Posts from 2026

4 posts from 2026

Jan 11, 2026
Quotes

Vibe-Coded MDM

Kurt’s point here greatly resembles one Simon Willison has been making. We’re approaching an inflection point in how software is made where the real value will come more and more from the higher order thinking about the work and less from the spec...

Jan 10, 2026
Quotes

The First Telegraph

On May 24, 1844, Samuel Morse tapped out this message from the Supreme Court Chamber in the Capitol to his partner Alfred Vail in Baltimore. The words came from Numbers 23:23, suggested by Annie Ellsworth, daughter of the Patent Commissioner.

Jan 09, 2026
Politics Energy

Washington Should Legalize Balcony Solar

This week, Washington state Representatives Hall, Callan, Reed, and Leavitt prefiled HB 2296, a bill that would legalize plug-in “balcony solar” systems in Washington. It’s modeled on Utah’s bipartisan HB 340, which passed unanimously last year, b...

Git Rebase for the Terrified

As a maintainer of several OneBusAway projects, I regularly ask contributors to rebase their branches before merging. The response is often hesitation or outright fear. I get it. Rebase has a reputation for destroying work, and the warnings you se...