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PubGrub never even tried c

2 minute read Published: 2026-10-07

A tiny dependency conflict in pubgrub 0.4.0, and the trace showing it proved there was no solution without ever picking a version of the package both sides wanted.

Stable Diffusion never gave me off-white

2 minute read Published: 2026-10-07

My old SDXL cover prompt asked for an off-white background every time. The covers I could recover say otherwise. Why this blog's covers now come from illo instead.

Answering the last question first

12 minute read Published: 2026-10-02

Ask someone three questions at once and they often answer the third one first. What the research says about that habit, and what language models do with questions in a row.

The watermark a screenshot removes

11 minute read Published: 2026-08-14

Claude now marks its output with watermarks and C2PA metadata to meet the EU AI Act. The marking is real and useful, and Anthropic's own documentation explains how little it can prove.

Features are not quality

9 minute read Published: 2026-08-13

A developer with 20 years of experience quit AI coding tools entirely. What stuck with me was not the decision but one line about what actually makes software good.