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Everyone experiments a little in college (or, should I say, experiments with Linux, and by college I mean in 2026)
Stevie Bonifield writing for The Verge: I spent a year on Linux and forgot to miss Windows
Customizing every visual element of my desktop has become one of my favorite parts of using Linux. It doesn’t offer any performance boost or practical benefit; it’s just fun.
Two quick things on this…
One, I
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I'm learning so much non-AI stuff by using AI
Casey Newton quoting one of his readers: Meta’s scam problem, UK edition
I did not know what an SQL database was, and GitHub’s interface used to give me hives. And through this process I have actually learned quite a bit about how to use them. That’s actually super cool! For whatever reason
Reviews
ROG Xbox Ally X review: amazing performance, but the worst software I've ever used
The ROG Xbox Ally X is a story in two parts. On one hand, you have hardware that is, in many ways, truly outstanding. On the other, you have a software experience that is an unmitigated disaster. It ruins the product in fundamental ways and is very possibly the worst software experience I’ve had
ChapterPod is out now!
I'm excited to announce that ChapterPod, my new app for adding chapters to your podcasts, is now available
micro-apps
Micro app 5: MP3 Dreams
MP3 Dreams was a little experiment to see how much of a viable music player I could create in an
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Fast track another one of those gold trophies!
Jeanna Smialek: After U.S. Reignites a Trade War Over Greenland, Europe Weighs Going All-Out
Europe has a trade weapon specifically created to defend against political coercion quickly and forcefully, and as Mr. Trump’s threats sank in, policymakers argued that this is the time to wield it.
The tool — officially called the “anti-
micro-apps
Micro app 4: App Store Images
This is an exciting micro app because it's the first one I'm releasing to the public.
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Moving beyond consoles
This video from Brendon Bigley resonated with me. A PC is really the ideal gaming platform in 2026, and it's only getting better. I have a PS5 that I got back in 2021, but the only game I played on it in 2025 was Death Stranding 2. Everything else was played on my
Politics
Worldwide enemies of sovereignty now includes the United States
Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and the United Kingdom in a joint statement:
We will continue to stand united and coordinated in our response. We are committed to upholding our sovereignty.
I remember when this is how the world would respond to Russia and China's actions, not the United States&
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Trump raises taxes on Americans again
Shawn McCreesh: Trump Announces 10 Percent Tariff on European Countries in Standoff Over Greenland
President Trump announced in a social media post on Saturday morning his latest strategy to get control of Greenland: He is slapping new tariffs on a bloc of European nations until they come to the negotiating table to sell Greenland.
Put
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Let the ChatGPT enshitification begin!
OpenAI: Our approach to advertising and expanding access to ChatGPT
Today we’re bringing Go to the U.S. and everywhere ChatGPT is available, giving people expanded access to messaging, image creation, file uploads and memory for $8 USD/month. In the coming weeks, we’re also planning to start testing ads in the U.
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Meet Apple's new AI model, Gemini
Joint statement from Google and Apple
Apple and Google have entered into a multi-year collaboration under which the next generation of Apple Foundation Models will be based on Google's Gemini models and cloud technology. These models will help power future Apple Intelligence features, including a more personalized Siri coming this year.
My
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This post was almost angry, now it's just confused
Jez Corden: Jeff Bezos once said the quiet part out loud
Bezos thinks that local PC hardware is antiquated, and that the future will revolve around cloud computing scenarios, where you rent your compute from companies like Amazon Web Services or Microsoft Azure.
Corden links to an interview with Bezos where he talks about going
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It's just like Reddit 10 years ago!
Here's a post on Digg, which relaunched in beta today to everyone. I've been using it since July in their private beta, and it's pretty nice! Christian Selig, maker of the dearly missed Apollo, advised on the app design, so I guess that's not a big surprise.
Rapid iteration in the modern coding world
I recently wrote about how LLMs have made simple software trivial to create, but additionally, it's made features
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Are they real? Are they not? Are they actually sneakily good? How do you even begin to break free?
micro-apps
Micro app 3 - Podcast Dashboard
I built a micro-app for the folks over at MacStories, who as you know, produce a lot of podcasts.
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Back when the iPad didn't do files
Myself in 2015: iOS is 90% There, but That Last 10% Hurts
I know it's not happening, but I would pay a lot of money for a way to dual-boot iOS and OS X on my iPad.
I wonder if this is the first time I suggested this sort of thing. Amazingly,
