The Daily Index — Tuesday, November 4, 2025 · TLDR Index

PROGRAMMING, DESIGN & DATA SCIENCE

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THE FETCH()ENING

htmx 4.0 contains three major simplifying changes: fetch() will replace XMLHttpRequest as the core ajax infrastructure, attribute inheritance will be explicit rather than implicit, and history support will no longer snapshot to the DOM and keep it locally. Most things will stay the same - except for adding an :inherited modifier on a few attributes, most htmx projects will be compatible with htmx 4.0. htmx 2.0 will remain supported in perpetuity.

htmx.org · 14 min

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THE GREAT DECOUPLING OF LABOR AND CAPITAL

Today's megacap tech companies' growth is pretty much decoupled from their headcount. This was evident even before Generative AI arrived on the scene. AI taking over people's jobs might be a gradual thing rather than a moment in time. Even if we don't reach 'AGI', the actual difference of reaching it or not may prove to be minimal in a couple of decades.

mbi-deepdives.com · 12 min

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THE STARTUP WINTER IS ALWAYS COMING

Market cycles keep repeating. Founders who internalize this pattern are never surprised and can adapt to changing conditions. A startup is a long trek through changing climates. Founders who ignore cycles risk being caught off guard, but those who obsess over cycles risk paralysis. The balance is to expect the inevitable and prepare for it without being fearful of it.

links.tldrnewsletter.com · 5 min

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AN INDIVIDUAL CAN CHANGE AN ORGANIZATION

Individuals can change organizations regardless of seniority by being persistent and willing to debate.

notes.eatonphil.com · 2 min

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RM -RF REMAINS

This post looks at what happens to a system after performing 'rm -rf'.

lambdaops.com · 5 min

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INTRODUCING GENERALIZED CONSENSUS: AN ALTERNATE APPROACH TO DISTRIBUTED DURABILITY

This series discusses consensus algorithms and proposes a conceptual framework that makes systems more approachable, adaptable, and flexible.

multigres.com · 4 min

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CHROME CAN NOW AUTOFILL DRIVER'S LICENSE, VEHICLE INFO, AND MORE

Chrome's new 'Enhanced autofill' option lets the browser understand forms better and autofill them faster with more information for users.

9to5google.com · 1 min

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IS IT WORRYING THAT 95% OF AI ENTERPRISE PROJECTS FAIL?

95% of organizations are getting zero return from their AI projects, but around 95% of hard enterprise IT projects fail anyway - AI projects failing at that rate is nothing special.

seangoedecke.com · 9 min

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AI'S DIAL-UP ERA

The Internet in the dial-up era was slow and untrusted, and people called it a fad and bubble - this is where AI is at now.

wreflection.com · 20 min