πŸŒπŸ’€ Oh no, another digital detox manifesto! Our brave protagonist is valiantly battling the evil interwebs with Cold Turkey Blocker, yearning for the lost art of real-life interaction. May the Force of Reality be with you, noble unplugged hero! πŸ™„βœ¨
https://user8.bearblog.dev/logging-off/ #digitaldetox #coldturkeyblocker #realinteraction #unpluggedhero #techstruggles #HackerNews #ngated
Logging off

I am feeling so sick of the internet. I feel like's it's just a net negative in every way. It makes me see the world as a horrible place. I'm gonna try to st...

User8
πŸš€πŸ€― "Cutting inference cold starts by 40x" β€” because the world REALLY needed another acronym soup of #LP, #FUSE, #CR, and the ever-special CUDA-checkpoint. 🍜 Meanwhile, mere mortals still struggle to start their microwaves without a manual. πŸ“–πŸ”
https://modal.com/blog/truly-serverless-gpus #CuttingInferenceColdStarts #CUDACheckpoint #TechStruggles #HackerNews #ngated
How to achieve truly serverless GPUs

A deep dive on Modal's deep tech for fast boots.

Modal
Programming Still Sucks. β€” Writing

Sorry Peter. β€” I'm at a birthday party, and while most people here also work in tech, there's always a Guy with a Real Job. You know, a physical job, building some or other thing people need. And this Guy always asks some variant of the same question: aren't you worried AI is taking your job? I glance around and see a few faces turning around toward us, rolling their eyes ever so slightly before returning to their previous conversation. Yes, this question again.

How many sliders do you need to adjust to mute your phone reliably?

Or do you simply:
... turn on the flight mode?
...switch it off completely?
...smash the screen into pieces with a giant hammer?

Read about why I miss the one true mute button:
https://open.substack.com/pub/wrenwrites/p/where-is-the-silent-mode-button-or?r=5emdhk&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

#TechStruggles #Newsletter #Enshittification #DigitalNoise

Going to the cinema, putting my phone away, and watching a movie with no distractions? I wish it was that easy.

Read about my silent mode pet peeve: https://open.substack.com/pub/wrenwrites/p/where-is-the-silent-mode-button-or?r=5emdhk&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true

#TechRant #TechStruggles #Newsletter

Where is the silent mode button? Or: Going to the moviesβ€”a study in anxiety

Going to the cinema, putting my phone away, and watching a movie with no distractions? I wish it was that easy.

Wren Writes
πŸ‘ΆπŸ’» Ah yes, the "Confessions of a Millennial in Tech"β€”a riveting saga where our hero bravely navigates the perilous world of...JavaScript and #cookies. πŸͺ Because nothing screams cutting-edge tech insights like struggling to enable basic browser functions. πŸ™„πŸ”§
https://www.elenaverna.com/p/confessions-of-a-millennial-in-tech #ConfessionsOfAMillennial #TechStruggles #JavaScript #BrowserInsights #HackerNews #ngated
Confessions of a Millennial in Tech

A lot of mixed feelings and unanswered questions.

Elena's Growth Scoop
πŸŽ©πŸ”§ Oh, the joy of resurrecting the Z-machine in a language so absurdly unsuitable that it's like knitting a sweater with uncooked spaghetti. πŸ™ƒ This article is a delightful blend of #nostalgia and masochismβ€”because who wouldn't want to recreate 1980s tech struggles in the most convoluted way possible? πŸ•°οΈπŸ’”
https://whitebeard.blog/posts/building-a-z-machine-in-elm/ #Zmachine #TechStruggles #AbsurdProgramming #1980sRevival #HackerNews #ngated
Building a Z-Machine in the worst possible language

In which a 1980s virtual machine for text adventures is reimplemented in a pure functional language, against all better judgement, and somehow emerges working.

Whitebeard's Realm
Ah yes, the ever-elusive quest for the mythical laptop that plays nice with FreeBSDβ€”because who doesn't love a treasure hunt where the prize is... basic functionality? πŸ€”πŸ’» Let's meticulously score how many hours you'll waste trying to force a 2016 #MacBook to pretend it's the future. πŸš€πŸ“‰
https://freebsdfoundation.github.io/freebsd-laptop-testing/ #FreeBSD #TreasureHunt #TechStruggles #LaptopQuest #FunctionalityFail #HackerNews #ngated
FreeBSD Laptop Compatibility