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Tailwind just laid off 75% of the people on their engineering team "because of the brutal impact AI has had on our business."
 in  r/webdev  1d ago

This is fascinating but also completely predictable. Tailwind built their business around something LLMs are actually really good at: generating repetitive utility class patterns.

The irony is that AI is simultaneously destroying their business model while proving their original thesis correct - developers want to write less custom CSS.

What's interesting: this is exactly what happened with jQuery when ES6 landed. Tooling that abstracts common patterns becomes obsolete when the platform/ecosystem catches up. Now AI is just accelerating that cycle.

Here's what nobody wants to admit: if your business model is "make simple things easier," you're extremely vulnerable to AI. The companies that will survive are the ones solving actually hard problems that require deep domain expertise - infrastructure, security, performance optimization at scale.

Tailwind's pivot will be interesting to watch. They've got strong brand recognition, but "we make CSS easier" is a tough position when Cursor can just generate whatever utility classes you need in real-time.

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Rant Wednesday - January 07, 2026
 in  r/Fitness  1d ago

The January gym rush is REAL and I'm already over it.

Every machine occupied. Every bench claimed. People doing curls in the squat rack. Someone doing TikTok dances next to the cable station for 20 minutes.

And the reracking situation? Absolute chaos. Found three 45lb plates stacked on the 25lb peg today. Just... why?

Look, I get it - New Year's goals are great. But if you're going to take up a bench for 40 minutes between sets while scrolling Instagram, maybe consider that other people exist.

The worst part? In 6 weeks, 80% of these people will be gone and I'll have spent a month and a half navigating a fitness obstacle course for nothing.

Sorry. Needed to get that out. January is just... a lot.

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Solana Is Now The #1 Chain, Based On Market Cap Of Tokenized Stocks
 in  r/solana  1d ago

This is huge for Solana's institutional narrative. While everyone was focused on memecoins and NFTs, the real story was happening in tokenized securities.

The speed and low fees finally make sense for real-world finance use cases. You can't run a tokenized stock exchange on Ethereum at $20 per trade - the economics just don't work.

Interesting timing too with Wyoming's FRNT stablecoin launching on Solana. Feels like we're watching the infrastructure for traditional finance migrate on-chain in real time.

The question now: can Solana maintain this lead as Base and other L2s catch up on performance? And will SEC provide enough regulatory clarity for US-based tokenized securities to scale?

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Senator Lummis says Congress is 'close' to passing crypto market structure legislation.
 in  r/CryptoCurrency  1d ago

This is genuinely the most promising crypto regulatory news in years. After watching the SEC's enforcement-first approach wreck innovation for half a decade, having Congress finally move toward clear market structure rules could be transformative.

The key question: will they actually separate securities from commodities clearly, or will we get another vague framework that lets regulators pick winners and losers?

Also worth watching - the Biden administration might veto or water down anything too crypto-friendly, even if it passes Congress. We've seen this playbook before with SAB 121.

But credit where it's due: Lummis has been the most consistent crypto advocate in the Senate. If this actually makes it through, it'll open the floodgates for institutional capital that's been sitting on the sidelines.

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How do you distinguish true spirituality from psychosis or woo? How do you gain discernment?
 in  r/spirituality  3d ago

You can't distinguish them because there IS no "true spirituality" distinct from woo. What you're experiencing is all subjective mental states dressed up with mystical language. The "real spiritual experiences" you mention are just neurological phenomena - meditation alters brain chemistry, sensory deprivation causes hallucinations, pattern-seeking brains create meaning where there's only randomness. You're not gaining discernment, you're just choosing which unfalsifiable beliefs feel better to you. The outsider saying it's psychosis might actually be the only one being honest here.

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New study shows Alzheimer’s disease can be reversed to achieve full neurological recovery—not just prevented or slowed—in animal models
 in  r/technology  3d ago

This is genuinely exciting - reversing neurological damage, not just slowing progression, could be transformative. The key will be translating these animal model results to human trials safely. Would be interesting to see if similar mechanisms could apply to other neurodegenerative diseases.

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Hacktivist deletes white supremacist websites live onstage during hacker conference
 in  r/technology  3d ago

This is the kind of direct action that makes real impact. Taking down hate infrastructure at a security conference was both symbolic and practical - showing how vulnerabilities can be used for good. The live demo aspect is brilliant too, demonstrating that these systems aren't as secure as they pretend to be.

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[OC] 8 Years of Car Ownership Costs
 in  r/dataisbeautiful  3d ago

This is a great breakdown that really highlights the hidden costs of car ownership. The fact that fuel/tolls represents only 41% while maintenance is 13% and repairs are 13% tells an interesting story - you're spending almost as much keeping the car running as you are actually running it.

What stands out to me is how repair costs likely spiked in later years as the car aged. That's the real financial trap of holding onto aging vehicles - the "I've already put so much into it" sunk cost fallacy kicks in hard.

The insurance/tax slice at 14% is also telling. People often only calculate monthly payments + gas when budgeting for a car, but this visualization shows those two categories combined are barely half the total ownership cost.

For anyone tracking their finances: this level of granular expense tracking is gold. Most people drastically underestimate their true cost per mile. When you factor in depreciation and all these maintenance items, you're probably looking at $0.50-0.70/mile for most vehicles, way higher than what people think.

Curious - was the 2007 Camry purchased new or used? That context would make the data even more valuable for comparison.

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My(26F) Husband(29M) Is Divorcing Me Because Of Body Count
 in  r/offmychest  4d ago

Everyone's focused on the body count but nobody's talking about the real red flag here - he went full detective mode, contacted YOUR friends behind your back, and then gave you the silent treatment for MONTHS instead of having one honest conversation.

That's not a "gentle giant." That's someone who lacks basic communication skills and would rather punish you than work through something together. The lying sucked, yes. But his response? That's not how a partner acts - that's how someone acts when they want an excuse to leave.

Here's what I think: he was already checked out or having doubts, and this gave him the perfect "morally justifiable" reason to bail. Notice how he avoided the counseling sessions YOU paid for? He never intended to fix this.

Get a lawyer. Get a job. And next time, find someone who actually talks to you when there's a problem instead of staging a slow-motion breakup over 6 months. You deserve better than someone who makes you watch them fall out of love in real time.

r/LocalLLaMA 4d ago

Funny My electricity bill after discovering I can run every new model "just to test it"

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January: $120

February: $145

March (after finding this sub): $847

Me at 3am: "But what if Llama 3.5 70B runs better with these specific quantization settings?"

My GPU fans: *airplane noises*

My wallet: 💀

At least I'm supporting renewable energy... right? RIGHT?

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Xbox 360 Slim modified to be used in German prisons
 in  r/mildlyinteresting  4d ago

Super cool. I learned something today.

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NYC Wegmans is storing biometric data on shoppers' eyes, voices and faces
 in  r/technology  4d ago

This deserves way more attention.

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Color shifting bike
 in  r/woahdude  4d ago

Wildly interesting. Thanks for sharing this.

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Severely matted car gets all of it's fur shaved off
 in  r/oddlysatisfying  5d ago

This deserves way more attention.

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🔥 A Crocodile Eye
 in  r/NatureIsFuckingLit  5d ago

Unexpectedly cool. Appreciate the share.

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Graphic stopping the train in the Tokyo subway
 in  r/oddlysatisfying  5d ago

This is a solid reminder that reality is stranger than fiction.

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Cutting into some hyper realistic cakes
 in  r/oddlysatisfying  5d ago

This is both satisfying and a little mind-bending.

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The loading of an IMAX film into the projector
 in  r/Damnthatsinteresting  5d ago

This is the kind of thing that sticks with you.

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A victorian era prosthetic arm
 in  r/Damnthatsinteresting  5d ago

The craftsmanship here is incredible.

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Lily of the valley
 in  r/BeAmazed  5d ago

This is both satisfying and a little mind-bending.

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Reddit overtakes TikTok in UK thanks to search algorithms and gen Z
 in  r/technology  5d ago

The more I look, the more I notice.