# bye bye (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 4 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover bye bye. Page: Feed: --- ## [MIT Wild Turkey Tour](https://khoaly.xyz/mit-wild-turkey-tour/) _2026-08-03 · khoa · Khoa's Space_ If you want to tour the MIT campus in less than 30 minutes like a wild turkey, wandering everywhere like you have nowhere to go, but you actually have a plan, this is your detailed guide to do exactly so. Wild turkeys are apparently everywhere in the Boston area. I saw one roaming the street while strolling down Massachusetts Avenue. The turkey was not afraid of anything. Cars stop for it, and… ## [The Ephemeral Scrapbook — 2026.08.02](https://numericcitizen.me/the-ephemeral-scrapbook-2026-08-02/) _2026-08-02 · JF Martin · Numeric Citizen Space_ I read and write about AI way too much, but AI is everywhere now, so hard to escape! I’m so sorry. ## [Re: Bye, bye, Bear Blog!](https://khoaly.xyz/re-bye-bye-bear-blog/) _2026-08-01 · khoa · Khoa's Space_ View the original post here: Bye, bye, Bear Blog! You can find my favorite blog from 4s here: What the veil reveals . Or the Internet Archive when his blog goes offline. Man, I just don’t know what to say. Since it was ReplyJuly, I have been thinking about writing a reply post to 4s “What the veil reveals” for a long time. I was carried away with my traveling, and even some crazy events (that may… ## [If you can have dinner with anyone in the world](https://khoaly.xyz/if-you-can-have-dinner-with-anyone-in-the-world/) _2026-07-31 · khoa · Khoa's Space_ So it is time for the next Brearblog Carnival. ʕ/ ·ᴥ·ʔ/ This month's theme is: “If you can have dinner with anyone in the world, who would they be?” This is my usual conversation opener with anyone. It opens up a little window into their world, about things that they care deeply about at the moment. A dinner is not short-form entertainment. It’s when you spend an evening with someone to share what… ## [Bears Council! Help me decide.](https://khoaly.xyz/bears-council-help-me-decide/) _2026-07-27 · khoa · Khoa's Space_ So it has been a really long time I have not been blogging. I kept telling myself everyday that I need to update my blog, with something, but I cannot find anything really blog-wrothy. A lot has happened since my last post. Like I piggy back students into MIT and almost got locked in their terrace. I'm back at running which is great. My brain suddenly brought me back to the time where 11 people… ## [Moving from Claude to Proton Lumo](https://blog.nutts.org/2026/07/27/moving-from-claude-to-proton-lumo/) _2026-07-27 · nutts · $ cat ~nutts/blog/\*.md_ Moving from Anthropic's Claude to Proton's Lumo, with high-end LLMs like GLM 5.2 ## [My First Fountain Pen Since Childhood](https://blog.nutts.org/2026/07/17/my-first-fountain-pen-since-childhood/) _2026-07-17 · nutts · $ cat ~nutts/blog/\*.md_ My First Fountain Pen Since Childhood, the Parker 51 ## [NYC MTA Jazz](https://khoaly.xyz/nyc-mta-jazz/) _2026-07-13 · khoa · Khoa's Space_ NYC, June 2026 It has been a looooong time since I wrote in my blog. Maybe it's time to give my blog some music. Check out the jazz that the bustling NYC metropolitan public transportation makes here: www.trainjazz.com I rode on a subway for the first time ever last June, and I am fascinated by the coordination that happens behind the scene. This is a perfect visualization to it. Cheers to NYC… ## [The Ephemeral Scrapbook — 2026.07.12](https://numericcitizen.me/the-ephemeral-scrapbook-2026-07-12/) _2026-07-13 · JF Martin · Numeric Citizen Space_ Bye bye Om Malik. Hello Apple price hikes. Yikes. ## [20 steps to living silly-ly](https://khoaly.xyz/20-steps-to-living-silly-ly/) _2026-06-18 · khoa · Khoa's Space_ Here are 20 steps that I reconned somewhere on the internet. Even though I called them "steps," order of execution does not matter. Take yourself out for dinner. No phone, just a notebook. Go to the cinema alone. Stay in your seat after it ends. Pick a nearby town you've never visited. No agenda, just show up. Go a full day with no phone. Take a long solo walk and record voice notes as you go.… ## [Countdown to Getting Paid (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/LeR6d5FCh33a) _2026-06-18 · **Sponsored**_ Create a shareable wallet timer — deposits buy back time and pay debt down ## [The Ephemeral Scrapbook — 2026.06.07](https://numericcitizen.me/the-ephemeral-scrapbook-2026-06-07-2/) _2026-06-07 · JF Martin · Numeric Citizen Space_ Pre-WWDC26 edition. Will Apple finally deliver Apple Intelligence to their devices and users? Let’s pray, shall we? Enjoy your WWDC pre-recorded (!) show. ## [Junited: It is 67 today](https://khoaly.xyz/junited-it-is-67-today/) _2026-06-07 · khoa · Khoa's Space_ Which means it's the perfect day for me to join Junited! ᐠ( ᐛ )ᐟ What is Junited? From Robert's The Junited idea is simple, and basically what many bloggers already do: sharing others' posts. No challenge, no pressure, just the joy of sharing. My Junited 2026 list: Alex Hsu's Game Mindeset Jame's Favorite Typewriter 4s' What the Veil Reveals Nate's Really Fast Feedback is Great TechLex's Is… ## [Building My Own Task Manager Instead of Waiting for Things 4](https://numericcitizen.me/building-my-own-task-manager-instead-of-waiting-for-things-4/) _2026-06-07 · JF Martin · Numeric Citizen Space_ Before Things 3 turns 4 and falls into the subscription-only abyss, I built my own task manager using the vibe coding technique. Here's why and how. ## [A little pride for your corner of the web](https://khoaly.xyz/a-little-pride-for-your-corner-of-the-web/) _2026-06-02 · khoa · Khoa's Space_ Hi, I am Khoa, and I support Pride Month. ## ["I want to get rich and buy three trampolines"](https://khoaly.xyz/i-want-to-get-rich-and-buy-three-trampolines/) _2026-06-01 · khoa · Khoa's Space_ On the trip to Aberdeen, I met Aaron, a fellow Mechanical Engineering student. I was a bit lame when I asked the usual, cliche question that everyone ask each other at college: "What do you want to do with your degree?" Aaron said "I want to get rich and buy three trampolines." Period...No other explanation. My tiny little brain was expecting something along the line of: I want to do research in… ## [Team bum gun forever](https://blog.nutts.org/2026/05/31/team-bum-gun-forever/) _2026-05-31 · nutts · $ cat ~nutts/blog/\*.md_ Team bum gun forever... extolling the virtues of bum guns and washlets ## [Seal Beach and Dracula Castle](https://khoaly.xyz/seal-beach-and-dracula-castle/) _2026-05-25 · khoa · Khoa's Space_ I got a suggestion from Ali that I should write about my experience somewhere that is not touristy. I opened up my camera roll, and I realized all the places I visited were filled with tourists lol. I am only here for three weeks, I am a tourist at the end of the day. The past weekend, I planned to go couch-surfing to actually meet and talk (for a long time) with locals. I went lurking on many… ## [The Ephemeral Scrapbook — 2026.05.24](https://numericcitizen.me/the-ephemeral-scrapbook-2026-05-24/) _2026-05-24 · JF Martin · Numeric Citizen Space_ Bye bye Tim Cook. Hello John Ternus. The beginning of a new era at Apple? ## [Facing The Rising Costs of AI](https://numericcitizen.me/facing-the-rising-costs-of-ai/) _2026-05-23 · JF Martin · Numeric Citizen Space_ People's excitement about AI might end sooner than originally thought. Here's why. ## [Apple Has Always Been at War with Physics — and It's Happening Again](https://numericcitizen.me/apple-has-always-been-at-war-with-physics-and-its-happening-again/) _2026-05-10 · JF Martin · Numeric Citizen Space_ There is a pattern to how Apple makes its most interesting bets. It finds a hard physical constraint, something that looks like an immovable wall, and decides that software is the answer. It happened with the camera. It is happening right now with artificial intelligence. ## [One OS for your AI workforce (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/frH5jdqkcoct) _2026-05-10 · **Sponsored**_ Build, direct, and supervise an AI workforce from a single operating workspace. ## [Bye bye, Google Maps](https://blog.nutts.org/2026/05/01/bye-bye-google-maps/) _2026-05-01 · nutts · $ cat ~nutts/blog/\*.md_ Bye bye, Google Maps... Deleted the Google Maps app from my iPhone ## [Tim Cook’s Apple: Operational Mastery, Strategic Restraint—and the Cost of Playing It Safe](https://numericcitizen.me/tim-cooks-apple-operational-mastery-strategic-restraintand-the-cost-of-playing-it-safe/) _2026-04-21 · JF Martin · Numeric Citizen Space_ Bye Tim, thank you. Time for a change. Many changes. More than ever, I’m hopeful for the future. ## [The Ephemeral Scrapbook — 2026.04.19](https://numericcitizen.me/the-ephemeral-scrapbook-2026-04-19/) _2026-04-19 · JF Martin · Numeric Citizen Space_ Artemis II mission brings back great visual memories. AI does the rest. 🤔 ## [Switching higher-order streams to first-order streams](https://mnt.io/articles/switching-higher-order-streams-to-first-order-streams/) _2026-04-13 · Ivan Enderlin · mnt.io_ I discuss streams. It's a pretext to learn about higher-order streams, like flatten and to introduce a new stream: switch ! It's very useful, and will have no secret for you. ## [Vibe Coding: Programming for the Rest of Us?](https://numericcitizen.me/vibe-coding-programming-for-the-rest-of-us/) _2026-03-24 · JF Martin · Numeric Citizen Space_ Vibe coding might prove to be programming for the rest of us. ## [The Ephemeral Scrapbook — 2026.03.22](https://numericcitizen.me/the-ephemeral-scrapbook-2026-03-22/) _2026-03-22 · JF Martin · Numeric Citizen Space_ The MacBook Neo says ‘Hello’ as Apple celebrates 50 years of existence. What a journey. ## [If it ain't broke...](https://blog.nutts.org/2026/03/21/if-it-aint-broke/) _2026-03-21 · nutts · $ cat ~nutts/blog/\*.md_ If it ain't broke... not replacing mod\_php with php-fpm, using Apache on Linux ## [Configuring a UTF-8 charset in OpenBSD's httpd](https://blog.nutts.org/2026/03/16/configuring-utf8-charset-openbsd-httpd/) _2026-03-16 · nutts · $ cat ~nutts/blog/\*.md_ Configuring a UTF-8 charset in OpenBSD's httpd web server ## [Being partly deaf can sometimes be advantageous](https://blog.nutts.org/2026/03/14/being-partly-deaf-advantageous/) _2026-03-14 · nutts · $ cat ~nutts/blog/\*.md_ Being partly deaf can sometimes be advantageous ## [The Ephemeral Scrapbook — 2026.03.08](https://numericcitizen.me/the-ephemeral-scrapbook-2026-03-08/) _2026-03-09 · JF Martin · Numeric Citizen Space_ Say Hello to Lil Finder Guy! ## [8.1% APY Plus Free Stock (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/GmHCSmpUBJ1Q) _2026-03-09 · **Sponsored**_ Claim 8.1% APY and up to $1,030 in SK hynix and Nvidia stock. ## [Good news: GrapheneOS phones made by Motorola due in 2027](https://blog.nutts.org/2026/03/06/grapheneos-phones-motorola-2027/) _2026-03-06 · nutts · $ cat ~nutts/blog/\*.md_ Good news: GrapheneOS phones made by Motorola due in 2027 ## [RSS feeds and two Macs: FreshRSS, Miniflux, and NetNewsWire](https://blog.nutts.org/2026/03/05/rss-feeds-and-two-macs/) _2026-03-05 · nutts · $ cat ~nutts/blog/\*.md_ RSS feeds and two Macs: FreshRSS, Miniflux, and NetNewsWire ## [Finally a price increase](https://blog.nutts.org/2026/03/02/finally-a-price-increase/) _2026-03-02 · nutts · $ cat ~nutts/blog/\*.md_ Finally a price increase ## [Hitting Pause on ChatGPT](https://numericcitizen.me/hitting-pause-on-chatgpt/) _2026-03-01 · JF Martin · Numeric Citizen Space_ Always have an exit strategy at hand; you never know. ## [The Convenience Equation](https://numericcitizen.me/the-convenience-equation/) _2026-02-25 · JF Martin · Numeric Citizen Space_ It's the formula we unconsciously apply to decide whether the friction of doing something the "right way" is worth avoiding ## [About memory pressure, lock contention, and Data-oriented Design](https://mnt.io/articles/about-memory-pressure-lock-contention-and-data-oriented-design/) _2026-02-23 · Ivan Enderlin · mnt.io_ I illustrate how Data-oriented Design helped to remove annoying memory pressure and lock contention in multiple sorters used in the Matrix Rust SDK. It has improved the execution by 98.7% (53ms to 676µs) and the throughput by 7718.5% (from 18K elem/s to 1.4M elem/s)! I will talk about how the different memories work, how we want to make the CPU caches happy, and how we can workaround locks when… ## [The Ephemeral Scrapbook — 2026.02.22](https://numericcitizen.me/the-ephemeral-scrapbook-2026-02-22/) _2026-02-22 · JF Martin · Numeric Citizen Space_ I’m back from vacation, more connected than ever. 🔋⚡😃 ## [From 19k to 4.2M events/sec: story of a SQLite query optimisation](https://mnt.io/articles/from-19k-to-4-2m-events-per-sec-story-of-a-sqlite-query-optimisation/) _2025-09-12 · Ivan Enderlin · mnt.io_ After a user signaled a performance issue in a Matrix client, we have added new tracing timers in the Matrix Rust SDK to spot the problem. Once found, we have fixed an SQL query improving the throughput from 19k to 251k events/sec, and the speed from 502ms to 39ms. Then after another creative patch, the throughput has been improved to 4.2M events/sec, and the speed to 2ms. ## [Sliding Sync at the Matrix Conference](https://mnt.io/articles/sliding-sync-at-the-matrix-conference/) _2024-10-30 · Ivan Enderlin · mnt.io_ I have presented Sliding Sync, a novel, fast and efficient synchronisation mechanism for the Matrix protocol, at the first Matrix Conference in Berlin. It's been many many months that I'm working on this project, and I'm joyful it's now available to everyone for a better Matrix user experience! ## [Building a new site!](https://mnt.io/articles/building-a-new-site/) _2024-10-08 · Ivan Enderlin · mnt.io_ It's time to rewrite my site from scratch. I'm nostalgic of the good old Web. This site is hand-written, and promotes smallness, speed, simplicity and fun. Let's discover the new lore (!), and let's talk about series a little bit. ## [Observability](https://mnt.io/series/reactive-programming-in-rust/observability/) _2024-09-19 · Ivan Enderlin · mnt.io_ The basis of reactive programming is observability. Let's play with it.