Reading log, 2026-W44

Things I read recently and think are worth your time.

r/opensource just banned AI, non-English speakers, and more | The Verge #

theverge.com

Cisco gives 27-year-old engineer unlimited AI tokens to rewrite 98% of the company's legacy code in 24 months: president plucks former startup founder, telling him to 'go nuts' | Tom's Hardware #

tomshardware.com

AlpineBSD wiki #

wiki.alpinebsd.org

no ai webring | baccyflap.com: a delicate blend of bakelite and fear #

baccyflap.com

thoe (@thoe@snac.9space.no) #

snac.9space.no

ANSI art and webcomics Archives, Break Into Chat #

breakintochat.com

How to Actually Use Email (And Why It Still Matters) #

kaplich.me

Edgar Allan Poe is the most influential American writer. It’s time to admit it. #

slate.com

Florilegium proof #

kevinraymond.github.io

Tell HN: Scribd Breached | Hacker News #

news.ycombinator.com

Novellas with groff #

movq.de

The Scribbler of the Rueful Countenance: Mathematician. Free Coder. Hacker-errant. #

jordi.inversethought.com

Dead Internet theory (Wikipedia) #

en.wikipedia.org

Let’s Build a Brain #

aatishb.com

What the fox say? #

entropicthoughts.com

Introduction to Programming in ATS #

ats-lang.sourceforge.net