I liked the “Border Collie” post today, the podcast about air conditioning in Europe, and the interview with Mike D.
Leadership
TBM 433: The Border Collie Faustian Bargain - fun model. I think this applies to other ways of buy-in too.
Engineering
How is the Bun Rewrite in Rust Going? - spoiler: not great
The Fedora 45 sausage factory - nice overview.
AI
Should You Use AI for a Task? Here’s a Simple Way to Decide - is it a chore, or should it be done right?
The Orchestrator’s Tax - I often find that sub-agents are slowing down the whole process, while wasting tokens at the same time.
Context engineering with Dex Horthy [Podcast] - I am a bit worried that we are just patching up problems and hope to improve the situation by adding more context that is being ignored 20% of the time anyway.
AIs Don’t Take Showers - “The great cognitive debt fallout felt from every layoff, now applied to every code change in the product.”
Environment
The great European air conditioning debate [Podcast] - Really good podcast as usual. The world is changing, we have to adapt, however we can.
Germany: Low Rhine River levels could weigh down economy - every year a new record.
FIRMS - Fire Information for Resource Management System from NASA.
What is the Real-Time Wildfire Map? - this is a vibe-coded version that uses the above data.
Meta quits clean energy pledge amid gas-powered data centre expansion - nobody in tech cares any more.
Random Amiga
41 Years Ago: The Day the Amiga 1000 Changed Computing Forever (1985 Launch) [YouTube] - Did I mention I loved my Amiga 1000?
Catalonia looks to the sky - not long now to the eclipse.
Mike D discusses breaking rap into the mainstream, the infamous hydraulic penis, and disbanding the Beastie Boys [Podcast] - Great interview, they really connect.
Best places to stay in the Pyrenees (for cyclists) - I am planning a short break.
What’s the Diagnosis? - I am just killing people.
Other Links
- John Freeborn: Weekly Design Links – 07/28/26
- Jason Yip: What I’ve been reading (and watching) week ending 26 July 2026
- Ben Crowder: Links #166