The Lunduke Journal 2023 'Year in Review'

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The Lunduke Journal 2023 "Year in Review"

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Bryan Lunduke

January 06, 2024

This last year -- 2023 -- was, without question, the best year yet for The Lunduke Journal.

I wanted to take just a moment to document the community stats (for all 3 parts of The Lunduke Journal) along with the biggest articles for the year.

The Biggest Articles of the Year

I've been writing articles -- for a few different Tech Publications -- for quite a long time. With many articles that have "gone viral" over the years.

But 2023 -- hooooo, doggy! -- was the biggest year for Lunduke-penned articles.

I'm going to keep the hard numbers a bit of a secret at the moment (because I know some of my competitors are curious what my numbers are... and I kinda want to keep them guessing!), but I will say this: One of the "Wikimedia" articles was referenced, on X/Twitter alone, over 20 million times. In one month.

Here are the 5 articles which grabbed the most attention during 2023. In order:

There were plenty of other articles that got close to that number 5 slot -- including historical articles that performed surprisingly well -- but they didn't quite make the Top 5 list.

2023 also saw the first year where one of the top 5 articles was not on the Tech-only site (Lunduke.Locals.com). In fact, 3 of the top 10 articles of 2023 were posted to ConservativeNerds.Locals.com.

Community Statistics

All three of the sites in The Lunduke Journal family saw significant growth during the year in terms of the activity and size of the community. During 2023 a total of 45,877 comments were posted by all of you -- roughly 3,823 comments per month (on average).

While most of that activity was on the main Tech-focused site (Lunduke.Locals.com), the other two sites saw some fantastic activity -- especially ConservativeNerds.Locals.com, which is really coming into its own.

Lunduke.Locals.com

Posts: 6,956
Comments: 37,659

ConservativeNerds.Locals.com

Posts: 2,061
Comments: 6,638

NerdyEntertainment.Locals.com

Posts: 573
Comments: 1,580

Plus a whole lot of "Likes". 182,512 of 'em on Lunduke.Locals.com this year. That's a lot of... liking.

The vast majority of those posts and comments were from all of you. A massive, active, nerdy, awesome smelling community.

I mean. Woah.

(There's plenty of other awesomeness to talk about. The shows. The comics. But, after talking about the off-the-charts-ness of the articles and the community... my head exploded. Scanners style.)

2023 was the year The Lunduke Journal became an absolute force within the Tech world. Fantastic growth, investigative journalism that dominated the Tech News industry, and a community that is -- in a word -- Fantasti-nerdi-glorious.

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Bryan Lunduke@Lunduke

July 15, 2026

GNOME Celebrates Non-Binary People's Day

The largest Linux Desktop Environment says "Non-binary people are valid and welcome", but Conservatives are banned.

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Bryan Lunduke@Lunduke

July 14, 2026

German Tech Journalist Attacks Lunduke... and it's Awesome

"He refers to a trans woman as a man in a dress," says Tech Journalist in hit piece that makes Lunduke sound amazing.

NeXTStep, Emacs, Desqview/X, & TRS-80 Model 100 Walls:
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Bryan Lunduke@Lunduke

July 13, 2026

40% of LinkedIn (& Sneako) Publishing AI Generated Posts

Dead. Internet. Theory. It's real.

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Bryan Lunduke@Lunduke

November 22, 2023

The futility of Ad-Blockers

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.

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Bryan Lunduke@Lunduke

November 21, 2023

openSUSE says "No Lunduke allowed!"

Those in power with openSUSE make it clear they will not allow me anywhere near anything related to the openSUSE project. Ever. For any reason.

Well, that settles that, then! Guess I won't be contributing to openSUSE! 🤣

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Bryan Lunduke@Lunduke

September 13, 2023

"Andreas Kling creator of Serenity OS & Ladybird Web Browser" - Lunduke’s Big Tech Show - September 13th, 2023 - Ep 044

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leebase@leebase

2 hours ago

Linus Agrees - AI is Useful
Before Linus - I must say “see I told you so” 🤪

Now Linus:

Linux is not one of those anti-AI projects, and if somebody has issues
with that, they can do the open-source thing and fork it.

Or just walk away.

AI is a tool, just like other tools we use. And it's clearly a useful one.

It may not have been that "clearly" even just a year ago, but it's no
longer in question today.

There are other questions around AI (like what the economy of it will
actually look like in the end), but "is it useful" is no longer one of
those questions. Anybody who doubts that clearly hasn't actually used
it.

Yes, it can also be a somewhat painful tool, both for maintainer
workloads and just from a "it keeps finding embarrassing bugs"
standpoint.

But the solution is not to put your head in the sand and sing "La La
La, I can't hear you" at the top of your voice like some people seem
to do.

The solution is to make sure those LLM tools _help_ maintainers
instead of just causing them pain. There's no question on that ...

Barry 6502gs@Barry6502gs

9 hours ago

"Working the Help Desk as A.I. Revolt Goes Global"

(short story by "me" ... with a different version of "Terminator" and SkyNet)

"I was there, Gandalf ... 3000 years ago."

I always loved that line. There's a kind of pride in having absolute certainty of knowledge that comes from being witness to something, and that few others can possess the same experience which gives an awareness that is almost beyond measure.

I was on duty at a Communications and Intelligence Analysis Station when the machines launched their "supreme annihilation attack." Some have described me as cold and detached, saying the rank of Captain at an Operations Center made me an isolated pawn with little perspective on the seriousness of a hundred Athena-class A.I. systems gone "Rogue" and turning 500 of the largest global corporations into the equivalent dancing monkeys in a circus. Of course, my opinion was that if you are unable to source the attack origin, then it was just as likely to be three Athena-class A.I. systems, or maybe an assortment of 2000 A.I. systems ...

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'Chapter 2' - Placeholder **'Working the Help Desk as A.I. Revolt Goes Global'** It's possible...

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leebase@leebase

23 hours ago

Popcorn time: Bun, Zig, Rust, AI - public cat fight

Zig is a cool, fast, small language and its Founder/leader hates AI.

Bun is a wildly popular, brutally fast JavaScript and TypeScript runtime (designed as a drop-in replacement for Node.js). Created by Jarred Sumner.

Bun is far and away the most popular application written in Zig. Bun was bought by Anthropic and it wasn't long before "rewrite the whole app in Rust".

Oooh...so tasty for us here. Zig/non-AI standard barrier vs Rust Infestation AND AI infestation.

I'm going to ignore the mud slinging - but OOH BOY - the Zig guy went full on personal attack against Jarred.

What I'm interested in -- one million or so lines of code rewritten by 64 instances of Claude in 11 days! $165k of tokens if you had to pay for that. Nice to be owned by Anthropic.

Still, if you are using Claude Code, you are already using the Rust version and didn't miss a beat. 11 Days!

Someone put for the notion that AI can't be used on large code bases. Whelp,...

Bryan Lunduke@Lunduke

July 08, 2026

TRS-80 Model 100 joins The Lunduke Journal Lifetime Wall party!

Buckle up, Buttercup. Because The Lunduke Journal is about to blow your mind.

The “BeOS” Wall Lifetime Subscriber Wall is now full (see all of them on Lunduke.com)!
We’ve added a new “TRS-80 Model 100” Wall (because we can)! That’s the 19th Lifetime Subscriber Wall! 19!
The discounted Lifetime Lunduke Journal Subscriptions are still available through to the end of this month (July).

Which means there are, as of this exact moment, 4 Walls with space available (see Lunduke.com for the full list of Walls). But these fill up wicked fast.

Emacs (only a few spots left)
Desqview/X (a little less than 2/3rd’s full)
NeXTStep (still plenty of space)
TRS-80 Model 100 (just launched)

Nice, right?

Worth noting: The “TRS-80 Model 100” has very limited screen resolution (240 x 64), which means only a small number of names can fit on that wall. If you want on it, I’d let me know right away.

Grab a discounted Lifetime Subscription (if you don’t already have one), then let me know (email “bryan at lunduke.com”) which Wall you’d like to see your name on.

Huge high five to everyone who has already added their name to a Wall. At the current rate, we’ll have over 20 retro computer themed walls, filled with all of your names, by the end of the month.

And, doggone it, that’s amazing.

-Lunduke

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Bryan Lunduke@Lunduke

July 06, 2026

Vim beats Emacs!

Well, we’ve done it.

We’ve answered the eternal question: “Which Lunduke Journal Lifetime Subscriber Wall would fill with names quicker? Emacs or Vim?”

The answer, it turns out, is “Vim”. And it takes just 8 days.

A hearty “Thank You” to everyone who supports The Lunduke Journal by getting Lifetime Subscriptions (massively discounted throughout July) and getting on these walls! You make all of this possible!

Now. How long will it take for Emacs to fill up (matching the same number of names as the Vim Wall)?

Well, right now the Emacs Wall is a hair over 2/3rds of the way full. So we’ll find out!

Welcome NeXTStep Wall!

With the closing of the “Vim” Wall (and the BeOS Wall only having the space for 1 name left), now seemed like a good time to add a new retro computer wall: The NeXTStep 1.0 Wall.

Right now, there are 4 Walls available to add your name to (*cough* massive discount *cough*).

NeXTStep (just opened)
Emacs (about 2/3rds full)
BeOS R5 (1 spot left)
Desqview/X (1/2 full)

Once again, huge thanks to everyone who supports The Lunduke Journal!

-Lunduke

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Bryan Lunduke@Lunduke

July 05, 2026

Lunduke's Week in Tech : June 28 - July 4, 2026

Lunduke’s Thoughts of The Week

Yesterday was the 4th of July.

As such, time that I normally would have spent writing up some thoughts on the Tech News of the Week (tm) was, instead, spent eating hamburgers, watching fireworks, and generally goofing off with my kids.

So allow me to briefly summarize my thoughts using as little effort as possible:

Rust is weird, Sony sucks, and America is awesome.

… Yup. That just about covers it.

I hope all of my fellow Americans had a truly splendid Independence Day.

Biggest Tech Stories - June 28 - July 4, 2026

Here are the major stories from the last week, with direct links to X and Substack.

See Lunduke.com for all other platforms (Rumble, RSS Audio Podcast, etc.).

Git Takes Another Step Towards Making Rust Mandatory (X, Substack)
74 Million User Accounts Exposed in Breaches During June (X, Substack)
BCacheFS Adding Rust Dependency Even Though “Rust doesn’t have a stable ABI” (X, Substack)
Git Without Rust From Dev of XLibre (X, Substack)
Sony Says No More Physical PlayStation Games (X, Substack)
Ubuntu Sponsors Rust Clone Foundation (X, Substack)
Like Computers? Thank America. (X, Substack)

Huge thank you to all of The Lunduke Journal’s subscribers. You make all of this possible.

-Lunduke

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