New post up, with a bunch of thoughts on what drives me personally, and my own 40-year career (h/t @lethain.com). I have a pretty unusual life story. But one of the reasons I love the tech industry so much is how common unusual stories like mine have historically been. charity.wtf/2025/07/09/t...

Today’s Stratechery was great on this: stratechery.com/2025/deepsee...

“Without open access, it may become difficult to build new link-based products, thereby stifling innovation on the web.” Yep. Just when we need to “rewild” the open internet it becomes an endless series of garden walls bthdonohue.com/2025/01/22/c...

I wonder if all the people complaining about the TikTok app ban have forgotten that it's literally a piece of malware that, before getting caught out by an iOS update, was exfiltrating the contents of your clipboard every 30 seconds.

Today I learned that "mock service worker" is a JavaScript library, not an item on my todo list. Relatedly, next on my todo list: I owe the coffee shop barista a massive apology.