Steve Harrison

Now that we’re using AI tools to generate code, the bottleneck is reviewing the changes to make sure the agent has done the right thing.

Chrome introduced a new API, window.showDirectoryPicker() that allows the user to grant access to a directory on their computer and allow a website to read/write everything inside.

macOS Tahoe introduced slight translucency for app sidebars, and you can also add this effect to an Electron BrowserWindow using the vibrancy property: new BrowserWindow({ width: 1100, height: 720, titleBarStyle: "hiddenInset", vibrancy: "sidebar",

In my early years of programming, I’d get into flow states and have a great time, and other times, it was an uphill battle.

Update: They’ve now updated the documentation.

When using component libraries, you’ll often need to use npm link in order to test changes to the component library in an app that uses the component library locally.

Meta was in the news recently for two failed live demos: Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta AI glasses demo failed in EPIC fashion today 🤣pic.twitter.com/O0UFeoCar7 — Chief Nerd (@TheChiefNerd) September 18, 2025 Meta AI’s live demo failed for the entire minute 😢 pic…

It’s been a while since I did a tech roundup!

An emerging trend that I think is as exciting as AI and crypto is local-first development.

Apple’s CloudKit framework offers a secure way to store app data and make it available to all of a user’s Apple devices, tied to their Apple account.

Here is a sample of some basic Markdown syntax that can be used when writing Markdown content in Astro.

We were building a page that used query parameters to filter a list of items.

OpenAI introduces GPT Store At OpenAI’s first developer conference, Sam Altman announced a way to create custom AI bots and share them on the OpenAI platform.

Here’s a PDF copy of my slides from my talk “What’s new in CSS in 2023” at Web Directions Summit.

You can now create AI avatars for training videos with D-ID.

AI OpenAI will host its first developer conference on 6 November.

Apple’s new iPhone launch event is scheduled for the 13th September, where they’re expected to release a new iPhone 15 with a USB-C port and a new Apple watch.

Microsoft is bringing Python to Excel: There is now a reverse image lookup that uses facial recognition to find all images of a person publicly on the web: Possibly the most disturbing AI website on the internet.

AI Google Chrome will summarize entire articles for you with built-in generative AI The AI-powered notes in Chrome are launching first on Android and iOS.

An AI-generated deep fake has been making the rounds—I think it’s pretty convincing: [NEW] - Joshua Avatar 2.0 🤖✨.

Uber has finally turned a profit!

The Line NEOM is a new urban area planned by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to be built in its northwestern Tabuk Province.

AI The AI artist community keeps coming up with amazing images generated in Midjourney.

Threads has passed 100M users in five days since its launch last week, overtaking ChatGPT as the fastest growing app of all time (for comparison, ChatGPT reached 100M users in the first two months, which was a record at the time).

Well the big talk of the week: Meta has launched Threads, their Instagram Twitter competitor and it passed 2 million users in the first 2 hours!

AI Toyota has released a generative AI tool for designing cars: 1.

AI news Meta has announced Voicebox, a generative AI model that can help with audio editing, sampling, and styling.

NASA has released a new X-plane designed to reduce fuel consumption.

Sydney F-Enders and SydCSS Presentations This week, I gave a presentation on Advanced Testing in Playwright at the Sydney F-Enders meetup on Tuesday and What’s new in CSS in 2023 at SydCSS on Thursday.

Well, it’s only 4 sleeps away from the biggest Apple reveal since over a decade ago: the AR/VR headset!

Generative AI in Photoshop Photoshop has released some amazing new generative AI features this week!

This week, Apple rolled out Tap to Pay in Australia, with Westpac and Tyro Payments the first payment platforms to offer this feature to business customers.

Happy Friday!

So much innovation is happening at the moment, a truly exciting time to be alive!

Happy Friyay!

Hello from Sydney, I just got back from Tokyo!

Hello from Singapore!