Frederic Lardinois

Stephen Miller Asserts U.S. Has Right to Take Greenland

The podcast bro theory of international diplomacy. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/u...

If we cut all the funding for the research, it doesn’t happen, right? Just like with counting Covid cases.

Totally would. But there’s no ice...

Me: Great. Flight to Amsterdam is arriving early. Might even get an earlier train to my father’s place.

Also me: in a hotel in Amsterdam 12 hours later because the trains didn’t run all day because of snow.

Not a proud Dutchman today.

That SCSI cable from my 1990s scanner will come in handy one day…

Truly the dumbest timeline.

Agent Skills: Anthropic's Next Bid to Define AI Standards Anthropic is opening up its Agent Skills spec, following the same playbook that turned MCP into an industry standard.

Anthropic is opening up its Agent Skills spec, following the same playbook that turned MCP into an industry standard.

By @fredericl.bsky.social

Was there Oscars content anywhere else?

Trump administration to dismantle key climate research center Russell Vought, who directs the White House Office of Management and Budget, announced plans to split up the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado, citing concerns about “clima...

Woke weather has to go. www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

Escaped for a few days.

not the kind of behavior I expect from the winner of the fifa peace prize

Fresh from #KubeCon, The New Stack’s @fredericl.bsky.social sits down with new @cncf.io Executive Director Jonathan Bryce to unpack the foundation’s next chapter.

The Rise of the Cognitive Architect In this episode of The New Stack Makers, we discussed how AI is reshaping developer roles, why GitLab is building an agent orchestration platform, and what the "meta agent" of the future might look like.

In this episode of The New Stack Makers, we discussed how AI is reshaping developer roles, why GitLab is building an agent orchestration platform, and what the "meta agent" of the future might look like.

By @fredericl.bsky.social, thanks to @gitlab.com

Supporting the web with new features and partnerships We are announcing new tools and partnerships to help connect you with your favorite sources and explore the web.

These are actually some good Google Search updates? blog.google/products/sea...

I appreciate them doing this because it'll only raise the value of having real people on real podcasts.

The next Pebble gadget is the Index 01, a ring with a microphone It’s an easy way to talk to your phone, and potentially a way to make it do stuff. Just don’t call it an agent.

If I see you talking into your Pebble ring, I'll give you a wide berth and unfollow you on LinkedIn. www.theverge.com/gadgets/8403...

Trump Says Netflix-Warner Bros. Deal Will Need Review President Donald Trump raised potential antitrust concerns for Netflix Inc.’s planned acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery Inc., noting that the market share of the combined entity may pose problems.

He's just angling for a free lifetime premium subscription. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

#CrueltyIsThePoint

I will only accept a Dutch replacement.

Werner’s last keynote. End of an era.

If this is really Werner’s last re:Invent keynote, then this is a fitting way to wrap up.

A very analog opening to the Werner Vogels closing keynote at re:Invent. String quartet and a newspaper.

Your most rewarding AWS re:Invent evening is waiting. Network with VIPs and discuss the future of the stack with TNS Founder @alexwilliams.bsky.social and Senior Editor for AI, @fredericl.bsky.social. Hosted by The New Stack and Hydrolix, Dec 1 at 6PM.

www.eventbrite.com/e/reinvent-r...

Web Guide: An experimental AI-organized search results page We’re launching Web Guide, a Search Labs experiment that uses AI to intelligently organize the search results page, making it easier to find information and web pages.

Most of my mobile searches on Google now trigger the Web Guide and I’m not upset about it. They are quite helpful and a nice hybrid between AI Overviews and blue links. blog.google/products/sea...

Based on my inbox, I’m guessing AWS released the media list for re:Invent yesterday or today. Only problem: at this point, I can’t really fathom taking any additional meetings. #reinvent

It’s rough out here in Portland. Wore a GitHub swag hoodie. Guy stopped me and asked if I had some premium credits. Stay safe out there, everybody.

How Google Finally Leapfrogged Rivals With New Gemini Rollout Gemini 3’s surge past ChatGPT and other competitors on benchmark tests has handed Google an elusive victory.

At this stage, you can write this article about a different company once per week. Sometimes more often. www.wsj.com/tech/ai/goog...

Ai2's Olmo 3 Pushes the Envelope for Open Source LLM Performance The Allen Institute of AI (Ai2) today launched Olmo 3 and claims that this is "the best American-made open source model at this scale."

The Allen Institute of AI (@ai2.bsky.social) today launched Olmo 3 and claims that this is "the best American-made open source model at this scale."

By @fredericl.bsky.social

I'll be there!

Stop Writing Code, Start Writing Docs Wehn it comes to AI, says Keith Ballinger of Google, developers need to slow down to speed up the process: write clear guides for AI agents, focus on architecture and create a project plan.

When it comes to AI, says Keith Ballinger of Google, developers need to slow down to speed up the process: write clear guides for AI agents, focus on architecture and create a project plan.

By @fredericl.bsky.social