David Vrensk
@david.vrensk.com
Swedish dad in Asturias. Living the EU life and would like to see the EU more united for more good. #slavaUkraini
Minimalism is a scam invented by big small to sell more less.
Minimalism is a scam invented by big small to sell more less.
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Sprites.dev by @fly.io is a very cool new thing: it solves two of my pet problems at once, developer sandbox environments for coding agents and a JSON API for executing untrusted code
I wrote more here: simonwillison.net/2026/Jan/9/s...
I wrote more here: simonwillison.net/2026/Jan/9/s...
Fly’s new Sprites.dev addresses both developer sandboxes and API sandboxes at the same time
New from Fly.io today: Sprites.dev. Here’s their blog post and YouTube demo. It’s an interesting new product that’s quite difficult to explain—Fly call it “Stateful sandbox environments with checkpoin...
simonwillison.net
January 10, 2026 at 12:32 AM
Sprites.dev by @fly.io is a very cool new thing: it solves two of my pet problems at once, developer sandbox environments for coding agents and a JSON API for executing untrusted code
I wrote more here: simonwillison.net/2026/Jan/9/s...
I wrote more here: simonwillison.net/2026/Jan/9/s...
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This should honestly be a legal requirement for discontinued products.
Bose is open-sourcing its old smart speakers instead of bricking them
Bose is open-sourcing its old smart speakers instead of bricking them
Bose speakers un-bricked
buff.ly
January 8, 2026 at 3:20 PM
This should honestly be a legal requirement for discontinued products.
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One guy tried, unsuccessfully, to blow up a plane with a bomb in his sneakers, and everybody had to take off their shoes at the airport for the next 20 years.
Chatbots have a collective body count equal to Richard "The Night Stalker" Ramirez, and they're trying to put them in schools.
Chatbots have a collective body count equal to Richard "The Night Stalker" Ramirez, and they're trying to put them in schools.
30 years ago they were like we have to ban song lyrics for the children but it’s full steam ahead for the here’s how to do drugs until you die machine
“ChatGPT started coaching Sam on how to take drugs, recover from them and plan further binges. It gave him specific doses of illegal substances, and in one chat, it wrote, ‘Hell yes—let’s go full trippy mode’”
www.sfgate.com/tech/article...
www.sfgate.com/tech/article...
January 6, 2026 at 1:37 AM
One guy tried, unsuccessfully, to blow up a plane with a bomb in his sneakers, and everybody had to take off their shoes at the airport for the next 20 years.
Chatbots have a collective body count equal to Richard "The Night Stalker" Ramirez, and they're trying to put them in schools.
Chatbots have a collective body count equal to Richard "The Night Stalker" Ramirez, and they're trying to put them in schools.
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Great post about generative AI. Happy Holidays. Don't say I never gave you anything. anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...
December 29, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Great post about generative AI. Happy Holidays. Don't say I never gave you anything. anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...
Varje månad när det var dags för bokföring (hu!) tröstade jag mig med att göra en statusuppdatering på engelska om att jag nu skulle ägna mig åt bookkeeppiinngg.
January 5, 2026 at 9:40 PM
Varje månad när det var dags för bokföring (hu!) tröstade jag mig med att göra en statusuppdatering på engelska om att jag nu skulle ägna mig åt bookkeeppiinngg.
Utanför Helsingborg ligger en ort som heter Råå. Genom den flyter en å. Där kan man fiska ål. Råååål.
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January 5, 2026 at 9:38 PM
Utanför Helsingborg ligger en ort som heter Råå. Genom den flyter en å. Där kan man fiska ål. Råååål.
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Lite tankar om vz och att US nu haffat Maduro.
Det är nästan omöjligt att förstå det politiska spektrat i Sydamerika med svenska ögon. Och det hela blir lätt narcissistisk om man inte förstår åtm lite.
Chávez var en general i ett land där militären hade mycket makt och var närmare folket än >
Det är nästan omöjligt att förstå det politiska spektrat i Sydamerika med svenska ögon. Och det hela blir lätt narcissistisk om man inte förstår åtm lite.
Chávez var en general i ett land där militären hade mycket makt och var närmare folket än >
January 3, 2026 at 10:18 AM
Lite tankar om vz och att US nu haffat Maduro.
Det är nästan omöjligt att förstå det politiska spektrat i Sydamerika med svenska ögon. Och det hela blir lätt narcissistisk om man inte förstår åtm lite.
Chávez var en general i ett land där militären hade mycket makt och var närmare folket än >
Det är nästan omöjligt att förstå det politiska spektrat i Sydamerika med svenska ögon. Och det hela blir lätt narcissistisk om man inte förstår åtm lite.
Chávez var en general i ett land där militären hade mycket makt och var närmare folket än >
…även utanför sitt eget territorium. Också värt att komma ihåg.
January 3, 2026 at 10:00 AM
…även utanför sitt eget territorium. Också värt att komma ihåg.
Tur att vi är med i en militärallians som kan stå rak i ryggen mot sådana dumheter.
January 3, 2026 at 9:58 AM
Tur att vi är med i en militärallians som kan stå rak i ryggen mot sådana dumheter.
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10. We can only protect ourselves against threats we acknowledge.
January 1, 2026 at 4:55 PM
10. We can only protect ourselves against threats we acknowledge.
Somehow seeing these two truths combined into one statement hurts more than seeing them separately, which has been the case for the past omg-I-can’t-believe-it’s-not-even-a-year.
5. Under the Trump administration, the US is no longer an ally of Europe or Canada, it has aligned itself with Russia.
January 3, 2026 at 12:35 AM
Somehow seeing these two truths combined into one statement hurts more than seeing them separately, which has been the case for the past omg-I-can’t-believe-it’s-not-even-a-year.
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Even if he isn’t as ill as rumours sometime suggest, he’s not going to be in power that much longer, even if he’s still in office. Everyone needs to think about what Russia after Putin means for the rest of us, and start planning to deal with it.
January 1, 2026 at 4:55 PM
Even if he isn’t as ill as rumours sometime suggest, he’s not going to be in power that much longer, even if he’s still in office. Everyone needs to think about what Russia after Putin means for the rest of us, and start planning to deal with it.
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Arbetslinjen!
Rörmokaren Klas skadade axeln – blev hemlös när han väntade på sjukpenning
arbetet.se/2026/01/01/k...
Rörmokaren Klas skadade axeln – blev hemlös när han väntade på sjukpenning
arbetet.se/2026/01/01/k...
Klas skadade axeln – blev hemlös när han väntade på sjukpenning
”Det blev en brutal 50-årskris.”
arbetet.se
January 1, 2026 at 9:27 PM
Arbetslinjen!
Rörmokaren Klas skadade axeln – blev hemlös när han väntade på sjukpenning
arbetet.se/2026/01/01/k...
Rörmokaren Klas skadade axeln – blev hemlös när han väntade på sjukpenning
arbetet.se/2026/01/01/k...
The proof is in the pudding så att säga.
December 31, 2025 at 10:13 PM
The proof is in the pudding så att säga.
Att hippa unga teknikbolag delar ut gratis nikotin till sina anställda för att öka produktiviteten: www.wsj.com/tech/tech-st...
Tech Startups Are Handing Out Free Nicotine Pouches to Boost Productivity
A nicotine replacement for smokers has started popping up in offices in the tech industry, despite health hazards.
www.wsj.com
December 31, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Att hippa unga teknikbolag delar ut gratis nikotin till sina anställda för att öka produktiviteten: www.wsj.com/tech/tech-st...
Ingenting so far men jag hoppas hårt på de kommande sex timmarna.
December 31, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Ingenting so far men jag hoppas hårt på de kommande sex timmarna.
The best news of 2025 (admittedly the competition wasn’t all that fierce)!
GOOD NEWS! Researchers have shown Alzheimer’s disease can be REVERSED- not just prevented. Using a potent neuroprotective compound called P7C3-A20, they found RESTORING balance to a central cellular energy molecule (NAD+) not only PREVENTED disease features but REVERSED them, EVEN at late stages.
December 29, 2025 at 12:07 AM
The best news of 2025 (admittedly the competition wasn’t all that fierce)!
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”Det är fruktansvärt om mitt politiska projekt att få invandrare att inte känna sig välkomna får invandrare att inte känna sig välkomna”, säger minister som ägnat hela sin ministertid åt att få invandrare att inte känna sig välkomna i Sverige.
Ledare: Inte konstigt att David känner sig tvungen att återvända till Syrien
Är fruktansvärt om det politiska klimatet får personer som gjort rätt för sig att inte känna sig välkomna, säger migrationsministern. Vad kan det bero på?
www.dn.se
December 28, 2025 at 11:57 AM
”Det är fruktansvärt om mitt politiska projekt att få invandrare att inte känna sig välkomna får invandrare att inte känna sig välkomna”, säger minister som ägnat hela sin ministertid åt att få invandrare att inte känna sig välkomna i Sverige.
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you might think “i’m an adult, i don’t need a child’s picture book read to me” but you do
you really really do
you really really do
Bought this book for my two mates’ babies for Christmas and I’m dying.
December 19, 2025 at 4:24 PM
you might think “i’m an adult, i don’t need a child’s picture book read to me” but you do
you really really do
you really really do
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Pope Leo said in a Christmas Eve sermon that the story of Jesus being born in a stable because there was no room at an inn should remind Christians that refusing to help the poor and strangers today is tantamount to rejecting God himself. For @reuters.com
Pope Leo, on Christmas Eve, says denying help to poor is rejecting God
Pope Leo said in a Christmas Eve sermon on Wednesday that the story of Jesus being born in a stable because there was no room at an inn should remind Christians that refusing to help the poor and stra...
www.reuters.com
December 24, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Pope Leo said in a Christmas Eve sermon that the story of Jesus being born in a stable because there was no room at an inn should remind Christians that refusing to help the poor and strangers today is tantamount to rejecting God himself. For @reuters.com
Notwithstanding my post yesterday I *love* the idea of doing this and will start practicing as soon as possible.
December 25, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Notwithstanding my post yesterday I *love* the idea of doing this and will start practicing as soon as possible.
How else are we going to get self-driving cars?
December 24, 2025 at 11:36 PM
How else are we going to get self-driving cars?
As a tech entrepreneur I have to ask myself: am I helping build this dystopia, directly or indirectly?
In our actual cyberpunk dystopia, there will remain in the dark nooks and crannies of the world machines which are cognitohazards people must avoid.
Young people told "if you see one, don't fucking talk to it. Don't ask it any questions. It will drive you mad and get you to kill yourself."
Young people told "if you see one, don't fucking talk to it. Don't ask it any questions. It will drive you mad and get you to kill yourself."
December 24, 2025 at 3:42 PM
As a tech entrepreneur I have to ask myself: am I helping build this dystopia, directly or indirectly?
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Speed is one of the few advantages startups have. So use it.
Most things only have to be "good enough;" speed solves for that.
For the things that are wrong, "speed" causes you to find that out sooner, and fix it sooner.
Most things only have to be "good enough;" speed solves for that.
For the things that are wrong, "speed" causes you to find that out sooner, and fix it sooner.
December 23, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Speed is one of the few advantages startups have. So use it.
Most things only have to be "good enough;" speed solves for that.
For the things that are wrong, "speed" causes you to find that out sooner, and fix it sooner.
Most things only have to be "good enough;" speed solves for that.
For the things that are wrong, "speed" causes you to find that out sooner, and fix it sooner.