A leaking bubble

A busy newsletter this issue with some major product announce,ments from local (to me) companies, the declining quality of software, what’s happening with tech in Syria, the AI bubble, and the Spotify saga continues!

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DeepL AI Agent: the agent that uses your computer like a human

https://www.deepl.com/en/products/ai-agent?_hsmi=388494421

To many DeepL is known as a translation tool, but slowly they have been adding more and features and tools to build a comprehensive machine learning and AI powered productivity suite. And today they announced the culmination of that. Is it "yet another AI tool", or something else?

Nextcloud Hub 25 Autumn: Your digital workspace, ready in no time

https://nextcloud.com/blog/nextcloud-hub25-autumn/

A major new version of Nextcloud is out, featuring a new design that rolls out across almost all aspects of the suite to bring better integrations and user friendliness.

Qualcomm's Arduino Acquisition Stirs Open-Source Debate - IEEE Spectrum

https://spectrum.ieee.org/qualcomm-arduino-acquisition-open-source

Qualcomm acquired Arduino, and no one is quite sure why, which is concerning.

"Typefaces carry meaning": Why rebellious tabletop RPG MÖRK BORG ditched Russian fonts for its Ukrainian edition

https://www.wargamer.com/mork-borg/ukrainian-edition

A strange pocket of resistance. RPGs are getting picky about font usage. Why? Political reasons.

It's Giving Enron - by Dave Karpf

https://davekarpf.substack.com/p/its-giving-enron

The market got spooked by the prospect of an AI bubble this week, and behind the wall of AI tech bros promising you the world are an increasing number of people who are also worried.

The Great Software Quality Collapse: How We Normalized Catastrophe

https://open.substack.com/pub/techtrenches/p/the-great-software-quality-collapse?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

Somewhere along the way, programmers got lazy, and it seems like they care. But when a calculator can leak 32GB of RAM, we need to start asking questions.