Recent Tabs, April 2026
https://www.leahreich.com/thats-what-the-humans-are-for/
A user researcher laments the downfall of actually thinking about users,
not just development workflows and site metrics.
https://kieranhealy.org/blog/archives/2026/03/09/using-quarto-to-write-a-book/
It’s amazing what people can do with a bit of markdown! This makes me
miss peak #rstats Twitter.
https://newywithkids.com.au/best-podcasts-for-kids/
Saving these links for the future. I’m sure there will be lots of
podcast listening to follow on from the current Postman Pat/ Winnie the
Pooh/ Dr Seuss phase.
https://www.wheresyoured.at/the-ai-bubble-is-an-information-war/
There is so much information in Ed’s posts. So much. It looks like it’s
all really well researched, I haven’t checked all the sources. He
presents a solid case that AI is messed up in multiple ways, like
stealing the internet, and stealing art and books, and also being
financially untenable and very unstable.
https://motherduck.com/blog/future-casting-the-modern-data-stack/
Someone proselytising about the future of AI and data. It seems nice,
but what about the cost of LLMs? What happens if they start to cost as
much as a person?
https://no01.substack.com/p/march-19-21-god-is-a-comedian
Great synopsis of the American-Israel war against Iran. The world is
probably in a lot of trouble.
https://energyandresilience.substack.com/p/every-country-in-our-supply-chain
“Every Country in Our Supply Chain Has Declared an Emergency. NZ just
launched an Ad Campaign.” This is not good and we seem to be day
dreaming into a really bad situation.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7GY1Xg6X20
Charlie Chaplin’s final speech from The Great Dictator, still relevant
some decades later. Even in
2014
and
2020
and still now.
https://www.cbc.ca/music/angine-de-poitrine-quebec-band-kexp-9.7120120
Fucking amazing. I love these entities.
https://brandonrohrer.org/ds_roles
Staff+ data science roles, what to watch out for, approaches to take for
different situations. A good reminder of what’s possible and why
analysis is challenging, interesting, but ultimately rewarding.
https://www.andrewheiss.com/blog/2026/04/13/seeds-predetermined-universes/
Randomness is not so random.
