SALTZMAN: Hands-on with first foldable iPhone
And initial thoughts on other Apple products announced last week
We haven't written up this one. Toronto Sun has the full story — the link below goes straight to it.
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I finally stopped paying monthly security fees thanks to this lightweight, self-hosted NVR
My UniFi cameras needed an NVR, so I built one that actually fits my homelab.
Starfinder: Afterlight, a CRPG based on one of my favourite systems that pulled in almost $1 million on Kickstarter, is starting to look ship-shape
Plus, BG3's Neil Newbon voices an insect priest.
Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis creative director confirms the game has difficulty levels for combat, puzzles, and traversal that can be individually tweaked — 'We have prepared it in a way that I'm pretty sure everyone can set it to their own pleasure
Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis will feature difficulty-scaling levels, which offer players a personalized experience.
A legal FEN is not a game: state identity in a browser chess extension
Same FEN, different game If you key a chess overlay on FEN alone, two different games can look identical. Rematches are where this shows up.
- A FEN string alone doesn't define a unique chess game in a browser extension
- Multiple legal FENs can coexist, each with its own game state
- Factors like controls, hints, and live move list determine the game's identity
🥇The Real Value of Event-Driven Architecture Isn't Technology. It's Cost Reduction.
👋 Hi dev community! I originally published this on my LinkedIn Newsletter, but wanted to share it with the dev community here to get your thoughts on how your engineering teams handle infrastructure…
- Traditional Request-Driven Architecture struggles with integration complexity and rising costs.
- Event-Driven Architecture (EDA) slashes costs, accelerates delivery, and enhances scalability.
Design Around Humans
An agent can complete a task independently. That does not make the human irrelevant. We are the fragile part of the interaction. Attention runs out. Fatigue weakens judgment. Understanding takes time.
- Humans are crucial in decision-making, despite agents' capabilities.
- Systems should aid understanding, not overwhelm with unnecessary info.
- Purpose of automation is to enhance comprehension, not expedite approval.