Naming things remains one of the great unsolved problems in computer science, despite the advent of generative AI.

Don't believe me? Try actually reviewing the code your agent is writing. In my experience the results range from "there is an obviously better name for this" to COMPLETELY INSCRUTABLE. 🤦🏽‍♂️

I'm only one day into using @unforgetful.app and I have already checked three things off my Reminders list that had slipped through the cracks over the past month.

@marco.org's blog post hit me right in the feels from the very first sentence:

I have ADHD. Probably.

I didn't even have to read the footnote. I already knew exactly what he meant. ❤️

From @danielpunkass.micro.blog on making things:

A lot of people like to make things, and making things is great. But if you want to be a software developer, you have to enjoy fixing things. If you don’t enjoy fixing things, you’ll never be good at software.

Nailed it.

This is the part about the AI-fueled "everyone will become a developer" future that I have a hard time seeing.

Will more people than ever before write software, or make websites, or even make an app? Yes!

Will a significant portion of these new developers go back to paying for the very same apps they hoped to replace after they realize how much time they are spending fixing things? Also yes.

Just finished a 4-player session of @bigwalk.game and it was a blast. What an absolute triumph. So many amazing ideas. Huge congrats to @househouse.com and @panic.com 🎉

★★★★★ would recommend!!

The new @instapaper.com version 10 release looks lovely! Excellent work by @bthdonohue.com 👏

I'm loving all of this momentum around #RSS!

Really Simple Conversations (RSC) is a great name too. 👌

This sounds delicious! 😋

Greg Wolanski (@gregwolanski.com) believes in [OPML] files:

I follow various websites using RSS. The list of sites I follow is a single OPML file that I can import to any RSS reader. Thanks to this single file, I don’t have to worry about being forced to use a specific app or painstakingly import my list of followed sites into a new one.

Subscription lists are an excellent example of the evergreen "File over app" principle by Steph Ango (@stephango.com), the CEO of @obsidian.md.

If you have ever exported your podcast subscriptions from a podcast app and taken them with you to a new podcast app, then you have very likely used an #OPML file.

Did you know that @hypertexting.com supports OPML file import and export, and podcast feeds? Just tap "Explore", then tap the "..." button and choose "Import feeds".

Just submitted the first @hypertexting.com app update since the public launch. It’s full of fixes to issues reported by the initial wave of users, many of which were papercuts in the onboarding process. Hoping to get this through App Store Review before the next big press coverage and subsequent wave of new users! 🌊🌊

A little follow-up on my previous post and my ongoing discourse about how I personally intend to talk about RSS:

When Dave Winer (@scripting.com) started talking about @textcasting.org in 2023, I saw it as his own attempt to talk about RSS without saying "RSS". He even describes textcasting as "Applying the philosophy of podcasting to text." I guess that's why I didn't think it would be offensive to try and advocate RSS adoption without using the actual word.

I'm relieved to confirm that Dave Winer agrees. We have started to exchange emails since the launch of @rss.chat, and I love his last response: “Let’s just make interop and try out new ideas, and I’ll be happy."

This is the way! 💥

Anil Dash (@anildash.com) explains why "'Wherever you get your podcasts' is a radical statement" in simple terms: Being able to say, "wherever you get your podcasts" is a radical statement. Because what it represents is the triumph of exactly the...

Whoa. It's unbelievably cool to read about @hypertexting.com on @techcrunch.com! Thank you, Sarah, for your kind words!! 🙏

#AchievementUnlocked

Ok this is too cool. Drag and drop to deploy a website. No account required?!

I just stumbled upon a 2024 blog post by Robert Alexander (@alexsci.com) that offers a brief history of the blogroll and why it is still relevant today, in a post entitled "RSS blogrolls are a federated social network". At its core a social network is a collection...

Yes! Purple Safari here I come! 🤖

Nice #RSS explainer from @eff.org!

It's crazy that the maxed out MacBook Pro I bought just a few weeks ago is almost $2000 more expensive as of yesterday!! 🤯

This is a perfect blog post. No notes. 🤌

There's a feeling you get when you are building something that you're very passionate about that can haunt you if you let it: "What if someone else makes something [similar / better / faster]?" It's a particular brand of imposter syndrome that will be familiar to anyone who has ever written¹ an "Introducing X" blog post or tweet.

I just published one such blog post this morning, announcing the launch of @hypertexting.com for iPhone on the App Store. 🎉 It's exciting and scary at the same time. But it almost didn't happen.

I have never felt the aforementioned fear more acutely than this past January when Terry Godier (@terrygodier.com) published an essay called "Phantom Obligation":

There's a scene in the movie Zoolander where Owen Wilson's character has an epiphany about where some critical information is located. And then he delivers this line: "[The files] are in the computer. It's so simple." Where Google and Microsoft's AI...

Nolan Royalty (@eieio.games), writing without the assistance of generative AI, in a post entitled "Legibility of Effort": What software (and writing, to an extent) is missing now is legibility of effort - the ability to tell at a glance whether something took a hu...

Updated the first-launch experience in @hypertexting.com while I wait on App Store Review.

As a long time gamer who has never gotten into PC games, this is super interesting to me! 👾🎮

Just submitted a public release candidate of @hypertexting.com for App Store Review. 😱

Time to start recording some demo videos and writing some blog posts! 🚀

TIL about @ghost.org recommendations.

What are the requirements for a (good) website?

GOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL!!! ⚽️🏟️🇲🇽

The #WorldCup is officially under way!

Happy #WWDC day! I didn’t have time for a full wishlist post this year, so here’s an abbreviated version: iPhone Mirroring for iPadOS New Spotlight for iPadOS Terminal.app for iPadOS WireGuard VPN service for iCloud+ Email distribution lists for iCloud+ These are mostly en...

In Monday's episode of @dithering.fm entitled "Electric Cars and Meta Subs" John Gruber made some comments about an "alternate universe where cars went electric a long time ago" that I quite enjoyed, quoted here via lightly edited transcription: Ther...

Started working on background refresh in @hypertexting.com (finally) and it’s coming together pretty nicely!

The pull-to-refresh gesture feels MUCH faster now. The timeline tab shows a counter when new posts are available.

Coming soon to #TestFlight! 🚀