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There’s a meme floating around that basically captures the existential dread of dragging yourself into the office on a Monday morning, and the comments underneath it turned into something far more interesting than the joke itself. Hundreds of people sharing their workplace grievances, their small victories, their nostalgia for cubicles — yes, cubicles — and the occasional moment of genuine philosophical …

A Reddit post caught my eye this week that I think deserves a lot more attention than it’s probably getting. Someone has spent the last 18 months meticulously tracking Woolworths catalogue pricing data — actual receipts, actual numbers — and has now made it all publicly available in a Google Sheet. Given that the ACCC is currently sniffing around supermarket pricing practices, the timing couldn’t be more …

There’s a screenshot doing the rounds on social media lately — someone flexing a $500-a-day Claude API bill as proof that building your own SaaS with AI is smarter than paying $49 a month for an existing product. The original post frames it as some kind of revolutionary insight. “The End of Software,” they declared. I’ll admit, when I first saw it, my reaction was somewhere between genuine …

There’s a cartoon doing the rounds online that stopped me mid-scroll the other day. It depicts what looks like a military tank, but decked out with solar panels and wind turbines — a kind of renewable-powered war machine. The comment sections are predictably chaotic, with people arguing about whether it’s satire, a serious policy proposal, or just someone having a laugh. Honestly, the ambiguity is kind of …

Right, so I’ve been going down a rabbit hole this week that started with someone online asking a very simple question: how do you get the smell out of those old pressed wood salad bowls? You know the ones — dark brown, slightly shiny, vaguely basket-weave textured. Every grandmother on the planet seemed to own a set. What followed in the comments was genuinely one of the most entertaining and unexpectedly …

Something genuinely interesting has been happening on Melbourne’s trains and trams lately, and I’ve been watching it with a mix of pleasant surprise and the usual cynical “yeah but how long will this last?” that comes with being middle-aged and politically aware in this country. If you haven’t heard, Victoria’s public transport has been free through April and May, and the Jacinta …

There’s a story doing the rounds this week that made me nearly spit out my latte. Brussels launched an age verification app — presumably to protect kids from online pornography — and hackers cracked it in about two minutes. And then, almost as if on cue, EU officials quietly walked back their earlier confidence and admitted the app is “still a demo.” Right. A demo. That’s not what was being …

There’s a story doing the rounds this week that probably shouldn’t surprise anyone paying attention, but here we are. Someone apparently discussed “Luigi-ing” tech CEOs in an online chat — a reference that’s become grimly shorthand since the healthcare CEO shooting in the US late last year. The suspect in a plot targeting Sam Altman has been arrested, and the internet has responded …

Been down a rabbit hole this week reading through a thread about self-hosting and CGNAT, and honestly, it’s one of those topics that sits right at the intersection of “deeply nerdy” and “genuinely important infrastructure that affects real people.” Bear with me if you’re not in the IT world — I’ll try to make this relatable. For the uninitiated, CGNAT (Carrier-Grade NAT) is …

Something’s been nagging at me this week. Word is spreading that Anthropic — the company behind Claude — is starting to require identity verification for users. Not just a credit card or an email address. We’re talking government-issued ID and facial recognition scans. Let that sink in for a moment. A facial recognition scan. To use a chatbot. I’ve been following the online discussion around this, …