Communities of Not 🔗
There is a strange thing that happens in communities that gather around abstinence from something: identity from opposition. At their best these comm [...]
Armin Ronacher's Thoughts and Writings
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Clanker: A Word For The Machine 🔗
In my last post I used the word “clanker1” as an alternative to “agent” quite consistently and probably excessively. That choice ended up attracting [...]
Building Pi With Pi 🔗
Pi is now part of Earendil, but in the important sense it is still Mario’s project. He has been living with its issue tracker longer than I have, and [...]
Pushing Local Models With Focus And Polish 🔗
I really, really want local models to work. I want them to work in the very practical sense that I can open my coding agent, pick a local model, and g [...]
Content for Content’s Sake 🔗
Language is constantly evolving, particularly in some communities. Not everybody is ready for it at all times. I, for instance, cannot stand that my [...]
Before GitHub 🔗
GitHub was not the first home of my Open Source software. SourceForge was. Before GitHub, I had my own Trac installation. I had Subversion repositor [...]
Equity for Europeans 🔗
If you spend enough time in US business or finance conversations, one word keeps showing up: equity. Coming from a German-speaking, central European b [...]
The Center Has a Bias 🔗
Whenever a new technology shows up, the conversation quickly splits into camps. There are the people who reject it outright, and there are the people [...]
Mario and Earendil 🔗
Today I’m very happy to share that Mario Zechner is joining Earendil. First things first: I think you should read Mario’s post. This is his news more [...]
Absurd In Production 🔗
About five months ago I wrote about Absurd, a durable execution system we built for our own use at Earendil, sitting entirely on top of Postgres and P [...]