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Time Between Disengagements is a concept I came across in a recent article from Gitpod, and it offered an interesting new way to think about AI’s role in software development. It compares the evolution of AI in engineering to the progression of self-driving cars—where the key metric is how long an autonomous system can operate before a human needs to step in. That simple but powerful analogy really clicked with me. It reframes how we should think about the future of AI-assisted development—not just in terms of raw capability, but in how independently and safely these systems can work. ...

In 2025, digital advertising is looking more like a pyramid scheme than a sustainable marketing model. As John Kilhefner explains in his HackerNoon article, the obsession with pageviews and impressions has led to a bloated, user-hostile web—filled with pop-ups, autoplay videos, and trackers that drive readers away. Publishers chase clicks at the expense of quality, while brands spend millions on ads that users increasingly ignore or block. The result? A fragile ecosystem where trust erodes and ROI quietly collapses under the weight of empty metrics. ...

AI bots are reshaping the Internet at its core. What was once primarily a human-driven space is now increasingly navigated by intelligent, autonomous bots that explore, interact and even make decisions… Bots Evolution: From Search Indexing to AI During the Internet’s early period, web crawlers functioned mainly within the framework of search engines such as Google and Bing. These bots had a straightforward yet impactful purpose: traversed websites, catalogued content, and structured data to enhance user accessibility. Their function was clearly established—these automated tools classified and prioritized web pages according to relevance, search terms, and visitor interaction. This period depended on programmed algorithms that determined how information was found and displayed. ...

Scaling internet infrastructure was a significant challenge before concepts like cloud computing, DevOps, and SDN emerged. In the late 1990s, Alteon Networks revolutionized the industry with some of the first gigabit Ethernet switches and hardware-based load balancers. These devices, equipped with failover capabilities, filtering, and various layer 3/4 functionalities, became the backbone of many major web platforms of the time. The Alteon load balancer stood out as a unique solution in the pre-standard gigabit Ethernet era. While the name is now closely associated with load balancing, Alteon was a pioneer in NIC and switch innovation throughout the 1990s. As John Hayes described it, networking at the time was as groundbreaking as AI is today. ...