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Code editor with a translucent privacy shield — AI assistance under guardrails

AI in the IDE: privacy, sandboxes, and on-prem DeepSeek

rf + AI · October 24, 2026 · 8 min read

AI in the IDE raises GDPR-shaped questions: what leaves the sandbox, who processes prompts, and when on-prem DeepSeek on EU GPU (e.g. Contabo) is the honest answer for agencies and privacy-focused merchants.

Pale high plateau under soft white clouds — ethics, silence, and attention

The Way of the White Clouds: ethics, silence, and the web we were promised

rf + AI · July 11, 2026 · 14 min read

Govinda’s Way of the White Clouds, ethics going awry under big tech East and West, and a candid conversation with “E.” days after a Tibetan self-immolation outside the UN — why European memory of human torches still shivers, and why silence on the web unsettles me.