Bci

• Neurable secures $35m to expedite BCI technology commercialisation (Prasanna Gullapalli) "Neurable focuses on developing AI-driven tools for brain signal translation and BCI technology."
• Brain Gear Is the Hot New Wearable (Emily Mullin) TIL: Apple filed a patent in 2023 for EEG-sensing AirPods
• Sam Altman’s New Brain Venture, Merge Labs, Will Spin Out of a Nonprofit (Emily Mullin) "The name Merge Labs refers to the Silicon Valley concept of “the merge,” the point when humans meld with machines."

Software

• Sisyphus versus the Conductor (Obie Fernandez) "Sisyphus can be compelling. But ultimately the conductor wins."
• When Change Outruns Us (Mike Fisher) "Instead of asking what will create the most value, people ask what will help them survive the next change."
• Avoid mini-frameworks (laike9m) "we should be really really careful introducing new concepts. If you can, avoid it."
• How to not be replaced by AI (Max Berry) Great read.
• 52 things I learned in 2025 (Tom Whitwell) TIL: Japan has two electrical grids, and lots more.
• No, Clojure: your REPL is not new – or best (Dimension AI Technologies) "The REPL is an immensely valuable tool. Its lineage stretches back more than six decades."
• Where Architects Sit in the Era of AI (Dave Holliday, João Carlos Gonçalves, Manoj Kumar Yadav, Luca Mezzalira) "What does it mean to be an architect when architectural thinking can be automated?"