Links that are clickable
Links I find worth reading, with notes.
If you have something good for this list, @me on Bluesky and I’ll have a look.
2026
OpenAI introducing ads to ChatGPT.
'I don’t even remember hating any other piece of technology I used.' - Things that make GitHub Actions painful to work with.
AI has made generating code cheap. Architecture, maintenance, and knowing what to build haven’t gotten easier.
Apple is bringing Google's Gemini to power Siri rather than building their own model.
Google warns that writing short LLM-optimized content can hurt search rankings. Their systems still reward depth.
2025
WAICT is a W3C-backed spec for cryptographically verifying JavaScript integrity and consistency. It targets the supply-chain risk from third-party scripts.
Schleswig-Holstein moved ~30,000 employees from Microsoft Exchange to Open-Xchange and Thunderbird in October 2025.
The story of Web Platform Tests (WPT), the ~2-million-test shared suite that transformed browser interoperability over the last decade.
A walkthrough of diff algorithm design decisions: API flexibility, multiple operation modes, and performance tradeoffs, using a Go diff library as the example.
A curated archive of 385 experimental mobile-first website designs, emphasising unconventional interactions and positive friction.
MCP server that lets AI agents control and inspect Chrome for debugging, performance analysis, and automation.
Tim Berners-Lee on releasing the web without patents or royalties.
An experimental re-implementation of SSH over HTTP/3 and QUIC with modern auth.
The Typst repo: markup-based typesetting with integrated scripting, incremental compilation, and a web editor.
An introduction to Typst, a Rust-based typesetting system with simpler syntax, faster compilation, and better error messages than LaTeX.
An extension to robots.txt letting site owners express preferences for how their content is used: search, AI training, or real-time AI applications.
A link containing a natural language query that will redirect to a best guess at the most relevant web destination.
Wasmer Edge now runs Python, including FastAPI, Django, and Streamlit, on WebAssembly infrastructure with near-native performance.
PayPal soon to allow P2P Bitcoin, Ethereum, PYUSD transfers.
Can you host a website on a vape? I guess you can!
"I led design for NotebookLM, shaping the product’s core user experience, brand identity, and visual system from experiment to launch."
An unsettling interactive project that keeps asking you to prove you're human.
Discussion on the semantics of 'your' vs 'my' in UI language and its impact on user perception.
There's a hidden CSS property to create liquid glass effects in WebKit-based browsers.
GitHub is rolling out a new inference API, with demos that run issues and PRs through GitHub Models for AI moderation.
I found a bug in Safari where changing CSS ruby-overhang values wasn't triggering layout. It got fixed already, so that's cool.
Critique and reflections on leadership principles at Amazon and what they mean in practice.
'Files changed' view gets a new look and some new features.
Open-source book exploring case studies of large software systems and their structure.