June

Peter Schmidt talks with Graham Lee about whether spec-driven development is a genuine successor to agile or just waterfall wearing an AI costume. A good counterweight to the “agile is dead” hype cycle, with an extensive set of links to the broader debate in the show notes.

via Glenn Fleishman (@glennf@zeppelin.flights): Why pay for bad advice

Tim Ferriss opens his own BookScan numbers to argue that LLMs are eating the how-to nonfiction category alive: adult nonfiction down 9% year-over-year in Q1 2026, with self-help down 26.3%. It’s a rare, concrete look at AI disruption hitting an industry in real time rather than in forecasts — and a preview of what happens to any business built on packaging answers people can now just ask for.

LocalSend is an open-source, cross-platform AirDrop alternative that moves files between Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, and iOS entirely over your local network. No accounts, no cloud, no trackers — just encrypted transfers at WiFi speed. (Found via a colleague at work.)

via Hacker News 100 (@hn100@social.lansky.name): How’s Linear so fast? A technical breakdown

Dennis Brotzky reverse-engineers the architectural decisions that make Linear feel instantaneous: a real database (IndexedDB) in the browser, local-first mutations that render synchronously, and a sync engine that pushes deltas over WebSockets in the background. It’s a good tour of the local-first playbook — the core insight being that the fastest network request is the one you never make.

via Sander (@bergmeister@mountains.social): This looks excellent for stabilizing those outdoor activities videos. Free and open source.

Gyroflow is an open-source, Rust-based video stabilization tool that uses gyroscope data recorded by action cameras, drones, and mirrorless cameras to smooth footage and level the horizon. It handles lens distortion and rolling shutter correction, supports GPU-accelerated realtime preview, and ships plugins for DaVinci Resolve and Adobe apps — impressive for a free, cross-platform project.

Brené Brown and Adam Grant explore why toughness and kindness aren’t opposites but rather complementary qualities that need each other. A thoughtful conversation about how effective leadership and relationships require both directness and compassion.

At 21:58 (linked), Adam introduces the concept of a kvetching circle, that describes a model for thinking through various people’s roles in responding to a tragedy or difficult circumstance. Comfort in, dump out.

BTW this new podcast, The Curiousity Shop, is fast becoming one of my favorites. I’ve been listening since they launched a few months ago.

LosslessCut is a video/audio editing tool that cuts and merges media files without re-encoding, preserving full quality while completing operations in seconds instead of hours. Via Accidental Tech Podcast..