By request, I am making “Lifetime Subscriptions” to The Lunduke Journal once again available… but only until end of day tomorrow (Friday, December 30th). So, if you want one, chop chop.
The “Lifetime Subscription” (which runs $300) has the same benefits as the “Founding Member” subscription… with the added bonus of lasting forever. Meaning you get absolutely every perk The Lunduke Journal offers… and you never need to pay again. For life. Which is pretty cool.
Worth noting: If you are a current Monthly, Yearly, or Founding Member subscriber — you can apply the total amount you have already paid during 2022 towards your Lifetime Subscription. Good way to save some bucks. If you need assistance in figuring out how much you’ve paid for your current subscription, feel free to ask and Lunduke can look it up.
How to snag a Lifetime Subscription:
Go to the Lunduke.Locals.com subscription page. Select the “Annual” option, and select “Card”. Then enter the amount for a Lifetime Subscription ($300 minus anything you’ve already paid in 2022).
You will then be contacted by Lunduke to finalize setting up your account (it’s super easy).
Just be sure to do it before end of day on Friday. Because, on Friday night, I’m putting the “Lifetime Subscription” option back in the vault and it will no longer be available for folks to purchase.
This is the first and last note you’ll see about this. No reminders.
System76 Meets with Colorado Lawmakers on Age Verification
The Linux PC maker's CEO pushes Senators to add "an exemption for open source software" to new age verification laws. 4Chan's lawyer says this would "make the law even more unconstitutional".
It's true, Meta lobbied for specific age verification laws. But that is only a small part of the story, which involves Google, Apple, OpenAl... and even Roblox.
World's Oldest Linux Company, SUSE, is For Sale... Again.
Plus: In response to California Age Verification law, SUSE VP of Engineering says, "SUSE will not be adopting a policy stating that our products can't be sold or used in California."
Ads are filling the entirety of the Web -- websites, podcasts, YouTube videos, etc. -- at an increasing rate. Prices for those ad placements are plummeting. Consumers are desperate to use ad-blockers to make the web palatable. Google (and others) are desperate to break and block ad-blockers. All of which results in... more ads and lower pay for creators.
It's a fascinatingly annoying cycle. And there's only one viable way out of it.
My mother gave me some good advice one time; If you don't want to have to do something, don't ever learn how or let anybody know you know how to do it.
About 6 months ago, the A/V guy at my church left for a new position. Volunteers have managed to keep the show going but as things go bad, nobody knows how to fix it, so they just work around it.
Well, a few weeks ago, the computer running presenter wasn't working and I, without thinking, ran over, fixed the issue, got it all working in less than 1 minute. (Somebody had set it to present to the laptop screen instead of the projectors.)
Guess who has now been voluntold to take over the A/V for the church.
Anyways, the screen on the sound board has now gone bad. I tried to take a look but, WTH is this? I've seen crazy stuff like this but never in person. They smashed a COTS motherboard in this thing and ran the craziest adapters I've ever seen.
It still kind of works, as long as you know what each slider does and I think we're just going to ...
Software Engineering Applied to AI Software Development
Dirt asked me a how to question about my Init-Agent project, I spent an evening and produced a book.
What’s the difference between a Vibe Coder and ANY use of AI to generate code? Is it not all “vibe coding fart apps”. The human knows nothing, tells the AI to build an app, out comes AI slop? Ah yes, the desperate hope of those resisting AI and the trap of those brand new to the tools.
I have found that following the SAME software engineering practices I’ve used for years when using AI tools offers a much higher quality product. It’s not “spray and pray” nor “prompt, run, copy error back in, repeat”.
I have created a methodology for bringing Software Engineering best practices to AI tools like Codex, Claude Code, Antigravity - ANY agentic tool. I received some feedback that illuminated a problem: before someone can understand how to benefit from such a methodology, it helps to start with teaching Software Engineering -...
I’m Bruce Lee - and I have entered the hall of mirrors, chasing after Lord of Productivity…whom I must overcome and master! Ok, a little dramatic. I am working on several layers of the stack across a few projects simultaneously. What do I mean?
I am working on a project as a way of learning a tool. I’m learning a tool and how to use it productively. I am developing and refining the methodology for the tool. On more than one project, simultaneously.
At the risk of indulging those who accuse me of having AI write FOR me…I can’t help but share this line from Gemini that it came up with while discussing this post (that I am writing myself):
Gemini: It feels like we’ve moved past the era of “I’m using a hammer to build a house” and into "I’m using a sentient hammer to design a better hammer while it builds three houses at once.”
The projects:
1. Book writing/AI tutorial. For my daughter, a complete guide from beginner to mastery for how to write a book, and...
If you are already a Lifetime Subscriber and want to be added to the 4th (or the start of the 5th) wall, email me (bryan at lunduke.com). There are only a couple of spots left on Wall 4.
The new Lifetime Wall designs are locked and loaded, and will make their grand debut at the end of all new shows starting either Friday or Monday.
I also wanted to take a moment to thank all of the non-Lifetime Subscribers. The Lifetime Subs may get a little extra attention at the end of the shows… but every subscriber (Monthly & Yearly) helps to make this work possible.
79 Million Views in 6 Months for The Lunduke Journal
Welcome to February, all of you amazing nerds!
January was a fun month for The Lunduke Journal (thanks to all of you). For those interested in a little Inside Baseball, I’ve pulled together some stats and charts below.
The short version: Great month. Crazy news stories. Solid growth. Can’t complain!
Revamped Lifetime Wall
Oh! And the “Lifetime Subscriber Wall” is getting a “retro” facelift.
This is what the four Lifetime Walls currently look like:
Once that 4th Wall is filled (a little over 75% of the way there as of this morning), I’ll be introducing the new designs (for all the walls) along with the starting of Wall Number 5.
Each Wall now has its own, distinct look and theme. Very Retro Computer-y. You’re going to dig it.
To make that “Wall Number 5” get here as fast as possible, I’ve gone ahead an reinstated the “$89 Lifetime Subscriber” deal. But only until Wall Number 4 is full.
Want to be on the Wall? If you don’t have a Lifetime Subscription, grab one. If you already have one, email me (bryan at lunduke.com) to let me know how you want your name to be displayed.
A huge thank you to everyone who has signed up during this crazy deal. We are this close to filling up the 4th Lifetime Subscriber Wall (there’s a possibility it might fill up in the next few hours).
Far beyond anything I was expecting. All of you are absolutely amazing. The Lunduke Journal would not be possible without you.
If you were on contemplating grabbing that Lifetime Sub, I’d jump on it right now. The price goes back up to normal ($300) in about 12 hours or so.
There are some options. For both subscribing and donating. They're all on this page.
Bonus: At the bottom of this page you will find the invite link to the super-secret Lunduke Journal Discord Chat Server. This is only available for full subscribers, which makes it a nice place to hang out. No riff-raff.
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