A wide-ranging link roundup covering topics including GenAI debates, Rails running in the browser, Rob Pike's Ivy language implementation, Bluesky and ATProto decentralization concerns, post-quantum cryptography (ML-KEM), Vancouver's collapsing micro-condo market, OpenAI advertising, Adobe alternatives for photo editing, and several book and culture recommendations. The author shares personal anecdotes about working at AWS and the Oxford English Dictionary project, and signals upcoming personal conclusions on GenAI.