v51 - Praise-bomb

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      <title>v51 - Praise-bomb</title>
      <itunes:title>v51 - Praise-bomb</itunes:title>
      <itunes:episode>57</itunes:episode><itunes:image href="https://justin.searls.co/img/podcast/breaking-change.jpg" />
      <itunes:author>Justin Searls</itunes:author>
      <itunes:duration>02:13:18</itunes:duration>
      <podcast:person role="host" href="https://justin.searls.co/about/" img="https://justin.searls.co/img/face.jpg">Justin Searls</podcast:person>
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      <link>https://justin.searls.co/casts/breaking-change-v51-praise-bomb/</link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p>I feel like I'm getting saltier, and it's concerning. If you want me to tone it down and/or up, let me know. It'll go a lot better if you just write to <a href="mailto:podcast@searls.co">podcast@searls.co</a> instead of yelling at your phone.</p>
<p>As usual, I brought the goods. Now here are the receipts:</p>
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<li><a href="https://github.com/searlsco/prove_it">prove_it</a> is doing its job, mostly</li>
<li>Aaron's <a href="https://justin.searls.co/puns/">puns, ranked</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/please-let-us-focus-on-making-our-game-in-peace-starsand-island-studio-confused-by-alleged-praise-bombing-attack/">Starsand Island studio confused by alleged 'praise-bombing' attack</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/sony-is-considering-holding-back-playstation-6-until-2028-or-2029-report-claims/">Sony is considering holding back PlayStation 6 until 2028 or 2029</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/travel/2026/02/15/southwest-new-seating-policy-anger/">Southwest changes are infuriating fans</a> (<a href="https://apple.news/Aslii_G1QSA2AbWhb6jI8AA">News+</a>)</li>
<li>NYT: <a href="https://www.niemanlab.org/2026/02/how-the-new-york-times-uses-a-custom-ai-tool-to-track-the-manosphere/">All the news that's fit to manspread</a></li>
<li>Gurman: <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2026-02-15/tesla-carplay-delays-related-to-ios-26-and-fsd-apple-s-new-siri-delays-ios-27">Tesla CarPlay Held Back by Need for Wider Adoption of Apple's iOS 26</a> (<a href="https://archive.is/K7eoZ#selection-1183.0-1198.0">Archive</a>)</li>
<li><a href="https://apple.news/AaC7LdwdCSI6uwYcpojBb-A">YouTube on Vision Pro</a> (<a href="https://apple.news/AaC7LdwdCSI6uwYcpojBb-A">News+</a>)</li>
<li><a href="https://www.macrumors.com/2026/02/16/apple-announces-special-event-in-new-york/">Apple Announces Special Event in New York, London, and Shanghai on March 4</a></li>
<li>Filed my first SwiftUI bug as feedback. It's FB21962656</li>
<li><a href="https://www.thoughtworks.com/content/dam/thoughtworks/documents/report/tw_future%20_of_software_development_retreat_%20key_takeaways.pdf">Thoughtworks concludes TDD is good and billable juniors valuable</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/anthropic-ceo-ai-90-percent-code-3-to-6-months-2025-3">Ugh, Anthropic CEO was right about the timing of AI writing all the code</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.implicator.ai/peter-steinberger-chose-openai-the-code-was-never-the-point/">Peter Steinberger Chose OpenAI. The Code Was Never the Point</a></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternity_%282025_film%29">Eternity</a></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek%3A_Starfleet_Academy_%28TV_series%29">Starfleet Academy</a></li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Your_Friends_%26_Neighbors_(TV_series)">Your Friends &amp; Neighbors</a></li>
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