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On My Radar – Week of Mar 31, 2025

Diving into AI exploration this week, from archeological metaphors to task orchestration. Chrome's <select> styling caught my eye, and Hatchet looks promising for background task management. Spotted some intriguing tools for repository interaction and code task breakdown.

Articles

The AI Adventurer: Unearthing Innovation Through Algorithmic Exploration
Wow
A Substack article by Otakar G. Hubschmann on The AI Underwriter blog, using an archeologist adventurer metaphor to discuss exploration in AI or technology.
The Case Against Conversational Interfaces
Read Later
An article discussing limitations of conversational interfaces as primary computing paradigms, proposing their role as complementary tools across applications.
AI 2027
Read Later
Predictive analysis of the impact of AI in the next few years
The <select> Element Gets a CSS Makeover in Chrome 135
Wow
A Chrome browser feature enabling full CSS customization of <select> HTML elements, allowing developers to style dropdown menus and include rich HTML content within options.

Tools

Libs

GitHub - hatchet-dev/hatchet: 🪓 Orchestrate Background Tasks & Workflows at Scale
Wow
An open-source task orchestration platform for managing and executing background tasks at scale, featuring workflow orchestration with retries and concurrency control and SDKs for Python, TypeScript, and Go.