2026-04-12 22:38:25
Steve Troughton-Smith posts about Apple’s software quality:
The story around the decline in software quality around macOS is the same as it’s been for years: Apple doesn’t have the bandwidth to maintain two copies of every app, one for macOS and one for iOS, and keep feature parity. That’s why they embarked down the road of Mac Catalyst and SwiftUI.
A related question: why does Apple have so many apps? Certainly they should have Safari, Mail, and Pages. But what about Journal, News, and Freeform? A bloated lineup of apps is like an app with too many features — difficult to maintain.
2026-04-12 20:37:06
This new essay by JA Westenberg about pessimism comes at just about the perfect time, relating to many things in the current tech world:
Whoever can list the most reasons something won’t work gets treated as the smartest person in the room. If you say “I think this could go well,” you get ~the look. That slight tilt of the head. Optimism is treated like a belief in astrology.
And:
When pessimism becomes the default in public conversation, it starts building the world it claims to be describing. People who believe nothing can be different don’t vote, don’t volunteer, don’t start companies, don’t run for office, don’t build the thing that might have mattered.
I always want to be the naive optimist who believes in people and believes in ambitious new projects that probably won’t work. Everything good I’ve done is a result of that.
2026-04-12 17:47:46
Another view from Malaga. Had an amazing time here for Release Notes. @DazeEnd has also shared some fun photos from the last couple of days.
2026-04-12 16:08:47
Just released an update to Micro.blog for iOS that addresses a bunch of little bugs. Glad to get this one out there. We’ll get an Android version ready soon to sync up with the changes.
2026-04-11 17:32:09
Peter Steinberger temporarily blocked from Claude:
When multiple people asked him why he’s using Claude instead of his employer’s models at all, he explained that he only uses it for testing, to ensure updates to OpenClaw won’t break things for Claude users.
I think there is one of two things going on, maybe both:
OpenAI’s massive investment in new infrastructure will look either foolish or brilliant depending on how the next year plays out.
