Weekend Reading — Hot Potatoes

This week we decide on monolithic vs micro-service, Remix all the things, run a performance comparison, get better at making decisions, say farewell to Firefox and Substack, exercise every morning, recommend two things you can watch online, and collect our New Year’s event tickets.

Weekend Reading — Trick AI bot into selling Tahoe for $1

This week we discuss whether HTML is necessary, get a new calendaring app, cover some productivity hacks, balk at AI Gone Wrong, and advise you how to wrap your x-max presents.

Weekend Reading — 🫛 War and peas

This week we solve an SQL murder mystery, watch the mother of all demos, explore the creative playground, cry over some dead startups, list a couple of new cool AI tools, and praise our Neanderthal genes.

Weekend Reading — Current mood

This week we cover HTML bad practices, an NFT that actually makes any sense, alternatives to the dying Evernote, some good design practices, anxiety, digital thermometers, and let’s all be frank about our current mood.

Weekend Reading — US politics in a nutshell

This week we revisit the PDP-11, learn some CSS, pick some cool apps, take note of AI and ad blockers, and square some politics.

Default Apps 2023

(Inspired by Chris Coyier) 📨 Mail Client: Shortwave and Spark 📮 Mail Server: Google 📝 Notes: Notes and Notion ✅ To-Do: Things 📆 Calendar: Fantastical through Google Calendar 📁 Cloud File Storage: iCloud Drive 📖 RSS: Reeder through Feedly  🙍🏻‍♂️ Contacts: Cardhop 🌐 Browser: Desktop: Arc. iOS: Safari (as I’m forced to) 💬 Chat: Messages, WhatsApp, Slack 🔖 Bookmarks: Raindrop

Weekend Reading — Darth driver

This week we realize we need this truck, map the entire internet form Nov 1969, don’t obsessed over not getting hired, learn more about our brain and guts, and purchase the “never obsolete” PC.

Weekend Reading — AI cycling

This week we complain about GitHub Actions, find the perfect t-shirt, hallucinate to the dictionary, and learn more about the world around us.

Weekend Reading — Sorry, nevermind

This week we debate: to Next or not to Next? We recall of the future was imagined, many years ago. And we catch a break in the Minecraft bedroom.