Web Review, Week 2026-22
Let’s go for my web review for the week 2026-22.
What I Learned About Billionaires at Jeff Bezos’s Private Retreat
Tags: business, politics, culture, ethics
Wondering how those very rich people think and perceive the world? Here is an explanation. I felt unease reading through this.
Secure Boot and Microsoft CA Rollover - a heads-up for distributions
Tags: tech, microsoft, linux, security
Microsoft has been deploying new CA certificates late… Now distros have to wake up and prepare new signatures for their shims quickly.
https://blog.einval.com/2026/05/22#secure_boot_ca_rollover
Big Tech’s Anti-Labor Playbook Has Come for Wikipedia
Tags: tech, wikipedia, community, business, work, ethics
This is very concerning. We don’t need Wikipedia to fall prey to this kind of tactics… On the contrary!
https://medium.com/@jakeorlowitz/wikipedia-is-doing-the-capitalist-thing-56a393232943
Google, I Dump Your Ass!
Tags: tech, google, web
I guess it’s time we realise Google doesn’t send much traffic on the open web / small web / indie web (call it as you please) and so there’s no need to let them harvest.
https://jaredwhite.com/20260522/google-i-dump-your-ass
The AI Gold Rush Is Eating Its Own
Tags: tech, ai, machine-learning, gpt, wikipedia, cognition, business
This is clearly the Ouroboros moment in our industry. People pushing for such restructuring and layoffs are drinking the kool-aid and will ultimately be responsible for killing what put them there in the first place.
https://blog.ppb1701.com/the-ai-gold-rush-is-eating-its-own
The Community is the Achievement; the Achievement is the Community
Tags: tech, knowledge, commons, community, ai, machine-learning, gpt, copilot, ethics, diversity
Very interesting take. This gives very valid ground on why tech communities should reject AI based contributions. Not doing so will indeed hinder the commons communities rely on to exist and improve. This is a path to prevent getting better at inclusivity and diversity (which is really needed).
https://linguacelta.com/blog/2026/05/LLMs.html
Affordances for me, but not for thee
Tags: tech, ai, machine-learning, gpt, ethics, politics, accessibility
This is a fact I don’t get… people are going their way to satisfy the need of a LLM but not the ones of fellow humans. I guess it’s the conclusion which is somewhat right, it’s about who has power. This is sad if true… also I doubt it’s the single explanation.
https://werd.io/affordances-for-me-but-not-for-thee/
The price of humans
Tags: tech, ai, machine-learning, gpt, copilot, marketing
Interesting point… Didn’t think about it this way. We’ll see I guess. Maybe human made services will actually get a premium rate indeed. Wouldn’t be a bad outcome I guess?
https://blog.umangsurana.com/blog/price_of_humans/
Can we have the day off?
Tags: tech, ai, machine-learning, gpt, work, culture, productivity
I mean, with the announced productivity gains of generative AI… It doesn’t feel like a big ask. 😜
https://mlsu.io/posts/day-off/
BitWarden selling out? Self hosting a password vault?
Tags: tech, self-hosting, security
With Bitwarden sinking, it’s maybe time to look at alternatives? This AliasVault option looks like an interesting contender even though a not young.
https://firesphere.dev/articles/bitwarden-selling-out-self-hosting-a-password-vault
A cheap VPS is a good front
Tags: tech, self-hosting, security, vpn, wireguard
Sounds like a good solution to self host things at home while having some protection.
https://ergaster.org/thoughts/front-server/
The mysterious XF86AudioPlay issue
Tags: tech, audio, hardware
This is an odd and unexpected one! Funny after the facts bit clearly annoying otherwise.
https://michael-prokop.at/blog/2026/05/20/the-mysterious-xf86audioplay-issue/
Serving files over HTTP three ways: synchronous, epoll, and io_uring
Tags: tech, linux, io, asynchronous
Good post to have an idea of the modern IO APIs available.
https://theconsensus.dev/p/2026/05/18/serving-files-three-ways.html
Rust Patterns & Engineering How-Tos
Tags: tech, rust
The writing isn’t perfect, but it covers quite a few important topics in Rust. Seems to be a nice resource even though it’s still work in progress.
https://microsoft.github.io/RustTraining/rust-patterns-book/
How Virtual Tables Work in the Itanium C++ ABI | File Descriptor Two
Tags: tech, c++, type-systems, memory
Wondering about the memory layout emitted by the compiler when a virtual table exists for a type? This is a good summary.
https://peter0x44.github.io/posts/vtables-itanium-abi/
The worst job interview I ever had
Tags: hr, interviews
Urgh… indeed this sounds like a very bad experience. Don’t do this to applicants!
https://www.oliverio.dev/blog/the-worst-job-interview-i-had
What is a harmonic? An interactive comic about additive synthesis
Tags: physics
Need a refresher on harmonics? This is a quick and fun way to do so.
https://melatonin.dev/additive-synth-comic/what-is-a-harmonic/
Why Japanese companies do so many different things
Tags: japan, business, culture
Interesting exploration of the Japanese business culture and why it’s so different to most companies found in Western countries.
https://davidoks.blog/p/why-japanese-companies-do-so-many
Bye for now!