The Daily Index — Tuesday, December 16, 2025 · TLDR Index

PROGRAMMING, DESIGN & DATA SCIENCE

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PART 2: DESIGN IS A SEARCH FOR THE OPINIONS

The deeper someone gets into a field, the more specific their tools get. Experts don't just use generic items. This applies to software as well. Everything in software is opinionated. The work is in choosing which opinions to embed and where to design something meaningful without dissolving into blandness.

links.tldrnewsletter.com · 4 min

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CLOUDFLARE RADAR 2025 YEAR IN REVIEW

The Cloudflare Radar 2025 Year in Review looks at Internet patterns and trends observed through Cloudflare's global network. It is organized into six sections: Traffic, AI, Adoption & Usage, Connectivity, Security, and Email Security. This page presents an interactive view of the data.

links.tldrnewsletter.com · 20 min

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NETFLIX CEOS SEEK TO REASSURE STAFF ABOUT WARNER BROS. DEAL

Netflix doesn't plan to close any studios after its bid for Warner Bros. streaming and studio businesses. The battle for Warner Bros. is expected to face stiff regulatory scrutiny. Paramount has launched a hostile bid and may propose an even higher bid. Netflix is committed to releasing Warner Bros. movies in theaters if its bid is successful.

links.tldrnewsletter.com · 3 min

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LIAR'S VALUATION

Startups are raising money without really understanding what it all entails. This post was written to clear up a lot of the terms so people understand what they are signing up for. It covers how startup equity mechanics get manipulated, so people considering joining startups know exactly what they're getting into. Time is the only asset you can't make more of, so you should know what you are trading it for.

writing.nikunjk.com · 20 min

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WHAT'S NEXT FOR TIKTOK IN THE US AS DEAL PROSPECTS REMAIN UNCERTAIN?

The Trump administration had previously claimed that a TikTok deal was done, but neither TikTok, ByteDance, nor China has announced the approval of a sale.

bbc.com · 3 min

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THE FUTURE OF PREDICTION MARKETS LIVES IN GROUP CHATS

Protocols like XMTP allow builders to deploy mini-apps and agents without permission, turning group chats into a new type of app store.

blog.shanemac.com · 12 min

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CEOS TO KEEP SPENDING ON AI, DESPITE SPOTTY RETURNS

68% of CEOs plan to increase AI spending in 2026, despite less than half of current AI projects generating more returns than they had cost.

links.tldrnewsletter.com · 3 min

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YES, AGI CAN HAPPEN – A COMPUTATIONAL PERSPECTIVE

Today's models are nowhere near the compute or efficiency ceilings of the hardware, and there's at least an order of magnitude more computation available.

danfu.org · 22 min

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IDEAS AREN'T GETTING HARDER TO FIND

Ideas remain as discoverable as ever, it's just that there's a flaw in the markets that prevents that creativity from being rewarded economically.

asteriskmag.com · 23 min

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COREWEAVE'S STAGGERING FALL FROM MARKET GRACE HIGHLIGHTS AI BUBBLE FEARS

CoreWeave has seen $33 billion of value vaporize in six weeks.

links.tldrnewsletter.com · 9 min