Links #2025-13 - Favorite git commit, Digger and AI shenanigans

Articles and videos I found last week that I actually read or watched until the end.

• No Longer My Favorite Git Commit - mtlynch.io

  Saw this linked in multiple places and many of the comments on it start with 'I agree with all of that'. And after reading my first thought was: I agree with all of that. Writing commit messages is an art form, but one like architecture. What you create should be easy to use by others.

• How I accepted myself into Canada's largest AI hackathon - fastcall.dev

  A quick and simple story, like having a little snack. I should open the Firefox Developer Tools window more often and poke a bit around.

• DIY infinity contrast TV - with 100% recycled parts - www.youtube.com

  This is the internet how it should be. One guy upcycles an old television and a beamer to a kickass display. Another guy, who wrote software that the first one used, shows up in the comments and is flabbergasted that his work was so useful in an unexpected way.

• Digger - digger.org

  More nostalgia. When I was young, my father would sometimes take his personal computer home during his vacation. My sister and I would spend hours playing games on it and Digger was a family favorite. I love that this site exists in 2025 and I can confirm the remastered version still works. Spent the whole Sunday afternoon playing.

• Why is everything binary? - briefs.video

  As a Software Developer, I can confirm. This is 100% how it works.

• FOSS infrastructure is under attack by AI companies - thelibre.news

  Besides worrying me, this also confuses me. I thought the AI companies already had downloaded the whole internet multiple times before without anyone noticing. Why keep doing it over again and again in such an clunky, expensive way?