https://aklabs.net/akesterson.webp 2026-05-21T13:33:44.734Z https://aklabs.net/ Andrew Kesterson Hexo https://aklabs.net/2026/05/21/News-2026-Week-2/ 2026-05-21T13:33:44.733Z 2026-05-21T13:33:44.734Z

Here are my thoughts on news across the internet this week. We touch on rent denialism, collapsing job markets, corporate productivity theater, and the many ways AI is being oversold, misused, or shoved where it doesn’t belong. Along the way I rant about enshittification, ownership (of code, hardware, and ideas), bad APIs, worse management, the slow death of the old internet, and why UNIX got it right decades ago. It’s part news roundup, part cultural autopsy, part theological and philosophical musing — ending, as usual, with a reminder to ignore the noise, give your attention to what you love, and keep your eyes on God and the horizon. It's worth what you paid for it.

https://aklabs.net/2026/05/15/Devlog-20260518/ 2026-05-15T22:04:50.000Z 2026-05-21T13:33:44.733Z

Development log entry. Goodbye GitHub, C error handling library improvements, a new C standard library wrapper, and a new C SDL3 game library I'm playing with

https://aklabs.net/2026/02/23/Why-Firefighting/ 2026-02-23T22:40:28.000Z 2026-05-21T13:33:44.735Z

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https://aklabs.net/2026/02/09/News-2026-Week-5/ 2026-02-09T06:34:21.000Z 2026-05-21T13:33:44.734Z

Here are my (limited) thoughts on the news for the 5th week of 2026. It's worth what you paid for it.

https://aklabs.net/2026/01/30/News-2026-Week-4/ 2026-01-30T20:39:17.000Z 2026-05-21T13:33:44.734Z

Here are my takes on the news for this week. It's worth what you paid for it.

https://aklabs.net/2026/01/25/Two-kinds-of-programmers/ 2026-01-25T08:57:43.000Z 2026-05-21T13:33:44.735Z

Musings on the rift that the "AI Revolution" is exposing in the field of computer programming, that being a divide between programmers who view it as an artform, and who enjoy the act of programming itself, and those who actually do not enjoy programming, and just want to get around it faster to be more productive.

https://aklabs.net/2026/01/23/News-2026-Week-3/ 2026-01-23T07:00:51.000Z 2026-05-21T13:33:44.734Z

Here's my thoughts on news across the internet this week. It's worth what you paid for it.

https://aklabs.net/2026/01/19/This-Old-Tool-cmdarg/ 2026-01-19T14:37:26.000Z 2026-05-21T13:33:44.734Z

<center><img alt="A craftsman's toolbox full of old tools (shutterstock)" src="/images/toolbox-shutterstock.jpg"/></center> <p>A craftsman

https://aklabs.net/2026/01/10/libakerror/ 2026-01-10T22:11:25.000Z 2026-05-21T13:33:44.735Z

A C library I wrote for exception style error handling in C code

https://aklabs.net/2026/01/08/News-2026-Week-1/ 2026-01-08T22:11:25.000Z 2026-05-21T13:33:44.733Z

Musings on android source code releases, the return of the keyboard PC, some AI workflows are just event driven architecture, sociopaths in civil service, what happens when AI interfaces replace proper APIs, and comprehensible interfaces to quantum computing chips

https://aklabs.net/2026/01/06/Smart-LEGO/ 2026-01-06T22:11:25.000Z 2026-05-21T13:33:44.734Z

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https://aklabs.net/2026/01/04/Single-Pane-of-Glass/ 2026-01-04T22:11:25.000Z 2026-05-21T13:33:44.734Z

There are too many ways of doing the same shit across too many different mediums and platforms

https://aklabs.net/2025/01/04/Socrates-got-a-raw-deal/ 2025-01-04T15:06:30.000Z 2026-05-21T13:33:44.734Z

<p>If you don’t know already, <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socrates">Socrates</a> was a Greek philosopher who lived in Athens a

https://aklabs.net/2024/03/08/new-manager-pt3/ 2024-03-08T00:10:28.000Z 2026-05-21T13:33:44.735Z

<p>Welcome back to my series of advice for new managers. In the previous post, <a href="/2024/03/05/new-manager-pt2/">Advice for New

https://aklabs.net/2024/03/05/new-manager-pt2/ 2024-03-05T12:10:28.000Z 2026-05-21T13:33:44.735Z

<p>Welcome back to my series of advice for new managers. In the previous post, <a href="/2024/03/03/new-manager-pt1/">Advice for New

https://aklabs.net/2024/03/03/new-manager-pt1/ 2024-03-03T12:10:28.000Z 2026-05-21T13:33:44.735Z

<p>The big day is finally here. You’ve worked hard, proven your ability to provide business value, distinguished yourself among your

https://aklabs.net/2024/02/09/expectations/ 2024-02-09T08:30:30.000Z 2026-05-21T13:33:44.735Z

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https://aklabs.net/2024/01/29/Simon-Sinek-Start-with-Why/ 2024-01-29T16:35:48.000Z 2026-05-21T13:33:44.734Z

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https://aklabs.net/2023/12/23/United-States-Catholic-Catechism-for-Adults/ 2023-12-23T17:03:44.000Z 2026-05-21T13:33:44.735Z

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https://aklabs.net/2023/11/05/Copper-Sun/ 2023-11-05T20:01:51.000Z 2026-05-21T13:33:44.733Z

<img alt="Image of Copper Sun" style="float: left; padding: 20px 20px 20px 20px;" src="/images/books/coppersun.jpg"> <p><strong>Rating: