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What if Apple ran your AI agent?

I tried an open-source AI agent that sends me a morning briefing without being asked. It works. But it took terminal skills to set up. Apple has everything it needs to build this into iCloud+.

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Windows Live Messenger: 13 years gone

March 15, 2013: Microsoft pulled the plug on Windows Live Messenger. Thirteen years later, nothing has replaced what it was — not the chat, but the culture around it.

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An iPhone chip in a Mac: what Apple got right and where 8 gigs hurt

Apple put an iPhone 16 Pro chip in a $599 MacBook and it actually works. The bold part is the architecture. The catch is 8GB of RAM with no way out.

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Ghostty: a terminal that’s just a terminal

After a year on Warp, I switched to Ghostty — a fast, focused terminal with no AI, no account, and no distractions. Here are the shortcuts worth knowing.

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