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GitHub if it was made by everyone but GitHub

A meme keeps showing up on my X timeline: developers asking AI image models to redesign GitHub in the style of Apple, Microsoft, Craigslist, Geocities. I tried one. I have thoughts.

· 3 min · NOTE

Windows Update is becoming polite. About time.

Microsoft is loosening Windows Update: a 35-day pause, a calmer shutdown menu, bundled monthly restarts. Welcome — and overdue. The deeper philosophy hasn't moved.

· 3 min · ESSAY

Apple at 50: still admiring, still waiting

Apple turns 50 today. I have been writing about them since 2009 and using their products daily since the iPhone SE. The admiration is still there. The patience is wearing thin.

· 7 min · ESSAY

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+.

· 3 min · ESSAY
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