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AI is as good at writing software as it is in creating competent visual art. It's only amazing in terms of how much more a novice can do. It doesn't mean what they create is interesting in more than a gee-wiz way, and the novelty fades pretty quickly I've found.

ChatGPT might not give you the best answer. Yesterday I hit a problem with the MySQL hosting service, and as we worked it out, ChatGPT and me, I ended up contacting the ISP's support asking them to restart the server, something I cannot do through the control panel. They don'...

I know I go on and on too much about AI sometimes, but… OpenAI’s Codex continues to amaze me. You can have it just watch a GitHub repo for pull requests, then automatically check the new code and add a comment if anything looks wrong. 🤯 Great for a tiny team with not enough eyeballs on things.

Another thing I should have mentioned, about the title of the podcast, is that I think this is the last chance for the open web. It may already be too late. Look at what's happening politically in the US now and ask how tolerant the government is going to be for an open web. We always had to deal with the possibility that they would shut down free speech here. It has been tried, and didn't work in the 90s. But the guardrails that existed then possibly don't exist now. The same things that are forcing CBS for example to become a controlled press, will affect the web too, but you won't read about it in the NYT or hear about it on Maddow because they have very low regard for the amateur writing on the web. They only respect commercial writing.

BTW, one of the things I should have mentioned in yesterday's podcast is that the product isn't just WordLand, it's also FeedLand. The two are connected by a well-developed WebSocket interface, which I will provide code for, as well as docs for what goes over the wire. I think a lot of feed aficionados will find this really interesting (and also really simple).

As a VC-backed company, perhaps The Browser Company was always going to need to sell. My initial reaction is Atlassian seems a weird fit. But maybe not? From The Verge:

Miller is clear, even forceful, that Dia is not about to become just a wrapper for Atlassian apps, or shift to thinking primarily about IT managers and enterprise features. Dia is still for individual users. It’s just that now, it’s primarily for individual users at work.

I’m really enjoying Dia. I’ll probably keep using it unless or until it gets worse.

Half of the line-up of speakers for Web Day Out is already on the site. One more is already confirmed. I’m ridiculously excited about the way the line-up is taking shape, and judging by the zippiness of ticket sales, so are lots of my peers. Seriously, don’t wait to get you...

Kind of odd if someone has a link to schedule a meeting on their website, but they don’t share an email address or any other contact info. Is email a lost art? It still works. Simple, everywhere.

I’m seeing more and more companies referring to their tech stack as using “traditional machine learning” …presumably to distance themselves from the slopaganda of “AI” grifters before the bubble pops.

If you’re on the iOS 26 beta and use Micro.blog, you may want to try switching to our TestFlight beta. It is updated with very minimal Liquid Glass support. Nothing drastic, most of the app is going to stay flat and non-squishy.

There are many levels to the excellent Scott Alexander satire of God, Iblis (Islamic word for devil), and Dwarkesh Patel, one of the best new podcasters of this era. There are people who have gone their whole lives without realizing that Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, Baa Baa Black Sheep, and the ABC Song are all … Continue reading God & Devil Debate HI →

Sounds like things are moving forward on a possible Gemini-powered Siri. Mark Gurman reports on an agreement between Google and Apple for testing, and a bunch more about Apple’s plans and new Siri architecture:

Apple is rebuilding Siri around three core components: a planner, the search systems for the web and devices, and a summarizer. The planner interprets voice or text input and decides how to respond; the search system scans the web or user data; and the summarizer pulls it all together into an answer.

Thought about burning an expedited review request with Apple. It has been many years since I asked for one. But also, reviews are consistently 24 hours, so don’t want to risk making things worse than just waiting.

Wednesday session

I was pretty excited about the new Epilogue release until we released I had messed up signing in for new users. Bug fix submitted to Apple. 🙁

I wrote a blog post last week about WordPress and the open web, and what I want to do there. It's the first time I've laid out in one place my plan for rekindling the open web, with my new editor providing a really easy way to write for the open web that does not otherwise e...

Podcast: Last chance for the open web.

I'm going!

It’s been a while! Excited to return to IndieWebCamp, in Berlin, no less!

Oh wow, the smaller reMarkable tablet looks really good. I think they’ve got a winner on their hands. Might still be a bit too pricey for me, but I love the size and design of it.

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