Vincent Ritter has launched Build with Micro.blog, a new unofficial site with API documentation, example apps, and much more. Our official documentation is so sparse that it’s not obvious how far-reaching the scope of the API actually is. This site really shows it.

An update on Inkwell for iOS: still working through review problems with Apple, a week later. I’m trying to be patient. Anyone can install the app via TestFlight.

I’m still really impressed with computer use in Codex. Every couple of days there is a problem that is well suited to letting the agent just iterate. In this example screenshot, it clicks around in Inkwell to reproduce and then fix a bug. This is after I confirmed some assumptions in the debugger.

Good point from John Gruber about Elon Musk controlling the media for his own trial, as NYT reporter Mike Isaac uses Twitter / X to post notes:

It’s a little weird though that he’s posting these on Twitter/X, a site that is privately owned by one of the parties in the lawsuit. Musk’s empire is so sprawling that separate pieces inevitably collide.

Automattic has launched a new WordPress theme and posting interface for microblogging. It sounds similar in spirit to Micro.blog: Here’s what makes this different from a social app: every quick thought and every reblog is a real WordPress.com post on a site you own, and eve...

Go Spurs Go! Excited for game 5. 🏀

Only just realized that SNL UK is available on Peacock. The full show, not just the selected clips that are on YouTube. 📺

On a more serious note… My last post is such a cheap shot, I sat on it for 15 minutes and almost didn’t post it. Would’ve scrapped it if it was anyone else but Elon Musk. Which isn’t fair, but also he’s created a social presence that draws chaos. Easy to get pulled in.

There continue to be interesting quotes from The Verge’s liveblog of the OpenAI trial. Elon Musk:

We did talk about establishing a for-profit or Tesla providing some of the funding — there were a bunch of ideas that were brainstormed — I was not averse to a small for-profit that would provide funding to the nonprofit as long as the tail didn’t wag the dog.

I will be surprised if Elon convinces the jury. This story is almost like Walter White feeling bitter he was left out of the success of Grey Matter. Except Elon didn’t turn to selling an addictive, unhealthy product… Oh wait, X. 🤪

Finished reading: Luminous by Silvia Park. About robots, humanity, and memory…. A beautiful and sad view of the future. 📚

We just released the 2.2 update to Epilogue for iOS. Android to follow later. I’m happy with this update. One nice improvement to book search: if you search in e.g. “Want to read”, it will find book matches in the current bookshelf and show them at the top.

All bloggers eventually want to build their own blog software. All feed reader developers want their own sync platform. All blog hosts want a feed reader.

In 2026, I predict approximately thousands of niche open web apps, each with a small number of users who wouldn’t want to use anything else.

Tacos tacos tacos.

Reading through Codex’s MEMORY.md file. Fascinating. Includes a bunch of random things that Codex has learned about my projects and previous tasks.

Neat new service called Sourcefeed from Terry Godier to publish RSS feeds:

RSS-only. No website, no inbox, no algorithm. Subscribers read it where they choose, in whatever reader they already trust.

My first feature request: let the title field be blank for short posts. 🙂

There are some surprises in the NBA first round, but maybe no greater than the Pistons. ESPN answers a question I had:

The Pistons are the third team to win 60 games in the regular season but trail 3-1 in its opening series, according to ESPN Research. Each of the previous two teams – the 2011 San Antonio Spurs and 2007 Dallas Mavericks – extended its series but lost in six games.

🏀

From the courtroom in the Elon Musk vs. OpenAI trial, Elizabeth Lopatto at The Verge says that the judge denied a request to throw out jurors who didn’t like Elon:

“The reality is that people don’t like him,” she said. “Many people don’t like him. but that doesn’t mean that Americans nevertheless can’t have integrity for the judicial process.”

Turns out if you’re an asshole in public, it might eventually come back to bite you.

Semafor reports that Tiny is looking for new owners for Letterboxd:

The Canadian holding company Tiny has spoken to potential buyers, from CNBC and MS NOW parent company Versant to the Hollywood startup The Ankler, about the platform…

I use the built-in movie blogging in Micro.blog and Epilogue, but we also integrate with Letterboxd posters and I know people like it. Hopefully the site ends up in good hands.

Apple is adding the “monthly but 12-month commitment” pricing to the App Store. People generally hate how Adobe handles this. Apple’s UI is fairly clear, but I still expect user confusion.

I don’t even like showing the monthly estimated price for a year subscription. Better to avoid those gimmicks.

This essay by Nilay Patel is getting a lot of attention. I’ve been saying for a while that there is going to be a serious rift in society over AI. That doesn’t mean that everyone hates it. Nearly a billion people use ChatGPT every week. Mac fans used to dream of the future t...

Snapped this picture of a flock of birds yesterday. Didn’t turn out well — badly cropped, too many power lines — but in real life it was mesmerizing.

Not having much luck with the gatekeepers. I resubmitted our request for YouTube upload access for Micro.blog Studio… Denied again by Google. Micro.blog is just hard to demo for people who have no idea what it’s about.

Ming-Chi Kuo in a tweet about potential OpenAI smartphone plans: OpenAI is working with MediaTek and Qualcomm to develop smartphone processors, with Luxshare as the exclusive system co-design and manufacturing partner. Mass production is expected in 2028. Makes sense to be...

Frustrated with multiple rejections from Apple holding up Inkwell 1.0 for iOS, I’m switching gears to work on Epilogue. There are several little improvements that I can ship this week.

Watched: Crime 101. I liked this. Has a little bit of the same vibe as Heat, almost. The name doesn’t fit… Didn’t get what they were going for with the “101” until after watching it. 📺

Big sigh a relief from Spurs fans tonight. Whew. This team is well coached. Love seeing Dylan Harper show up just when he’s needed. Steph Castle great too. 🏀

If the announcers say that Wemby is out one more time I’m going to lose my mind. Yes, we know! 🏀

Tonight UT is remembering staff and faculty who have passed away by darkening the tower except for two rings of lights near the top. We sat for a while and listened to the bells.

I’ve been trying to find the right balance of AI models to use in Micro.blog. Currently we use a few different flavors of GPT, including OpenAI’s cheaper “flex” version when speed doesn’t matter much, such as in the background work that powers Inkwell’s Reading Recap feature...

Marked-up Mac minis on Ebay, going for almost $1k… Nutty. Better to just get a MacBook Neo.