curly > waffle > wedge > standard > crinkle > shoestring.

i know, i know, but do you have to taunt me with this non-dismissible banner?

this tweet inspired me to read Grant's memoirs. thanks! also vibecoded a map of his travels & battles at grant.winer.ly/, which has been especially helpful for the pre-war bits

my single biggest production risk is @natebirdman's physical wellbeing. Nate, please tell me you don't own a motorcycle.

huh, i think it's actually been years since i last heard 'mr brightside'

really interesting phishing attempt: they sent me a bunch of phishing emails, then called and did a legitimately decent Google account security checkup! even asked me to delete those emails. then 30 minutes later they called again and finally tried to get me to click a fake link

seems like they've added some CYA crap to their usage policies, saying it's prohibited for you to use ChatGPT for legal advice without consulting a lawyer.  but i don't see evidence (yet) that they're actually changing or restricting model outputs.

is anyone else's battery life tanking after installing the iOS Vista update?

hey it's time for my monthly panic of "oh crap did i accidentally rack up a bunch of charges to my personal AWS account"

yay, more shrinkflation, how exciting.

Used to be I had 1Password and Authy. Totally manageable security. Now I've got passkeys littered across iCloud, Chrome, 1Password, TouchID, Yubikey, god knows where else. I know this is a Me Problem, but my online security has arguably gotten *worse* from the rise of passkeys.

Story time: Back in 2012, I went on a (third? maybe fourth?) date with a girl to a jazz bar that had lots of fun games. We had bonded over being competitive, and thought we could play some ping pong or foosball together. She asked to play Scrabble – but it turns out that makes it tough to have a conversation, since it involves alternating periods of intense concentration. I'm no Scrabble wiz, but I love using the two-letter combos to put words next to each other. So I kept doing that, and I remember my date getting pretty frustrated. Soon we ended up with the board below. At this point, we couldn't find any other possible moves to make ANYWHERE, regardless of the available letters. The game was stuck. And so was the date. Pretty sure we never talked again. I didn't remember taking a picture but it just popped up in my Google Photos. Sorry for the 2012-Android-in-a-basement-bar photo quality. If you're out there, fellow former NYC single, I hope you're well, I'm curious for your side of the story, and gg.

gm. happy 3²/4²/5² everyone.

my new least favorite sales tactic is the "fake forwarded email from your boss". i've got three of them in my inbox this morning.