I didn't want to waste any more time on generative AI technologies. The use of LLMs to do even routine work is making us less capable. This isn't a value-add, Google. You're offering to make my collaborators less competent, and charge me for the…
In a year, all the AI models used worldwide withdraw the same amount of water as three and a half average showers for every person in the world. The only ethical way to work on GenAI at present is to reduce its environmental footprint, testing on the smallest possible scale.…
`gregkh` has some opinions about what version of the Linux kernel you should use. I largely agree, but I think we can go further.…
The Java Ecosystem is made of two seperate but equally important parts. Sadists who write specifications, and masochists who try to implement them. These are their stories.…
Processes are auditable, challengeable, and are required to directly correlate to tangible outcomes. While customer service deals with many intangibles, customer satisfaction is tangible and measurable.…
xanmod, pf-kernel, zen kernel, kernel-ck ... wait, no, the youth don't know that last one. What makes a kernel patchset? Who's deranged enough to make another one? ... That's me, as it turns out. Penny for my thoughts.…
Adélie Linux is great. I want to make it even better. Here's how.…
There has been some consternation suggesting that the removal of Itanium from the Linux kernel is the start of a mass exodus of less-loved code and architectural support. This is wrong. I'll explain why.…