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Welcome to Birchtree

I'm Matt Birchler, a designer, product manager, YouTuber, and developer who's been writing about tech since 2010.

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More on the messy economics of streaming music

Earlier today I wrote about why I think the pay-per-stream metric is a bad singular reference point, and doubly so
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My favorite terminal emulator, Ghostty, is now a non-profit

Mitchell Hashimoto, the creator of Ghostty, wrote about this last week: I believe infrastructure of this kind should be stewarded

Pay per stream is a messy metric

Here's a question: let's say Music Service A pays me $0.01 per song streamed on
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+ That's what makes you interesting

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Generative AI use continues to rise

I recently discovered the Generative AI Adoption Tracker and it's a really interesting look at the data on
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+ I don't need a Workout Buddy, I need a Workout Trainer

My simple 3-step plan to make Workout Buddy more useful.

Long-term effects of the Covid vaccines

A new study is out looking 28 million people who did and did not get Covid vaccines. Here's