Posts
Writing on AI, software, security, hardware, and the web.
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I wanted Nothing to be the iPhone of Android. After a year with the Phone 2, here's why I gave up.
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PlanetScale killed their free tier and laid off staff in the same breath. Here's why that matters, and where to go instead.
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Enabling grayscale mode on Android to reduce screen time - the goal, the method, and whether it works.
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Resizing an EBS-backed EC2 instance is simpler than it used to be. Here's what to check and how to do it without causing downtime.
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Google has killed ~290 products. The anxiety of building on services that might vanish is real - and it's changing how I think about infrastructure.
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Disabling all notifications sounds liberating. In practice, it's more nuanced - here's my selective approach.
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No-code platforms promise to democratize development. Here's why they often fail businesses that try to scale on them.
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Ten predictions for the marketing industry in 2023 - most of them cynical, all of them honest.
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COVID forced schools online overnight. Here's what tools actually worked, and what to avoid when teaching remotely.
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A new website, a new attempt at a blog, and a static site generator that turned out to be more work than expected.