Friday, October 17, 2025

Friday Links 25-23

coffee, cake, bicycle helmet, glasses, and gloves on a table with bicycle leaning against it

A few interesting articles about AI this week. A good interview with Jane Goodall from 2020, and a weird assembler tutorial game.

Also check out the link from Jason at the bottom, I could have copied them all. 

Leadership

The illegible nature of software development talent - boring work is important work, and invisible. 

Research: The Hidden Penalty of Using AI at Work - people think you are not as good, for the same result. 

Engineering

Autonomous AI Hacking and the Future of Cybersecurity - we are all well buggered. 

AI Bug Hunter Sets Milestone By Claiming Top Spot on HackerOne’s Leaderboard - leaderboards are now useless too. 

Customize Claude Code with plugins - let's see if there will be anything useful.

AI-Generated Tests are Lying to You - it is just telling you what you want to hear. 

10 Things Bikepacking Taught Me About Software Development - crossover! 

Large language models for patch review - 50% success rate 

EmuDevz - fun assembler tutorial game

Environment

Plug-in hybrids pollute almost as much as petrol cars, report finds - they are not worth the hassle any more anyway. 

Climate investment is only growth opportunity of 21st century, says leading economist - if we don't do it, everything else doesn't make sense either. 

Urbanism 

The Amazing Story of the Ukrainian City That Built Its Own Tram in 1949 - Konotop  [YouTube] - scrappy and amazing. 

New Study Shows How Paris Pedaled Its Way to a Cycling Revolution - In the end, the French capital didn’t just build bike lanes—it built belief.

I'm so Sick of this Lazy Excuse ...  [YouTube] - with good infrastructure, people also cycle in "bad" weather. 

Cardiff set to tackle SUV ‘carspreading’ in UK first - nice. 

Random Coffee 

Coffeeneuring Challenge 2025: You’re Only 15 Once - it's an easy cycling challenge. I already tried some new coffee stops. 

The Life Scientific: Jane Goodall [Podcast] - repeat from 2020. 

A digital dark age? The people rescuing forgotten knowledge trapped on old floppy disks - sorry, I love that jumper.

‘It’s a question of humanity’: how a small Spanish town made headlines over its immigration stance - still some decent people around. 

The Big Interview: Tim Curry - more about Rocky Horror

Three Years After Trial Launch, Ireland Is Making Basic Income for Artists Program Permanent - programmers are artists, right? 

Photos show polar bears chilling at home in abandoned Russian research station - cuddly

Other Links

Jason Yip: What I’ve been reading (and watching) this week ending 12 October 2025

Friday Links Disclaimer
Inclusion of links does not imply that I agree with the content of linked articles or podcasts. I am just interested in all kinds of perspectives. If you follow the link posts over time, you might notice common themes, though.
More about the links in a separate post: About Friday Links.

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