I’m looking for 3D modelling software recommendations - something for things like furniture, in-built cupboards, small sheds etc. So far it seems SketchUp and Shapr3d are the best options? Anything else I should be looking at?

Shovelling clay is not fun.

Remember when the social web was the 'next big thing' and Google forced Google+ in to everything?

Does anyone have a recommendation for a 'read it later' app, but for books? I've want to send a url to an app and have it pull the book data out.

I've been thinking about this quote a lot of late, especially as AI writes more and more of our software.

"People Who Don’t Like People Are Making All of Our Decisions" https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/05/waymo-self-driving-cars/687119/?gift=j9r7avb6p-KY8zdjhsiSZ8rJUwcqGqpb8gH3Ret1KbM

Anyone remember CGI scripts?

I'm struggling to find a good (simple) solution to local domain setup. I'm looking for something that can do: - localhost:3000 => webapp.test - *.localhost:3000 => *.webapp.test - https support - cross-subdomain cookie support What are folks using for local domain setup when needed?

Had a lot of fun putting the new hanakai.org together. @timriley.info’s vision for a welcoming site and @aaronmoodie.com oh-so-cute brand set up such a great canvas to play with, and I’m so pleased with how it all come out. How can you not love these lil’ cuties?

Really enjoyed working on this with @timriley.info, @makenosound.bsky.social and the @hanakai.org team, and love how it's all come together. Massive effort, congrats all! 🎉

"I didn't have time to design a simple solution, so I designed a complicated one instead"

@mierau.me Hey Dustin, I was trying to track down a design you did a year or so back of what a refined version of BeOS/Haiku might look like. Do you still have that, or know where you originally posted it?

Halfway through this book and thoroughly enjoying it.

In a stroke of genius, my youngest son ate his brother's advent calendar chocolate and then blamed it on the Elf on the Shelf. His brother knows what's happened, but is unwilling to ruin the yearly Elf charade.

"For any local jobs, Robinson can easily transport his equipment in the back of the truck ... its bed is nearly the same size as that of a standard American pickup truck." nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/07/31/s...

The BOM got an update. Glad to see the work that went into the original beta finally make it to the main site. www.bom.gov.au

Apple’s AI deal with Google looking much better in the wake of the Gemini 3 release.

The Tahoe icon blur is really throwing off my "I don't need glasses yet" sentiment.

I made something! Monomarks.at is an open social bookmarking tool along the lines of Pinboard or Delicious, and it's based on ATProto, because I was inspired by @danabra.mov's widely-read post. Log in with your Bluesky account to save bookmarks and browse links posted by the people you follow. 😎

i wrote down the process of resolving an at:// URI step by step. turns out, it's a great way to learn how the AT protocol works!

This coast ❤️

My instagram feed is now over 50% ads. There’s often 2 - sometimes 3 - ads in a row.

I chose gardening over coding today and feel better for it.

i wrote about atproto and why it matters

Has anyone built an app to analyse who you’re following on socials? Would love to know, of the accounts I follow, who posts most or least (or at all).

Really enjoyed watching this. Some amazing product design. www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...

This is one impressive visual guide to implementing the Liquid Glass effect kube.io/blog/liquid-...

Later this year, we’ll unveil a whole new look for Hanami, Dry and Rom. Here’s a preview! This will be a huge boost for our projects, I can already feel it. Thank you to @aaronmoodie.com for bringing this to life! Also to @makenosound.bsky.social who’s already getting our new website into shape.

Photos Show the Vast Scale of China’s Solar Power Projects. “China continues huge investments in wind and solar power, reportedly accounting for 74 percent of all projects now under construction worldwide.” [kottke.org]

Speculative theory: Bluey is driving up property prices in Brisbane.

@craigmod.com enjoyed your piece on Literary Hub. Curious about what you use to take notes as you’re walking. Do you record audio and then convert to text, or dictate straight into Notes etc?

So the Remix / React Router situation has me thoroughly confused. If I'm wanting to start a new 'Remix' project today– which I intemperate as a full-stack app–should I be using Remix or React Router 7 in 'Framework' mode? 🤷

I've been thinking about a substack alternative, where the main selling point is the editor and publishing experience. As well as BYO domains, folks can BYO hosting, as each blog would be exported as a static site. The network is still there for discovery, but there's no platform lock-in.

Wherever you go, there you are.

I think about this calendar often. Both for its ingenuity and creativity, and for its lack of success. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interna...

Sequels and reboots frustrate me – where are all the new ideas?. But perhaps they mark the death throes of our self-referential culture. Let it fade away. A new generation's fresh ideas are waiting to emerge. www.theverge.com/news/613279/...

Installing government cameras in every household worldwide would be less invasive than what’s being proposed here. www.theverge.com/news/608145/...

Once again, thanks @chriscoyier.net for the mention of my #DesignEngineer article on the @zeroheight.com blog. Explains why we're seeing more traffic than usual 😄

I'm happy to announce a major sponsorship of Hanami and @timriley.info. I want to see more useful frameworks and tools for building Ruby apps and I don't know of a better option today than Hanami. 🌸 www.mikeperham.com/2025/01/17/s...

@caseynewton.bsky.social @kevinroose.com can you please invite Yuval Noah Harari on Hard Fork to discuss Nexus.

Just how much is a billion dollars? This article visualises what an obscene amount of wealth it actually is. www.labnol.org/internet/vis...

What would happen if we had a way of defining signals directly in HTML?

@macwright.com Hey Tom, curious what web frameworks (if any) you're using with Deno to build Val Town. Curious after you mentioned Val Town being built around "Deno's magic" in your 2025 predictions post.

@caseynewton.bsky.social we’re all shocked by Meta’s policy changes, but we’ve known who he is all along: He’s the guy who created a site for ranking women. He’s the guy who called his users “dumb f*cks”. He’s stolen or bought every profitable idea he’s ever had. He’s been a ghoul from day one.

In 2020 I stared actively keeping a journal. Here's my journalling stats for the last 4 years: 2020 Word count: 39897 Entries: 168 2021 Word count: 54028 Entries: 312 2022 Word count: 35062 Entries: 181 2023 Word count: 37343 Entries: 208 2024 Word count: 47197 Entries: 213

I love this sentiment and revisit it often. I tend to treat everything as if it's a tattoo - permanent. This normally leads to not starting because I'm worried about making an irreversible decision. I need to do better a treating things more like a Hat or a Haircut.

@jamesclear.bsky.social Hi James, I wanted to ask that, as a change this year, you reconsider the “Share on X” link in the 3-2-1 newsletter. Would you be able to make this a Bluesky link instead? I would certainly use this feature more if it didn’t link to X, as I’m sure would many others. Thanks!

Donating to the Wikimedia Foundation is great. Becoming a volunteer editor is even better. youtu.be/bRRHR1NEOqE