Hey Siri, Call Google
WWDC '26 biggest winners were Google, Liquid Glass haters, iPhone 11 owners, and foldable-iPhone speculation enjoyers.
David Demaree
A good man, and thorough.
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Claude Opus is a Bore
The following transcript of me interviewing Claude Opus 4.8 (High effort) on May 31, 2026, is presented verbatim. I ll note that, because I m subscribed to the $200/mo Claude Max plan for my Claude Coding, the absurd number of tokens used to spew out Claude s responses below were paid for more by Anthropic s investors and enterprise [ ]
The Unworthy, Ungrateful Manchildren of Tech
A couple of years ago, WordPress founder and Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg went onstage at the annual WordCamp event and declared war against WP Engine, a big company whose entire business is built around WordPress, saying they needed to pay hefty royalties because they hadn t shared enough free labor or cash back to the WP [ ]
Product orgs, reality, and vibes
A PM's power is proportional to how close they are to the money.
Claude’s Walled Garden
Subscribers to Anthropic s Claude subscription plans all received an email this morning, explaining some changes to how usage is metered and billed when third-party apps and scripts interact with Claude Code, which I m quoting here almost in its entirety. Bolds/emphasis are mine. Starting June 15, Pro plan subscribers can claim a $20 monthly credit for [ ]
Bazzite is the Linux You Should Use
This post is for anyone who, like me, is curious about the whole Linux thing — especially the whole Linux-on-a-Framework-Laptop thing that s in vogue among programmers — but don t know where to start, and don t know your Fedoras from your Arches. This is not meant to be a blanket statement about which Linux distro is [ ]
Electric Road Trip Acid Test
Notes from driving several hundred miles in an electric vehicle not made by the evil DOGE guy.
Once More (Sigh), Into The Starfield
About the time I liked a video game so much it got my post pulled down from Reddit.
Okay Doomer
What If… the last few years of the MCU had been heading toward Robert Downey, Jr. coming back all along, and it all didn't feel so thirsty?
A Poke In The Eye
About a week ago, I noticed mild, subtle blurriness in my vision in my right eye, like smudges on a camera lens. On Monday I went to my eye doctor about it; they saw what looked like hemorrhaging on the retina and said I should see a specialist ASAP. It s never good news when a [ ]