Larry's Weekly Newsletter - October 18, 2026

Yesterday, at the DHH-meetup in Shenzhen, the MC asked DHH what people like himself "who are not developers" should learn about their vibe coded Omarchy extensions when they don't work. DHH responded that they shouldn't need to know how it works. I understand where DHH is coming

I attended the GOSIM Shenzhen 2026 open source conference in Shenzhen today. The headline event for me was DHH's Omarchy talk and the post-conference Omarchy meetup. They didn't disappoint. DHH can be a polarizing figure, but whatever side of his opinions you fall on, one thing that

When I joined my sailing club in Hong Kong, my seconder, when signing my application in support of my membership, said to me "clubs run on trust." He was talking about the fact that good clubs work and continue to exist because there is an element of trust among the

When asked to pick a random number, humans tend to pick the number 7 more than the other numbers. Because LLMs are trained on human output, they take this bias and turn it into what almost amounts to a rule. Go ask your favorite LLM to pick a random number

The SCMP writes: Four Hong Kong franchised bus operators have applied to raise fares by up to 17.7 per cent, citing “significant financial pressure” from soaring fuel prices driven by the Middle East conflict. The bureau said the sharp rise in diesel pump prices triggered by the Middle East

I've had at least a dozen landlords over the course of my adult life and I've had a good, or at least amicable, working relationship with all of them. This is because when I'm shopping for a flat, office or house to rent I also am shopping

Two and a half decades ago when I first visited China and the Chinese mainland, the Western-food situation was bleak. Besides a few famous Western-owned global food chains and international hotels, white (or black or brown)-person food was not wildly available, and when it was, usually not