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Amazon Plans to Launch 5,000 New Satellites to Beam Data to iPhones (6 minute read)

Amazon Plans to Launch 5,000 New Satellites to Beam Data to iPhones (6 minute read)

Amazon plans to launch 5,105 low-Earth orbiting satellites to build on top of Globalstar's existing network of only a few dozen satellites, which it acquired in an $11.6 billion deal a few months ago. The network will power both voice and mobile data. Amazon has yet to release pricing for its service. In the US, the satellites will use Globalstar's radio spectrum in the 1.6/2.4GHz bands, and orbit between 510 km and 580 km in altitude.
I Tried to Build a Context Layer for My Agent in a Weekend. Reader, I Did Not Build a Context Layer for My Agent in a Weekend.
Jun 12 | Blog

I Tried to Build a Context Layer for My Agent in a Weekend. Reader, I Did Not Build a Context Layer for My Agent in a Weekend.

A "simple" weekend project turns into real infrastructure, and why agent context deserves a boring, reliable foundation.

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Anthropic Rejected Blanket Bans on Open-Weight Models (2 minute read)
Jul 28 | AI

Anthropic Rejected Blanket Bans on Open-Weight Models (2 minute read)

Anthropic said it had not advocated banning open-weight models and argued that less capable releases were a public good. It instead supported tighter chip controls, action against industrial-scale distillation, and mandatory safety testing for sufficiently capable open and closed models.
Minimalism is Dead. Welcome to the Afterparty (8 minute read)
Jul 28 | Design

Minimalism is Dead. Welcome to the Afterparty (8 minute read)

Design's decade-long minimalist era is ending, giving way to a new phase that reintroduces depth, texture, and personality. Minimalism served as a necessary discipline that taught designers structure and hierarchy, but by the late 2010s it had curdled into sterile, forgettable sameness exemplified by trends like Corporate Memphis. Emerging styles such as neumorphism, referential skeuomorphism, and brutalist web design now build whimsy and emotional richness on top of that structural foundation rather than rejecting it.
Measuring developer productivity with the DX Core 4 (8 minute read)
Jul 28 | Dev

Measuring developer productivity with the DX Core 4 (8 minute read)

The DX Core 4 is a unified framework designed to measure developer productivity by incorporating established methodologies like DORA, SPACE, and DevEx, focusing on four key dimensions: speed, effectiveness, quality, and business impact. By using this framework, companies have reported improvements in engineering efficiency and overall workforce engagement, allowing leaders to address productivity questions more effectively.

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