Quick Subtitles, now with live activities
Quick Subtitles 1.7 is out now, and it's an especially good update for iPhone and iPad users.
Quick Reviews, now with a 5-score system
Quick Reviews 2.4 is available now, and it includes what is probably the most requested feature I've
Birchtree Productions joins the 21st century, builds a website!
Almost exactly a year ago, I officially launched Birchtree Productions, LLC. This legal entity is what I use for most
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Micro app #2: Download folder sorter
I'm the sort of person who treats their downloads folder as a kind of purgatory for files. It&
Politics
I can't do this
I've drafts 2 versions of a post this weekend that I've ended up trashing. The second one had the fun title, "Big Government That Provides a Public Safety Net? Evil. Big Government That Shoots You in the Face? Conservative dream." Fun, I know.
I got into the irony of
micro-apps
Micro app #1: Yearly Run Tracker
This is the first in a series of posts about micro-apps I've built this year. I figured
micro-apps
2026: the year of micro apps
I'm calling it now: if 2025 was the year of "vibe coding," 2026 is going to be the year of "micro apps." It's the year a meaningful number of people begin to solve their own problems by building custom software tailored specifically to their needs. These apps
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Apple could do the right thing. I’m not holding my breath.
Elizabeth Lopatto writing for The Verge: Tim Cook and Sundar Pichai are cowards
You know what’s “offensive and sexualized,” you worthless fucking cowards? Nonconsensual AI-generated images of women in bikinis spreading their legs, and of children with so-called “donut glaze” on their faces — which, by the way, were being generated at a
LLMs have made simple software trivial
I was out for a run today and I had an idea for an app. I busted out my own app, Quick Notes, and dictated what I wanted this app to do in detail. When I got home, I created a new project in Xcode, I committed it to GitHub, and then I gave Claude
Apple
Ranking Apple's products (a definitive list, no one will disagree)
On a recent Vergecast episode, David Pierce, Allison Johnson, and Victoria Song ranked nine of Apple's product categories. The episode is entertaining, although I discovered that while I really like Victoria Song generally, I disagreed with her on almost every single point in this episode. 😅
Specifying the rules for a list's
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+ The ROG Xbox Ally X made me appreciate the Steam Deck even more
Politics
Here we go again
Here's some news from our latest occupation:
U.S. President is reaffirming the American commitment to keeping American troops in the country even after the country returns to self-rule, now expected by the middle of next year.
The President says next year's formal end to the U.S. occupation of
NVIDIA's astounding rise sadly isn't powered by gaming
I took a look through NVIDIA's last 4 years of financial reports with a goal of understanding how much of their business was from gaming and how that's changed in recent years.
In short, gaming revenue has bounced back from the COVID bump and is on a constant rise. If this
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My app defaults in 2025 (a few days late)
Robb Knight: App Defaults 2026
It's been a couple of years since my first post in this series. In 2024 I did an "updates only" list but I think it's worth going for a full list again this time.
It's back! I did mine back in 2023
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Introducing ChapterPod, now in beta
Well, it didn't take too long into the new year for me to announce a new app, huh?
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If anyone can do it in 45 minutes, it’s not special
This post on Twitter is notable:
This guy literally builds a full AI app from scratch in 45 mins
First off, the app is not super useful and there is a lot of work to be done before this is ready for production, but hey, it’s still quite a result for 45 minutes of
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Don't fall in love with the product, fall in love with the problem
Bryan Cantrill: Love your customers
At Oxide, we believe that the best companies—the most enduring ones—love their customers, and we have made this explicit in our mission.
I had a mentor years ago tell me, "don't fall in love with the product, fall in love with the problem" and
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That’s just how media discussions go
Reddit user jess77x made this comment about Pluribus:
The discourse around this show is so weird. It's either a masterpiece or a total slog. And everyone is just talking past each other and calling people illiterate/TikTok brained for disliking it or pretentious shills for liking it. And it's a shame
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