It's very easy to vibe code an entire SaaS these days. But the cost of building going down doesn't mean ALL the apps will disappear.

LG TVs got caught logging audio and scanning your LAN. How I run Jellyfin 12 on a $280 N150 mini PC as an offline-TV media box, with real upgrade numbers.

A quick one. It's late! So I wasn't going to check my stuff this am because I had a DJ gig yesterday. But then I needed to figure out a couple things on my iPad, so I grabbed it and realized, after…

When Apple released the very first iPhone, I bought one. Apple has released a new iPhone every year since then, and every year, I’ve bought one. Some of these new iPhones provided dramatic…

The upcoming g Chrysler Arrow will be offered in two body styles, called the Arrow and Arrow Sport. These are basically Chrysler versions of the new Fiat Grizzly. Basically, Chrysler will be selling…

Coventry, Rhode Island – July 9, 1942 On the afternoon of July 9, 1942, three young men took off in a 3-seat monoplane belinging to Southern New England Airplines for what was described in the…

Thanks again to Zhiwhis for funding the purchase of this radio/player. The ZWS-A330 arrived via USPS just one day after I ordered it from Amazon. I confess that I’m excited about the potential…

I’ve been wanting a Linux laptop for a while now. I don’t need one, that’s for sure. I have an M2 MacBook Air, which is an objectively great laptop. I have an M2 iPad Pro that can…

It was time to tinker. This summer I went rogue; the analog bug bit me hard; pen and paper took over. Later, some digital came back online for me — using Google stuff. Now, like a well worn comfy…

Moving to another European country while keeping your N26 account sounds like it should be an address change and nothing more. It largely is, but not in the way the app suggests, and the forums are…

Because they're spying on us, that's why.

I want to see if SteamOS knows how to tango with the Arc™ 130V iGPU in a Ninkear L20 mini PC. The GPU battlebits should be capable of 1080p gaming if SteamOS plays

These are what I do. Doing them without thinking may permanently delete files. During installation Skip customization ("interests") Skip use of phone from PC Skip backup of phone photos "Not now" to…

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Barb found this relic while cleaning out a drawer. Perplexity took a stab at identification (with very little info): “This appears to be an original (1st-generation) iPod touch, specifically the 16…

Last week Xteink released the X4 Classic, and now it’s already available to order through Xteink’s Amazon Store, and the estimated delivery date is next week. So far they only have the…

This past week, Apple took the wraps off the new iPhone Pro and the brand-new iPhone Duo. It’s a big deal, and a lot of ink has already been spilled over it. But something else happened that…

Hello readers! I hope you are enjoying the waning days of summer. It was 95°F here in the Bay Area this week, which felt more like mid-summer than early-autumn. I am ready for cooler weather. With…

I turned on my laptop this morning for the first time in 4 months. I knew it was that long because I hadn’t connected the laptop to the new Netgear router that I bought at the end of April.…

The Mitsubishi Eclipse is another classic coupe that could easily be revived. Instead, Mitsubishi is currently using the Eclipse name on a Nissan Leaf clone. As well as a bunch of SUVs that have…

Not so long ago I talked about how our relationship to our devices had changed; that they were collecting information we probably hadn’t knowingly consented to; what we chose to share had become an…

I installed the Golden Gate RC from Sequoia completely bypassing Tahoe. It feels like the UX papercuts are not going be the main issue even though I still prefer the Sequoia look to the Golden Gate…

I have a 2012 Kindle Paperwhite, which as of May hasn't been able to take new ebooks. Thanks Jeff 👍 I looked briefly at getting a new ereader - certainly something not Amazon. But the thing is, there…

My thoughts on this year's Apple September keynote, including the new folding iPhone Duo and the iPhone 18 Pro (but no base model iPhone 18). Source

It appears that I’ve finally got the issue solved with Salesforce and Chrome 153 – the solution is to disable JavaScript optimisation. To do that you need to click on the three dots in…

We need a new metric: the ‘Smallest Actionable Difference’ (SAD), to know which difference in brand color reproduction will turn off consumers and therefore hurt trust and sales. But lab experiments…

David Smith on Mastodon: The eve of iPhone 18 Pro pre-orders seems a good time to look back at the iPhone 17 family’s adoption. Here’s the 17 family data as a percentage of overall usage…

Brian X. Chen, New York Times: But even though they’ve been around for years, foldable phones aren’t particularly popular. They’re expensive, awkward and not as durable as regular smartphones. So why…

NVIDIA DGX Spark (AI-focused PC) Gemini Spark (AI agent) Meta Muse Spark (LLM) can someone please inform these companies that there is more than one noun available to them Posted: September 12, 2026…

When I first saw the rumor about the folding iPhone's name a little bit before the announcement, I was annoyed, because the rumored name was "iPhone Duo". I loved my Surface Duo 2 and…

In June 1922, Baltimore put up a 25-foot obelisk in Courthouse Plaza inscribed to the 130 children killed by drivers in the city the year before. Cities across the country were doing versions of…

Capture anything in Lemonize and send it anywhere, including Obsidian Lemonize 1.3 is a free app for macOS (first 20 captures are on the house) with the option to upgrade if you’re enjoying the…

On September 9, 2026, Apple introduced iPhone Duo - its first foldable iPhone and published a matching "Designing for iPhone Duo" page in…

Linux reborn on Apple Silicon with Omarchy M, a hand-hatched renderer turning topological surfaces into inked sketchbook plates, and Desert Ant Labs' tiny on-device models that keep AI off the cloud.…

Finally, automatic file compression and deduplication that keep your files in place and ready to use. DiskPress and App Archiver make more room on your Mac.

Agile Factor is a short-form podcast series that breaks complex, fast-moving stories into briefings you can actually keep up with. Each series pairs a two-host audio edition with maps, primary…

Brands now have one more thing to worry/hire for - AEO/GEO professionals. As if SEO were already not nightmarish. You don’t just want to rank anymore cause who has patience to visit the organic…

Australia is already acting to take control of "The Algorithm" of social media companies. At first I thought this was a stupid idea. But I now think its a good idea. There is no social media platform…

I was an Engineering Manager at Evernote. I managed the team that built and operated Evernote’s notifications system, handling 110M messages in 2022. After Bending Spoons acquired Evernote,…

Among the cool things announced at Apple’s September event, was that the Apple Watch series 12 can listen to your entire day and generate an overview summary… Fuck, no. There’s a whole lot…

Police are investigating. …fatal collision that occurred in Shoreditch, Hackney, East London, involving a cyclist, a Tesla, and a private hire vehicle. The incident took place on Great Eastern…

I’m generally not a fan of desktop apps with autosave, where the app will save your changes automatically, as opposed to committing them to disk when you press Cmd+S. But there are a few…

Ferrari 599: The Last Ferrari With a Gear Lever In 2012 a chassis numbered 187007 left Maranello. A 599 GTB Fiorano with a six-speed manual and an aluminum gate. It was the last Ferrari that would…

I’ve had an on/off relationship with Marty’s writings. I think Inspired is brilliant but I also think he’s been guilty at times of pushing an ideology instead of a science. Not a…

Benjamin Mayo at 9to5 Mac : Many have complained that Apple design has been sapped of some of its trademark whimsy in recent years. Well, here’s the latest example of how the tides seem to be…

David Smith shared some numbers on how many people are using WidgetSmith, his insanely popular, and therefore pretty representative of the overall market, app. He found the iPhone 17 line in general…

Even though I keep an eye on Apple rumors, a lot about the iPhone Duo announcement surprised me. It has fewer compromises than I though it would, it's more compelling than expected, and it stands out…

The first John Ternus keynote was a success, and there's a clear path for them to get even better...

From this morning's walk. It was a nice 54°F out, with clear skies and no wind to speak of. Saw cows, geese and a rabbit. No deer this morning, because I got a bit of a late start. After sunrise, but…