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In the world of crypto-adjacent finance, Strategy's STRC shares have slipped below ninety-nine dollars, failing to hold that symbolic hundred-dollar target price. With reduced cash reserves and growing dividend obligations, investors are taking a harder look at the company's fundamentals — and some of that attention is drifting toward rival Strive.
Meanwhile, in the software world, a movement called Fits on a Floppy is gaining quiet traction among developers. The name is deliberately retro, but the idea is very much alive in two thousand twenty-six. It's a manifesto for software compactness and comprehensibility — a push back against bloat, arguing that smaller, more understandable code is simply better code. In an era of sprawling dependencies, that's a message worth sitting with.
And on a lighter but genuinely useful note, Wired has published a deep dive from a professional barista on the best espresso accessories for home use. It's a reminder that even consumer technology has craft behind it — and that the tools people choose to bring into their kitchens say something real about how we think about quality and control at home.
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