I feel like people who are using LLMs for their work are not considering the motives and impact of the corporations hosting and serving the model. The goal isn't to make you a better developer, or even a more productive developer, its to make you dependent on their service and start driving up the rents to access it.

The goal is to extract your time, your money, and your knowledge feeding these models your plans for the work you want to achieve. They are not benevolent.

If you're using `puma-dev` (having `.test` domains and automatic HTTPS is super nice!) but want HTTP2+ support + all the benefits of caddy, I've started work on a small script/setup that provides a `puma-dev` like experience, but using `caddy`!

And best of all, there are no intermediary steps/tools, it's just a setup that strings together 2 out-of-the-box programs.

https://github.com/practical-computer/caddy-dev

Every non-hype defense of #LLMs starts with "you must already understand your work really well." But the people vibe coding prototypes *don't*.

As a result they scale up thoughtlessness. "Bulking out" a slapdash idea with hallucinated details only displaces the real thinking that could have led to actual innovation. The very teams the tool was supposed to help instead end up with more noise to dig through.

But teams can (and do) fight back.

https://productpicnic.beehiiv.com/p/vibe-prototyping-isn-t-solving-any-problems-but-it-s-creating-many-new-ones

#tech #softwaredevelopment

If you're using `puma-dev` (having `.test` domains and automatic HTTPS is super nice!) but want HTTP2+ support + all the benefits of caddy, I've started work on a small script/setup that provides a `puma-dev` like experience, but using `caddy`!

And best of all, there are no intermediary steps/tools, it's just a setup that strings together 2 out-of-the-box programs.

https://github.com/practical-computer/caddy-dev

I wrote a blog post about why we in the photography space *still* complain about Apple's Aperture going away over a decade later.

It was a *really* good app.

New blog post: A Lament For Aperture, The App We'll Never Get Over Losing

https://ikennd.ac/blog/2026/01/old-man-yells-at-modern-software-design/

I hyperfocused and came up with (what I think) is a pretty elegant solution to the problem of "how do you move a subtree based on the responsive state". While the implementation is Web Awesome specific, the patterns are general (Web Standards FTW!)

https://github.com/shoelace-style/webawesome/discussions/1939#discussioncomment-15521818

I hyperfocused and came up with (what I think) is a pretty elegant solution to the problem of "how do you move a subtree based on the responsive state". While the implementation is Web Awesome specific, the patterns are general (Web Standards FTW!)

https://github.com/shoelace-style/webawesome/discussions/1939#discussioncomment-15521818

@saagar SDD (Spite Driven Development)

Yarnspinner has a pretty good take

https://yarnspinner.dev/blog/why-we-dont-use-ai/

If you put the Apple icons in reverse it looks like the portfolio of someone getting really really good at icon design

Replaced the battery on my iPod and only busted up the case a little. These buggers are a nightmare.

i agree with @beep here. this is how i have been talking genai specifically, and "ai" in general, and it is comforting to know that not only i have arrived at this conclusion. "ai" is a failed technology and we should talk about it as such. it only works as intended as a means to scare people into accepting lower compensation for their time and work.

https://ethanmarcotte.com/wrote/against-stocking-frames/

https://uxdesign.cc/a-sharp-tool-can-still-ruin-the-cut-b1014292335d

I found my iPod Classic. It booted, synced, and holds a charge. I’ve currently got a battery ordered, to avoid that fire hazard.

It’s still a BEAUTIFUL device. Even in the 5m I’ve held it, I’m reminded that we used to make truly excellent things with substance & polish.

Okay, for the indie creators in the room: what would be useful for you to have handy when you’re:
- At a conference
- Running promotions & giveaways
- Keeping tabs on commissions/consulting gigs

Thinking about features for Little CRM

#webcomics #indiehackers #indiedev #indieweb #creatoreconomy

Pop Quiz: is this a bug? Or how iPad OS 26 decided multitasking should be?

How is this SO BAD?

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Okay, for the indie creators in the room: what would be useful for you to have handy when you’re:
- At a conference
- Running promotions & giveaways
- Keeping tabs on commissions/consulting gigs

Thinking about features for Little CRM

#webcomics #indiehackers #indiedev #indieweb #creatoreconomy

Having a normal one while writing docs

Having a normal one while writing docs