software

Notes on software as a medium, a business, and a system of tools that shape everyday work.

• 2026 · 08  The Maintenance Tax
• 2026 · 05  What made me actually pay for an AI orchestration tool: Nyx's free-form canvas
• 2026 · 05  Drafts after 1,200 days - why it only clicked once I stopped treating it like a notes app
• 2026 · 05  Stop Using One Email for Everything
• 2026 · 05  Raycast vs Alfred vs Spotlight after Tahoe — what this sub often gets wrong about launchers vs FAF, Cling, EasyFind & HoudahSpot
• 2026 · 05  6-months with Little Snitch 6 — what I learned about how much my Mac talks to the internet
• 2026 · 04  AI Made Me Faster at Writing Code, Slower at Finishing Products
• 2026 · 04  The Hypertail Why the Future of Software is Personal, Niche, and Built by Everyone
• 2026 · 04  The Insurance Problem in Utility App Design
• 2026 · 04  Hail the Maintainers — Innovation, Upkeep, and the Politics of Technological Labour
• 2026 · 02  What My Agents Can't Do Is the Point