Week 02 of 2026

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Week 02 of 2026 (2026-01-06 to 2026-01-12)   weekly

Site Updates

Conference Documentation Sprint

Created 23 new conference event pages covering historical attendance:

  • RacketCon: 2020 (virtual), 2022 (Brown), 2023 (Northwestern), 2024 (UW), 2025 (UMass Boston)
  • EmacsConf: 2021, 2023
  • DEFCON 18: Barnaby Jack's famous ATM jackpotting talk
  • AWS: re:Invent 2020, Innovate 2019 AI
  • TypeScript: TSConf 2020, 2021
  • VivaTech: 2018, 2024 Paris
  • FSF: LibrePlanet 2014, 2016, 2024
  • Other: BEAM Summit 2023, Latch-Up 2024, PyCon US 2024, NEScala 2023, LLVM Dev 2020, Healthcare NLP Summit 2024, Google DevFest AI/ML 2020, AI Impact Tour SF 2024

Research Additions

  • TLA+ System Design - Comprehensive 1,100+ line guide covering formal specification, model checking, Raft/2PC patterns, industry usage at Amazon/Microsoft
  • Lean 4.23.0 on FreeBSD 14.3 - Setup guide documenting procfs requirement
  • Wave Client for Emacs - Revival of 2009 Google Wave Protocol client (32/32 tests passing)
  • 20 historical research topic scaffolds added

Research Updates

  • ML Design Patterns - Added LLM/MLOps patterns (RAG, fine-tuning, feature stores)
  • libpython-clj2 - Modern ML library integration examples
  • Web Trackers - Updated with modern privacy context (GDPR, fingerprinting)

Infrastructure

  • Makefile: publish now auto-deploys version.json
  • Fixed org-mode code literal formatting (~~ wrapping)
  • Removed external gist references from event files

Development Tools   tools

beads/bd

Closed 16 conference documentation beads. Current stats:

  • Total: 101 issues
  • Open: 44
  • Closed: 57
  • Ready to work: 44

Multi-Agent Workflow

Used parallel subagents for conference research:

  • 6 agents creating event files concurrently
  • 3 agents updating research topics
  • Average completion: 2-3 minutes per agent batch

Log Analysis   ops

Production access log patterns (524 requests sampled):

  • Bot traffic: 78% (Amazonbot, SemrushBot, Bingbot, ChatGPT-User)
  • Top content: local-first, openai-models, unix-v4, agentic-workflow
  • Peak hours: 12-13 UTC (morning EST)
  • ChatGPT-User: 26 requests indexing the site

Reading and Research   research

  • TLA+ and formal methods (Leslie Lamport's work)
  • Google Wave Protocol (2009 federation architecture)
  • FreeBSD procfs for application compatibility
  • Conference video archives (YouTube playlists, archive.org)

Author: Jason Walsh

jwalsh@nexus

Last Updated: 2026-01-10 19:59:57

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