Apr 22, 2026

Marc Andreessen on how the internet changed news, politics, and outrage | The a16z Show

Marc Andreessen discusses the launch of "Monitoring the Situation" (MTS), a new media network on X. He explores the concept of the “current thing,” how the internet has reinvented media consumption through viral outrage cycles, and why today's internet-native media landscape is reshaping politics, culture, and our collective attention, drawing parallels from the history of CNN to the theories of Marshall McLuhan.

Apr 22, 2026

How Stripe Built Their New Website

Stripe's Head of Design, Katie Dill, provides a behind-the-scenes look at their recent homepage redesign. She discusses the strategic shift from a product-list to a narrative-driven approach, the intricate design process behind key elements, and how AI is fundamentally changing their design workflow and empowering their team to fight the "gravitational pull to mediocrity".

Apr 22, 2026

Beyond Line Charts • Yao Yue • YOW! 2025

Yao Yue challenges the dominance of line charts in telemetry visualization, arguing that their time-centric nature and misleading interpolations often obscure insights. She proposes a 'form follows function' approach, advocating for visualizations tailored to the data's shape, the metric's type (e.g., step charts for counters, heatmaps for histograms), and the specific, often 'timeless,' operational questions being asked. The key is to transform time-series data into more flexible formats like panel data to derive clearer, more direct answers.

Apr 20, 2026

State of the Art of Java in 2026 • Ben Evans • GOTO 2026

Java Champion Ben Evans provides a data-driven analysis of Java's health in 2026, arguing against its perceived decline. He covers its robust ecosystem, the core tension between dynamism and integrity, its evolving role in AI, and a detailed roadmap including Project Valhalla and the Vector API.

Apr 16, 2026

Post‑Quantum Security: How Lattice Cryptography Keeps Data Safe

This video explains the imminent threat quantum computers pose to current cryptographic standards like RSA. It introduces lattice-based cryptography as a leading quantum-safe solution, using analogies to demystify how high-dimensional spaces and 'noise' create math problems that are intractable even for quantum machines. The summary provides a clear action plan for organizations, emphasizing the need for 'crypto-agility' and the urgency driven by the 'Harvest Now, Decrypt Later' attack strategy.

Apr 02, 2026

Learning API Styles • Lukasz Dynowski & Sam Newman • GOTO 2026

This GOTO Book Club episode features an in-depth conversation between Sam Newman and Lukasz Dynowski, co-author of "Learning API Styles," exploring the foundational network layer of APIs, various API styles, critical trade-off decisions, and future trends like WebTransport and gRPC. The discussion emphasizes treating APIs as products, understanding consumer context, and the eight key characteristics of a well-designed API, complemented by a cautionary tale on database access.