Guys I hate to break it to you, but under capitalism, automation improves productivity but doesn't actually reduce the amount of time workers must work to survive.

Instead, productivity gains are captured as profit.

Only worker organizing will reduce our labor time.

Yes, this applies to 'AI'

This is such a succinct summary of the problem so many companies are currently facing. Looking for shortcuts to the problems they've always had.

@simonwillison.net while researching the history of Flickr features for this article medium.com/@brightcarvi... I discovered you were apparently instrumental in most of my favourite technologies. Thank you!

I'm convinced AI is our generation's radium - a discovery with genuinely useful applications in specific, controlled circumstances that we stupidly put in everything from kid's toys to toothpaste until we realised the harm far too late where future generations will ask if we were out of our minds.

ceding AI to the right is a generational poltical mistake and bullying LLM researchers off bluesky to cook their brains in twitter racism is a self defeating and foolish act from well meaning people deluding themselves into thinking intentional ignorance is a valid form of critique and resistance

Apologies to the @australia.theguardian.com team who may have to read my sweary feedback. You are doing a great job but I'm not so keen on my support also helping the UK mothership and their bigoted anti-trans coverage

We are getting close to a wrap on (the first draft of) the second edition of "Observability Engineering", but there are a few places where I could use some of y'all's help.

Find more details, Buffy quotes, AND a funtastic grammar quiz... 👉 charity.wtf/2025/10/13/g...

Are you an experienced software buyer? I could use your help.

I'm working on the second edition of "Observability Engineering", and hoping to include the kind of advice an experienced principal engineer might give a staff engineer buying for the first time.

charity.wtf/2025/09/19/a...

Discovered that "I install software on the web" is the clearest explanation for my job that my wife has heard after 15+ years together

Part one came out last week, and focused on business cost drivers and whether observability is (or should be) an investment or a cost for you.

www.honeycomb.io/blog/how-muc...

I started researching and writing these over two months ago, and I learned a LOT in the process.

The second half of my update on observability costs is now up!

Part two is on technical cost drivers and levers of control, both model specific (multiple pillars model vs o11y 2.0) and model-agnostic -- telemetry pipelines, open source, etc.

www.honeycomb.io/blog/how-muc...

How much should you spend on observability?

In 2018, @charity.wtf guessed 20–30% of your infra bill. That number somehow became gospel—and it's long overdue for a refresh.

In this post, she revisits that rule of thumb: buff.ly/Xe3gUxo
Part 2 drops next week—get ready for cost-control tactics.

"The corollary to Conway's Law is, you can actually change the architecture of a company just by changing how people talk to each other." 🤔🤯🥂

If you are horrified by Zelenskyy's treatment by Trump and Vance, please show practical support and donate to Ukraine's defense via their official donation site. This is going to be more important than ever with the likely withdrawal of US support

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