When a datacenter fire threatened 142 of my servers, my backup strategy had them back online in hours. This post shares my personal philosophy on creating a resilient system, focusing on the crucial planning that must happen before you write a single noscript.

Since our last public update, OrioleDB has continued to evolve with a series of new releases. These updates refine the core engine, extend functionality, and improve performance across a range of workloads. Together, they move us closer to a beta release…

One man's struggle with his mortality.

The USPS has come a long way.

Ring founder Jamie Siminoff is back at the helm of the surveillance doorbell company, and with him is the surveillance-first-privacy-last approach that made Ring one of the most maligned tech

Biohybrid machine ushers new era of robotics, scientists say

Detect agentic coding environments and AI editors. Contribute to ascorbic/am-i-vibing development by creating an account on GitHub.

Bill Banning One-Person Trains Would Lock NY Transit in the Past

Restoration workers are removing about 100,000 handbound books from their shelves and carefully placing them in crates, the start of a disinfection process that aims to kill the tiny beetles.

Lip-Bu Tan is "laser-focused" on getting Intel back to maximizing shareholder value

With the rise of LLM systems (or “AI” as they are annoying called), the term “vibe coding” is all the rage recently. So I wondered, how does vibe coding work with BASIC?

Hammurabi’s code doesn’t tell the whole story

Instead of paying up, wealthy expats are getting out—sparking questions about whether the move will raise any money at all.

Beyond Meat is likely headed for bankruptcy by 2027 due to its $1 billion owed in convertible bonds, but its stock has retained some value.

Erythritol, a widely used sugar substitute found in many low-carb and sugar-free products, may not be as harmless as once believed. New research from the University of Colorado Boulder reveals that even small amounts of erythritol can harm brain blood vessel…

A narrative of a democracy in the balance, told through 29 data visualizations.