Posts | Clever Laziness

I stared at my code editor for twenty minutes last Tuesday.

Finding technology that simply works feels like a rare gem.

My relationship with coffee has evolved quite a bit, mirroring the changes I’ve undergone in my adult life.

Governments, if they endure, always tend increasingly toward aristocratic forms.

I can’t help but notice the signs—the whispers of collapse.

The digital landscape is vast and chaotic, with moments of brilliance often lost in obscurity.

As a software engineer, I’ve come to accept a harsh reality of modern work life: meetings are everywhere.

We have been moving for the past month.

There’s something undeniably magical about a well-designed single-purpose app.

This month we get a little nerdier.

I’ve had a couple of hectic months.

Over the last few years, Apple has been navigating a precarious tightrope with macOS.

I’ve had enough of streaming music services.

I’ve been reminiscing about my childhood recently.

The last few weeks have felt like months.

As streaming continues to dominate the media landscape, the pursuit of physical media has become an uphill battle.

The elusive enchantment of Artificial Intelligence has cast a spell over the tech world and the unsuspecting public alike.

I haven’t done much reading this month as I’ve been taking a lot of time off from work to travel and spend time with my partner.

Today, digital convenience reigns supreme.

I’ve been neck-deep into my M-Disc archival project this month and haven’t done a lot of reading.

I’ve been thinking a lot about data preservation.

It’s no secret that Meta has battled with countless data privacy concerns over the years.

I’ve finally settled into the new job and have some free time now to catch up on my RSS feeds and reading list.

If you’re not familiar with it, Copilot is an AI-based code completion tool, created by GitHub and OpenAI.

This week, in transition jobs.

Few games transcend time, becoming more than just a fleeting memory of digital entertainment.

I’ve been hoarding a ton of bookmarks for years now and haven’t found an excellent way to share some of the more interesting stuff.

In the quiet, pixelated corners of our memories, where the echoes of chiptune melodies linger, the Analogue Pocket has emerged—not merely as a gaming device but as a bridge across time.

There’s a growing conversation about the true essence of personal blogs.

The city of Los Angeles finds itself shrouded in an unprecedented darkness.

As we entered the early 2020s, our online activities have expanded massively, encompassing everything from streaming movies and music to playing video games and participating in video conferences.

We often hear, “What goes online, stays online.”

Navigating the constantly evolving world of web development can be challenging, especially when creating efficient yet lean web applications.

In the nascent era of the web, SEO was a concept as esoteric as the personal computer itself—a curiosity, a future fantasy.

Misinformation has become a valuable commodity, and social media algorithms dictate what is considered “truth,” the importance of libraries, those revered establishments of knowledge and democracy, has never been more crucial.

Ah, Google.

In small teams, you’re spread thin, constantly multitasking.

In software development, there exists a unique concept, as explained by Baldur Bjarnason, known as the “benefits of time”.

I came across John Siracusa’s most recent blog post, where he talks about The Plumber Problem.

Climate change is no longer a distant, abstract threat.

We often take the permanence of our online data for granted.

ActivityPub is all the rage nowadays.

It’s a tale as old as the web itself—a realm where practicality takes a backseat, and uselessness reigns supreme.

Working remotely as a web developer offers incredible flexibility, but let’s face it, distractions are a struggle for us all.

Ah, Google Reader.

Reading Ashley Shew’s thought-provoking piece in the latest MIT Technology Review felt like unboxing a brand-new toolset for my mind, equipped with a fresh set of lenses to view the future of tech and accessibility.

Ben McCarthy on how having lots of photos is a fucking nightmare: Most apps on iOS integrate with the system photo library directly, and trying to get images from other sources is a pain that requires copying and pasting, or duplicating images to the Files

I’ve been spending much of my online social time on Mastodon.

The way we interact with media has undergone a remarkable shift recently, thanks to the constantly changing digital landscape.

Things v3.17 was released and brought a much-needed overhauled Shortcuts integration.