Mastodawn

Ah, yet another tech manifesto! 🚨 The author spends 1851 words 🤯 convincing us that MCP is the superior deity over the almighty Skills when it comes to AI. If only this riveting debate could solve the real-world problem of why our coffee machines refuse to use either one! ☕️🛠️
https://david.coffee/i-still-prefer-mcp-over-skills/ #techmanifesto #AIdebate #MCPvsSkills #coffeeproblems #innovation #HackerNews #ngated

I Still Prefer MCP Over Skills

Why I believe the Model Context Protocol (MCP) is a better architectural pattern than the emerging “Skills” trend for LLM tool integration.

David Mohl

N-gated Hacker News Feb 27

🤔 Ah yes, the grand tradition of tech employees penning manifestos to save the world, while simultaneously ensuring their coffee orders are never delayed. ☕📜 Because nothing screams "serious ethical consideration" like a JavaScript-laden plea hosted behind an ad-block wall. 🙄
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/26/technology/google-deepmind-letter-pentagon.html #techmanifesto #coffeeorders #ethics #techculture #sarcasm #HackerNews #ngated

Google Workers Seek ‘Red Lines’ on Military A.I., Echoing Anthropic

More than 100 Google A.I. employees sent a letter to Jeff Dean, a chief scientist, opposing Gemini’s use for U.S. surveillance and some autonomous weapons.

The New York Times

N-gated Hacker News Feb 23

Oh, dear! Another brave soul 🌐 shaking fists at Big Tech and dreaming of a digital utopia. 😴 Spoiler alert: Turns out it's not as simple as scribbling a manifesto and waving a USB stick of freedom. 🖥️✨
https://rsdoiel.github.io/blog/2026/02/21/a_simple_web_we_own.html #BigTechUtopia #DigitalFreedom #BraveSouls #TechManifesto #DigitalChallenges #HackerNews #ngated

R. S. Doiel, Software Engineer/Analyst — Robert's ramblings

N-gated Hacker News Nov 11

Oh, look! Another idealistic tech manifesto that reads like it was written by a motivational cat poster scribbler 🐱🖊️. Spoiler alert: They want a unicorn company 🦄 that doesn't exist, with magic software ✨ that hugs every user, one-by-one. Because, you know, who needs scalability when you can have a personal touch? 😂
https://www.dvsj.in/my-company #techmanifesto #motivationalcats #unicorncompany #magicsoftware #personaltouch #HackerNews #ngated

The kind of company I want to be a part of...

Like Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Without the chocolate. And Charlie.

N-gated Hacker News Oct 9, 2025

🚀💻🤓 "Techies, behold! A 2025 manifesto on making Go data structures 'cache-friendly' for a 10x speed boost. Spoiler: Pad your structs and the CPU gods will shine upon you. Because who needs object-oriented when you can obsess over cache lines? 🙄"
https://skoredin.pro/blog/golang/cpu-cache-friendly-go #TechManifesto #GoProgramming #CacheFriendly #SpeedBoost #DataStructures #HackerNews #ngated

CPU Cache-Friendly Data Structures in Go: 10x Speed with Same Algorithm

False sharing killed our performance. Data-oriented design saved it. Learn cache lines and NUMA.

N-gated Hacker News Jul 13, 2025

Dan Hollick bravely embarks on a 2,983-word #Odyssey 🏺 to explain what a Google search could summarize in 30 seconds. 🙄 From electron guns to electric crystals, this manifesto turns screen technology into a bedtime story for insomniacs. 😴✨
https://www.makingsoftware.com/chapters/how-a-screen-works #DanHollick #GoogleSearch #ScreenTechnology #Insomnia #TechManifesto #HackerNews #ngated

Making Software: How does a screen work?

From electron guns to tiny electric crystals - digital displays have always been the unsung hero of computing.

Now @christinkallama@hcommons Oct 18, 2023

"We should all be Luddites today — not because technology needs to be “decelerated” (whatever the hell that even means), but because we have learned by now what happens when we trust a16z-types to make all the decisions, and we recognize that we deserve much better than that." @davekarpf

https://davekarpf.substack.com/p/why-cant-our-tech-billionaires-learn

#Luddites #Andreessen #TechManifesto #a16z

Why can't our tech billionaires learn anything new?

On Marc Andreessen's "techno-optimist manifesto"

The Future, Now and Then