🔗 Trump raises taxes on Americans again https://birchtree.me/blog/trump-raises-taxes-on-americans-again/

🔗 Let the ChatGPT enshitification begin! https://birchtree.me/blog/let-the-chatgpt-enshitification-begin/

Just a reminder than you can set Safari to use ProMotion on all Apple platforms. I have no idea why this isn't on by default, but it makes the web feel so much better. birchtree.me/blog/how-to-...

🔗 Meet Apple's new AI model, Gemini https://birchtree.me/blog/meet-apples-new-ai-model-gemini/

🔗 This post was almost angry, now it's just confused https://birchtree.me/blog/this-post-was-almost-angry-now-its-just-confused/

🔗 It's just like Reddit 10 years ago! https://birchtree.me/blog/its-just-like-reddit-10-years-ago/

Real question, if I'm paying $1,000 for something now and I'm hearing the price is going to be "slashed by 300, 400 even 500% starting this month", how much will it cost going forward?

🔗 Rapid iteration in the modern coding world https://birchtree.me/blog/rapid-iteration-in-the-modern-coding-world/

🔗 + Filter bubbles https://birchtree.me/blog/filter-bubbles/

🔗 Micro app 3 - Podcast Dashboard https://birchtree.me/blog/micro-app-3-podcast-dashboard/

🔗 Back when the iPad didn't do files https://birchtree.me/blog/back-when-the-ipad-didnt-do-files/

🔗 Apple (finally?) reveals their pro suite of apps https://birchtree.me/blog/apple-finally-reveals-their-pro-suite-of-apps/

🔗 Elon Musk monetizes CSAM on X and Grok https://birchtree.me/blog/elon-musk-monetizes-csam-on-x-and-grok/

🔗 It's already happened https://birchtree.me/blog/its-already-happened/

So like, we can agree that the Golden Globes are a joke for a bunch of reasons, but the one that still gets me is their "musical or comedy" categories, which appears to be dramas that have one to three jokes in them. One Batter After Another…an instant classic…absolutely not a comedy.

🔗 Quick Subtitles, now with live activities https://birchtree.me/blog/quick-subtitles-now-with-live-activities/

🔗 Quick Reviews, now with a 5-score system https://birchtree.me/blog/quick-reviews-now-with-a-5-score-system/

🔗 Birchtree Productions joins the 21st century, builds a website! https://birchtree.me/blog/birchtree-productions-joins-the-21st-century-builds-a-website/

🔗 Micro app #2: Download folder sorter https://birchtree.me/blog/micro-app-2-download-folder-sorter/

Have watched a bad movie yet in 2026!

🔗 I can't do this https://birchtree.me/blog/i-cant-do-this/

🔗 Micro app #1: Yearly Run Tracker https://birchtree.me/blog/micro-app-1-yearly-run-tracker/

🔗 2026: the year of micro apps https://birchtree.me/blog/2026l-the-year-of-micro-apps/

🔗 Apple could do the right thing. I’m not holding my breath. https://birchtree.me/blog/apple-could-do-the-right-thing-im-not-holding-my-breath/

Creating simple software has become trivial in the modern era, and I'm not sure what the long term ramifications are of this. birchtree.me/blog/llms-h...

🔗 LLMs have made simple software trivial https://birchtree.me/blog/llms-have-made-simple-software-trivial/

Us flag hating by a thread in the neighborhood. Presented without comment or alluding to the current state of things.

🔗 Ranking Apple's products (a definitive list, no one will disagree) https://birchtree.me/blog/ranking-apples-products-a-definitive-list-no-one-will-disagree/

🔗 + The ROG Xbox Ally X made me appreciate the Steam Deck even more https://birchtree.me/blog/the-rog-xbox-ally-x-made-me-appreciate-the-steam-deck-even-more/

🔗 Here we go again https://birchtree.me/blog/here-we-go-again-2/

🔗 NVIDIA's astounding rise sadly isn't powered by gaming https://birchtree.me/blog/nvidias-astounding-rise-sadly-isnt-powered-by-gaming/

🔗 My app defaults in 2025 (a few days late) https://birchtree.me/blog/my-app-defaults-in-2025-a-few-days-late/

🔗 Introducing ChapterPod, now in beta https://birchtree.me/blog/intro-chaterpod/

🔗 If anyone can do it in 45 minutes, it’s not special https://birchtree.me/blog/if-anyone-can-do-it-in-45-minutes-its-not-special/

🔗 Don't fall in love with the product, fall in love with the problem https://birchtree.me/blog/dont-fall-in-love-with-the-product-fall-in-love-with-the-problem/

🔗 That’s just how media discussions go https://birchtree.me/blog/thats-just-how-media-discussions-go/

🔗 Third Republican US President in a row invades a sovereign nation without good reason (it's oil) https://birchtree.me/blog/third-republican-us-president-in-a-row-invades-a-sovereign-nation-without-good-reason-its-oil/

🔗 Quick Subtitles 1.6 (benchmark history, more stats, and more) https://birchtree.me/blog/quick-subtitles-1-6-benchmark-history-more-stats-and-more/

I’m positively dying for the day Apple realizes that contrast in UI elements is actually useful. Or that legible text is something to value. Why are we 3 months into this redesign and I’m already craving the next one?

This is a good one! If you’ve never listened to @comfortzone.macstories.net or fell off, start here. You’ll enjoy it or @birchtree.me will shave his head.

🔗 Apple’s 2025 report card - Wearables https://birchtree.me/blog/apples-2025-report-card-wearables/

🔗 The wild year of code https://birchtree.me/blog/the-wild-year-of-code/

🔗 Clean energy had a baller 2025 https://birchtree.me/blog/clean-energy-had-a-baller-2025/

Don’t harsh my liminal week, Slack!

🔗 Let stories end https://birchtree.me/blog/let-stories-end/

🔗 Apple’s 2025 report card - Vision Pro https://birchtree.me/blog/apples-2025-report-card-vision-pro/

🔗 471 movies in 4 years (and my fav 2025 films) https://birchtree.me/blog/471-movies-in-4-years-and-my-fav-2025-films/

Oh man, the Game Boy Lego set is indeed a treat to build.

🔗 Apple’s 2025 report card - Mac https://birchtree.me/blog/apples-2025-report-card-mac/

🔗 + The impossible LLM standard https://birchtree.me/blog/the-impossible-llm-standard/