FeedCity

I saw a product announcement from Jake Spurlock -- a new feed reader called Today. From the description sounds well-thought-out. He explains -- "Google killed Reader in 2013. I've been chasing that feeling ever since. So I built it." I also know someone named John Spurloc...

New account on Twitter: DWiner43240. The old one dating back to the dawn of time is disabled, so at least the new owners can't post anything there, if I understand correctly.

This is an excellent one-stop shop of interface patterns:

This is an organic collection of common JS patterns that can be replaced with just HTML, CSS, and no, or very low, JS. As HTML and CSS continue to mature, this collection should expand.

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I really enjoyed this conversation with the creator of Claude Code.

Started watching Lonesome Dove tonight. Don’t think I’ve seen it since it first came out, but I remember it having an impact. Still would like to read the book one day. 📺

Update. I've been able to create an account on Twitter, but it's not @davewiner. If you're on Twitter, it would help if you'd RT the post. Thanks!

The redesigned AT Proto site looks great. It even has a neat live firehose view.

I am in complete accord with Jeremy Keith’s post Magic. It goes perfectly well with my own post from 2024 Mistrust-Based Technology Choices But I still draw a line. When it comes to front-end development, that line is for me to stay as close as I can to raw HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. After all,...

A couple days ago I quietly made a rule for myself that I would not blog about AI at all this week. Halfway breaking it with a link to this AI-adjacent report from Mark Gurman about new Apple devices:

The pendant would essentially serve as an always-on camera for the smartphone that also includes a microphone for Siri input. Some Apple employees call it the “eyes and ears” of the phone.

Always listening is already a step too far for most people. Always filming? Apple’s strength is privacy, but on-device models don’t seem cut out for this right now. Will be fascinating to watch.

This is a test post.

Thinking lately about the friends I grew up with but haven’t seen in years or decades. I’d like to reach out to a few of them. We all get so busy with everyday life that the important things sometimes slip away, indefinitely postponed.

There are two wolves inside you…

My Builder side won’t let me just sit and think about unsolved problems, and my Thinker side is starving while I vibe-code. I am not sure if there will ever be a time again when both needs can be met at once.

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More details about video in the new Apple Podcasts in this post on Podnews:

…this is the first time Apple Podcasts has ever announced a feature that forces you to be a customer of a few large companies to use it.

So disappointing. Micro.blog already uses HLS for video and could support this tomorrow if Apple had just used RSS. This is why open formats matter. Apple has instead chosen lock-in.

My underlying model for everything that's happening

Terry Godier’s new feed reader Current is out. I had a feeling he was exploring ideas similar to what I was also working on. In an announcement post, he writes:

As items age, they dim. Eventually they’re gone, carried downstream. You don’t mark them as read. You don’t file them. They simply pass, the way water passes under a bridge.

I have a similar concept in my upcoming feed reader, that items “fade” away and change colors. If you miss them, it’s okay. But Current embraces the river and has all sorts of design ideas beyond that. Really well done.

In the California Primary on June 7, 1988 I cast my ballot for Jesse Jackson. Reverend Jackson got 1.1 million votes; Michael Dukakis: 1.9 million votes in California (source). A good showing. I woke up to the news that Jesse Jackson died this morning. I mourn him. I’ll quote just a short section of it...