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A 33-year-old critique of AI 'copilots' by computing pioneer Mark Weiser is gaining new relevance. This article explores why HUD-like interfaces that enhance human perception, rather than virtual assistants, might be the key to unlocking AI's potential in complex tasks.

Tired of ignoring push notifications? Todolator is a new open-source desktop app designed with Rust and Tauri to deliver hard-to-ignore task reminders that keep your data local and private. This tool addresses the pitfalls of modern notification fatigue while offering a sandbox for developers to explore cross-platform desktop innovation.

Developer Florent Tapponnier has released Boba.vim, an interactive game designed to transform learning Vim's notoriously complex motions and commands into an engaging experience. Targeting programmers seeking efficiency, the web-based platform gamifies skill acquisition with scores and achievements, though its Terms of Service highlight standard data collection practices.

K.A.I.T. Studio launches a groundbreaking IDE enabling creators to build AI agents with persistent memory, autonomous tool usage, and unique digital identities. The platform, demonstrated through its first agent 'EVE,' aims to transform AI from disposable chatbots into evolving digital beings owned and monetized by creators. This represents a significant leap toward user-owned AI and a new creator economy.

Quickstrom, a newly open-sourced autonomous testing tool, promises high-confidence validation for web applications by automatically exploring the DOM and pinpointing minimal failing examples. Developed over the past year, it frees developers to focus on specifications while handling the testing grind, with potential future commercial applications under its AGPL license.

An unemployed developer reverse-engineered PostgreSQL’s performance tuning to achieve the unthinkable: making the database 42,000 times slower. Through strategic sabotage of caching, vacuuming, WAL, and I/O configurations, this experiment reveals critical insights into Postgres’ performance boundaries.