# apos ve (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 204 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover apos ve. Page: Feed: --- ## [Comfort Zone will return](https://birchtree.me/blog/comfort-zone-will-return/) _2026-08-24 · Matt Birchler · Birchtree_ We did 113 episodes of Comfort Zone, and it's been incredibly rewarding to work on and a joy to record with Chris and Niléane. It must also be said, I greatly appreciate Federico and John investing in our show, giving us a platform, and handling some ## [Quick Reads for iOS just got a ton of updates](https://birchtree.me/blog/quick-reads-for-ios-just-got-a-ton-of-updates/) _2026-08-24 · Matt Birchler · Birchtree_ Guys, I love the web. I love using the web. I love developing for the web. I just think the web is awesome. As such, new features for Quick Reads tend to release on the web first, with the iOS features following later. I'm happy to say that ## [+ Comfortable and uncomfortable truths](https://birchtree.me/blog/comfortable-and-uncomfortable-truths/) _2026-08-22 · Matt Birchler · Birchtree_ I understand being mad, I understand not tolerating it, but I think there's an uncomfortable truth, representing the world being a messy place where few things are completely black and white. ## [Walmart is the last major US company to add Tap to Pay](https://birchtree.me/blog/walmart-is-the-last-major-us-company-to-add-tap-to-pay/) _2026-08-22 · Matt Birchler · Birchtree_ Walmart: More Ways to Pay: Tap to Pay Is Coming to Walmart and Sam’s Club beginning Aug. 24, we will be adding Tap to Pay to our payment options at select Walmart stores and Sam’s Club locations, with plans to roll it out to all U. ## [I'll make you hate me, cause you ain't me.](https://jaketoolson.com/ill-make-you-hate-me-cause-you-aint-me/) _2026-08-21 · Jake · Jake Toolson_ You press your face against my window, breath fogging the pane where lamplight spills a moth convinced the flame is mocking it, that warmth itself is violence. My laughter lands on you like ash. Each meal I share with those I love is salt ground slow into the wound you& ## [Let's Peek At SP+](https://www.illiniboard.com/lets-peek-at-sp/) _2026-08-20 · Robert · IlliniBoard_ This isn't an official NERDstats post. Those will start up again after the UAB game. This is just gonna be a quick peek at the final preseason SP+ that came out last week. I listened to a podcast with Bill Connelly the other night while mowing the lawn ## [Social media may be bad for you but the remedy could be worse](https://torment-nexus.mathewingram.com/social-media-may-be-bad-for-you-but-the-remedy-could-be-worse-2/) _2026-08-20 · Mathew Ingram · The Torment Nexus_ Note : This is a repeat of a piece I published awhile back after Facebook lost a couple of trials based on its alleged harms. I'm republishing it in part because it seem relevant given the current trials the company faces on similar issues, but also because I have ## [The car industry A/B tested selling a car with and without CarPlay and the results are not shocking](https://a.wholelottanothing.org/the-car-industry-a-b-tested-selling-the-same-car-with-and-without-carplay-and-the-results-are-not-shocking/) _2026-08-20 · Matthew Haughey · A Whole Lotta Nothing_ A couple years ago, GM made waves by saying that soon, all their new cars would be completely free of Apple's CarPlay and Android Auto support, instead opting for the " Android Automotive OS " in their cars. Admittedly, I'm a huge fan of CarPlay for ## [Apple's obviously going to make a second folding phone](https://birchtree.me/blog/apples-obviously-going-to-make-a-second-folding-phone/) _2026-08-20 · Matt Birchler · Birchtree_ I've been using Samsung's new Galaxy Fold8 for the last week (More Birchtree members can read my initial impressions here ). The reason I got this phone should be no surprise – rumors are very strong that Apple will be releasing a folding phone next month that ## [Quick Subtitles 3](https://birchtree.me/blog/quick-subtitles-3/) _2026-08-20 · Matt Birchler · Birchtree_ Quick Subtitles 3 is out now for Mac, iPad, and iPhone. While this is not the biggest update ever, there's some really good stuff here. More than any of my other apps, this is an app for professionals who just want things to work reliably and quickly. This ## [profullstack on Ko‑fi (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/MR8K2J0exsaC) _2026-08-20 · **Sponsored**_ Open the creator's Ko‑fi page. ## [Subscriber rot](https://birchtree.me/blog/subscriber-rot/) _2026-08-19 · Matt Birchler · Birchtree_ I joined Mastodon way back in 2016, but I dropped off and didn't come back until late 2022. When I came back, I made a new account and started fresh, building up a new followers list. That number went up quick for a while, but it eventually leveled ## [What is a perversion to writing?](https://birchtree.me/blog/what-is-a-perversion-to-writing/) _2026-08-19 · Matt Birchler · Birchtree_ Simon Wilson has the best description of LLMs that I’ve seen so far. He called them a calculator for words , and I think it’s a great way to put it. A traditional calculator takes numbers and operators as input, does some math, and outputs an answer. ## [Everything I learned when buying a used Honda Fit](https://a.wholelottanothing.org/everything-i-learned-when-buying-a-used-honda-fit/) _2026-08-19 · Matthew Haughey · A Whole Lotta Nothing_ The first time the Honda Fit made me stop and think "huh, maybe that is a useful car?" was when I read this review at Cool Tools where it sounded like it was as handy as a small truck, got over 30mpg, and was reliable as hell. For ## [The 88 Illini: #20-#17](https://www.illiniboard.com/the-88-illini-20-17/) _2026-08-19 · Robert · IlliniBoard_ I've gone back and forth over the years regarding the month of August. It was so much simpler when football camp was open and I could just go to practice and then write an article about what I saw at practice. Fall camp was eventually closed off with ## [Agentic Engineering Lesson #3: Taste](https://joshuacalledme.com/agentic-engineering-lesson-3-taste/) _2026-08-18 · Richard Smith · Joshua Called Me_ I've often been asked what makes a junior developer into a senior developer. Often it's a junior developer asking me the question. And often my answer is system design skills. The best developers in your team are the ones you can give any task to. It ## [The Breath That Remembers](https://www.magesguild.io/the-breath-that-remembers/) _2026-08-18 · David A Hayden · Mage's Guild Psychonautics_ The architecture of return I chose the name Nephesh because it points toward something older and more important than software. Nephesh is a living being: breath, life, person, self, desire, inner life, soul. It names the animating continuity that makes a life more than a collection of events. That is ## [Feeling the burn](https://a.wholelottanothing.org/feeling-the-burn/) _2026-08-17 · Matthew Haughey · A Whole Lotta Nothing_ When the pandemic hit, the gym I worked out at closed down for almost a year. I was used to working out a couple times a week with a trainer leading me and it wasn't about huge gains or getting ripped, as we mostly did body weight exercises ## [Review: The Metaverse](https://allenc.com/review-the-metaverse/) _2026-08-17 · Allen Cheung · in|retrospect_ I picked up The Metaverse: And How It Will Revolutionize Everything when it came out in 2022, though I haven't gotten around to reading it until now. The author, Matthew Ball , was a venture capitalist known for elaborately long essays on video games; this book was a culmination ## [I for one, welcome our nanny state](https://birchtree.me/blog/i-for-one-welcome-our-nanny-state/) _2026-08-17 · Matt Birchler · Birchtree_ There is a phrase that's come up more in the tech punditry recently: nanny state. This comes up when discussing any sort of regulation on technology. "Oh, you want social media platforms to be regulated at all? Guess you want to live in a nanny state. Meanwhile ## [Where the Compiler Stops](https://blog.bencope.land/where-the-compiler-stops/) _2026-08-16 · Ben Copeland · bencope.land_ Google recently published a piece titled " Why Go is an ideal language for AI-assisted software engineering. " I recommend giving it a read. It makes a compelling, practical point that anyone building production systems with LLMs eventually collides with: when machines write code, the primary bottleneck shifts from ## [Chovy's Blog: Agentic Coding (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/umLFeCXlM5fg) _2026-08-16 · **Sponsored**_ Personal posts on agentic coding, moshcode CLI, and security findings. ## [Paranoia Clearance Passes](https://mikevdv.dev/blog/paranoia-clearance-passes/) _2026-08-16 · Michael Walter Van Der Velden · mikevdv.dev_ Our group recently decided that we wanted to try out Paranoia. As we're generally a group that likes to make use of props, I decided to mock up some Clearance/Mandatory Bonus Duty Badges. I figured I should upload them for anyone else who might be in need of this oddly specific TTRPG props ## [Write all the code you'll ever need, from your phone, for $20 per month](https://bweller.me/write-all-the-code-youll-ever-need-from-your-phone-for-20-per-month/) _2026-08-16 · Ben Weller · Ben Weller's Blog_ A Yeti water bottle + a Nike T-shirt + Irish Spring 5 in 1: Body, Face, Shampoo, Conditioner, and 24 Hour Deodorant , or an AeroPress Go Portable Coffee Maker + a three-pack of the Field Notes memo books + the classic Swiss Army Knife , or The Power Broker + Graza Drizzle Extra Virgin Olive Oil ## [iPhone pre-orders might be tighter than normal this year](https://birchtree.me/blog/iphone-pre-orders-might-be-tighter-than-normal-this-year/) _2026-08-15 · Matt Birchler · Birchtree_ Ming-Chi Kuo: A recent media report claims that tight DRAM suppl... My industry checks suggest that Apple has indeed scaled back its hardware shipment plans this year due to memory shortages. Ten years ago, if you wanted to buy the new iPhone and get it on release day, you ## [On Family History and AI](https://brianstucki.com/on-family-history-and-ai/) _2026-08-15 · Brian Stucki · Brian Stucki_ Earlier this year, I wrote a post about using AI in your study of the Gospel . The feedback has been great. It's clear that many of us are trying to find the best way to use these new capabilities in the most beneficial ways. As with any new ## [On Family History and AI](https://brianstucki.com/on-family-history-and-ai/) _2026-08-15 · Brian Stucki · Brian Stucki_ Earlier this year, I wrote a post about using AI in your study of the Gospel . The feedback has been great. It's clear that many of us are trying to find the best way to use these new capabilities in the most beneficial ways. As with any new ## [TMTG, again](https://not-a-tech-bro.ghost.io/tmtg-again/) _2026-08-15 · Mike Olson · Not a Tech Bro_ Late last year, Trump Media and Technology Group announced that it planned to merge with TAE, a 27-year-old fusion energy company . It was a weird idea! A strictly inferior version of the X social media platform meant to tie up with a company that hopes to generate energy ## [How cooked is Gemini?](https://birchtree.me/blog/how-cooked-is-gemini/) _2026-08-15 · Matt Birchler · Birchtree_ Max Kan: Gemini is Cooked but GCP is Cooking For all intents and purposes, we believe DeepMind is no longer a frontier lab. I think this is being a bit overdramatic. It is true that there's been a good amount of executive shakeup and that the company has ## [+ Galaxy Z Fold8 Impressions](https://birchtree.me/blog/galaxy-z-fold8-impressions/) _2026-08-15 · Matt Birchler · Birchtree_ Samsung's new foldable is an early look at what Apple will be announcing next month. ## [Terminal on Android](https://bweller.me/terminal-on-android/) _2026-08-15 · Ben Weller · Ben Weller's Blog_ I want to have a functional terminal on my phone (you never know when you're gonna need it). I opted for Termux. Bear in mind that this setup was greatly aided by using a keyboard and mouse . Setup Install ZSH + Oh-My-ZSH Generate SSH key for dotfiles repo: ssh-keygen ## [Android Keyboard Shortcuts](https://bweller.me/android-keyboard-shortcuts/) _2026-08-15 · Ben Weller · Ben Weller's Blog_ On my keyboard , there's three different stored Bluetooth connections, so why not use all of them? I already have stored settings for my work laptop and my personal laptop, but I use my phone every day, so why can't I use a non-touchscreen-based interface on the ## [One Cloud, Every AI Layer (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/kRCbZkt5Gal0) _2026-08-15 · **Sponsored**_ Run agents, inference, and infrastructure on one stack — economics improve as you scale. ## [Grouping hosts from the Ansible nmap dynamic inventory](https://diogoferreira.pt/grouping-hosts-from-the-ansible-nmap-dynamic-inventory/) _2026-08-14 · Diogo Ferreira · Diogo Ferreira_ I use the nmap inventory plugin to build an Ansible inventory of my homelab without maintaining a host list by hand. It scans a subnet and hands you every host it finds. The part that took me a while was getting those hosts into useful groups . Out of the box ## [Thank you, statute of limitations](https://a.wholelottanothing.org/thank-you-statute-of-limitations/) _2026-08-14 · Matthew Haughey · A Whole Lotta Nothing_ When I was a teen, my dad had a knack for talking small businesses he frequented into hiring me as their newest lowest rung helper. To be clear, I didn't want these jobs, so I developed a knack for staying at them for three days. I don’ ## [open-office flex seating is bad](https://www.savageevan.com/open-office-flex-seating-is-bad/) _2026-08-14 · Evan Savage · candu can do_ Let's start with the requisite bagging on open-office setups: Moreover, the increment of overall workspace satisfaction due to the positive impact of ease of interaction in open-plan office layouts failed to offset the decrements by negative impacts of noise and privacy. - Workspace Satisfaction: The privacy-communication ## [The Startup Fluency Gap: Why We Built Lev Learn](https://www.tamccann.com/the-statfluency-gap-why-we-built-lev-learn/) _2026-08-13 · T.A. McCann · T.A. McCann_ I've sat across the table from hundreds, maybe thousands, of founders by now. Techstars , CDL , UW , WTIA , PSL , the studio floor. And the same moment keeps repeating itself. A founder is sharp, capable, building something real, and then they hit a word... Burn multiple. SAFE note. ICP. They ## [Year of the home-cooked apps](https://www.gouthamve.dev/exe-dev-makes-me-excited-about-the-future/) _2026-08-13 · Goutham Veeramachaneni · Goutham City_ David Crawshaw co-founded Tailscale . And 6 years later, just as the company was taking off, he quit to build exe.dev . This level of conviction made exe.dev very interesting for me. But just going through the website, I didn’t really understand what the big deal was. ## [The 88 Illini: #24-#21](https://www.illiniboard.com/the-88-illini-24-21/) _2026-08-13 · Robert · IlliniBoard_ I started writing the intro for the preview yesterday. And I feel like it's going to be the most uninformed preview of all time. I'll still find stuff to write about – I'll always find stuff to write about – but there's ## [A replay of the "are bloggers journalists?" debate but with AI](https://torment-nexus.mathewingram.com/a-replay-of-the-are-bloggers-journalists-debate-but-with-ai/) _2026-08-13 · Mathew Ingram · The Torment Nexus_ Like many journalists (I expect) I got an email a little while ago from a startup founder named Ryan Merket, describing his new company: an AI-powered newsroom called RuntimeWire , where instead of just using AI agents for research (as many conventional newsrooms are doing, whether they admit it or ## [Your device is indexing...](https://joshuacalledme.com/your-device-is-indexing/) _2026-08-13 · Richard Smith · Joshua Called Me_ To make Siri AI work each of your Apple devices need to perform an indexing step. This is such a key element of allowing that feature to work that Apple are now doing the indexing in the latest iOS 26 versions, so that users don't have to wait ## [Input based pricing vs Output based pricing](https://www.elliotcsmith.com/input-based-pricing-vs-output-based-pricing/) _2026-08-12 · Elliot Smith · Elliot C Smith | Posts about Dev, Startups, and Product_ Usage based pricing is being talked about a lot lately. Partly due to changing unit economics for software but also because its trendy right now. One discussion I've had several times recently is about the difference in pricing user inputs and pricing user outputs. Both fall into the ## [Can Coding Agents Learn?](https://blog.mempko.com/the-planning-dilemma-in-ai-coding-superpowers-vs-abject/) _2026-08-12 · Maxim Khailo · Maxim Khailo's Writing_ No, but keep reading to understand why. There is a trend now in the software community called "Software Factories" where people use teams of AI coding agents working on a project. There are two models that I've seen in the wild that are being used by ## [a culture of sameness](https://newsletter.bijanstephen.blog/a-culture-of-sameness/) _2026-08-12 · Bijan Stephen · You've Run Out of Complimentary Articles_ You need to fund the strange stuff and serve it to people to make things materially less stagnant. ## [The Real Siri AI Problem](https://joshuacalledme.com/the-real-siri-ai-problem/) _2026-08-12 · Richard Smith · Joshua Called Me_ Apple have finally made Siri useful. Partly because they paired it with an LLM, which is really good at taking human rambling, combining that with a data source and turning it into output. But also because they've thrown away the tower of cocktail sticks and chewing gum it ## [OTel Isn't Going Well (And I Made A Spreadsheet About It)](https://matduggan.com/otel-isnt-going-well-and-i-made-a-spreadsheet-about-it/) _2026-08-12 · Mathew Duggan · matduggan.com_ For years now one of the most reliable complaints I hear when I try to drag a team off their vendor specific SDK and onto OpenTelemetry is some variation of: "why does it seem like this isn't done yet?" Vendor SDKs for observability are, to put ## [Lowercase filenames in Paperless-ngx](https://diogoferreira.pt/lowercase-filenames-in-paperless-ngx/) _2026-08-12 · Diogo Ferreira · Diogo Ferreira_ Another quick tip. Paperless-ngx lets you decide how documents are stored on disk with PAPERLESS\_FILENAME\_FORMAT . By default you end up with folders and filenames full of capital letters and spaces, which is annoying the moment you touch them from a terminal. This is the template I use: ## [ILLINOIS](https://www.illiniboard.com/illinois/) _2026-08-11 · Robert · IlliniBoard_ Isn't it just so great graphically ? All of those vertical lines with one circle and then an "S" at the end. I've always thought that the best endzone word in college football is ILLINOIS. Anyway, that's not the point here. The point ## [An Update on Analytics](https://green.spacedino.net/an-update-on-analytics/) _2026-08-11 · Stegosaur · A Dinosaur In Space_ This site operates on Ghost, which introduced cookie-free analytics in a recent update. This feature was enabled by default. I don’t like collecting analytics on my personal projects. I don’t need them, I don’t want them, and I don’t want anyone ## [Accountability](https://green.spacedino.net/accountability/) _2026-08-11 · Stegosaur · A Dinosaur In Space_ I was on my way to a friend’s house recently. Rounding a slow, blind corner at approximately the speed limit on a summer’s afternoon, a grocery store parking lot to my left. Up ahead were two vehicles waiting to exit their respective parking lots, both of ## [Early Bird Workshop Discount](https://www.elizabethspiers.com/early-bird-workshop-discount/) _2026-08-11 · Elizabeth Spiers · Elizabeth Spiers_ I'm offering a $100 discount on full-priced workshops (which include a one-on-one feedback and editing) for sign ups before September 1, 2026. The promo code is BACKTOSCHOOL . ## [Quick Reviews 3 is out now!](https://birchtree.me/blog/quick-reviews-3-is-out-now/) _2026-08-11 · Matt Birchler · Birchtree_ Quick Reviews 3 is out now and is an update about giving the people what they've wanted. iCloud sync This was going to be in v2, but I never really got it working (hangover from my bad data model choices in the v1 app), so I'm ## [Ass Kicking Clause](https://hec.works/blog/ass-kicking-clause/) _2026-08-11 · hecworks blog_ VC Backed IDEs So I was as excited about Zed as other developers. I initially downloaded it, found it didn't do what I wanted, and left. And then a year or so later I came back after 1.0 and liked what I saw! It had good theming, some plugins I wanted, and was way faster than my VSCode at the time. They had baked in some AI features that I didn't really use but thought "whatever", the…