SimDystopia
Music, computer history, documentation, dystopian stories, and more in this issue. Just a few of my favourite things.
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The hidden influences behind the algorithms that run our lives with Luca Belli
In this episode, I speak with Luca Belli about his forthcoming Manning book, “Hidden Influences,” which explains how algorithmic recommendation systems work from socio-technical and ethical perspectives rather than teaching readers to build them.
But can AI play Doom?
I didn’t even mean for this newsletter to become so AI dominated, but it’s hard to avoid these days. But still, some of it useful… Isn’t it?
Fast by default: Performance engineering with Den Odell
In this episode I speak with Den Odell, author of a new comprehensive book on performance engineering about the practice technically as well as justifying to business and product stakeholders.
Games, gear, and gregarious tales
I haven't been reading much news, so instead I haphazardly promote some of my work.
Enjoy a better, fairer experience browsing the web with Rewarded Interest
I speak with Thede Loader of Rewarded Interest, another project and product attempting to make privacy and consent on the web better, while offering you an opportunity to make a slice of revenue. Too good to be true?
While my app gently memory leaks
Finally, I am back with a new newsletter. A lot has happened since the last one. More of that soon. But for now, delight in a heady mix of tech, music, and a dash of the “other”.
While my app gently memory leaks
Finally, I am back with a new newsletter. A lot has happened since the last one. More of that soon. But for now, delight in a heady mix of tech, music, and a dash of the “other”.
Video Generation As A Service With Ricardo Noriega and Doug Smith
I speak with Ricardo Noriega and Doug Smith from Red Hat about their experiments using VLLM Omni for video generation.
New book alert! Building the Sustainable Web
I have a new book out on creating the sustainable web…
Join the OSS Resistance with Mike McQuaid
This episode, I am joined again by Mike McQuaid, Homebrew project leader, amongst many other things, including OSS Resistance, a new quiet call to encourage people to contribute to open source when they feel they should.
I am releasing music for the first time in 15 years
I slight change from the usual tech and geek newsletter, as I have something to announce!