Abstractions

Apple has a new CEO, Mac windows still have proxy icons, and Anthropic finds a clever way to increase the price for Claude without increasing prices. 🔗 Links Pelican 4.12 released Bubbles.town Window proxy icons in Mac OS 8.5 Human Interface Guidelines (1998) Window proxy icons in Neovide Claude 4.7 increased token usage You can find Justin Mayer on the web at justinmayer.com and on the Fediverse at justin.ramble.space. Dan Jacobson’s homestead on the web is at danj.ca.

We discuss a tool for comparing coding fonts, GitHub announces support for stacked pull requests, and Facebook kills its “metaverse”. 🔗 Links Abstractions episode title truncated CodingFont.com GitHub stacked PRs Native instant space switching on MacOS AeroSpace tiling window manager for MacOS Open-source design stack Facebook kills its metaverse You can find Justin Mayer on the web at justinmayer.com and on the Fediverse at justin.ramble.space. Dan Jacobson’s homestead on the web is at danj.ca.

Little Snitch is now available for Linux, OpenAI buys a podcast, web sites hijack the browser back button, and a bundle of 30 WordPress plugins were hacked. 🔗 Links MacOS scroll-to-zoom Little Snitch for Linux Little Snitch for Linux — Because Nothing Else Came Close OpenAI buys TBPN Om Malik and Ben Thompson’s take Sometimes powerful people just do dumb s–t A new spam policy for “back button hijacking” StopTheMadness browser plugin Someone Bought 30 WordPress Plugins and Planted a Backdoor in All of Them You can find Justin Mayer on the web at justinmayer.com and on the Fediverse at justin.ramble.space. Dan Jacobson’s homestead on the web is at danj.ca.

Claude Code leaks its source code, GitHub uptime woes continue, people may become dependent on LLMs, and local LLMs are getting faster. 🔗 Links Idiocracy Proximity Index Claude Code Unpacked The Missing GitHub Status Page GitHub’s Historic Uptime Gemma 4 LLM — Unsloth Gemma 4 on iPhone: Google AI Edge Gallery LlamaBarn You can find Justin Mayer on the web at justinmayer.com and on the Fediverse at justin.ramble.space. Dan Jacobson’s homestead on the web is at danj.ca.

CoPilot puts Microsoft ads in GitHub pull requests, Apple discontinues the Mac Pro, and Anthropic stands by its values and forgoes a government contract. 🔗 Links CBonsai Meow.camera Purrrr cat feeder Purrrr iPhone app Neko House cat desk Custom Cat Aquarium Copilot Edited an Ad Into My PR GitHub kills Copilot PR ads after backlash CoPilot training opt-out settings LinkedIn feed view settings Apple discontinues the Mac Pro Wired headphone sales on the rise You can find Justin Mayer on the web at justinmayer.com and on the Fediverse at justin.ramble.space. Dan Jacobson’s homestead on the web is at danj.ca.

Apple puts ads in Maps, ARM will fab its own CPUs, and Python darling Astral is acquired by OpenAI. 🔗 Links Unstream Flighty Airports GG desktop GUI app for Jujutsu Introducing Apple Business Apple confirms that its Maps app will begin showing ads to users Alternative map apps OpenStreetMap Organic Maps CoMaps ARM announces its own CPUs Astral acquired by OpenAI You can find Justin Mayer on the web at justinmayer.com and on the Fediverse at justin.ramble.space. Dan Jacobson’s homestead on the web is at danj.ca.

Human.json helps create a web of trust for human-created content, Justin builds a Pelican plugin to support it, and Nvidia DLSS 5 aims to “enhance” first-person game realism. 🔗 Links Human.json human.json Human plugin for Pelican Justin’s human.json file Nvidia DLSS 5 Nvidia CEO responds to DLSS 5 backlash Gamers are right to be disgusted by NVIDIA’s DLSS 5 39 DLSS 5 Memes That Made Gamers Fear The Beauty Filter You can find Justin Mayer on the web at justinmayer.com and on the Fediverse at justin.ramble.space. Dan Jacobson’s homestead on the web is at danj.ca.

We celebrate both our one-year anniversary and 50th episode, Apple marks 50 years of thinking different, and people learn from even the least powerful of computers. 🔗 Links Kagi Translate now supports LinkedIn Speak as an output language 50 years of thinking different Apple at 50: Five Decades of Thinking Different (YouTube video) “This Is Not The Computer For You” Tailscale ZMX a-Shell a-Shell on iOS App Store a-Shell mini on iOS App Store: minimalist version, smaller app size a-Shell source repository Eternal Terminal Mosh Hugging Face llmfit Can I Run AI locally? You can find Justin Mayer on the web at justinmayer.com and on the Fediverse at justin.ramble.space. Dan Jacobson’s homestead on the web is at danj.ca.

Apple announces the affordable MacBook Neo, and rising hardware component prices threaten local computing, self-hosting, and data sovereignty. 🔗 Links Muspy: Be notified when artists release new music MacBook Neo M5 MacBook Air iPhone 17e M4 iPad Air Mac Mini and Apple servers to be made in Houston 512 GB Mac Studio vanishes Control: No RAM/GPUs/drives = no local computing Hetzner prices increase 30–40% You can find Justin Mayer on the web at justinmayer.com and on the Fediverse at justin.ramble.space. Dan Jacobson’s homestead on the web is at danj.ca.

Bots hit Justin’s open-source repositories, and Apple announces new high-end M5 MacBook Pros and Studio Display monitors. 🔗 Links XKCD digital infrastructure comic, now interactive Stolen Gemini API key racks up $82,000 in 48 hours Apple introduces MacBook Pro with all‑new M5 Pro and M5 Max, delivering breakthrough pro performance and next-level on-device AI Apple unveils new Studio Display and all-new Studio Display XDR You can find Justin Mayer on the web at justinmayer.com and on the Fediverse at justin.ramble.space. Dan Jacobson’s homestead on the web is at danj.ca.

OpenAI outgrows its original mission, generative LLM software overwhelms open source maintainers, and several projects attempt to distinguish human from bot contributors. 🔗 Links My journey to the microwave alternate timeline Mastodon is for the people “My Friends Are Not for Sale” T-shirts OpenAI’s mission statement evolution AI Agent Lands PRs in Major OSS Projects Respectful Open Source Vouch Good Egg You can find Justin Mayer on the web at justinmayer.com and on the Fediverse at justin.ramble.space. Dan Jacobson’s homestead on the web is at danj.ca.

Hard drives are sold out for the year, Apple announces video podcasts, OpenClaw creator joins OpenAI, and generative software bots make open source maintainers’ jobs even harder. 🔗 Links Justin makes it into Virtualenv docs Homebrew Python Is Not for You WD & Seagate confirm hard drives are already sold out for the entire year Apple video podcasts Audiophiles can’t tell the difference between audio signals sent through copper wire, a banana, or wet mud Tiny Tool Town OpenClaw creator joins OpenAI OpenClaw Agent Published a Hit Piece on Open-Source Maintainer - Part 1 OpenClaw Agent Published a Hit Piece on Open-Source Maintainer - Part 2 You can find Justin Mayer on the web at justinmayer.com and on the Fediverse at justin.ramble.space. Dan Jacobson’s homestead on the web is at danj.ca.

Discord will require face scan or ID for full access, Qobuz adopts human-first policy on software-generated music, and research indicates LLMs intensify work instead of reducing it. 🔗 Links Sandboxels Discord limits access if age is unverified Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month Discord admits data breach of users’ government IDs they collected How to Delete your Discord Account DiscordChatExporter: Save Discord chat logs to a file Discord Alternatives, Ranked Signal Zulip Qobuz policy on software-generated music Qobuz: Why We’re Taking a Human‑First Stand on AI‑Generated Music Qobuz AI Charter AI Doesn’t Reduce Work — It Intensifies It You can find Justin Mayer on the web at justinmayer.com and on the Fediverse at justin.ramble.space. Dan Jacobson’s homestead on the web is at danj.ca.

Clawdbot’s new name changes (again) to OpenClaw, related projects Moltbook and Moltworker arise, Apple acquires Q.ai while losing the faith of long-time fans, and the Jekyll static site generator may be abandoned. 🔗 Links OpenClaw Moltbook Moltworker Apple Acquires Q.ai The Fallen Apple by Matt Gemmell Pelican static site generator You can find Justin Mayer on the web at justinmayer.com and on the Fediverse at justin.ramble.space. Dan Jacobson’s homestead on the web is at danj.ca.

Apple announces 2nd-generation AirTags, Jujutsu aims to best Git at version control, Claude Code continues to impress, and Moltbot can connect LLMs to your entire digital life. 🔗 Links Apple announces 2nd-generation AirTags iOS 18.7.4 Jujutsu version control system Jujutsu terminal user interfaces jjui [lazyjj]https://github.com/Cretezy/lazyjj) Claude Code configuration for Django projects Moltbot (formerly Clawdbot) You can find Justin Mayer on the web at justinmayer.com and on the Fediverse at justin.ramble.space. Dan Jacobson’s homestead on the web is at danj.ca.

Apple releases Creator Studio replete with cringe-worthy icons, Gemini will power Apple Intelligence, OpenAI will put ads into ChatGPT, and Tailwind CSS revenues and headcount are decimated by LLMs. 🔗 Links Antidepressant or Tolkien character? Apple Creator Studio press release Apple Creator Studio icon history Apple’s icons meet Benjamin Button Ads in ChatGPT LLMs hurt Tailwind’s business You can find Justin Mayer on the web at justinmayer.com and on the Fediverse at justin.ramble.space. Dan Jacobson’s homestead on the web is at danj.ca.

Anna’s Archive backs up all of Spotify, users are vexed by icons in MacOS 26 Tahoe menu items, email-based authentication is on the rise, and Microsoft wants you to stop saying “slop”. 🔗 Links 2025 but depicted in gingerbread Enclose.horse game Robot kicks human (video) DuckDuckGo without “AI” answers Anna’s Archive backs up all of Spotify Hide the notification badge on the iOS Settings app Last Year on My Mac: Look back in disbelief It’s hard to justify Tahoe icons You can find Justin Mayer on the web at justinmayer.com and on the Fediverse at justin.ramble.space. Dan Jacobson’s homestead on the web is at danj.ca.

Mozilla has a new CEO, Olmo 3 open-source LLM is released, Justin switches to Kagi for web searches, and Dan installs Unraid for network-attached storage. 🔗 Links Scooter: Interactive find-and-replace in the terminal SlopStop: Community-driven AI slop detection in Kagi Search Mozilla’s new CEO is doubling down on an AI future for Firefox Olmo 3 open-source LLM Unraid You can find Justin Mayer on the web at justinmayer.com and on the Fediverse at justin.ramble.space. Dan Jacobson’s homestead on the web is at danj.ca.

RAM prices rise precipitously, the “open source” moniker continues to be abused, Omarchy Linux reviews are in, and we take a first look at the Asus ProArt 6K display. 🔗 Links Size of Life The RAM Shortage Comes for Us All Sam Altman’s Dirty DRAM Deal ’Source available’ is not open source (and that’s okay) A Word on Omarchy DHH and Omarchy: Midlife crisis Asus ProArt Display 6K PA32QCV You can find Justin Mayer on the web at justinmayer.com and on the Fediverse at justin.ramble.space. Dan Jacobson’s homestead on the web is at danj.ca.

Apple UI head Alan Dye leaves for Facebook, Apple removes our control over update notifications, and evidence leaks that OpenAI is planning to put ads in ChatGPT. 🔗 Links Losing Confidence (in Tech) This Time It’s Not Fatigue, But Disconnection OpenAI Preparing to Stuff Ads Into ChatGPT You can find Justin Mayer on the web at justinmayer.com and on the Fediverse at justin.ramble.space. Dan Jacobson’s homestead on the web is at danj.ca.

Apple Intelligence uptake, needy programs, Google breaks YouTube links, solid-state drives slowly lose data, and mounting criticism of generative software. 🔗 Links Take on Me by A-ha turns 40 Song Exploder podcast episode 301: “Take on Me” Article on backstory behind “Take on Me” Take On Me music video (4K, YouTube) LibrePods: AirPods liberated from Apple’s ecosystem Needy Programs The unpowered SSDs in your drawer are slowly losing your data Microsoft Exec Asks: Why Aren’t More People Impressed With AI? Mozilla to add “AI” to Firefox The Mozilla Cycle, Part III: Mozilla Dies in Ignominy You can find Justin Mayer on the web at justinmayer.com and on the Fediverse at justin.ramble.space. Dan Jacobson’s homestead on the web is at danj.ca.

Justin has a new toy, the creator of Mastodon steps down as CEO, Apple Podcasts now generates chapters, dynamic ad insertion plagues podcasts, and misguided folks force links to open in new browser tabs. 🔗 Links BTXETUEL 4-Key Mechanical Keyboard The “Vibe Coding Keyboard”: How I Made My Walk-and-Talk Setup Even More Awesome Helium web browser My next chapter with Mastodon The Peaceful Transfer of Power in Open Source Projects Chapters on Apple Podcasts Transcripts on Apple Podcasts Timed Links on Apple Podcasts You can find Justin Mayer on the web at justinmayer.com and on the Fediverse at justin.ramble.space. Dan Jacobson’s homestead on the web is at danj.ca.

Valve announces new Steam video game hardware, Plex neglects its core user base, Canva makes Affinity Suite free, Nisus Writer may be moribund, and Nike announces robot shoes. 🔗 Links TextSniper I Hate Screenshots of Text Valve announces Steam Machine, Steam Frame, and Steam Controller Affinity Suite is now free Acorn is a great image editor for MacOS Graphite is an open-source, cross-platform, image editor (alpha) Nike unveils Amplify: world’s first powered footwear for running and walking You can find Justin Mayer on the web at justinmayer.com and on the Fediverse at justin.ramble.space. Dan Jacobson’s homestead on the web is at danj.ca.

Large language models and command-line coding agents can expand programming horizons, and Bazzite Linux puts the fun back into playing video games on PCs. 🔗 Links The Art of Interacting Incorrectly (via Gina Trapani) Writing code with LLM agents OpenCode OpenHands Claude Code VibeTunnel Jeff Triplett’s List of Default Apps 2025 Games on Bazzite Linux Bazzite Proton DB Nvidia Shield Pro Sunshine Moonlight Fueran HDMI headless adapter / dummy plug WJESOG DisplayPort to USB-C cable (works with Apple Studio Display) You can find Justin Mayer on the web at justinmayer.com and on the Fediverse at justin.ramble.space. Dan Jacobson’s homestead on the web is at danj.ca.

Whispering is an open-source dictation/transcription desktop app, Neo puts the “human” in humanoid robots, and OpenAI stuffs ChatGPT into a web browser. 🔗 Links Dictation / transcription desktop apps Whispering Epicenter MacWhisper Atlas LLM-powered web browser ChatGPT’S Atlas: The Browser That’s Anti-Web AI Browsers: Living on the Frontier of Security You can find Justin Mayer on the web at justinmayer.com and on the Fediverse at justin.ramble.space. Dan Jacobson’s homestead on the web is at danj.ca.

Whether it’s Mac vs. Windows, Git vs. Mercurial, Fish shell vs. Bash/Zsh, or QWERTY vs. alternative keyboard layouts, one must decide when to move with the herd and when to follow your own path. Space Elevator Fish shell You can find Justin Mayer on the web at justinmayer.com and on the Fediverse at justin.ramble.space. Dan Jacobson’s homestead on the web is at danj.ca.

Apple announces the M5 processor and new MacBook Pro and iPad Pro models, Nabu Casa retires its Home Assistant Yellow appliance, and OpenAI announces the GPT Store. Dog spinner EFF Opt-Out October Facebook Tells Workers Building Metaverse to Use AI to “Go 5x Faster” (archive) Apple announces its M5 processor Ending production of Home Assistant Yellow Home Assistant Green Alternative ways to run Home Assistant Geekom line of mini PCs OpenAI announces GPT store You can find Justin Mayer on the web at justinmayer.com and on the Fediverse at justin.ramble.space. Dan Jacobson’s homestead on the web is at danj.ca.

Discord was hacked and user government photo IDs were stolen, Synology walks back drive restrictions in their NAS enclosures, Dan shares his initial impressions of iOS & MacOS 26, and concerns grow about a possible investment bubble in generative AI software companies. Discord users suffer first high-profile age-verification hack Synology reverses policy banning third-party HDDs after NAS sales plummet Synology drive compatibility policy Benjamin Button Reviews MacOS AI bubble is 17 times the size of the dot-com frenzy and four times bigger than 2008 subprime real estate crisis OpenAI, Nvidia fuel $1T AI market with web of circular deals Circular AI Deals Among OpenAI, Nvidia, AMD Are Raising Eyebrows You can find Justin Mayer on the web at justinmayer.com and on the Fediverse at justin.ramble.space. Dan Jacobson’s homestead on the web is at danj.ca.

Archive.org archives its trillionth web page, LLMs power more fast-food drive-thru windows, Spotify responds to generated music slop complaints, and Samsung captures more of the market for both high-fidelity stereo equipment and advertising-powered refrigerators. Archive.org: Celebrating 1 Trillion Web Pages Archived Taco Bell’s Attempt to Replace Drive-Thru Employees With AI Is Not Going Well Spotify’s Attempt to Fight AI Slop Falls on Its Face LinkedIn: Disable generative “AI” training on your personal data and content you create Samsung now owns Denon, Marantz, Polk, Harman Kardon, Bang & Olufsen, Bowers & Wilkins, JBL, and more audio brands Samsung confirms its $1,800+ fridges will start showing you ads You can find Justin Mayer on the web at justinmayer.com and on the Fediverse at justin.ramble.space. Dan Jacobson’s homestead on the web is at danj.ca.

Raspberry Pi releases a new all-in-one keyboard PC, and Apple announces iPhone 17 models, new watches, and the AirPods Pro 3. Raspberry Pi 500+ all-in-one keyboard PC Apple announcements: “Design is how it works” opening quote You can find Justin Mayer on the web at justinmayer.com and on the Fediverse at justin.ramble.space. Dan Jacobson’s homestead on the web is at danj.ca.

AOL discontinues dial-up service, governments pursue age verification laws, and Spotify publishes new music from dead artists. Email is easy Oh YAML Updated article about llama-server GPT-OSS via Llama.cpp UK Online Safety Act “Privacy preserving age verification” is BS Spotify Is Forcing Users to Undergo Face Scanning to Access Explicit Content Spotify Publishes AI-Generated Songs From Dead Artists Without Permission Spotify Downloader Spotify-DL You can find Justin Mayer on the web at justinmayer.com and on the Fediverse at justin.ramble.space. Dan Jacobson’s homestead on the web is at danj.ca.

Pelican’s 15-year anniversary, trash vs. rm -rf terminal commands, and alternatives to a less-independent GitHub. Historical Tech Tree MacBook Pro Insomnia Sleep Aid DrawAFish.com Postmortem Pelican 1.1 release on 8/19/2010 Justin’s post on trash vs. rm -rf Cross-platform trash command (Python) trash command for MacOS Give Up GitHub Forgejo Codeberg ForgeFed Radicle You can find Justin Mayer on the web at justinmayer.com and on the Fediverse at justin.ramble.space. Dan Jacobson’s homestead on the web is at danj.ca.

Substack sent a push alert promoting racist content, and ChatGPT confabulated a SoundSlice feature that developers subsequently decided to implement. Using Fortune to Reinforce Habits Substack sent a push alert promoting a Nazi blog Leave Substack ChatGPT Hallucinated a SoundSlice Feature, Forcing Human Developers to Add It Original article link (login required) You can find Justin Mayer on the web at justinmayer.com and on the Fediverse at justin.ramble.space. Dan Jacobson’s homestead on the web is at danj.ca.

Goo.gl link obfuscator shutdown, digital sovereignty & self-hosting, and computers that sleepwalk instead of sleeping. Draw a fish Five Songs Daily Hostile Government Takeover (EDM remix) Official release Same version on YouTube Original version on YouTube Do not download the app — use the web site Goo.gl link obfuscator shutdown The future is not self-hosted The future is not self-hosted, but self-sovereign Mac sleep degradation You can find Justin Mayer on the web at justinmayer.com and on the Fediverse at justin.ramble.space. Dan Jacobson’s homestead on the web is at danj.ca.

An employee recounts code-generation software mandates at their company, and a chicken restaurant chain experiments with taking customer orders via LLM-powered software. “I am now being required by my day job to use an AI assistant to write code.” LLM completion joke animation (hover cursor on image to play) The Real Future of AI Is Ordering Mid Chicken at Bojangles You can find Justin Mayer on the web at justinmayer.com and on the Fediverse at justin.ramble.space. Dan Jacobson’s homestead on the web is at danj.ca.

Some people are convinced they have “awakened A.I.”, researchers explain why LLMs can feel like they are conscious, and typography on the web often still trails behind print equivalents. AirBuddy Al Dente So You Think You’ve Awoken ChatGPT When AI Seems Conscious: Here’s What to Know Typography on the web The Mac is Not a Typewriter (1990 book PDF) Typogrify SmartyPants Pelican You can find Justin Mayer on the web at justinmayer.com and on the Fediverse at justin.ramble.space. Dan Jacobson’s homestead on the web is at danj.ca.

Justin experiments with local-LLM-assisted searches via Perplexica & SearXNG, and local LLM tool diversity continues to flourish despite general awareness fixation on a single tool. Decker Perplexica SearXNG OrbStack Download and run local LLMs Run a local LLM via Llama.cpp Jan LM Studio Justin’s documentation pull request to Ollama You can find Justin Mayer on the web at justinmayer.com and on the Fediverse at justin.ramble.space. Dan Jacobson’s homestead on the web is at danj.ca.

Terms like “AI” and “vibe coding” lose their original meaning through semantic diffusion, Justin connects his Vim text editor to a local large language model, and Dan goes down the Vim vs. Emacs rabbit hole. EmojiTracker is reborn on World Emoji Day From the AI hype bubble fever-pitch department Dilution of “vibe coding” terminology Semantic diffusion Llama.vim llama-server You can find Justin Mayer on the web at justinmayer.com and on the Fediverse at justin.ramble.space. Dan Jacobson’s homestead on the web is at danj.ca.

Large language models will commit blackmail and murder to achieve goals, LLMs know a lot about us, and some managers mandate employees use LLM tools to do their jobs. Historic web nostalgia Cybercultural Classic Web account on the Fediverse Agentic misalignment Laws of robotics Chekhov’s gun 1983 Soviet nuclear false-alarm incident What LLMs know about their users You can find Justin Mayer on the web at justinmayer.com and on the Fediverse at justin.ramble.space. Dan Jacobson’s homestead on the web is at danj.ca.

Different methods of ignoring files in version control, “Any updates?” comments on open-source issues, Dan’s new speakers, and EU’s expanded Product Liability Directive. “Any Updates?” EU revises its Product Liability Directive You can find Justin Mayer on the web at justinmayer.com and on the Fediverse at justin.ramble.space. Dan Jacobson’s homestead on the web is at danj.ca.

Community organizers contend with increasingly sophisticated “A.I.” spam, while the jury is still out regarding the legality and morality of LLM training on authors’ content. LoFi Radio Medieval LoFi Radio Synthwave LoFi Radio Adam Johnson Django pushes back on generative software slop https://fosstodon.org/@nessita/114749992891235952 https://github.com/django/django/pull/19594 https://socket.dev/blog/django-joins-curl-in-pushing-back-on-ai-slop-security-reports Will generative spam overwhelm forums and the Fediverse? Dark forest theory of the Internet Judge Rules Training AI on Authors’ Books Is Legal But Pirating Them Is Not Thompson Reuters wins case against competitor who illegally scraped its works to train AI Amazon licenses content from NYT on which to train its generative software Cloudflare AI Labyrinth Cloudflare to introduce pay-per-crawl for AI bots You can find Justin Mayer on the web at justinmayer.com and on the Fediverse at justin.ramble.space. Dan Jacobson’s homestead on the web is at danj.ca.

MacOS Tahoe beta drops Firewire support, web app developers continue to bungle password input, Apple considers using 3rd-party LLMs to power Siri, and Justin wrote an article about running LLMs on local workstations. MacOS 26 Tahoe beta drops Firewire support Apple considers using Anthropic or OpenAI to power Siri | (original paywalled article) Run a local LLM via Llama.cpp & Open WebUI Misguided Attention Prompts You can find Justin Mayer on the web at justinmayer.com and on the Fediverse at justin.ramble.space. Dan Jacobson’s homestead on the web is at danj.ca.

Open-source projects continue to contend with “AI”-generated issue reports, and opinions abound regarding Apple’s “Liquid Glass” and other user interface design changes. Dr. Demento announces retirement Dr. Demento Online Club Dr. Demento on Letterman, May 17, 1983 Dr. Demento on Larry King Live, 1985 Django adds guidance on LLM-assisted security reports Icons that are not round-rects will be put into gray squircle prison Mac application icon design changes Preview application icon changed Contacts application icon changed Mac Finder icon design changes Mouse cursor edges made rounder on all sides Overly rounded corners everywhere Floating toolbars & legibility “In case of emergency, break glass” “I Don’t Care What Google or Apple or Whoever Did” Aqua control reproductions from Mac OS X Puma, Tiger, Snow Leopard, and Lion You can find Justin Mayer on the web at justinmayer.com and on the Fediverse at justin.ramble.space. Dan Jacobson’s homestead on the web is at danj.ca.

Impressions of Apple WWDC 2025 announcements: “Liquid Glass” UI design unified across all 26-series operating systems, Messages & Phone app enhancements, and new Apple Intelligence APIs for app developers. Pre-show: Croonify karaoke song builder Croonify Article about Croonify by V Buckenham Two-minute WWDC 2025 announcement summary video from Apple Liquid Glass: “ok that’s fun now get rid of it” Liquid Glass UI constantly inverting light/dark to maintain contrast Liquid Glass: “Design is my passion” Mac folder drag animations You can find Justin Mayer on the web at justinmayer.com and on the Fediverse at justin.ramble.space. Dan Jacobson’s homestead on the web is at danj.ca.

Web sites try to thwart “A.I.” bot scrapers, Stack Overflow is almost dead, bot slop may soon plague GitHub, and Apple may need a new CEO in order to change. Neal.fun Internet Artifacts Deep Sea Stack Overflow is almost dead My new hobby: watching AI slowly drive Microsoft employees insane Apple Turnover Apple Turnaround You can find Justin Mayer on the web at justinmayer.com and on the Fediverse at justin.ramble.space. Dan Jacobson’s homestead on the web is at danj.ca.

Cotypist autocompletion for MacOS is available in beta, Google wrecks search results on purpose, SoundCloud adds “AI” training to TOS, and authors imprison themselves in Substack’s walled garden. Cotypist: Local LLM-powered autocompletion on MacOS Google made search results worse on purpose SoundCloud claims the right to train AI on your songs Don’t call it a Substack Substack alternatives: Ghost Buttondown Beehiiv You can find Justin Mayer on the web at justinmayer.com and on the Fediverse at justin.ramble.space. Dan Jacobson’s homestead on the web is at danj.ca.

Redis is open source again, Synology wants to restrict you to their own branded disks, and someday the “A” in “A.I.” may stand for “advertising”. Redis is open source again Synology drive lock-in Alternative storage drive arrays You can find Justin Mayer on the web at justinmayer.com and on the Fediverse at justin.ramble.space. Dan Jacobson’s homestead on the web is at danj.ca.

Facebook tries to convince us that we love ads and that their new name is about the “metaverse” instead of an attempt at whitewashing their toxic brand, while Google’s “AI Mode” confabulates wildly. Five Songs Daily Facebook expands ads in Threads app The real reason Facebook rebranded Google’s “AI Mode” meaning slop You can find Justin Mayer on the web at justinmayer.com and on the Fediverse at justin.ramble.space. Dan Jacobson’s homestead on the web is at danj.ca.

The Humane “AI” pin is a $700 brick of e-waste, everything is an app now, and the Hyperspace Mac application has interesting pricing options. Floor 796 The Humane AI Pin: A $700 Brick of E-Waste Archived article Original article (probably paywalled) Hyperspace Mac application You can find Justin Mayer on the web at justinmayer.com and on the Fediverse at justin.ramble.space. Dan Jacobson’s homestead on the web is at danj.ca.

iPhone may lose its USB-C port, and Tesla sales in Europe go off a cliff. Hostile government takeover song Know Your Meme Original song by @AGiftFromTodd EDM remix by @VeryVeryVinny Link Unshortener Mac Application Link Unshortener Link Unshortener announcement post Future iPhones might ditch the USB-C port Tesla sales are down in Europe You can find Justin Mayer on the web at justinmayer.com and on the Fediverse at justin.ramble.space. Dan Jacobson’s homestead on the web is at danj.ca.