Engineer at Atsign & Dart GDE.
Husband, dad, maker, hacker, InfoQ editor, co-host TechDebtPodcast.
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[blog] May 2026
I upgrade (parts of) my home/lab network to 2.5gb ethernet and try out the MacBook Neo. A new carb for my Vespa. Post cataract op update; and of course the usual pupdate and solar diary.
if you're interested in the wider isolation space, I've written about Kata containers and Kubevirt (containers in VMs and VMs in containers respectively), but this is a great survey of the isolation landscape (although it misses out interesting things like Hyperlight, a Rust app-level VM option)
Fable and the impending AI Cold War
Even by the standards of AI development, where each month often feels like a year, this has been quite the week. Back in April, Anthropic unveiled Claude Mythos, a frontier model that was supposed to be exceptionally capable of finding and exploiting software…
Achievement unlocked 🏆
I started Discord on my Linux Desktop without it insisting on being upgraded.
[blog] Miell's Law and Token Budgets
The AI token free ride is over, and what comes next will impact the financial structures and incentives of organisations building software. The changes threaten to disrupt productivity, create inequalities, and complicate financial planning.
Pupdate It was Milo's 5th birthday on the 12th, which meant a post about how he's getting on. Miniature Dachshunds Max and Milo curled up together on a grey wool blanket. Sadly Max has also needed to visit the vets, with (we think) back ache, which might be the dreaded Intervertebral Disc Disease (IVDD). He's been on reduced activity, so shorter walks, but thankfully seems pretty much back to normal after some painkillers and anti-inflamatory treatment.
S03E06 AI Tech Debt
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@nickselby.com and @cpswan.net talk about the security, data privacy, and operational challenges of enterprise AI adoption, highlighting how executive pressure driven by “Fortune front page FOMO” often leads to hasty deployments.
