Monthly report - January

Hello,

This was too short but also a very long month. Many things I wanted to do I was unable to and had to push it to the near future.

Artix Linux

Falkon

  • After a long while the bug 409575 (Python plugins don’t load with PySide 5.13) has finally a working with Qt (PySide2) 5.14.1.
  • GreaseMonkey can now grab userscript URLs (*.user.js) with newer Qt versions. 6974f8c2
  • Falkon can now handle web notifications (since QtWebEngine 5.13) with it’s notification system 409045

Other

  • I helped to hunt very annoying bug in ktexteditor 413848 (Drag&copy function (by using Ctrl Key) does not work anymore)

Articles from blogs I follow:

With "AI" coding the future of software development looks more grim than ever before!

This is not just a rant, this is a serious call and warning to every company or project developing software.

via Unix Digest - Articles October 20, 2026

There's no point at which turning your brain off will work

In early 2025, I started seeing people turn off their brain as they use LLMs1. They would have an LLM take an action (summarize text, write some code, etc.), and just assume that it worked2. This generally didn't work in early 2025 and the result was …

via danluu.com September 18, 2026

GPG Update 2026

A recent toot of mine got the response “friends don’t let friends use GPG” which, I suppose, is true enough. It certainly isn’t the attestation-friendly thing to use, and the opsec failures that are so easy with GPG-encrypted mail make it a hazard there. …

via [bobulate] February 3, 2026

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