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This is a great article from @andrewnez about attestation and supply chain security, and recent approaches to it that solve a lot of problems that we otherwise insist on having over and over again.
(By "a great article" I really mean "the latest in a string of great articles").
https://nesbitt.io/2026/05/24/signing-is-for-the-bad-days.html
Today marks four years since I joined AWS. My last day will be Friday.\nI have to say being fired from AWS is actually a relief. There have been a lot of changes to the company since I joined in 2022, and the company I wanted to work for is no longer the same company.\nThis past year, while I was doing my best to make AWS play nice in open source communities, there were two main drivers making me unhappy with my job: organizational change and the acceleration of the focus on Generative AI.\n
There is justified anger about governments relying on Palantir software. There are also calls to write replacement software, perhaps imbued with European values, and with less fascism. And I’d love for that to happen pronto, but first we need to understand a few things. It is not just the software. Image by Mariia Shalabaieva on Unsplash “Palantir is often called a data broker, a data miner, or a giant database of personal information.
The guidelines for using AI tools when contributing to CPython has just been updated. Must read whether you're an existing or aspiring contributor.
tl;dr: you're still responsible for what you submit.
Tell everybody you know!
https://devguide.python.org/getting-started/ai-tools/
#Python
Heh, a thought describing my current attitude to LLMs: "I'm not necessarily anti-LLM, but I'm definitely anti *these* LLMs" (where "these" currently covers basically all of them, except maybe https://apertvs.ai/ and some of the smaller models with training procedures that don't involve DDOSing the whole damn internet)
(There are some potential concerns that still apply even to ethically trained LLMs, so cognitive hazmat warnings may be needed no matter what else happens)
#SoftwareHeritage is recruiting!
Backend Engineer ⚙️ https://www.softwareheritage.org/2026/04/08/backend-engineer/
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