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.
Usage of AI (Claude, Codex, etc.) is exploding in the Linux world. At the current rate, the Linux Kernel will be predominantly developed using AI sometime this year.
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.
Codex and Claude Code are my bread and butter tools, but I keep my $25/mo Gemini subscription and keep tabs on its progress.
They came out with an unabashedly clone of OpenAI's Codex. In their global demo showing off Antigravity, a screen shot clearly shows a folder named Codex. That's actually a good thing. Steal from the best.
I've always liked Gemini models for conversation, but they have not been top tier for coding and certainly not agentic coding. They've made great progress. As far as I'm concerned - one of my favorite YouTubers thinks they still suck. Try for yourself.
I used Antigravity and the new model as one of the adversarial reviewers for the Sci Fi serial I created. It was more heavy on praise by default. Still, quite competent and very speedy. You can fix the glazing by prompting more specifically.
Then I had it create the web page for the book - which you can see in the link above. It was ...
Be the solution…is that not one of the driving forces behind open source software? Create what you want, build a community of enthusiasts and share. I have become increasingly alarmed at my online friends here and the doom mind-virus that I see. Not from a “doom is wrong” perspective as there are plenty of worrisome and frustrating situations out there. Rather, I see the loss of joy and hope. Doom has ascended to our collective and individual detriment. So, I am embarking on some joy posts. And this Mac daily driving, iPhone using, cloud loving AI practitioner thinks there is JOY in Linux. Oh yes, plenty of current joy. Take Microsoft Azure Linux, pure joy.
Consider that it wasn’t that long ago that Microsoft, Sun and Novell (does anyone even remember?) tried to literally kill Linux. They tried to strangle Linux in the crib. Sun and Novell are no more, and Microsoft’s present and future runs on Linux.
The Year of Linux on the Desktop never happened,...
Just a quick heads up that the 7th “Lunduke Journal Lifetime Subscriber Wall”, aka “The Solaris Wall”, is almost full!
The Solaris Wall has enough space for maybe 6 or 7 more names (depending on name length)… before we lock it down and move on to Wall Number 8 (which will be another retro computing platform).
If you’re already a Lifetime Subscriber and want your name added to the Solaris Wall, just drop me a line (contact info on Lunduke.com).
Last call for the "Amiga" Lifetime Subscriber Wall. It's almost full!
Holy smokes, that was fast.
The 6thLunduke Journal Lifetime Subscriber Wall (aka the “Amiga OS 3.1” Wall) was introduced… what… a week ago?
I kid you not, the darn thing is already almost full! I was wildly unprepared for how popular this would be!
There’s enough space left for maybe 5 or 6 more names. Tops. Then I’ve gotta declare “Wall 6 (Amiga) is Full” and start Wall Number 7!
Here’s what all of the Lifetime Subscriber Walls look like (each shown at the end of every Lunduke Journal video):
If you want to get onto the Lifetime Subscriber Wall (and have any chance of making it onto the Amiga Wall before it’s full) here’s what you need to do (and do it quickly):
Email “bryan at lunduke.com” and let me know how you would like your name displayed (“Joe A.”, “Joseph Arnold”, “JoeyPants”, “SirJJMcManly”, etc.)
It’s first come, first served.
If you’ve already emailed me about being added to the wall, your spot is secured.
For the rest of you: Chop chop. At the current rate, I would be very surprised if the “Amiga Wall” wasn’t full by some time this weekend.
“Lifetime Wall 7” will be unveiled after the final name is added to the Amiga Wall. And, yes, it will be a different (awesome) retro computing platform.
As always, a huge thank you to every subscriber to The Lunduke Journal. Absolutely none of this would be possible without your support.
Amiga Lifetime Wall & March Lunduke Journal Stats!
Hello all of you amazing Lunduke Journal subscribers!
With March now behind us, I wanted to give you crazy kids a quick “behind the scenes” look at the stats for The Lunduke Journal. Because Inside Baseball stuff is fun.
The Amiga Wall!
But before we dive into charts and numbers… behold! The brand new 6th Lifetime Subscriber Wall of Shame Awesomeness! The AmigaOS 3.1 Wall!
Every Lifetime Subscriber Wall (which I show at the end of each video) is a real screenshot from a different computing platform. Mostly retro. All awesome.
If you’d like to see your name listed on the new AmigaOS 3.1 wall, grab a Lifetime Subscription (if you don’t already have one) and toss me an email. I update the walls about once each week with new names.
The last few Lifetime Walls filled up incredibly quickly. So if the Amiga Wall interests you, I wouldn’t wait too long. Hint, hint.
March 2026 Stats
The big news: Total “views” were way, way up in March.
A fair bit beyond what was anticipated. A hair over 19 million during the month.
That’s in total, across all platforms. As usual, the audio podcast and X lead the way in terms of total views/listens for shows (by quite a lot).
Interestingly, we saw significant “views” growth on even the smallest platforms in March (Facebook and TikTok).
Free subscribers also took a major jump in March, with the largest one month gains ever (I’m pretty sure, certainly the largest this year or last). Up 7,623 over the month before.
Again, new subscribers grew across the board. The biggest gains were seen on X, but all platforms saw a significant bump.
Hard to complain about that!
The top 3 shows for March were all focused on the Age Verification laws:
While those were the top 3… it’s worth noting that the top 10 (and, really, the top 15 or so) shows for the month were all incredibly close in terms of viewership numbers.
As always, a huge thank you to all of The Lunduke Journal subscribers. You make all of this possible.
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