On my latest blog dive, I explored a variety of trending topics! From job market revisions and OpenAI’s latest platform to Apple’s presence in the AI community, and the top fall recipes. I also uncovered insights into street food safety and highlighted traits of success with experts like Taylor Swift. Plus, a peek into Jared Kushner’s dealings and the debate on Chat Control. Dive in for more!
- Job Growth Revised Down by Nearly a Million, Updated BLS Data Shows: Preliminary annual revisions could add to political pressure on the agency that produces the data.
- OpenAI announces AI-powered hiring platform to take on LinkedIn: The OpenAI Jobs Platform is set to launch in mid-2026 and will use AI to match candidates with businesses.
- Apple: Org profile for Apple on Hugging Face, the AI community building the future.
- 49 Best Fall Recipes, Ranked: See which recipes made the cut, and which we’ve declared our #1 best fall recipe!
- Is that hot dog safe to eat? Experts share their street food smarts.: Street food experts share red flags for food poisoning and their best advice for eating adventurously.
- 7 traits of highly successful people like Taylor Swift—they don’t ‘dabble in things that aren’t important’ to them: Harvard-trained expert: Economist and investor Sinéad O’Sullivan explores the traits shared by highly successful people, citing Taylor Swift as a prime example.
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- Jellyfin Definitive Guide 2025 (Redux) – Free Plex Alternative: 📺 Jellyfin is the best free Plex alternative in 2025 — no ads, no tracking, and 100% open source. In this updated Jellyfin Definitive Guide (Redux Edition),…
- I made AI coding agents more efficient:
- How I solved a distributed queue problem after 15 years: Learn how queues make horizontal scaling, scheduling, and flow control easier in cloud systems, and how to make them durable and observable.
- Writing Code Is Easy. Reading It Isn’t.: LLM can generate infinite code for us. But it cannot understand it for us. Our new challenge is to build technology that can help us understand as fast as we can generate.
- Kushner takes millions from Saudis, advises Trump on Middle East policy: Jared Kushner, who is being paid tens of millions of dollars in annual fees by the Saudi government and other Middle Eastern nations, has taken a central role advising President Trump on Middle East policy.
- The Last Programmers: We’re witnessing the final generation of people who translate ideas into code by hand.
- Why retention is so hard for new tech products: And how to apply these lessons to the current gen of AI apps
- I bought the cheapest EV (a used Nissan Leaf):
- Smart-Device Apps: 7 Best Practices to Make Devices Truly Smart: Smart-device apps need to support remote usage and input of complex settings, while promptly displaying feedback and status information.
- Practical AI Adoption Tactics for Tech Leaders: Unpacking OpenAI’s new guidance for tech leaders with real world examples and case studies. Examples from Dropbox, Shopify, Google, Notion, Stripe and more.
- The Dangers of Blind Consistency: The Curiosity Chronicle has quickly become one of the most popular newsletters for growth-minded individuals in the world. Each week, subscribers receive a deep dive that covers topics ranging from growth and decision-making to business, finance, startups, and technology. In addition, subscribers receive The Friday Five, a weekly newsletter with five ideas curated to spark curiosity headed into the weekend.
- As a developer, my most important tools are a pen and a notebook: Writing code is a part of being a software developer but often more important question is to figure what code to write and how and that I like to do away from computer with my notebook.
- Sketchy Calendar: Can we have a calendar that combines the convenience of a digital calendar with the simplicity and expressivity you get from pen & paper?
- Make Something Heavy: We’re creating more than ever, but it weighs nothing.
- House Democrats Release Epstein’s Birthday Letter Apparently Signed by Trump: The Oversight Committee released files turned over by Jeffrey Epstein’s estate, including a copy of a sexually suggestive note apparently signed by President Trump.
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- Chat Control Must Be Stopped, Act Now!: Chat Control is back to undermine everyone’s privacy. There’s an important deadline this Friday on September 12th. We must act now to stop it!
- Experimenting with local LLMs on macOS: A developer’s guide to downloading and running LLMs on macOS, for experimentation and privacy.
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- A Slice of History: BYTE Magazine, the Small Systems Journal, Turns 50: Wayne Green and Carl Helmers’ chunky magazine was first published in September 1975 — and you can read every issue online now.
- The Last Martini: A Media Reporter’s Field Notes from the Age of Glossy Excess:
- Opinion | How MAHA Influencers Spread Conspiracies About Health Care: How does MAHA turn some health-conscious people against all health care? We found out.
- Why Reach turned to Substack for newsletter expansion and experimentation: Over the past two years, Reach plc has launched 13 paid newsletters and 21 free newsletters on Substack. Jenna Thompson discussed the reasons behind the new launches, and what they’ve learned about audience and community building.