Speeding up PostgreSQL dump/restore snapshots https://xata.io/blog/behind-the-scenes-speeding-up-pgstream-snapshots-for-postgresql
Xata
Behind the scenes: Speeding up pgstream snapshots for PostgreSQL by Esther Minano Sanz
How targeted improvements helped us speed up bulk data loads and complex schemas.
Eastern Baltic cod grow much smaller than they did due to overfishing https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/these-cod-have-been-shrinking-dramatically-for-decades-now-scientists-say-theyve-solved-the-mystery-180986920/
Smithsonian Magazine
These Cod Have Been Shrinking Dramatically for Decades. Now, Scientists Say They've Solved the Mystery
Eastern Baltic cod grow to much smaller sizes than they did just 30 years ago, because overfishing altered their genes, according to new research
QSBS Limits Raised https://www.mintz.com/insights-center/viewpoints/2906/2025-06-25-qsbs-benefits-expanded-under-senate-finance-proposal
Mintz
QSBS Benefits Expanded Under Senate Finance Proposal
On June 16, 2025, the Senate Finance Committee released its own version of proposed legislation following the House’s passage of the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (H.R. 1). While the House bill did not introduce any changes to Section[1] 1202 for “qualified…
Hidden interface controls that affect usability https://interactions.acm.org/archive/view/july-august-2025/stop-hiding-my-controls-hidden-interface-controls-are-affecting-usability
ACM Interactions
Stop Hiding My Controls: Hidden Interface Controls Are Affecting Usability | IX Magazine Issue XXXII.4 July - August 2025
In the early 1960s, Douglas Engelbart [1] first introduced the notion of
Pet ownership and cognitive functioning in later adulthood across pet types https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-03727-9
Nature
Longitudinal relationships between pet ownership and cognitive functioning in later adulthood across pet types and individuals’…
Scientific Reports - Longitudinal relationships between pet ownership and cognitive functioning in later adulthood across pet types and individuals’ ages
Techno-feudalism and the rise of AGI: A future without economic rights? https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.14283
arXiv.org
Techno-Feudalism and the Rise of AGI: A Future Without Economic Rights?
The rise of Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) marks an existential rupture in economic and political order, dissolving the historic boundaries between labor and capital. Unlike past...
Optimizing Tool Selection for LLM Workflows with Differentiable Programming https://viksit.substack.com/p/optimizing-tool-selection-for-llm
Substack
Optimizing Tool Selection for LLM Workflows: Differentiable Programming with PyTorch and DSPy
How local, learnable routers can reduce token overhead, lower costs, and bring structure back to agentic workflows.
What 'Project Hail Mary' teaches us about the PlanetScale vs. Neon debate https://blog.alexoglou.com/posts/database-decisions/
Costa on Software
What 'Project Hail Mary' teaches us about the Planetscale vs. Neon debate
Lately I have been observing the constant picking of Neon, mainly I presume for its performance from Planetscale’s CEO, and the X/Twitter community.
Here are some of the many tweets I have encountered, but I didn’t save them, so a simple search resulted on…
Here are some of the many tweets I have encountered, but I didn’t save them, so a simple search resulted on…
Serving 200M requests per day with a CGI-bin https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jul/5/cgi-bin-performance/
Simon Willison’s Weblog
Serving 200 million requests per day with a cgi-bin
Jake Gold tests how well 90s-era CGI works today, using a Go + SQLite CGI program running on a 16-thread AMD 3700X. Using CGI on modest hardware, it’s possible to …
Haskell, Reverse Polish Notation, and Parsing https://mattwills.bearblog.dev/haskell-postfix/
Matt Wills
My Side Quest into Haskell, Reverse Polish Notation, and Parsing
My Journey into Haskell: Building a Reverse Polish Notation Calculator
Introduction: A Side Quest
In my attempt to get my first paycheck, aka get a job, ...
Introduction: A Side Quest
In my attempt to get my first paycheck, aka get a job, ...
Volvo delivers 5,000th electric semi https://electrek.co/2025/06/29/volvo-delivers-5000th-electric-semi-with-little-fanfare-sending-a-big-message/
Electrek
Volvo delivers 5,000th electric semi with little fanfare, sending a BIG message
With 5,000 electric semi trucks on the road logging more than 100 million real-world miles, Volvo is sending a big message.
Colombia seizes first unmanned narco-submarine with Starlink antenna https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20250702-colombia-narco-submarine-starlink
France 24
Colombia seizes first unmanned narco-submarine with Starlink antenna
The Colombian navy on Wednesday seized its first unmanned narco-submarine, equipped with a Starlink antenna, off the Caribbean coast. No drugs were found, but officials and regional security sources…