I wrote a new post on anonymous credentials and how to build them. All of this is in service on a longer future post on how these will fit into age verification systems. blog.cryptographyengineering.com/2026/03/02/a...
Major milestone!
Curity Identity Server 11.0 is out 🚀
→ Ephemeral Clients - OAuth for AI agents without registration
→ Managed Database Schemas for simpler upgrades
→ SCIM Groups and Entity Management
→ Rebuilt UI Kit
Learn more: bit.ly/4cnSOJJ
The cost of turning written business logic into code has dropped to zero. At best, near-zero.
The cost of integrating services and libraries, the plumbing of the code world, has dropped to zero. At best, near-zero.
What does that mean for the future?
New blog post: brooker.co.za/blog/2026/02...
After four months of edits and multiple mental breakdowns, I am delighted to announce the release of *Logic for Programmers* v0.13! All content is in, all that's left is copyediting (and technical editing and layout and proofreading and)
logicforprogrammers.com
Tomorrow: Tune into this live session for a practical look at what's needed to build APIs that AI agents can safely use.
🕚 Jan 21 | 11:00 AM EST
🎟️ Still time to register: https://nordicapis.com/events/api-standards-for-ai-agents/
As of today, all ACM publications and related artifacts in the ACM Digital Library are open access. 🎉 @acm.org
www.acm.org/publications...
Frying pan with some food in it: cod fish, potatoes, and cabbage.
Christmas Day tradition: "Roupa Velha" (literally "Old Clothes"). Shredded cod fish, potatoes, and cabbage, from Christmas Eve. With lots of olive oil and garlic, of course.
Rice pudding with cinnamon decoration.
Final version, ready to release, with the traditional cinnamon based decoration.
Two recipients with Rice Pudding.
Cooling down.
Pan in a stove with simmering rice pudding.
Christmas Rice Pudding "Arroz Doce" - simmering
this fall I worked with the core Git folks on writing an official data model for Git and it just got merged! I learned a few new things from writing it. github.com/git/git/blob...
The wait is over. Rewatch 50+ industry-leading talks on this year's most important API topics. 🎉 Mic drop. 🎤
Watch here: bit.ly/3KoOcaI
#PlatformSummit #PlatformSummit2025
I don't know about others but it is wild to me to be willingly giving this up as an engineer.
I'd rather painstakingly hunt-and-peck every character into the IDE than "save time" and lose my credibility attached to my name.
A Lamy Safari?
New webinar alert 📣
On December 4, join our live session to explore how to embrace innovation while protecting your data, your users and your brand reputation.
We'll cover practical design patterns for securing AI agent connections to APIs. Register: bit.ly/4ht83BK
Then I dive into the tutorial we held about Oxidised OCaml, the performance-oriented fork at oxcaml.org that @yminsky.bsky.social announced earlier this summer. Try the tutorial in a convenient devcontainer, and take our quiz to help develop the language! @thenumb.at anil.recoil.org/notes/icfp25...
APIs are now consumed by ghosts, zombies and robots 👻🧟♂️🤖
Catch Jacob Ideskog's keynote (@curity.io) at #PlatformSummit2025 to learn how OAuth secures what lurks in the dark.
📅 Oct 14–15 | Stockholm
👉 https://nordicapis.com/events/platform-summit-2025/
New on the Curity blog: Exploring the Future of API Security and Identity at Platform Summit 2025 (October 13-15)
Have a read: bit.ly/46vVAIp
Supply chains are so much fun! jdstaerk.substack.com/p/we-just-fo...
a child looking down at a golden retriever named Samaria resting in their lap. the child pets the dog's face.
a person holding a child on their hip crouches down on the sidewalk to pet a golden retriever on the head.
a child wearing all gray sits on a yellow curb. a golden retriever lays on the sidewalk next to them, and rests their head in the child's lap.
A group of 6 LCC K9 comfort dogs arrived in Minneapolis yesterday in the wake of the latest mass shooting. The organization deploys comfort dogs following tragic events. The dogs wore their "please pet me vests," offering love and comfort to those processing this heartbreaking tragedy. 15/10 for all
PRO: Frees kids up for extra shifts at the plant CON: Nagging guilt it was actually AI that earned that C-
Pros And Cons Of Using AI For Schoolwork https://theonion.com/pros-and-cons-of-using-ai-for-schoolwork/
"Whatever languages make easy become the default and determine a lot of other things. What languages make hard get ignored for many reasons. This is why so many of our curricula today look not that different from the curricula from the mid-1980s onward, ..."
Excessive heat
Two large cute tan and white dogs smile hugely in a park under blue skies
“What time is it? You’re darned right, it’s sunny Seattle Friday walkies time let’s goooooooooo!” 🧵
On the use of setState on render 👇
If you're like me and can't remember if it's RCX or R8 for the fourth parameter... Get the Compiler Explorer ABI Mug: actual calling conventions for x86-64 System V, Windows, and ARM64. Support @godbolt.org: grab yours here -> shop.compiler-explorer.com/collections/...
Reminder that before I started writing novels I didn't study writing at university, attended no workshops/conferences, knew absolutely no one in science fiction publishing circles, and didn't start going to conventions until after I got a contract for my novel.
What I *did* do: Write. A lot.
The good news: tomorrow will be 2°C cooler.
The bad news: tomorrow will still be 34°C.
Rising
