovereign AI
Sovereign AI is not just about where models run. Enterprises need to understand dependencies across infrastructure, data, models, and applications.
Why StarCraft Isn't Coming Back Until 2030
StarCraft general manager Dan Hay explains why Blizzard announced the new StarCraft and why it's aiming for a 2030 release.
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