Sixty years of learning the same lesson
Summary:
This article examines how the software industry has repeatedly failed to learn that software development is fundamentally about managing information flow and learning, not construction.
Excerpt:
"GenAI feels like another turning point for software development. It's really just the latest moment in a long, repeating pattern of partial revelation and broad avoidance of how creating software needs to be approached."
#Software Engineering#GenAI#Agile#Software Development
Deep dive into Turso, the "SQLite rewrite in Rust"
Summary:
A deep dive into Turso, a new database engine compatible with SQLite's file format but rewritten in Rust. The article explores why Turso is needed, how it addresses SQLite's pain points (concurrent writes, MVCC, async I/O), and why a database that scales from in-process to networked is the future for modern development.
Excerpt:
"I love Rust and I love SQLite, so you can imagine that I was pretty excited when I learned that "SQLite was being rewritten in Rust": Turso."
#Rust#SQLite#Turso#Database#Performance
Waiting for dawn in search: Search index, Google rulings and impact on Kagi
Vladimir Prelovac and Raghu Murthi
Kagi Blog 2026-01-21Summary:
This article from Kagi discusses Google's search monopoly, recent antitrust rulings, and their implications for the future of search and AI.
Excerpt:
"The information we consume shapes our understanding of the world as profoundly as the food we eat shapes our bodies. Search (directly, and indirectly through AI) is the primary mechanism through which we inform political judgments, financial decisions, medical choices, and countless other consequential aspects of our lives."
#Search#Google#Kagi
Some Thoughts on the Open Web
Summary:
Web policy and governance expert Mark Nottingham reflects on the concept of "The Open Web," particularly focusing on open access to information and how AI is disrupting the traditional incentive structures that have kept content freely available online.
Excerpt:
"We have to create an Internet where people want to publish content openly – for some definition of 'open.' Doing that may challenge the assumptions we've made about the Web as well as what we want 'open' to be. What's worked before may no longer create the incentive structure that leads to the greatest amount of content available to the greatest number of people for the greatest number of purposes."
#Open Web#Policy#AI
