Scripting News: Tuesday, May 19, 2026
Markdown support is a big feature for people who want to know what we're doing with their text. #
Opus 4.6 is much smarter than the other one. It feels like I'm working with someone from Bronx Science. I had been using Sonnet 4.6, which I switched to after reading somewhere that it costs less and it's usually every bit as good as newer models. I would never work with Sonnet on anything again, it's like working with a partner who is both stupid and difficult. Opus 4.6 makes me smarter, by doing the work while I dream up new features, and communicating with intelligence, like a helpful flight assistant. And I see there's an Opus 4.7 available. I have to try it. One interesting fact, until February when Opus 4.6 came out, you could not have done the kind of software I'm doing. There must be a tsunami of interesting stuff on the way. I don't think any of the pundits expect this. My goal is to build the next social system for use in the AI generation is built out of replaceable web components buit around interop and prior art. Let's commoditize the AI layer and build entirely open systems on top of it. For people who weren't around at the birth of the personal computer or the web this is going to be a unique multiple mindbomb moment.#
Someday you're going to tell your kids that we once used a social network that limited your writing to 500 characters and didn't allow styling, links or titles. What was it called Daddy? Bluesky. And people thought it was great. Why? They might have been taking drugs. #
Linkblog items for the day
Knicks mount furious rally to beat Cavaliers in thrilling Game 1 win.
nypost.com
Celebrating 50 Years of Apple with Steve Wozniak.
guykawasaki.substack.com
Republican Senators Are Livid at Trump’s Endorsement of Paxton. #livid
nytimes.com
How Google Is Starting to Win the A.I. Race.
nytimes.com
Andrew Shell is writing about his experience with Claude Code.
andrewshell.org
Trump is doing a test run. If he gets away with the $1.7 billion dollar heist (I doubt much of it will go to the Jan 6 people btw), then these kinds of settlement funds will be a daily thing. He will take money out of the treasury until someone somehow stops him.
paulkrugman.substack.com
The Men Who Want Women to be Quiet. I have not read it yet, but I'm going make sure I'm properly inebriated before I do so.
theatlantic.com
Doc Searls piece on the history of basketball. I'm going to study this. I love basketball too. My favorite sport these days and not because the Knicks are winning, I was with them when they were complete utter and total losers and I wore a paper bag on my head to hide my identity at games.
doc.searls.com
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