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(not) solitaire
Despite its name, (not) solitaire is indeed solitaire (draw 2 cards, not 3 though), but with other people playing alongside you and with (often silly) achievements. This is from Zach...
+ Pastry is a privacy-focused clipboard manager coming soon
Yes, I'm working on a clipboard manager. I think it's pretty cool.
I don't care what other kids are doing
Lex Friedman: A few more thoughts on why embracing X is wrong“The Ellisons are bad, too” is a great argument for paying attention to the Ellisons. It’s not an argument...
Why does this chart just go down?
M.G. Siegler: Twitter is Back. Shhh… Magic Dance!But it's also not really a surge in usage, and certainly not on the business side – it's more just a vibes-based resurgence....
Mac buttons over the years
This cool little site lets you scrub through the design of macOS buttons from 1984 through today. I gotta say, I have a soft spot for 2005 Aqua and the...
+ Tesla Cybertaxi first impressions
I rode in one last week. Here are my impressions.
+ Do you want to cross the streams?
Obviously probably not, but also…maybe?
Basically all my apps support the iPhone Duo Now
Over the last 24 hours, and bunch of updates shipped, so here's what's new all in one place.NonogameThe whole app looks more beautiful, matching the updated design of the web...
What is a developer?
Andy Nicolaides: I’m not sure what I am, but I know what I’m notI am a developer by trade, but not anything close to iOS development, so whilst no stranger...
Software authorship
Lex Friedman: Claude writes code; I author the appsMy initial prompt when I started on The Universe, Controlled was about 1,000 words — more than half the length of this...
AirPods 5 are better than I even realized
I knew the AirPods 5 were top-tier AirPods almost immediately after using them for the first time, but I did still have one bit of doubt: how good were these...
Unread 5.1 adds Birchfeed and Quick Reads support
Unread 5.1 came out this week, and it's the most significant update to the app for me personally that they've ever shipped. Why is this such a cool update for...
Hand-drawn Emoji for Chrome and Obsidian
Last week, I discovered a custom, hand-drawn emoji set created by Frank Rausch called FrankMoji. It was playful, delightful, and I instantly wanted to figure out how I could get...
Say hello to "Parakeet Turbo"
Parakeet has long been a fan favorite local transcription model in Quick Subtitles. Apple's is slower and not as accurate, while Whisper is a little bit more accurate, but is...
The party of making things worse
Justine Calma: Trump finalizes rule to make cars less fuel efficientThe US Department of Transportation finalized its plans today to weaken fuel efficiency standards, calling it “among the largest deregulatory...
Fetishizing something most people don't care about
Brent Simmons: That About Wraps It Up for Stock Mac UIUsers have shown — again, I don’t need to prove this — that they don’t think about a stock Mac...
+ Gone too far
There's a chance, slim as it might be, that things won't go the way the've gone the last 30 years with digitization the moving to rental models for everyhing.
Birchfeed can forward newsletters to your inbox
Birchfeed allows you to set up an email address to receive newsletters which appear as feeds in the app. However, some people (including me) would actually like to see these...
Birchfeed can be your front page of the internet
Birchfeed is fundamentally a backend service that you will mostly use through a third-party client, such as Unread, Reader Classic, or NetNewswire. I always want that primary use case to...
App review needs a reboot
Lex Friedman: The App Store review process needs fixingEvery single app and app update released in the App Store goes through this review process, and the review process is largely...