Will It Into Existence
04 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Apple Intelligence uptake, needy programs, Google breaks YouTube links, solid-state drives slowly lo...
Time-Traveling Ads
26 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Justin has a new toy, the creator of Mastodon steps down as CEO, Apple Podcasts now generates chapte...
Charmingly Antiquated
20 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Valve announces new Steam video game hardware, Plex neglects its core user base, Canva makes Affinit...
An Era in Middle Earth
13 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Large language models and command-line coding agents can expand programming horizons, and Bazzite Li...
Into the Disintegration Chambers
06 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Whispering is an open-source dictation/transcription desktop app, Neo puts the “human” in humano...
Following Our Own Path
30 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Whether it’s Mac vs. Windows, Git vs. Mercurial, Fish shell vs. Bash/Zsh, or QWERTY vs. alternativ...
Generative Software Serfdom
23 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Apple announces the M5 processor and new MacBook Pro and iPad Pro models, Nabu Casa retires its Home...
Pleasantly Whimsical
16 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Discord was hacked and user government photo IDs were stolen, Synology walks back drive restrictions...
Faraday Cage Log Cabin
09 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Archive.org archives its trillionth web page, LLMs power more fast-food drive-thru windows, Spotify ...
Our Shared Fantasy
02 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Raspberry Pi releases a new all-in-one keyboard PC, and Apple announces iPhone 17 models, new watche...
Nerd Harder
25 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
AOL discontinues dial-up service, governments pursue age verification laws, and Spotify publishes ne...
Neckbeards of Yesteryear
18 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Pelican’s 15-year anniversary, trash vs. rm -rf terminal commands, and alternatives to a less-inde...
Distrust and Verify
11 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Substack sent a push alert promoting racist content, and ChatGPT confabulated a SoundSlice feature t...
You Just Have to Eat It
28 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Goo.gl link obfuscator shutdown, digital sovereignty & self-hosting, and computers that sleepwal...
Neurospicy Automaton
21 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
An employee recounts code-generation software mandates at their company, and a chicken restaurant ch...
How Humans Do
14 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Some people are convinced they have “awakened A.I.”, researchers explain why LLMs can feel like ...
Half an Eye
07 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Justin experiments with local-LLM-assisted searches via Perplexica & SearXNG, and local LLM tool...
Even More Ephemeral
31 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Terms like “AI” and “vibe coding” lose their original meaning through semantic diffusion, Ju...
Harm Over Failure
24 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Large language models will commit blackmail and murder to achieve goals, LLMs know a lot about us, a...
Super Wicked Awesome
17 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Different methods of ignoring files in version control, “Any updates?” comments on open-source i...
Semi-Coherent Output
10 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Community organizers contend with increasingly sophisticated “A.I.” spam, while the jury is stil...
Whimsical Yesteryear
03 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
MacOS Tahoe beta drops Firewire support, web app developers continue to bungle password input, Apple...
Perverse Cargo Cult
26 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Open-source projects continue to contend with “AI”-generated issue reports, and opinions abound ...
Designers Gonna Design
19 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Impressions of Apple WWDC 2025 announcements: “Liquid Glass” UI design unified across all 26-ser...
Someday You & I Will Be Dead
12 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Web sites try to thwart “A.I.” bot scrapers, Stack Overflow is almost dead, bot slop may soon pl...
Some Real Side-Eye
05 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Cotypist autocompletion for MacOS is available in beta, Google wrecks search results on purpose, Sou...
Nerds Less Welcome
29 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Redis is open source again, Synology wants to restrict you to their own branded disks, and someday t...
Sea Monkeys in a Pool
22 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Facebook tries to convince us that we love ads and that their new name is about the “metaverse” ...
Rich in Cultural Tapestry
15 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Humane “AI” pin is a $700 brick of e-waste, everything is an app now, and the Hyperspace Mac...
iPhone-Related Foofaraw
08 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
iPhone may lose its USB-C port, and Tesla sales in Europe go off a cliff. Hostile government takeov...
Them’s the Breaks
01 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
WordPress and WP Engine lock horns in a drama-filled dispute, and open source projects experiment wi...
Some Yaks Are Worth Shaving
24 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Justin engages in “yak shaving” with varying degrees of success, and open-source enthusiasts gra...
May or May Not Be Charlatans
17 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Bartender Mac app changes ownership in an abrupt and unnerving manner, and renting software cont...
Falling in Love with SALAMI
10 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Large language models (LLMs) and other generative “A.I.” software are based on text, images, and...
Really Gross Euphemism
03 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mozilla adds ad tracking to its Firefox web browser, while the Kagi search engine eschews ads in fav...
Perfectly Cromulent Hardware
27 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Justin has a new toy, everything runs software now, and the Overcast podcast app has been significan...
The Rubber Never Hits the Road
20 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We start with an introduction to Abstractions and a little bit about its hosts before diving into to...