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A new essay making rounds in developer circles argues that smaller code is fundamentally better code — not just easier to maintain, but a sign of clearer thinking. The author's case is straightforward: every line you don't write is a line that can't break, and brevity forces the kind of precision that separates craft from clutter.
From code to campus, the htmx project — yes, the web framework — has published a thoughtful piece on what universities should actually be doing in the age of artificial intelligence. The argument isn't that AI replaces education, but that institutions need to stop pretending it doesn't exist and start teaching students how to think alongside it rather than around it.
And on a more troubling note, a new study finds that nearly two-thirds of planned AI data centers in the United States are being built in regions that have experienced drought conditions over the past year. These facilities consume enormous quantities of water for cooling, raising serious questions about whether the infrastructure boom driving modern AI is being built on an unsustainable foundation.
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