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Early morning tease

Everyone has heard of WordPress, right? I'm going to be introducing a very weird idea about WordPress, one that's going to bend your mind a lot, especially if you're a member of the WordPress community, but also if you're a developer who has used WordPress in an application s...

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My current concern with iOS 26 is not any of the developer stuff, it’s the Phone app! I consistently see caching problems where the UI is out of sync with the notification badge, and missing voicemails until I force quit. Never seen this many problems in a core Apple app before.

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Think Different

Pretty heads down at WordCamp US, which has had amazing energy and talks so far. I wanted to take a moment to note two things, first being a great essay from Dave Winer asking people to Think Different about WordPress. I’ve done this before — asked people to think differently about things, like public writing, … Continue reading Think Different

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Brent Simmons reminiscing about Frontier and why modern development environments aren’t as good:

I’m not saying apps these days need to be Frontier-like in any details. But it seems absolutely bizarre to me that we — we who write Mac and iOS apps — still have to build and run the app, make changes, build and run the app, and so on, all day long. In the year 2025.

I also used Frontier a lot during that time. It was great. Personally, instead of Swift, I would’ve loved to see RubyCocoa taken to the next level. And with React Native we do have some of the quick iteration Brent blogs about.

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AI might eliminate some programmer jobs. It’s also going to create new programmers, people who don’t have a traditional CS background. I’m not convinced the sky is falling on work.

The greatest challenge is not to the economy but to a fractured society, with AI becoming as divisive as politics.

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John Gruber blogging on RFK vs. the CDC:

We really needed the CDC five years ago. We’re in big trouble if we need them again before the US electorate ousts these wingnuts.

There are new vaccines approved by the FDA but the guidance is really confusing. Going to differ to my doctor rather than RFK.

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Dave Winer: Think Different about WordPress:

WordPress has a deep and powerful API, well designed, documented, and they don’t break it. Developers who know me know that the last part is the most important. A platform must remain unchanging.

Dave’s work is similar and well aligned with Micro.blog.

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Everyone has heard of WordPress, right? I'm going to be introducing a very weird idea about WordPress, one that's going to bend your mind a lot, especially if you're a member of the WordPress community, but also if you're a developer who has used WordPress in an application s...

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Think Different about WordPress

Steve Jobs asked you to think differently about computers. I'm going to ask you to think differently about WordPress. I'm not going to make you wait to hear what it is. I want you to see WordPress as comparable to Bluesky or Mastodon. I've done this before -- asked people...

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Watched The Yogurt Shop Murders on HBO, even though it’s not my kind of show. I was in high school during that time, and the shop wasn’t far away. Just sad and still a little surprising that it could not be solved.

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I’ve been wanting to make this change for a while: Micro.blog’s Design page has now been split into separate “design” and “blog settings” pages. This makes more logical sense and keeps each page cleaner.

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Big bird in my pool

Last week I did an unusual podcast about three huge birds fighting over a fish in a nearby pond. Usually I write and talk about technology or politics, but this was such a compelling story and I didn't have any photos or video, so I did a verbal story. Hope you enjoyed it. W...

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This week was another Homebrew Website Club here in Düsseldorf. Mark and Jochen came...

danielpietzsch.com/notes/hwc-dus-aug-2025

This week was another Homebrew Website Club here in Düsseldorf. Mark and Jochen came around. It was mostly chatting about IndieWeb and AI topics, but each of us also managed to get some work done on one or more of our projects. I, for example, published a new photo journal entry. And I registered that site with a WebSub hub and send out WebSub notifications for this new post. I’m also having fun creating these little animated AVIFs of our little group.