Internet & Web
tokens are getting more expensive
note: i’m kinda tired of the “levered beta” metaphor, i have one more topic i want to cover on this topic related to cognition, and then i’ll go back to my normal writing imagine you start a company knowing that consumers won’t pay more than $20/month. fine, you think, classic vc playbook – charge at…
The enforcer that could break up Apple and Google is facing upheaval
The sudden firing of two high-ranking antitrust officials this week is signaling upheaval at an agency responsible for arguing some of the biggest tech monopoly cases in decades. Two top deputies to Department of Justice Antitrust Division chief Gail Slater were fired earlier this week for what a DOJ official would only explain as “insubordination”…
All the Pixel 10 rumors and leaks to date: Pricing, colors, and specs reportedly leaked
Google has officially announced the date of the next Made By Google event, which will take place on Aug. 20. That’s when we expect to see the official debut of the Pixel 10 series. As is typical for Google, the whole Pixel 10 lineup has been leaking like a busted pipe. Last week, the full…
The Death of the Click: How Scrolling Took Over the Web
Remember clicking? That sharp, deliberate action where you made a choice, committed to a path, and opened the next door in the digital house? Yeah—clicking is dead. Or at least dying. Slowly, awkwardly, like Internet Explorer clinging to life in a forgotten corporate IT department. Scrolling has taken over. And it’s not just a UX shift….
Keeping Article Demos Alive When Third-Party APIs Die | CSS-Tricks
After four years, the demos in my “Headless Form Submission with the WordPress REST API” article finally stopped working. The article includes CodePen embeds that demonstrate how to use the REST API endpoints of popular WordPress form plugins to capture and display validation errors and submission feedback when building a completely custom front-end. The pens…
The Core Model: Start FROM The Answer, Not WITH The Solution — Smashing Magazine
The Core Model is a practical methodology that flips traditional digital development on its head. Instead of starting with solutions or structure, we begin with a hypothesis about what users need and follow a simple framework that brings diverse teams together to create more effective digital experiences. By asking six good questions in the right…
How To Win In Generative Engine Optimization (GEO)
This post was sponsored by Peec.ai. The opinions expressed in this article are the sponsor’s own. The first step of any good GEO campaign is creating something that LLM-driven answer machines actually want to link out to or reference. In This SEO Guide 1. GEO Strategy Components 2. Concrete Steps To Succeed With GEO 3….
GitHub – dillstead/elf_injector: Injects code into an ELF file
Injects a relocatable code chunk of arbitrary size into an ELF executable that will run before the original entry point of the executable. NOTE: The code can only build and run on a 32-bit ARM processor as it contains a mix of C and assembly. Build elf_injector: ~/elf_injector $ make all gcc -Werror -std=gnu99 -fno-builtin…
Star Trek, superheroes, and lots of Stephen King: the best of SDCC 2025
Another San Diego Comic-Con has come and gone, and while there were no explosive reveals like last year’s surprise appearance of Robert Downey Jr. as Doctor Doom, there were quite a few interesting developments. That includes several Star Trek spinoffs, a new sci-fi show on Apple TV Plus, trailers for everything from Peacemaker to Gen…
iOS 26 preview: I’m using Liquid Glass and it mostly lives up to its promise
Apple’s big new design language is almost here, and it’s coming to all of Apple’s major operating systems in the fall with the official launch of iOS 26. Liquid Glass is what Apple calls its newest design philosophy, and it promises to bring major changes to how all of its operating systems look and feel….