Technology
Alright, Dia. You Got Me.
Dia’s finally starting to come into its own as the successor of Arc and the future of The Browser Company
Apps
The Odd Technical Battle Within the AI Browser Explosion
The Browser Company made some interesting claims about not being able to get the performance needed out of SwiftUI for Dia, but Atlas went all in on it
Artificial Intelligence
I Am Still Not Quite Sure What an AI Browser is For
All of these AI browsers are supposed to be the next big thing…but I don’t actually know what to do with them at this point
Technology
Seriously, What the Fuck, OpenAI
What exactly made you think that releasing Sora as a social media app was a GOOD IDEA
Technology
There’s No Such Thing as a Backdoor for the Good Guys
If Bluesky built robust moderation software for the whole of the platform it’s just Twitter
Social Issues
“They Win By Making You Think You’re Alone”: Why All of This Matters
There are a lot of things we do in protest that are to show people they are not alone
Technology
Technological Desire Paths
You can’t make people use tech a certain way, you need to adapt your tools to the needs of your users
Apps
‘Revealed Preference’ Is Really Just Playing on Addictions
There’s a concept in the world of algorithms that they show a ‘revealed preference’; that, even if someone says they want a particular thing, the algorithm is able to look past that and show what a person “truly” wants
Apple
Classic Apple
Apple showed us that it’s still the company we all became fascinated with—and the company with English narrators and white backgrounds
Apps
Finally: Instagram Released an iPad App
I can’t believe we waited 15 years for this app and it sucks. Maybe Threads will be next to suffer the same fate?
Apps
The Startups’ Death Knell: My Thoughts on The Browser Company’s Acquisition
We all know that getting acquired by an enterprise software company isn’t exactly good news
Apple
Don’t Make Yourself Think: A Sarcastic Rant on UI Design
Y’all: I literally never think about Liquid Glass and I really think that that's the whole point