The Truth is we are in the age of Choir Masters.
The choristers are A.I Agents and models
Companies are beginning to look for the best Choir Masters.
Steve Jobs is a great example of this
@elonmusk also to name a very few.
Be a Jack of a Trade and Master of all.
All personnel are accounted for and safe. It’s too early to know the root cause but we’re already working to find it. Very rough day, but we’ll rebuild whatever needs rebuilding and get back to flying. It’s worth it.
I’m excited to introduce OpenGeoPub (https://t.co/5Va11FSSgo), a new platform designed for geospatial learning and publishing.
The goal is simple: bring books, video courses, and hands-on lab assignments together in one place, with flexible pricing and lifetime access.
Here’s what you’ll find on OpenGeoPub:
• Self-paced video courses with structured lessons and Markdown notes
• Downloadable books in PDF and EPUB formats
• Bundles that combine books and courses at a reduced price
• Practical lab assignments with instructor feedback
Everything is built with a pay-what-you-want model, so learners can choose what works for them while supporting open geospatial education.
To celebrate the launch, you can get my book bundle at a discounted price:
https://t.co/AaVdyK8okF
Creators earn 85% royalties. If you’re interested in publishing books or courses on OpenGeoPub, feel free to reach out.
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Today, we’re introducing Trace @elcruzo. Whether you’ve never designed a PCB or you have a ton of experience, we built Trace to help you accelerate much faster than ever.
It's the start of something new for hardware.
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Today we’re announcing the AI Grand Prix. The fully autonomous drone racing competition inviting the boldest engineers from around the globe to compete for $500,000 and a job at Anduril.
No human pilots.
No hardware mods.
Identical @neros_tech drones.
Software is the only path to victory.
If you win, it’s because your autonomy stack is better. Full stop.
Season 1 kicks off this spring, leading up to the AI Grand Prix Ohio.
Boston Dynamics' All-New Atlas: Ready for the Factory Floor 🤖🏭
Boston Dynamics has officially unveiled the latest iteration of the Atlas robot, and this time, it’s built for mass production. This isn't just a research project anymore; Atlas is heading to Hyundai’s automotive factories in the coming months, marking a major shift toward real-world industrial application.
Through a collaboration with Google DeepMind, the robot integrates Gemini Robotics (VLA) and advanced cognitive intelligence, allowing it to "understand" and navigate complex environments with ease. It’s also designed to be a team player, working alongside humans and other robots like Spot and Stretch, while syncing directly with factory MES and WMS systems.
The hardware is equally impressive: standing 1.9 meters (approx. 6ft 3in) and weighing 90kg (approx. 198lbs), it boasts 56 degrees of freedom. With a 4-hour battery life and a self-replaceable battery system, it can maintain continuous operation in temperatures ranging from -20°C to 40°C (-4°F to 104°F).
Hyundai plans to scale production significantly, aiming for a new factory by 2028 with a capacity of 30,000 units annually. This marks a serious push to bring humanoid automation into the mainstream.
Source: Boston Dynamics
I've never felt this much behind as a programmer. The profession is being dramatically refactored as the bits contributed by the programmer are increasingly sparse and between. I have a sense that I could be 10X more powerful if I just properly string together what has become available over the last ~year and a failure to claim the boost feels decidedly like skill issue. There's a new programmable layer of abstraction to master (in addition to the usual layers below) involving agents, subagents, their prompts, contexts, memory, modes, permissions, tools, plugins, skills, hooks, MCP, LSP, slash commands, workflows, IDE integrations, and a need to build an all-encompassing mental model for strengths and pitfalls of fundamentally stochastic, fallible, unintelligible and changing entities suddenly intermingled with what used to be good old fashioned engineering. Clearly some powerful alien tool was handed around except it comes with no manual and everyone has to figure out how to hold it and operate it, while the resulting magnitude 9 earthquake is rocking the profession. Roll up your sleeves to not fall behind.