The Changelog: Software Development, Open Source What is a tech bubble anyway? (News)
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Nov 24, 2025 Cedric Chin challenges the limits of comparing today's AI landscape to past tech bubbles. Matthew Prince offers a candid analysis of a critical Cloudflare outage, revealing how a simple bug caused major disruptions. Find out about 'hl,' a fast log viewer designed for humans that effectively formats complex data. Plus, dive into Continuum 93, a nostalgic fantasy computer emulator that captures the essence of retro gaming. Lastly, a fun reminder that intentions don’t count—action is where it’s at!
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Context Matters When Labeling Bubbles
- Cedric Chin argues comparing today's AI surge to the dot-com bubble or 2008 crisis is misleading because contexts differ significantly.
- He suggests focusing on what you should do next rather than debating whether it's a bubble.
False Signals Amplify Incidents
- Coincidences like Cloudflare's downed status page misled responders to suspect an attack.
- Complex outages can be amplified by misleading signals during incident diagnosis.
Cloudflare Outage Traced To One Line
- Matthew Prince published a transparent post-mortem of Cloudflare's outage that took much of the internet down.
- The outage was traced to a single line of Rust code using Unwrap, a known risky pattern.