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Native app propaganda is working
No One's Happy: Native Apps Should Be Avoided Whenever Possible
Most native apps collect far more data than their website equivalents ever could. They request permissions to hardware, sensors, and background processes that browsers deliberately restrict. The third-party software embedded in these apps frequently transmits your location, device identifiers, and behavioral data
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Not all "vibe coding" is created equal
Sean Goedecke: LLMs reward expertise
the idea here — that domain knowledge makes you better at using LLMs — is something I’ve also experienced in my own work. If you have a good theory of your codebase, you can push the LLM much harder than if you have no familiarity. Because you have your own sense
I was on Hacker News yesterday and didn't even notice
I don't obsessively check the metrics on this blog, but I do every now and again just to
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Linus Torvalds lays into anti-AI developers
Linus Torvalds (the creator or Linux) was spitting fire in a post to the Linux kernel mailing list just a few weeks ago:
Linux is not one of those anti-AI projects, and if somebody has issues with that, they can do the open-source thing and fork it.
And:
There are other questions around
Benchmarking all the Macs I have around for fun
Just for fun, I've use quicksubs' benchmark mode to see how fast the 4 Macs I have
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The best watch band for the Apple Watch Ultra
Josh Ginter: The Titanium Milanese Loop Apple Watch Band Review: The Best Apple Watch Band Ever Made
At $200 USD it's expensive for a band, but it's a buy-once purchase that kills any desire to own another. Best Apple Watch band ever made.
This is my watch band as well,
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The rules change when you become top dog
M.G. Siegler: What if Anthropic is Right?
Certainly part of it is just the shift from underdog to presumed leader in AI. But a lot of it has to do with the way Anthropic carries itself as a company. Whereas the strong stances and rhetoric were once seen as almost endearing, now they'
Dia becomes Arc
On Friday, I had an automatic update install for Dia, and it brought keyboard shortcut and trackpad gestures for switching
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PC gamers just don't want to buy games from Xbox, even to play on their Xbox handhelds
At the end of last year, I bought the ROG Xbox Ally X because I wanted a high-performance portable gaming PC, and that seemed like the best option of the bunch. We also happened to be on the verge of 2026, which looked like it was going to bring increased costs across the board
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+ About the Hank Green situation
Burn him at the stake! (apparently)
No more new apps (in August)
It turns out that I have a lot of software ideas in my head. Given my penchant over the years to have more side projects than most people can imagine keeping up with, I guess it shouldn't be a surprise.
I've got 8 apps on the App Store, several web apps,
Holocloth is the coolest website I've seen in ages
Good lord, play with this thing.
Rosé Pine
We probably all know Catppuccin at this point, but have you heard the good news about Rosé Pine? neither better nor worse, but a very fun change of pace if you're looking for one.
Is Apple a software company, hardware company, or rent-seeking company?
For Apple's entire existence, there's been a sort of "debate" over what sort of company Apple is. Are they a hardware company, or are they a software company? The truth, of course, is that they're both, and their ability to deliver at the highest level on both
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Micro app 21: ghosthunter CLI
Ghosthunter is a new CLI that lets you browse and search your Ghost site. It’s free and works with
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Xbox goes down. You can't play games you own on disc.
Jay Peters: Xbox’s huge outage even blocked games on disc
An extended Xbox outage that began Sunday evening hasn’t just caused issues for people trying to play digital games — it blocked people from playing their disc-based games, too.
When Sony announced that they were discontinuing physical discs for PlayStation, I was less
I don't think people are reading every line of code
I would bet at least 80% of people who say they read every line of code their AI agents write, don't. I'm not saying I do or that this is a problem with today's models, I'm just saying it out loud because I feel like it'
