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How to remove the noise from Google search

This is a simple way to remove all the extraneous noise from a Google search. All you need to do is append “&udm=14” to any Google search url and it will take out the new AI summary and also the sponsored links.


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Home cooked software

Software is in a massive transition phase where it is now possible for non-developers to produce software that was previously the remit of professional developers.


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I learnt this week - 6th May 2025

The links today include an old obscure bug in Windows, browsing to think, technology non-predictions, AI apps, additional data, Geoguessr expert v AI, a simple question, a false law about headlines and a usable WinDBG debugger.


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I learnt this week - 28th April 2025

The links today include indicating payment, curiosity in hiring, rebuilding Kafka, the near deletion of Toy Story 2, Internet in a box and an object in space, maybe.


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I learnt this week - 22nd April 2025

The links today including bucketing work time, competing on price, n+1 people, football tactics, engineering laws, building Git, (not) delighting customers, librarians, object storage, future of work, a new colour and tech hiring.


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I learnt this week - 14th April 2025

The links today including the best programmers, improving retrospectives, a live tube map, unusual trading cards, prioritisation, complex decisions, MCP issues and conversational interfaces.


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TCL and not fixing bugs

A blast from the past with the language TCL and a nice explanation why some bugs just don’t get fixed.


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Legal shoplifting and high agency

A place in Japan where you can shoplift, as long as you are silent, and what does it mean to have high agency?


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AI projects and naming

Can we know tackle projects that were too big using AI and should we ignore getting the best name for something?


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DIY weather prediction and strategy selection

A way to run weather forecasts with orders of magnitude less computing power and picking a strategy based on what your opponent/competitor doesn’t want you to do.


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