Sites climbing fast this week

The internet spent the last week trying to make computers act like humans or, failing that, making them run operating systems they weren't designed for. Traffic peaked around Asahi Linux, a project dedicated to shoehorning a functional Linux experience onto Apple Silicon Macs. It is the digital equivalent of putting a very fast engine into a slightly different, very expensive chassis just to see if it will turn over.

Speaking of things that shouldn't work but do, Eve is gaining traction among developers who want to build durable AI agents without them losing the plot. It is a framework for people who need their autonomous code to follow a structure rather than just hallucinating into the void. If you prefer your software open and slightly rebellious, F-Droid remains the go-to repository for Android apps that do not want to track your every heartbeat.

For those who actually leave their desks, Worker Owned has become the definitive map for finding cooperatively run coffee shops and bakeries across the US. It is a searchable directory for people who want to buy a croissant without worrying about whether the person who baked it has a dental plan. Most of these cafes also happen to have better wallpaper than the big chains.

In the realm of pure mechanics, Box2D is seeing a resurgence as the foundational physics engine for anything that needs to bounce, crash, or fall over in two dimensions. It is the reason why digital boxes feel heavy and why your favorite indie games don't feel like a slide deck. Meanwhile, Z.ai is pitching itself as a free assistant for the weary, handling everything from building websites to parsing data using the GLM-5 model.

Check the full list at /rising.