The solution might be cancelling my AI subscription

Domain expertise has always been the real moat

Personal website for Aaron Brethorst - Seattleite, technology leader, photographer, transit enthusiast, erstwhile non-runner.

The Website Specification

A platform-agnostic, full specification of the technical features a good website should have. Built in the open under an MIT licence.

I put a datacenter GPU in my gaming PC

I bought a datacenter GPU that doesn't fit in a normal motherboard, macgyvered the fan with jumper wires, and now I'm running a model that ties with Claude Sonnet 4.6 on benchmarks, all for £200.

You weren't meant to have a boss (2008)

Cloudflare Turnstile requiring fingerprintable WebGL

1-Bit Bonsai Image 4B Image Generation for Local Devices

Creatine raise brain energy levels and slow Alzheimer's cognitive decline by 30%

Tens of millions of people take creatine every day for their muscles. A comprehensive review and a landmark clinical trial published in 2025 and 2026 have now documented what the same supplement is quietly doing to their brains. Creatine crosses the blood-brain barrier, raises phosphocreatine levels in neurons, and provides the ATP buffer that keeps cognitive performance from hitting an energy ceiling during demanding mental work. In early Alzheimer's patients, it slowed cognitive decline by approximately 30% versus placebo in a controlled trial. In healthy adults under sleep deprivation, a single dose measurably improved cognitive performance. In depression patients, adding it to cognitive behavioral therapy significantly improved outcomes

Having your insulin pump die while you're on vacation

I'm about to tell you a story about the major disaster which affected much of my decisionmaking on my week-long vacation to Santa Fe. I just got home to LA, ...

The Speed of Prototyping in the Age of AI

How AI has changed the way I prototype, plan, and ship; and what I'm doing to keep my hands dirty.

London's Free Roof Terraces

Backpressure is all you need

Hot takes and cold truths on software, startups, and the lies we tell ourselves.

United Airlines 767 returns to Newark after Bluetooth name sparks alert

The flight crew issued repeated warnings and a one-minute ultimatum to passengers, demanding they turn off their Bluetooth devices.

Meta launches Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp subscriptions

Meta is rolling out paid subscription plans for Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp worldwide, while also testing new AI, creator, and business-focused offerings under its broader “Meta One” subscription brand.

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Security Envelope Pattern collection – S.E.C.R.E.T

Explore the Security Envelope Pattern collection — S.E.C.R.E.T. is dedicated to classifying & preserving security envelope patterns.

Daily pill can double survival time for deadliest cancer, trial shows

Experts hail daraxonrasib as ‘gamechanger’ for patients with advanced pancreatic cancer

Chibil: A C compiler targeting .NET IL

C compiler for .NET. Contribute to MichalStrehovsky/chibil development by creating an account on GitHub.

Odysseus – self-hosted AI workspace

Self-hosted AI workspace. . Contribute to pewdiepie-archdaemon/odysseus development by creating an account on GitHub.

Restartable Sequences

All languages will change to express restartable sequences, and all software will be rewritten to use them.