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How is it possible that Claude Sonnet 4.5 is able to work for 30 hours to build an app like Slack?! (3 minute read)
Claude Sonnet 4.5's system prompt reveals how it is able to work for 30 hours. This post goes into detail about how it works. A copy of the system prompt is available in the thread.
Sep 30 | Tech
The Weird Concept Of 'Branchless Programming' (19 minute read)
Branches represent possible execution paths the CPU can take depending on the evaluation of the conditions.
Sep 30 | Marketing
AI 'Workslop' is Plaguing American Companies (2 minute read)
Last month, over 40% of full-time US employees received AI-generated workslop - content that looks useful but fails to advance tasks. On average, 15.4% of work qualifies as workslop, mostly exchanged between peers, with 18% coming from direct reports to managers. Sending workslop damages perceptions of colleagues, with roughly half seen as less creative, capable, and reliable, 42% as less trustworthy, and 37% as less intelligent.
Sep 30 | Webdev
React ViewTransition: Smooth Animations Made Simple (8 minute read)
React is introducing a new experimental `ViewTransition` component that wraps the browser's View Transition API to create smooth, declarative animations between component states without animation libraries. The component automatically handles enter/exit animations, shared element transitions, and list filtering when used within React's concurrent features like `startTransition` or `useDeferredValue`. It allows CSS customization for different animation effects.
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