XSLT RIP

First off, there's this article called "XSLT RIP" (https://xslt.rip/). Basically, it's saying XSLT, that old XML transformation thing, is pretty much dead in web browsers for security reasons. The comments were kinda funny, some people are like "good riddance," but others were reminiscing about how they used to use it for local XML files and how Firefox would even give you ASCII arrows pointing to errors back in the day. Wild, right?

Unexpected things that are people

Then there was this deep dive into "legal personhood" (https://bengoldhaber.substack.com/p/unexpected-things-that-are-people). It's all about how legally, "person" doesn't just mean a human, but can be a corporation, or even a river in some places. The author argues that the whole "corporations aren't people" outcry is based on a misunderstanding. But a lot of comments pushed back, saying actually, the Supreme Court might have misunderstood it first, not activists. Pretty mind-bending stuff about how laws work.

Work after work: Unemployed new grad watching the job market break

This one was a bit of a downer, but super relevant: a new grad wrote about being unemployed and having to do "work after work" (https://urlahmed.com/2025/11/05/work-after-work-notes-from-an-unemployed-new-grad-watching-the-job-market-break/) – basically, building projects and learning new skills *after* spending the day applying for jobs. The comments totally echoed this, with people saying the junior dev market is brutal, and one guy even remembered back in the early 2000s, they had over a thousand applicants for one junior dev job. Sounds like it's tough out there.

Time to start de-Appling

Someone's making a big push to ditch Apple products (https://heatherburns.tech/2025/11/10/time-to-start-de-appling/). The author's talking about how Apple's ecosystem is too controlling and they're looking to move away. Expectedly, the comments were a mix of people agreeing, sharing their own frustrations, and others just being like, "yeah, just switch to Linux already." It's always a hot topic, that one.

LLMs are steroids for your Dunning-Kruger

This article hit me a bit, it's about how LLMs (like ChatGPT) can make you think you're way smarter than you are (https://bytesauna.com/post/dunning-kruger). It's saying they amplify the Dunning-Kruger effect, where you overestimate your own abilities. The comments were discussing if LLMs really "understand" anything, or just approximate distributions. One guy put it well: "LLM does not know what is good, it does not have taste." Makes you think about how we use these tools.

Redmond, WA, turns off Flock Safety cameras after ICE arrests

Big news out of Redmond, Washington (https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/law-justice/redmond-turns-off-flock-safety-cameras-after-ice-arrests/). They turned off their "Flock Safety" license plate cameras after ICE used the data to make arrests. Apparently, the city council had already recommended turning them off *before* the ICE arrests, but the arrests really sped things up. It's a classic privacy vs. security debate, and people in the comments were pretty fired up about surveillance creep.

The lazy Git UI you didn't know you need

Finally, something practical for us techies: "The lazy Git UI you didn't know you need" (https://www.bwplotka.dev/2025/lazygit/). It's about this terminal-based Git UI called `lazygit`. Looks super handy for managing Git stuff without leaving the command line but still getting a visual overview. One comment mentioned it's great for repos with 100+ parallel branches, which is something I definitely run into. Might be worth checking out if you're tired of `git log`!