Make computing personal again (News)

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Benj Edwards wants to put the “personal” back in “personal computer”, the answer.ai folks took Devin for a month-long spin, Asaf Zamir explains why senior engineers can remain ICs and still have a fulfilling career, Fabrizio Ferri Benedetti rethinks documentation by putting user actions first & Tero Piirainen lays out his case for Nue, the standards first web framework.

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2. Make computing personal again (00:00:55)

https://www.vintagecomputing.com/index.php/archives/3292/the-pc-is-dead-its-time-to-make-computing-personal-again?utm_source=changelog-news

3. Thoughts on a month with Devin (00:02:44)

https://www.answer.ai/posts/2025-01-08-devin.html?utm_source=changelog-news

4. Why senior engs should stay ICs (00:04:25)

https://codertocto.com/insights/2025/01/ic-or-management-part-1/?utm_source=changelog-news

5. Sponsor: Augment Code (00:05:21)

https://get.augmentcode.com/augment-code-in-action-webinar-jan30.html?utm_source=changelog-news

6. Seven-Action Documentation model (00:06:17)

https://passo.uno/seven-action-model/?utm_source=changelog-news

7. A standards first web framework (00:07:40)

https://nuejs.org/blog/standards-first-web-framework/?utm_source=changelog-news

8. That's the news for now (00:08:42)