Newly open sourced, check out qrgo!

This utility easily lets you capture QR codes for your emulators.

https://github.com/block/qrgo

The Unbearable Effectiveness of Being Able to Run the Damn Code

#programming #software #practices #rant

https://natknight.xyz/the-unbearable-effectiveness-of-being-able-to-run-the-damn-code

In Android 17, apps targeting SDK 37 or higher will receive a new implementation of MessageQueue where the implementation is lock-free.

https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2026/02/under-hood-android-17s-lock-free.html

There are two problems in computer science:

1. We could do this better
2. We should not do this at all

A surge in new datacenters, each with the power demand of 100,000 households and a cooling water demand of 1,000,000 m³ per year to train AI models on material obtained without consent on hardware now unaffordable to consumers so fascism-adjacent tech billionaires can sell us the idea that any skill is now worthless and in doing so creating the largest economic bubble ever while simultaneously destroying society and environment.

I think that about sums it up.

#genai #llm

Bluesky has announced that today they have started with federation, allowing anyone to host their own data on the #bluesky network.

In a blog post they announced that anyone can now host their own PDS, framing it as a way to control your own data, and also explaining how it differs from Mastodon.

Bluesky describes it as an 'early access of federation for self-hosters'.

https://bsky.social/about/blog/02-22-2024-open-social-web

OMG i just learned something mindblowing with SF Symbols. You can create a custom symbol and combine it with other symbols and badges 🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯

#apple #sfsymbols #design