Web Review, Week 2026-13
Let’s go for my web review for the week 2026-13.
New York Bill Would Force Age ID Checks at the Device Level
Tags: tech, law, surveillance
This keeps escalating… It needs to be stopped.
https://reclaimthenet.org/new-york-bill-would-force-age-id-checks-at-the-device-level
Zero Days: Electric Motorcycles are a Security Nightmare
Tags: tech, automotive, security
Clearly those are new and the vendors need to put in place proper security practices. Still those are on the road…
https://persephonekarnstein.github.io/post/zero-days/
Wine 11 rewrites how Linux runs Windows games at the kernel level, and the speed gains are massive
Tags: tech, linux, windows, wine, performance
Looks like an important Wine 11. Well done to them!
https://www.xda-developers.com/wine-11-rewrites-linux-runs-windows-games-speed-gains/
GitHub: We are going to train on your data after all
Tags: tech, data, surveillance, ai, machine-learning, copilot
Unsurprisingly, they need to find new data to feed the monster…
https://www.theregister.com/2026/03/26/github_ai_training_policy_changes/
Moving from GitHub to Codeberg, for lazy people
Tags: tech, git, github, forgejo, self-hosting
A reminder that this is an easy migration. Can also be towards you own instance of Forgejo of course.
https://unterwaditzer.net/2025/codeberg.html
Humanity in CS & PL, now more than ever
Tags: tech, science, research, community
Interesting call, our field like anything undertaken by mankind is worthless without community. Also community can’t sustain if you got an anti human agenda.
https://koronkevi.ch/posts/humanity.html
I’m OK being left behind, thanks!
Tags: tech, hype
Indeed, there’s no rush. No need to be first to jump on every new fashion.
https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/03/im-ok-being-left-behind-thanks/
How LLMs Distort Our Written Language
Tags: tech, ai, machine-learning, gpt, language, culture
Not peer reviewed as far as I can tell. That said if confirmed by other studies this feels like an important paper. The language flattening might be real and this will have lasting cultural impacts.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.18161
Is the Future of AI Local?
Tags: tech, ai, machine-learning, gpt, research, business, foss, ethics
I personally think this is where it’ll head after the bubble pops. We should be able to recover enough material to have something viable to run locally. The question will be “where the updated models come from?”, it might be the public sector helping there and hopefully those will be truly FOSS and ethical (like Apertus).
https://tombedor.dev/open-source-models/
Don’t trust, verify
Tags: tech, foss, tests, security
You’d wish more projects would put such measures in place.
https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2026/03/26/dont-trust-verify/
Markdown Ate The World
Tags: tech, microsoft, libreoffice, standard, markdown, complexity
A brief history of word processor formats and how Markdown came to prevail…
https://matduggan.com/markdown-ate-the-world/
Wild RSS
Tags: tech, rss, tools
Interesting tool to test your RSS feeds.
SSH certificates and git signing
Tags: tech, tools, version-control, git, security
Interesting trick in Got, using SSH certificates to prove the origin on commits. This feels a bit rough though, tooling has room for improvement.
https://codon.org.uk/~mjg59/blog/p/ssh-certificates-and-git-signing/
Debunking zswap and zram myths
Tags: tech, linux, memory, system
Long and comprehensive look at how zswap and zram work. They each bring their own tradeoffs, it’s important to understand them to choose.
https://chrisdown.name/2026/03/24/zswap-vs-zram-when-to-use-what.html
Shell Tricks That Actually Make Life Easier (And Save Your Sanity)
Tags: tech, shell, tools
Good list of lesser known tricks in shell uses.
https://blog.hofstede.it/shell-tricks-that-actually-make-life-easier-and-save-your-sanity/
Windows Native App Development Is a Mess
Tags: tech, system, windows
Indeed, it looks like Windows gave up on having a nice experience for native app development a while ago…
https://domenic.me/windows-native-dev/
The Good, the Bad, and the Leaky: jemalloc, bumpalo, and mimalloc in meilisearch
Tags: tech, system, memory
Interesting story on how sometimes you can be betrayed by your memory allocator.
Guideline: Rust Style
Tags: tech, rust, programming
Good guidelines for Rust code indeed.
https://epage.github.io/dev/rust-style/
Maximally minimal view types
Tags: tech, rust, type-systems
Interesting proposal for rust borrow checker. I wonder if it’ll get any traction.
https://smallcultfollowing.com/babysteps/blog/2026/03/21/view-types-max-min/
The Three Pillars of JavaScript Bloat
Tags: tech, javascript, complexity, tools
Most JS projects end up incredibly bloated indeed. Luckily there are ways to improve the situation.
https://43081j.com/2026/03/three-pillars-of-javascript-bloat
A rant about resolutions
Tags: tech, graphics, video, marketing
Yes the naming of resolutions is a mess… Couple that with marketing and it becomes misleading quickly.
https://blog.brixit.nl/rant-about-resolutions/
Lines of code are useful
Tags: tech, metrics, engineering, productivity, complexity
A bit more nuance in the “how to use the lines of code metric?” debate. Indeed it’s not the same if you look at complexity or productivity.
https://entropicthoughts.com/lines-of-code
Choose Boring Technology and Innovative Practices
Tags: tech, innovation, organisation
Definitely makes sense, you can be more innovative in your practices and processes than with the tech your depend on. The cost of changing is definitely not the same.
https://buttondown.com/hillelwayne/archive/choose-boring-technology-and-innovative-practices/
A Japanese Glossary of Chopsticks Faux Pas
Tags: japan, culture
Be warned! This is a long list.
https://www.nippon.com/en/japan-data/h01362/
Bye for now!