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Eight years of wanting, three months of building with AI

For eight years, I’ve wanted a high-quality set of devtools for working with SQLite. Given how important SQLite is to the industry1, I’ve long been puzzled that no one has invested in building a really good developer experience for it2. A couple of weeks ago, after ~250 hours of effort over three months3 on evenings, weekends, and vacation days, I finally released syntaqlite (GitHub), fulfilling this long-held wish. And I believe the main reason this happened was because of AI coding...

2026-04-05T05:00:00-0700 Lalit Maganti 6,000 words

Rated 2026-04-05T21:41:56-0700 - sethherr

The machines are fine. I'm worried about us.

On AI agents, grunt work, and the part of science that isn't replaceable.

ergosphere.blog 4,000 words

Rated 2026-04-05T06:14:00-0700 - sethherr

Fake Fans

into the digital marketing agency that creates your music taste

2026-03-31T19:01:07-0700 words from eliza eliza mclamb 3,000 words

Rated 2026-04-03T20:21:56-0700 - sethherr

Ruby Central seeks closure with RubyGems fracture report

: Board-backed account of maintainer ouster is unlikely to settle row over governance, control, and trust

2026-04-01T08:37:11-0700 The Register Tim Anderson 1,000 words

Rated 2026-04-03T05:11:59-0700 - sethherr

Everyone Speaks Incel Now

After migrating from misogynist forums to social media feeds, terms like “looksmaxxing” and “mogged” are now impossible to avoid. #Culture #Donald Trump #Sex #Social Media

2026-02-25T12:59:50-0800 WIRED Miles Klee 1,000 words

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