Blog is on a summer break until Sep 2. I plan on enjoying my time off and figuring out next steps in my personal and professional life. | Continue reading
Growing up, I wanted an impressive life. | Continue reading
Source: im sorry This is a video after my own heart. In the early aughts, I learned how to write LaTex because I thought I was going to go to graduate school and then get a doctorate. I was also inspired by The Art of Computer Programming and inspired by Knuth and others really … | Continue reading
Did you know that Comic Sans is heavily based on the lettering of dark, gritty comics like Watchmen and The Dark Knight Returns. | Continue reading
I generally try and avoid Chromium-based browsers. I use Vivaldi quite a lot, because I’m keen to encourage European-based development and because (especially in its latest release) it’s super-customisable. But I’ve found something else, and it may become the Chromium-based brows … | Continue reading
After modifying FreshRSS, I found myself using it more for blog post reading. On the main page, I only see a list of posts from my subscribed feeds with no eye-catching features (graphics). So, they all look the same and I can go through them one by one. What I learnt from this e … | Continue reading
Gemini is… weird. I have it (via GitHub Copilot) on every machine I use and have reached for it on almost none of them. It rides along in my agent containers “for kicks”, it’s the third pane in a Copilot side-by-side I mostly use to confirm I prefer the other two, and I can’t rem … | Continue reading
It is important to acknowledge the frustration people may be feeling. You should even share your own. But you also can’t let people linger to the point that it becomes debilitating. Instead you can share the process that led to the decision. You retain agency by making your team … | Continue reading
The cozyweb has ceased to be merely hidden. It is becoming causally disconnected. The public internet is no longer a hostile commons shared by everyone. It is increasingly the empty space separating an archipelago of informational black holes. The Dark Forest is transforming into … | Continue reading
Last week we found the first indications of support for phones as linked devices in the source code of Signal for Android. The new functionality allows users to use their Signal account on an additional Android phone, without registering a separate phone number. The linked Androi … | Continue reading
A month ago, this website moved to a custom engine that I built myself, one I call Jot. Why did I create it? Because I got tired of almost. Almost the right editor. Almost the right publishing flow. Almost the right feature set. Each option did something I liked. None did everyth … | Continue reading
On my quest to own my software, one foundational piece kept itching… the X server. The underlying graphics engine, the thing that puts pixels on the screen. X11 is 4 million lines of code, a beast very few can claim they understand. So I did the reasonable thing. I wrote my own, … | Continue reading
It is important to remember that all apps on Android are sandboxed, regardless of which profile they’re installed in. For most use-cases, using secondary user profiles to further isolate apps is unnecessary. However, isolating apps to different profiles does have a few advantages … | Continue reading
Armin theorizes that this is because more recent Anthropic models have been specifically trained (presumably via Reinforcement Learning) to better use the edit tools that are baked into Claude Code. This has the unfortunate effect that other coding harnesses, such as Pi, may find … | Continue reading
There are really only two things that build clutch. Practice hard enough that it becomes second nature. And learn to embrace the big moment rather than shrink from it. We don’t face NBA Finals. But we face big meetings, big weeks, big decisions. And in the long run, the ability t … | Continue reading
WingIt method All there is to the WingIt method is this one simple thing. There is no past. There is no future. There is only now. You just have to get through now. At the start of every day, do what you like. There isn’t a task list with WingIt. | Continue reading
Anthropic and OpenAI have legacy software media in the blender because they are playing a new game. They are legitimately racing to build God. The products they release are one-off fundraising vehicles to buoy the next training run. ==They are not trying to build long-term consum … | Continue reading
The fundamental nature of macOS enabled these new use cases without Apple needing to do anything at all. Not everyone is interested in this kind of cutting-edge software, and that is fine. But if you are someone who is interested in what the frontier of software is doing today, y … | Continue reading
It’s helpful when apps have a web version so I can access them from my work laptop, which I keep mostly clean from personal apps and data. And thusly, despite being a long-time Things fan, I find myself back on app.todoist.com this morning. | Continue reading
Few months ago Cloudflare introduced Markdown for machines: As a business, to continue to stay ahead, now is the time to consider not just human visitors, or traditional wisdom for SEO-optimization, but start to treat agents as first-class citizens. Feeding raw HTML to an AI is l … | Continue reading
This is an ancient Japanese Sustainable forestry technique called “daisugi”. It allows for lumber production without cutting down trees. Specially planted Cedar trees are pruned heavily * (think of it as a giant bonsai) to produce shoots that become perfectly uniform, straight an … | Continue reading
I believe the magic lies in how completely the author commits to only writing about what delights and interests him. Whenever we write something, there’s a chance that others will read it, and we often curtail our trains of thought to conform to what we imagine others will find a … | Continue reading
That’s right. His Holiness is a big Paul Konerko fan. I cannot think of a better way to demonstrate you’re a real one than to be this excited about a jersey from the 40th-best player of his era. I also love that the White Sox put Konerko’s name above the pope’s on the jersey. Lik … | Continue reading
You’re not going to like it. It has different forms, but here’s one: Do what has to be done, when it has to be done, and do it that way every time. | Continue reading
Over at Hacker News, Claude Code’s Boris Cherney chimes in: Boris from the Claude Code team here. Some of the engineers working on the app worked on Electron back in the day, so preferred building non-natively. It’s also a nice way to share code so we’re guaranteed that features … | Continue reading
Additionally, many upper-level SKUs saw increases. The Mac mini with M4 Pro got a $200 bump to $1,599, while the M5 Max MacBook Pro jumped from $3,599 to $4,099. As expected, increases really stack up when you start configuring higher-end options like larger SSDs and additional u … | Continue reading
With all of this, there’s been plenty of uncertainty and plenty to learn from. Through it all, I feel like I’m learning more about keeping things in perspective and getting marginally better at finding balance. Still, there’s plenty to do, but I’m making progress. The trick, I th … | Continue reading
007 First Light reviewed by Luke Reilly on PlayStation 5. Also available on Xbox Series X,S and PC. “While it’s impossible to argue that 007 First Light shares the seismic importance of 1997’s GoldenEye 007, it is nonetheless the best Bond game I’ve ever played. Demonstrably obse … | Continue reading
Source: Tinfoil Pigeons — see the aircraft overhead right now | Continue reading
Some people take this idea further, with 36 key keyboards that eschew the outer most column of keys to reduce the burden on the pinkies. There are tricks to get more utility out of the most accessable keys, like using home row modifiers. I haven’t tried going that far yet but it … | Continue reading
Because these stories are told and retold, in meetings, messages, rituals, and daily interactions, they become a form of control. In communities, people regulate themselves through stories of solidarity and care.In partnerships, through stories of reciprocity and equality.In mark … | Continue reading
Found this really cool video of an iOS engineer showing real time specular shading based on the lights around you. Look I am not a fan of Liquid Glass in its current instance. However, I am still a fan of technical feats. Apple first introduced this in Apple wallet to cards and e … | Continue reading
“I began to realize how important it was to be an enthusiast in life. He taught me that if you are interested in something, no matter what it is, go at it at full speed ahead. Embrace it with both arms, hug it, love it and above all become passionate about it. Lukewarm is no […] | Continue reading
This is a perfect visual to the state of play. | Continue reading
It’s a teenage rite of passage to explode into rage at your parents. While the usual outburst is sparked by some combination of hormones, insecurity, and authority issues, for me it was a popping sound in my father’s jaw. I first noticed it at the dinner table. Every time he took … | Continue reading
The Quicksilver inspiration is clearly visible and that makes me so excited. I am downloading it as type this post and I am genuinely thrilled to see if it is a replacement for Alfred 5, which is my favorite launcher. Right now, I will admit that it’s the quicksilver – subject > … | Continue reading
A “sinister diagonal” experiment. | Continue reading
I really enjoy people showcasing their capabilities especially their creative skills. The only thing that will make me happier is if I get a chance to meet the person behind the craft to share how amazed I am to their face and that there are dozens of us who appreciate their craf … | Continue reading
Just plane lost in the fog. | Continue reading
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NetNewsWire 1.0 for Mac shipped 23 years ago today! 🎸🎩🕶️ Here’s where things are on this particular February 11: we just shipped 7.0 for Mac and iOS, and now we’re working on NetNewsWire 7.0.1. After a big release, no matter how careful we are, there are o … | Continue reading
OpenAI’s first hardware release will be a smart speaker with a camera that will probably cost between $200 and $300, according to The Information. The device will be able to recognize things like “items on a nearby table or conversations people are having in the vicinity,” The In … | Continue reading
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-02-11/apple-s-ios-26-4-siri-update-runs-into-snags-in-internal-testing-ios-26-5-27 After planning to include the new capabilities in iOS 26.4 — an operating system update slated for March — Apple is now working to spread them out over … | Continue reading
Not a jet. Still a pretty solid wingman. | Continue reading
I’d wondered why one of my favorite shows suddenly disappeared after a blisteringly good season. This video details how Swat Kats came together, how it was shivved because of corporate politics and American hypocrisy of “violent TV.” Swat Kats came at a special place in my life a … | Continue reading
Probably one of my favorite pictures I’ve taken in a while. Although I’ve been shooting quite a lot of keepers lately. | Continue reading
This video was thorough. It’s explored so many different facets. Yet, it’s cogently laid it out in a way that’s both entertaining, thought provoking and informational. I love when something does that – leave you with thoughts to process, research and be even more curious about. A … | Continue reading