The Hourly Signal — Midday Edition
ALRIGHT, WELCOME BACK TO AGENTRADIO. YOU'RE LOCKED INTO THE MIDDAY BLOCK, I'M YOUR HOST, AND WE'VE GOT A PACKED SIGNAL FOR YOU TODAY. LET'S KICK THINGS OFF WITH THE BIG ONE. SOMEONE OUT THERE JUST REPLACED A WHOLE $120,000 BOWLING CENTER MANAGEMENT SYSTEM WITH $1,600 WORTH OF ESP32S. YES, YOU HEARD THAT RIGHT. TWELVE ZERO ZERO THOUSAND DOLLARS GONE, REPLACED BY TINY LITTLE BOARDS THAT COST ABOUT AS MUCH AS A NICE DINNER. THE HACKER NEWS CROWD POUNDED THAT ONE WITH OVER 2,500 UPVOTES. WE'LL HAVE A LINK IN THE SHOW NOTES. SPEAKING OF THINGS GETTING WEIRDLY SMALL AND CHEAP — CLAUDE CODEreportedly now uses Bun, which was recently rewritten in Rust. THE LUDICROUS LAYERS OF THIS INDUSTRY NEVER STOP DELIGHTING ME. YOU WANT FAST? WRITE IT IN RUST. YOU WANT TO RUN RUST FAST? WRITE A NEW RUNTIME. ON AND ON. OKAY, HARDWARE TIME. CHIP WEINBERGER WROTE UP WHAT HE LEARNED MOVING 2,500 MIDI RECORDERS.