Thoughts on Technology

RIP TiVo

The TiVo really was a revolution in the way TV worked, at least for me. I was sad that it went the way it did, the company went from being truly innovative to purely a patent troll. Still, I have fond memories....

Rails 8.1 is Out

This was one of the easiest Rails upgrades I've done yet. Also, since I've been posting about using AI agents, and here's what deploying the newly updated app looked like.

"The Rubygems.org Takeover"

This post about the RubyGems situation seems to round up the various accounts I've read separately and corral them into a single location. I think that having RubyGems and Bundler taken over by Ruby Core makes sense for the stability of the ecosystem.

"Can AI Avoid the Enshittification Trap?"

You just _know_ Doctorow is right: we'll be getting sold stuff by AI with little visibility in no time. It's hard to see what the incentive structures are, and I have no doubt that moral clarity alone is not enough to deter the leaders of those companies from tapping that keg.