\n\nThis is a product mindset problem, not a technical problem. The technical part—actually writing the code—is relatively straightforward because the scopes are small and the components already exist. What’s hard is having the mindset that is able to choose the “right” software to build, and figuring out how to do it without breaking the things that are already working.
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Boring Tiny Tools - Vaughn Tan
\nMore thoughts to share on this article. For now, let me say this exactly the approach I’ve been taking for myself. I’m not sure that it’s the only one needed for org transformation.
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\n\nWe now live in an era where, if you can dream an app, you can probably build it. Especially Mac utilities. And who cares more about native Mac software than Mac users? Certainly not those companies that gave up on Mac development and focused all their energies on giant cross-platform code bases to attract venture investment and big payouts.
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Road to WWDC 2026: What’s a developer? | Six Colors
\nI love being able to make my own tools.
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[AI models are having their iPhone moment. What’s Next?
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Michael Tsai - Blog - Bricking Microsoft Office 2019
\nHarder and harder to keep your hardware and software going and secure.
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Making a New Plan | Accidentally in Code
\nThis is such a common challenge in leadership.
\nDo you demonstrate consistency and with that help give others confidence in their ability to act?
\nOr.
\nDo you change as you get new information and so stay on the edge of what’s possible?
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AI Doesn’t Have ROI | Hacker News
\nAnd an interesting conversation to go with that last post.
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This problem is industry-wide.
\nEvery single user of every single AI subscription service is having their tokens subsidized and the actual cost of AI obfuscated. As a result, every frothy, fluffy hype-piece about Claude Code or AI in general is a kalopsia — the belief that something is more beautiful than it really is.
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[Nvidia and Microsoft Researchers Say AI Agents Don
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I think Anthropic and OpenAI have found product-market fit
\nThis is what I’m finding. I’m using them to structure skills files which then interact with python scripts to...
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The 19th reached out to over 250 organizations and municipalities that had previously received funding from the Office on Violence Against Women to ask how the delay in fiscal 2025 funds and the stalling of fiscal 2026 grant applications has impacted them. The 48 that responded shared stories of layoffs, diminished services for survivors and sacrifices among...
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Buffer’s API is Open for Building
\nOpportunity here to build shared tools for civil society orgs using Buffer.
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Many of the larger buyers are already there. But the implication is that the era of “give every employee a Claude Code seat” is closing, and what replaces it will look more like AWS billing than like Office licences.
\nMicrosoft’s quiet Claude Code retreat and the real cost of enterprise AI
\nImportant for...
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Anthropic co-founder Chris Olah’s remarks on Pope Leo XIV.
\nSounds like a civil society call to action to me.
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CISA takes backseat in White House AI cyber response
\nI just read AI Agent Traps which has given me a more expansive reference for a set of cyber risks.
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They can act as centaurs (workers assisted by technology), not as reverse-centaurs (workers who are recruited to serve as peripherals...
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Seeing Like an Algorithm | Remains of the Day
\nThis an older article — and long! — but if you do any kind of modeling to better understand the preferences of your users, it is well worth the read.
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What If Lock-In Doesn’t Matter So Much Anymore?
\nAnother for the “how do we bring more portability and agency to the nonprofit tech stack” file. Those are also the things that bring negotiating power.
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On Google declaring war on the Web
\nLet’s be frank:...
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This reminds me of open source bounties. I’ve been thinking a lot about to aggregate the small...
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How Google plans to win the AI war
\nWhat impact does this have on the environmental impact?
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They have information, and if we give them agency, they could transform the customer experience.
\n\nThis makes me think about adding an interview agent to the AI swarm project I posted about yesterday. To make it easier for our frontline staff to influence the organization. And give them more superpowers for talking to nonprofits.
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\nThe job I set my swarm to was...
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\nNonprofits are operating in spaces where capitalism and govt have failed.
\ntheir job is to make a social, not financial, impact.
\nbusiness has crazy competition and incentives. Let’s work that out for nonprofits.
\n@numericcitizen Terrific texture.
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\nGive! Any amount helps us get to the goal -> www.every.org/techsoup/f/f…
\nShare! Repost this, write you own post, send emails.
\nActivate! Every year we vote on the funding that supports the meals. Make sure your congresspeople know how critical this is.
\n@marniewebb.bsky.social AND our funding models don’t make it easy for a small, lightweight app that doesn’t collect user data to get consistent ongoing funding.
\nWe are building an endowment to help respond to the need and provide an example of funding a product that keeps it going.
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\nThe 90K public schools that provide access to meals for students who need it close during the summer months.
\nThe ~35K places that do serve meals are open at various hours.
\nThat means the place a young person got a meal on Monday may no longer be serving on Wednesday.
\n@rubyji.bsky.social I’m with you. Especially after yesterday’s win by UCLA Women’s basketball 💪
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