Two weeks of links and quite a few urbanism ones, mostly about the new Oxford Street. I recommend the podcast about the “fat bikes” ban in the Netherlands.
The engineering articles about Coding Alone and small-change code reviews are very good too.
Leadership
Interview with Eric Ries: AI, Founder Mode, and Why Good Companies Go Bad - “MVPs are still misunderstood, even after 15 years” - this won’t change, ever.
The Good Thing About Hard Things - LLMs make us dumb.
Engineering
Containers as a recognized kernel object [LWN] - I think the current way containers work is more Unix-like. But maybe it is time for an abstraction.
EMACS turns 50 - bloody hell!
Speeding up code review with small-change - code reviews are currently often the bottleneck. I like this idea to automate some of the low-risk ones with LLMs.
Coding Alone - this is mostly about the long-term decline of coding communities. I would argue LLMs are accelerating this.
Compromised TLS Certificates - 4!
AI
LLM Voice - it’s so annoying.
Math Vs Machine [Podcast] - how LLMs affect mathematics.
Anthropic says one AI agent beats many subagents now that models can handle complexity alone - I suspected as much for a while.
Bias in Qwen3-Coder Model - all the LLMs have biases. That’s how they work.
Neural Networks Are Already Clean - I don’t care about the article … so many pretty graphs!
Companies rushed in on AI. Now some are pulling back - the problem is that a lot of this is binary. You have the AI evangelists and the other side. There doesn’t seem to be an in-between.
Urbanism
The “Fatbikes” Ruining Dutch Cycling (w/Meredith Glaser) [Podcast] - great episode. I didn’t know that cargo bikes had the same problem.
Serious cyclist injuries down 50% and overall road casualties continue to fall since 20mph limit introduced in Wales - more surprises of speed reduction.
Deutlich weniger schwere Unfälle auf Straßen mit Tempo 40 [German] - similar in Germany.
Low Traffic Neighbourhoods cut pollution, reduce road traffic casualties, and support local shops, new research claims - more benefits of less and slower traffic.
London’s Busiest Street Just Made a Big Change [YouTube] - lovely, all provisional at the moment.
While you were asleep, Oxford Street was pedestrianised - that’s the way: a quick change overnight.
‘It’s a better experience’: shoppers praise Oxford Street pedestrianisation - people are liking it already.
This Small City’s LRT is so Good it Made me Angry [YouTube] - I love trams.
Barcelona Reaffirms Veto on Stopover Cruises - nice.
Environment
Barcelona 2026: Fewer Rainy Days, More Rain - this is only getting worse.
TATRA FORCE e-DRIVE - Fully electric [YouTube] - maybe a bit big for a campervan.
Random Dogs
Dogs of New York, Shapes and Sizes Edition - lovely stats on dogs in NYC.
The Real Kevin Bacon - I didn’t even know the Millennials Kevin Bacon.
690. It’s Show Business, Baby! [Podcast] - podcast about podcasts and a bit how LLMs are messing it up.
TUXDLE 🐧 - wordle for unix nerds.
Railpass - that would make a good screen saver.
WiseUp! Vol. 91 — Introducing Readwise Books! - I am not sure if this will pull me away from Kindle.
‘Realistic and reassuring’: UK public ‘responding calmly’ to Be Ready campaign - that seems to be a reasonable list.
A student protest movement has gripped Serbia for two years. This weekend it will try to take power - this is amazing! I am so happy that they succeeded.
Other Links
- Martin Fowler: Fragments: October 28
- Martin Fowler: Fragments: October 21
- John Freeborn: Weekly Design Links – 10/27/26
- John Freeborn: Weekly Design Links – 10/20/26
- Jason Yip: What I’ve been reading week ending 25 October 2026
- Jason Yip: What I’ve been reading week ending 18 October 2026