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Homey Pro (2026): this is how a smart home should feel
Two weeks with Homey Pro 2026, Philips Hue and a refreshingly straightforward setup. A smart home hub that is as enjoyable to use as it is to look at.
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Why Quiet Devices Feel More Expensive
Explore why silent operation makes devices feel premium. Learn how thermal management, acoustic design, and noise reduction create perception of quality.
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GitHub Copilot: Using the @workspace agent to plan multi-file refactors before a single line is written
A field-tested take on using the @workspace agent to plan multi-file refactors before a single line is written with GitHub Copilot: what it rewards, where it breaks, and how to keep the workflow honest.
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AlphaFold Three Years Later
AlphaFold solved a 50-year problem in structural biology. Here's an honest audit of what that achievement has and hasn't delivered for drug discovery by 2026.
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The Economics of Child Labor in the Industrial Revolution
An economic history of child labor during the Industrial Revolution, examining why factories recruited children, how the Factory Acts created enforcement mechanisms, and why rising adult productivity ultimately did more to end child labor than legislative moralizing. Argues that moral reform followed economic development rather than preceded it.
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iCloud Plus Tiers vs External SSDs: How to Buy the Right Storage
How to choose between iCloud Plus tiers and an external SSD: what each is really for, the 50GB to 12TB ladder, the true multi-year cost, and when you need both.
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The Difference Between Testing a Product and Living With It
First impressions deceive. Learn why week-one excitement fades, how daily friction compounds, and what separates products that test well from products.
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Local LLMs with Ollama: Sunday-afternoon project: your own code reviewer that runs offline
A field-tested take on a Sunday-afternoon project: your own code reviewer that runs offline with Local LLMs with Ollama: what it rewards, where it breaks, and how to keep the workflow honest.
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How to Lock Down Your Apple Account: Passkeys, Two-Factor, and Recovery Keys
A careful 2026 guide to hardening your Apple Account: two-factor authentication, passkeys, a recovery key, recovery and legacy contacts, Stolen Device Protection, and physical security keys.
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How the Cotton Gin Reshaped the Global Economy
An economic history of the cotton gin and its consequences for American slavery, global textile supply chains, and the political economy of the antebellum South. Traces the full circuit from Whitney's invention through the Lancashire cotton famine of 1861-65 to show how a labor-saving device intensified rather than mitigated coerced labor.
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Molecules by Machine
AI-designed molecules are entering Phase I and II trials. Here's an honest accounting of which ones, by whom, and what the early data actually shows.
