If my two cents are worth anything, I think the broad polarization we're seeing with AI right now can be explained pretty simply:
Some people see it as a powerful tool to solve problems.
Other people think those problems are not their burden to solve. And that second group already hates software.
Some people see it as a powerful tool to solve problems.
Other people think those problems are not their burden to solve. And that second group already hates software.
November 10, 2026 at 4:13 PM
If my two cents are worth anything, I think the broad polarization we're seeing with AI right now can be explained pretty simply:
Some people see it as a powerful tool to solve problems.
Other people think those problems are not their burden to solve. And that second group already hates software.
Some people see it as a powerful tool to solve problems.
Other people think those problems are not their burden to solve. And that second group already hates software.
NEW: Recordings of calls and events reviewed by ProPublica show members of the Georgia State Election Board working with Cleta Mitchell’s Election Integrity Network, which was born out of an effort to overturn the 2020 election.
Members of Georgia’s Election Board Have Been Coordinating With Cleta Mitchell’s Network
For much of the past year, members have worked with the Election Integrity Network on shared priorities, including a controversial, error-prone software tool used to search voter rolls for purportedly...
www.propublica.org
November 13, 2026 at 1:00 PM
NEW: Recordings of calls and events reviewed by ProPublica show members of the Georgia State Election Board working with Cleta Mitchell’s Election Integrity Network, which was born out of an effort to overturn the 2020 election.
someone forked it and took the slopcoded ui out of a very good screenshot tool
i'm glad people are saving software from the people working on it
i'm glad people are saving software from the people working on it
November 10, 2026 at 7:27 AM
someone forked it and took the slopcoded ui out of a very good screenshot tool
i'm glad people are saving software from the people working on it
i'm glad people are saving software from the people working on it
We really don't have a good language for a software system that isn't an enabling tool but is actually a pass-through funnel for other real people's work (and is only a functional 'tool' in the sense that it is useful to steal other people's work instead of doing it yourself)
November 11, 2026 at 1:28 PM
We really don't have a good language for a software system that isn't an enabling tool but is actually a pass-through funnel for other real people's work (and is only a functional 'tool' in the sense that it is useful to steal other people's work instead of doing it yourself)
The other police surveillance tools that experts identify in this NPR article as more concerning than Flock? Real-time crime centers running Fusus software aka AXON. Aka exactly what Seattle is using and that Mayor Katie Wilson said was fine to expand.
Flock is catching flak. Experts say other police surveillance tools are more worrisome
Real-time crime-center software is a sometimes overlooked but powerful tool allowing police to aggregate immense amounts of data, significantly expanding their surveillance reach.
www.npr.org
November 12, 2026 at 9:11 PM
The other police surveillance tools that experts identify in this NPR article as more concerning than Flock? Real-time crime centers running Fusus software aka AXON. Aka exactly what Seattle is using and that Mayor Katie Wilson said was fine to expand.
It's bluesky dude.
AI is seen as an ontologically evil demon rather than a software tool.
AI is seen as an ontologically evil demon rather than a software tool.
November 11, 2026 at 1:36 AM
It's bluesky dude.
AI is seen as an ontologically evil demon rather than a software tool.
AI is seen as an ontologically evil demon rather than a software tool.
Perhaps there's a bigger cultural difference too. Games are one of the few areas where software is appreciated AS software. For the much larger segment of software development, software is really just a means to an end. It's a tool, not the product. That's why we so often develop our software in the
November 11, 2026 at 5:43 PM
Perhaps there's a bigger cultural difference too. Games are one of the few areas where software is appreciated AS software. For the much larger segment of software development, software is really just a means to an end. It's a tool, not the product. That's why we so often develop our software in the
DeepMind researchers were able to formally verify that the widely used encryption protocol works as intended. Their stretch goal? Do the same for “all the software of the world.”
A New AI Tool From Google DeepMind Proved the Signal Protocol Is Secure
DeepMind researchers were able to formally verify that the widely used encryption protocol works as intended. Their stretch goal? Do the same for “all the software of the world.”
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November 10, 2026 at 5:08 AM
DeepMind researchers were able to formally verify that the widely used encryption protocol works as intended. Their stretch goal? Do the same for “all the software of the world.”
Unity being like that is like "nah, we don't know how the tool we sold you works" which is just fucking bad in software, that's a tool that nobody should use or buy.
November 10, 2026 at 9:07 AM
Unity being like that is like "nah, we don't know how the tool we sold you works" which is just fucking bad in software, that's a tool that nobody should use or buy.
My only issue here is again the normalization of calling AI a "tool". A tool assists, like a hammer. AI does the work FOR a person. It's a servant in software form. It's not a tool.
Over the past month, IGF judges and jurists have had intense, difficulty, generous, and deeply engaged conversations about AI and the games industry.
This statement is the result of those conversations.
This statement is the result of those conversations.
November 10, 2026 at 3:22 AM
My only issue here is again the normalization of calling AI a "tool". A tool assists, like a hammer. AI does the work FOR a person. It's a servant in software form. It's not a tool.
The election deniers' tool for finding dead voters just created fake ones, proving their "fraud" obsession is as faulty as their software.
A Tool Built by Election Deniers Said These Voters Were Dead...
After the midterm, a Republican member of the election board in Forsyth County, Georgia, challenged ...
www.propublica.org
November 12, 2026 at 3:13 PM
The election deniers' tool for finding dead voters just created fake ones, proving their "fraud" obsession is as faulty as their software.
"a WHOLE lot of AI stuff available!" Gr8. Sounds like a tool they're just going to charge me for since they already charge hand over fist for every single module they can separate out of the basic functionality of the software.
November 10, 2026 at 8:36 PM
"a WHOLE lot of AI stuff available!" Gr8. Sounds like a tool they're just going to charge me for since they already charge hand over fist for every single module they can separate out of the basic functionality of the software.
Found this useful command line tool for #Linux github.com/knuspii/crun...
GitHub - Knuspii/CrunchyCleaner: 💾🧹 A lightweight, software cache cleanup tool for Windows & Linux.
💾🧹 A lightweight, software cache cleanup tool for Windows & Linux. - Knuspii/CrunchyCleaner
github.com
November 10, 2026 at 10:01 PM
Found this useful command line tool for #Linux github.com/knuspii/crun...
love bitsy but i have come to the conclusion that it is not a game development tool, but rather (mostly) a narrative software tool
November 12, 2026 at 5:19 AM
love bitsy but i have come to the conclusion that it is not a game development tool, but rather (mostly) a narrative software tool
What I want people to understand is that the whole thing is fucked. "Anti-AI" people are scrambling disorganized against an all-out assault on our values, our livelihoods, our communities, every single tool we use, the very building blocks of modern software.
Disaster is bound to ensue!
Disaster is bound to ensue!
November 13, 2026 at 11:14 AM
What I want people to understand is that the whole thing is fucked. "Anti-AI" people are scrambling disorganized against an all-out assault on our values, our livelihoods, our communities, every single tool we use, the very building blocks of modern software.
Disaster is bound to ensue!
Disaster is bound to ensue!
'why can't you simply not use the most powerful tool for creating software?'
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November 11, 2026 at 7:31 AM
'why can't you simply not use the most powerful tool for creating software?'
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I'm curious what you think I mean here? I've been a programmer since I was 11, I've worked on multi-million-dollar projects. LLMs are a tool for programmers. Just like an IDE with auto-complete. I'm not talking vibe coding stuff here, I'm talking use by professional software engineers.
November 10, 2026 at 5:35 PM
I'm curious what you think I mean here? I've been a programmer since I was 11, I've worked on multi-million-dollar projects. LLMs are a tool for programmers. Just like an IDE with auto-complete. I'm not talking vibe coding stuff here, I'm talking use by professional software engineers.
NEW: Members of Georgia’s Election Board Have Been Coordinating With Cleta Mitchell’s Network @dougbockclark.bsky.social
Members of Georgia’s Election Board Have Been Coordinating With Cleta Mitchell’s Network
For much of the past year, members have worked with the Election Integrity Network on shared priorities, including a controversial, error-prone software tool used to search voter rolls for purportedly...
www.propublica.org
November 13, 2026 at 12:21 PM
NEW: Members of Georgia’s Election Board Have Been Coordinating With Cleta Mitchell’s Network @dougbockclark.bsky.social
thats probably more in-line with what these guys are really trying to do and really talking about. A software tool that can build more software tools on its own to solve problems without much more input than "Look at this".
November 11, 2026 at 1:07 AM
thats probably more in-line with what these guys are really trying to do and really talking about. A software tool that can build more software tools on its own to solve problems without much more input than "Look at this".
You can now draw smoother lines in iScribby using the pen tool. Did a bit of work to make them a bit more juicy.
Full changelog for v0.0.19:
iscribby.com/changelog
#software #dotnet #devlog #productivity #drawing #windows #annotation #drawonscreen
Full changelog for v0.0.19:
iscribby.com/changelog
#software #dotnet #devlog #productivity #drawing #windows #annotation #drawonscreen
November 12, 2026 at 4:15 PM
You can now draw smoother lines in iScribby using the pen tool. Did a bit of work to make them a bit more juicy.
Full changelog for v0.0.19:
iscribby.com/changelog
#software #dotnet #devlog #productivity #drawing #windows #annotation #drawonscreen
Full changelog for v0.0.19:
iscribby.com/changelog
#software #dotnet #devlog #productivity #drawing #windows #annotation #drawonscreen
AI builds quantum chemistry software 🧪
Dr. Michael F. Peintinger developed an open-source quantum chemistry program, `vibe-qc`, using generative AI agents to write and test its code in ten weeks.
The AI didn't invent the science, but it built the tool fast.
Dr. Michael F. Peintinger developed an open-source quantum chemistry program, `vibe-qc`, using generative AI agents to write and test its code in ten weeks.
The AI didn't invent the science, but it built the tool fast.
November 11, 2026 at 1:55 PM
AI builds quantum chemistry software 🧪
Dr. Michael F. Peintinger developed an open-source quantum chemistry program, `vibe-qc`, using generative AI agents to write and test its code in ten weeks.
The AI didn't invent the science, but it built the tool fast.
Dr. Michael F. Peintinger developed an open-source quantum chemistry program, `vibe-qc`, using generative AI agents to write and test its code in ten weeks.
The AI didn't invent the science, but it built the tool fast.
thank you, this helps with the mental model! kind of surprised this is still what they’re doing instead of just doing tool use on image editing software but i guess this is good enough for most people?
November 9, 2026 at 5:59 PM
thank you, this helps with the mental model! kind of surprised this is still what they’re doing instead of just doing tool use on image editing software but i guess this is good enough for most people?
New Extra Points:
I caught up with the brains behind the software that runs scoreboard activations and light shows across the world, from the biggest rock stars to D-II football. How does this stuff work, and how can it bring in new money?
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I caught up with the brains behind the software that runs scoreboard activations and light shows across the world, from the biggest rock stars to D-II football. How does this stuff work, and how can it bring in new money?
#sponsored
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From Bruno Mars to Bemidji State: One tool to get the most out of your scoreboards
A chat with The Famous Group about a new tool to help any stadium engage with fans and drive more revenue
www.extrapointsmb.com
November 12, 2026 at 3:11 PM
New Extra Points:
I caught up with the brains behind the software that runs scoreboard activations and light shows across the world, from the biggest rock stars to D-II football. How does this stuff work, and how can it bring in new money?
#sponsored
www.extrapointsmb.com/p/from-bruno...
I caught up with the brains behind the software that runs scoreboard activations and light shows across the world, from the biggest rock stars to D-II football. How does this stuff work, and how can it bring in new money?
#sponsored
www.extrapointsmb.com/p/from-bruno...
A New AI Tool From Google DeepMind Proved the Signal Protocol Is Secure
A New AI Tool From Google DeepMind Proved the Signal Protocol Is Secure
DeepMind researchers were able to formally verify that the widely used encryption protocol works as intended. Their stretch goal? Do the same for “all the software of the world.”
www.wired.com
November 11, 2026 at 11:12 PM
A New AI Tool From Google DeepMind Proved the Signal Protocol Is Secure