New AI slop signal: code blocks with weird indentation
https://xeiaso.net/notes/2025/slop-signal-indentation/
Published: December 1, 2025 00:00
If the first line of a set of commands isn't indented but the rest are: the post is AI slop
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New AI slop signal: code blocks with weird indentation
https://xeiaso.net/notes/2025/slop-signal-indentation/
Published: December 1, 2025 00:00
If the first line of a set of commands isn't indented but the rest are: the post is AI slop
Valve is about to win the console generation
https://xeiaso.net/blog/2025/valve-is-about-to-win-the-console-generation/
Published: November 12, 2025 00:00
Valve does nothing and still wins
Immutable by Design: The Deep Tech Behind Tigris Bucket Forking
https://www.tigrisdata.com/blog/bucket-forking-deep-dive/
Published: November 4, 2025 00:00
Using Assisted-by commit footers instead of banning AI tools
https://xeiaso.net/notes/2025/assisted-by-footer/
Published: November 2, 2025 00:00
It sounds like ceding ground to the pro-AI crowd, however if you get people to be honest about it then everyone benefits.
Taking steps to end traffic from abusive cloud providers
https://anubis.techaro.lol/blog/2025/file-abuse-reports
Published: October 31, 2025 00:00
Fearless dataset experimentation with bucket forking
https://www.tigrisdata.com/blog/dataset-experimentation/
Published: October 30, 2025 00:00
First look at the DGX Spark
https://xeiaso.net/blog/2025/dgx-spark-first-look/
Published: October 14, 2025 00:00
A local supercomputer between the size of a Mac mini and a Mac mini.
Hastily made coffee video
https://xeiaso.net/videos/2025/hastily-made-coffee-video/
Published: September 30, 2025 00:00
I made a video about making coffee
We all dodged a bullet
https://xeiaso.net/notes/2025/we-dodged-a-bullet/
Published: September 9, 2025 00:00
That NPM attack could have been so much worse.
Final Fantasy 14 on macOS with a 36 key keyboard
https://xeiaso.net/notes/2025/xiv-mac/
Published: August 24, 2025 00:00
Saving Eorzea with as few keys as possible