Really would like to find the time to restart work on this in the new year. I have an idea for rethinking the concept from a simpler foundation which might make the whole thing more “bootstrappable.”
That thing where a bug in Apple’s software catches the public’s attention and the usual suspects spin up a dozen conspiracy theories in order to shift blame from Apple.
“Silicon Valley vs. teenage girls - by Ryan Broderick”
That even with the hundreds of millions of users and billions of dollars that Silicon Valley is generating by forcing your search engine to talk to you, it still can’t automate coolness.
Went on public transport here in Iceland yesterday and, again, was the only person masking
Everybody I know is either complaining about being sick or expecting to catch something, but nobody is taking even the simplest step to do something about it
“Why Do Pigeon Nests Look So Shitty? An Investigation | Defector”
“Professionalism And The Software Industry – Flameeyes’s Weblog”
I can’t believe I watched and enjoyed an entire four-hour video on plagiarism among youtube creators.
“Let’s learn how modern JavaScript frameworks work by building one | Read the Tea Leaves”
“1824831 - Can’t sign in with FIDO2 key on office.com”
If this bug report is to be trusted, it looks like Microsoft is blocking FIDO2 hardware keys if you’re trying to use them to log in to office.com with Firefox
“Microsoft’s new Outlook client quietly moves your email to the cloud”
We do all realise that this is worse, right? It doesn’t matter if these apps or the new version of Windows have fewer bugs, they’re now objectively worse in every way that matters
“You don’t need JavaScript for that - HTMHell”
The rule of least power
It’s one of the core principles of web development and it means that you should Choose the least powerful language suitable for a given purpose.
My sister sent me a new batch of photos of her cat, Kolka, a rescue who was originally found outside a mushroom farm in the south of Iceland
Now a sweet cat who loves scritches.
#caturday
This is good advice.
“Responsible Disclosure: XSS in Codeberg Pages – Terence Eden’s Blog”
Gives you an inkling of how easy XSS is if you don’t properly sanitise user input.
“RFC processes are a poor fit for most organizations - Jacob Kaplan-Moss”
“The Bluffer’s Guide to Principles of Software Engineering Management – Codemanship’s Blog”
IA Writer releases are always interesting. The idea here of tracking pasted text versus your own has broad application. It’s sad that it’s tied so strongly with ChatGPT
I’m also very sceptical about the idea that talking about your ideas with ChatGPT is beneficial
“My Journey Away from the JAMstack | The Spicy Web”
Catching up on the “JAMstack is dead; long live JAMstack” discourse. Netlify doesn’t come out well in any of the blog posts
Still not sure how well ‘Yellow’ works as a video product but I think I’ll continue to experiment a bit more with audio formats.
Reading all of the jokes people are making about Kissinger finally being dead has thrown my morning routine completely out of whack. I’m an hour behind, easy.
“The Internet Is Full of AI Dogshit - Aftermath”
But apparently it helps managers write their bullshit emails a microsecond faster so it’s all good. 😑
Finally, some good news.
What Hveragerði looked like today at noon
