The Human Cost of 10x AI Productivity by Denis Stetskov

They found three mechanisms of “workload creep.” Task expansion: everyone’s scope inflates because AI makes it possible to do more. Blurred boundaries: AI prompting happens during lunch, commute, evenings. Implicit pressure: when colleagues visibly do more with AI, expectations rise for everyone.
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The mechanism is asymmetric. When I write code, I externalize a mental model that already exists. The thinking is done before the typing starts. When I review AI-generated code, I have to reverse-engineer somebody else’s reasoning out of an artifact produced by a system that has no idea what our business does. Fundamentally harder.

France to ditch Windows for Linux to reduce reliance on US tech | TechCrunch by Zack Whittaker

France is trying to move on from Microsoft Windows. The country said it plans to move some of its government computers currently running Windows to the open source operating system Linux to further reduce its reliance on U.S. technology.

Finally, the year of the Linux desktop?

Code is run more than read by Facundo Olano

This phrase is, by now, common programmer knowledge, a reminder that the person first writing a piece of code shouldn’t buy convenience at the expense of the people who will have to read it and modify it in the future. More generally, code is read more than written conveys that it’s usually a good investment to make the code maintainable by keeping it simple, writing tests and documentation, etc. It’s about having perspective over the software development cycle

There is a nice progression in this article. The final stage is - biz > user > ops > dev.

Has Mythos just broken the deal that kept the internet safe? by Martin Alderson

If an LLM can find exploits in sandboxes - which are some of the most well secured pieces of software on the planet - then suddenly every website you aimlessly browse through could contain malicious code which can 'escape' the sandbox and theoretically take control of your device - and all the data on your phone could be sent to someone nasty.

Everything loads in sandboxes. If these models can break sandboxes in the future then where do you run untrusted code?

Tesla is un-canceling its plan to build a smaller, cheaper EV: report by Andrew J. Hawkins

Today, Reuters is reporting that the electric automaker is calling around to suppliers about building an all-new — that is, not based on the Model 3 or the Model Y — electric SUV that would be more affordable than its current lineup. The report, which is based on four anonymous sources in the know, said the vehicle would be built first in China, before eventually being brought to the US and European markets.

Would be a good move. Though I don’t think I will ever buy a Tesla. But hey, please change my mind.