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  • Or, imagine this, instead of inventing increasingly Byzantine rules and fee structures to justify rent-seeking, Apple could go back to focusing on selling quality software and hardware.

  • October 16, 2025 · 10:00 PM

    It’s that time of year again. I’m once again asking you to donate to my wife’s fundraising campaign for the Alzheimer’s Association.

    Here’s a blog post I wrote a few years ago that explains why this particular cause is so important to our family.

    Donate here.

  • You don’t need a single unicorn hero. You need a stampede of horses.

    (That quote isn’t from the linked PR, it’s from somewhere else that I can’t find the source for right now.)

  • This continues to be some of the very best do-gooding of the year, every year. Go support this cause if you’re able.

  • September 25, 2025 · 10:10 PM

    Optimizing some NSOutlineView code this morning. ChatGPT gave me a fantastic 100+ line solution using NSOutlineViewDiffableDataSource, which was great, until I had to break the news to the robot that that API simply Does. Not. Exist.

  • September 22, 2025 · 10:12 PM

    This isn’t solvable by hiring additional engineers. More people would just make communication between and within teams increasingly burdensome. This is a problem of not saying “no” enough. And at some point, saying “no” more often than “yes” becomes unacceptable to investors. Once you cross that line, insert the Upton Sinclair quote about people not understanding things their salary depends on them not understanding.

  • I built some R&D prototypes with ARKit and robot vacuum cleaners in 2022 when I worked at SharkNinja. I just learned that one of them was granted a patent last month.

  • September 12, 2025 · 10:16 PM

    That thing where you try and drag a window out of the way only to realize it’s inside someone else’s screen they’re sharing.

  • Just putting out into the universe that there’s a new mix / reissue of “No Jacket Required” available today.

  • Happy David Byrne album release day to all who celebrate!