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Several recommendations for LLM usage in the context of open source.

I think vegetarians are mostly right.

Notes (mostly for myself but maybe useful to others?)

Absolutely fantastic guide — all the impactful stuff, none of the nonsense.

Elections for the 2026 Django Software Foundation Board are now open.

The default working model for open source projects is working in public: public bug trackers, public forums, “pull requests welcome”, and so forth.

A risk scenario is a fictional but plausible event that could harm your organization.

“FACETS is an acronym presented by Ian McCammon to describe a set of 6 heuristic traps that were common in his study of recreational accidents.”

I was reminded of this classic paper in the threat modeling literature canon.

A trap that many people fall into when trying to threat modeling or risk planning is a fear of being incomplete that leads them to not even try.

Here’s a tool I find useful at pre-trip briefings that can help the group assess its ability to tackle some tricky objective.

Via RC’s AI article, a fascinating recording of someone programming a game almost entirely by prompting Claude by voice.

Detailed, nuanced, and well-thought-out.

Would you believe me if I told you that this was safe?

10 pounds is a ridiculous and arbitrary limit chosen entirely on the basis of how “nice” the number 10 sounds.

A bunch of really useful custom features for OnShape

An interesting 3d printing lesson about how the physical characteristics of printed parts differ from other manufacturing: I needed to replace a rubber hydraulic hose retention strap on my tractor.

The Meyer/Williamson matrix is a framework enumerating potential causes of accidents in outdoor activities.

I have two important announcements: I’m leaving the tech industry.

Great example of a simple risk framework in action.