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Stop Saying Kids Can’t Read
Everyone is talking about the reading crisis. But inside the “Mississippi Miracle,” it’s all about comprehension.
Read →What actually got our articles cited by ChatGPT (and what didn't)
A few weeks ago I found out our site had a table of contents that rendered for absolutely nobody. The code was there. The CSS was there. It had been shipping to production for months. It just never a...
Read →I reverse-engineered Claude's undocumented Design API so a file sync wouldn't cost 665k tokens
A build log about protocol archaeology, three wrong guesses, and refusing to trust my own mocks. The token bill that started it Claude Design (claude.ai/design) is a nice place to keep a d...
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Google Regionalizes Site Reputation Policy Enforcement, Changing EEA SEO Monitoring
Google is changing how manual actions under its Site Reputation Policy affect search visibility by region. From August 30, 2026, the ranking impact of these actions will not apply to search results sh...
Read →OpenBSD Upgrade 7.8 to 7.9
Summary The OpenBSD project released 7.9 of their OS on 19 May 2026, as their 60th release 💫 What's New | Changelog This post shows how to upgrade OpenBSD 7.8 to 7.9. The steps are bas...
Read →Beyond Development: What It Really Takes to Build Enterprise Applications
Lessons from building 24hours.lk and its companion mobile suite, the 24 Eco System Building an application is easy when everything is predictable. The database is clean. The API works. The user follo...
Read →Sorting Out My Question Before I Ask AI (Bite-size Article)
Introduction It's been a few years now since generative AI worked its way into everyday life. AI has made life more convenient for a lot of people, but at the same time, I've been seeing mo...
Read →Nearly impossible? How Fairphone built the ethical, repairable Fairphone Gen 6+
Fairphone's CTO explains how and why the Dutch company builds a different kind of smartphone.
Read →Rocket Report: Engines installed for Artemis III; Long March 6C breakup in LEO
Two of Europe's leading launch startups announced new fundraising this week.
Read →Trump White House just tossed a grenade into international space relations
"Let me be clear: America is not only welcome—we want you there."
Read →Musk wins court order to block use of “Twitter,” but not “tweet” and bird logo
Saying X is “formerly Twitter” in App Store lets Musk block use of Twitter name.
Read →Anthropic’s $2 trillion IPO puts powerful external trustees in spotlight
Public-market scrutiny will intensify pressure on the Claude maker’s unusual attempt to balance profit and purpose.
Read →Second complete map of a fruit fly brain completed
Every neuron and connection in the brain of a fly has been mapped—twice.
Read →A ratings board wouldn't let Valve release a trailer. It "leaked" it instead.
"I think we can't get in trouble for that now. It's like 20 years ago."
Read →Pentagon rescinds new testosterone screening policy without explanation
The Pentagon says the guidance is being updated after being online for one day.
Read →Ranking position trendnews → referrals
Referral traffic from published news coverage.
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