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Starlink, Starship, and a tiny house roof

Same company about to become my internet flies the biggest object ever made on May 19. Still processing that.

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Pause Point: Google ships the feature Apple won’t

Google's new Pause Point adds a 10-second friction moment before you open a distracting app. It's clever. Apple has the reach to do the same — and hasn't.

· 2 min · ESSAY

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.

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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
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