2026-07-23T02:33:41+02:00 https://nostr.ae Jeff Johnson https://nostr.ae/npub1nnv0yve7x48kqrmx636kekgh2cuk0ghppd8mmd9vghksvww4k5nq4uschu https://files.mastodon.social/accounts/avatars/111/150/294/351/612/186/original/4ecb7bfbc8adc528.png https://files.mastodon.social/accounts/avatars/111/150/294/351/612/186/original/4ecb7bfbc8adc528.png https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs9saxa597y3fshkz6vt4kppeu0v3t2dwv2nmg980jptjuselkx8lczyzwd3u3n8c657cq0vm282mxezatrjeazuy95l0d543z76p3e6k6jv9y79c0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsx9env54jm90v53nfhqa6v2pmzmssrp5qtmhyrdrhrellykse7xfcdvd6cw'>nevent1q…d6cw</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The hiring process for software engineers is often a glorified bait-and-switch scheme: employers look for someone who isn&#39;t just a clockwatcher, goes above and beyond the bare minimum, genuinely cares about the craft, ideally with personal side projects to demonstrate this, yet after the software engineers are hired, the same employers treat them like code monkeys, ruthlessly measuring performance only by lines of code and dollars added. 2026-06-22T14:33:45+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsx9env54jm90v53nfhqa6v2pmzmssrp5qtmhyrdrhrellykse7xfczyzwd3u3n8c657cq0vm282mxezatrjeazuy95l0d543z76p3e6k6jv78jt4y Employers who believe that AI can replace employees have likely already dehumanized their employees, treated them like machines, automatons, bereft of personal autonomy. With that misanthropic attitude, it’s not much of a stretch to switch from natural to artificial intelligence.<br/><br/>Relentless demands for &#34;efficiency&#34; stifle the most beneficial human qualities such as caring, creativity, and curiosity. In economic terms, the competitive advantage of human workers is actually their humanity. 2026-06-22T14:23:26+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqst5gfawfx87ucfaw48865mpnnmgty06u0mca6zxhw3cnhs4cfduaczyzwd3u3n8c657cq0vm282mxezatrjeazuy95l0d543z76p3e6k6jvly8pu8 Why is wi-fi wireless fidelity but sci-fi science fiction 2026-05-27T18:19:39+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs2grrwqfmzdyvw3x5e4rwdwdgpthdctnlfyvtaqs8hc5gwlanwntczyzwd3u3n8c657cq0vm282mxezatrjeazuy95l0d543z76p3e6k6jval7392 New blog post: Prevent cross-site tracking in Safari breaks Cloudflare challenges<br/><br/><a href="https://lapcatsoftware.com/articles/2026/5/1.html">https://lapcatsoftware.com/articles/2026/5/1.html</a><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/544/598/386/019/047/original/9bcc89234115a81f.png"> <br/> 2026-05-09T14:24:03+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsg62xxyvt0xdzjzzmdj0uu5uns2zrmt35fkzewmt8n9pqujukj3ggzyzwd3u3n8c657cq0vm282mxezatrjeazuy95l0d543z76p3e6k6jv9px8gj Many software engineers have the career plan to work for amoral corporate overlords until they can retire early and then work on meaningful projects.<br/><br/>IMO this plan is questionable:<br/>1) You spend your career serving the interests of amoral corporate overlords<br/>2) The overlords have their own plans that may derail yours, such as mass layoffs and burning you out until you can’t work<br/><br/>I suggest a revised plan: work for amoral corporate overlords only until you can start your own meaningful business. 2026-05-08T14:09:40+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsx0tsxd7enku5cm6xr00c643l8eqhr00nzc0z49l20wgv5hurqflqzyzwd3u3n8c657cq0vm282mxezatrjeazuy95l0d543z76p3e6k6jvlku696 GitHub is a perfect illustration of tech industry monopolization.<br/><br/>They took a tool that was decentralized by design, git, and centralized it, then ultimately enshittified it. 2026-05-04T18:45:15+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs0yxhqygnn6s930vmycx96grclpxgq7qqv4qznfc08mmwdr00qedgzyzwd3u3n8c657cq0vm282mxezatrjeazuy95l0d543z76p3e6k6jvwrm327 New blog post:<br/><br/>Why is DuckDuckGo so much worse than Bing?<br/><br/><a href="https://lapcatsoftware.com/articles/2026/2/3.html">https://lapcatsoftware.com/articles/2026/2/3.html</a><br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/041/129/084/134/662/original/d194c666fbe7f264.png"> <br/> 2026-02-09T15:25:12+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqswhezg8g8p4c3ap0653emstarl3reepqn8v052w4asazmqq79hkjczyzwd3u3n8c657cq0vm282mxezatrjeazuy95l0d543z76p3e6k6jvd8vrq8 StopTheMadness Pro, my web browser extension that stops web site annoyances and privacy violations, is on sale in the App Store for the first time!<br/><br/>For the next two weeks, StopTheMadness Pro is $4 USD off the regular price, with comparable savings in other countries and currencies.<br/><br/><a href="https://underpassapp.com/news/2025/11/5.html">https://underpassapp.com/news/2025/11/5.html</a> 2025-11-21T14:37:54+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs2uyc6cf5xelhght99f2ze5l674uzaa2q50e3p7snffznr6wufrzszyzwd3u3n8c657cq0vm282mxezatrjeazuy95l0d543z76p3e6k6jv4jcd4w Google already killed Search. Antitrust enforcement would just give Google Search an official funeral. <a href="https://mastodon.social/@verge/114427980107178778">https://mastodon.social/@verge/114427980107178778</a> 2025-04-30T19:05:54+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsraj5c5myark47585eunf0nezdkxkrhep9wd2dxykqnyx3c6k9x5czyzwd3u3n8c657cq0vm282mxezatrjeazuy95l0d543z76p3e6k6jv3var3c Every &#34;minor&#34; OS update nowadays is like a major OS update: new bugs every time.<br/><br/>I personally noticed two other new bugs in macOS 15.3: tiff rendering broken (FB16418368) and Safari 18.3 broke iOS web inspector over wifi (FB16423111).<br/><br/>When do we ever get a &#34;stable&#34; version? <a href="https://mastodon.social/@lapcatsoftware/113980060197823744">https://mastodon.social/@lapcatsoftware/113980060197823744</a> 2025-02-10T15:58:51+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs29d03zqgcpewa2ekcr2754xqtnyzan3m90lqfnsngsxegjjuz8eszyzwd3u3n8c657cq0vm282mxezatrjeazuy95l0d543z76p3e6k6jv79thfv &#34;after upgrading our machines to macOS 15.3, we have once again noticed that ICMP traffic no longer reaches our network extension, so we cannot show it in Network Monitor nor can we intercept and block it&#34;<br/><br/><a href="https://obdev.at/blog/ping-pong-yet-another-hole-in-the-wall/">https://obdev.at/blog/ping-pong-yet-another-hole-in-the-wall/</a> 2025-02-10T15:28:15+01:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs0u43khuca7yrxrdgeg5dztuqqz2l802krzn6n90244fqkqk2jcrqzyzwd3u3n8c657cq0vm282mxezatrjeazuy95l0d543z76p3e6k6jvezm3ed This is ridiculous. These big tech companies will do anything possible to prevent users from ever actually being able to access their own passkeys.<br/><br/>Export and import should have been extremely simple. Instead, they took years to come up with some convoluted system where the only possibility is to transfer from one vendor lock-in to another vendor lock-in.<br/><br/>Fuck passkeys. You’ll have to pry my passwords from my cold dead hands. <a href="https://mastodon.online/@9to5Mac/113308029918888989">https://mastodon.online/@9to5Mac/113308029918888989</a> 2024-10-15T00:28:25+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsxjuswtewzqz453ky5vzt2x6gtfxsekqdyshr0lssze76swmvd68czyzwd3u3n8c657cq0vm282mxezatrjeazuy95l0d543z76p3e6k6jvv3uc4j In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsf4zxxsnhrx0j3dgtqxkyk9jdu60py88gdwxkd3gcd9ztxljjf63shc9x7q'>nevent1q…9x7q</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Don’t worry, I’ve ensured that Apple hates and would never hire me.<br/><video controls width="100%" class="max-h-[90vh] bg-neutral-300 dark:bg-zinc-700"><source src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/113/201/142/965/766/893/original/86527e350e903b3d.mp4"></video><br/> 2024-09-26T02:59:26+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs964vyc6wccja3k50qhm2mh3n8vgwqnr85qmq7mrpegsq0vv2xxygzyzwd3u3n8c657cq0vm282mxezatrjeazuy95l0d543z76p3e6k6jvdkk9j5 It’s interesting that French language Apple Intelligence support has been announced for next year. Of course there are French speakers outside of France (such as the hosers up north), but it doesn’t seem worth making French one of the first non-English languages if Apple Intelligence were not coming to France in the European Union? 2024-09-09T21:10:44+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs270njue6rr7dvvp79p4zpcsk42w5xtarq3npsajzxstn3apg2n7czyzwd3u3n8c657cq0vm282mxezatrjeazuy95l0d543z76p3e6k6jv2f69v5 The performance of TextEdit is really fucking awful now.<br/><br/>How did Apple manage to so badly mangle something that was more or less perfect already? It’s gross incompetence and malpractice. They’ve totally wrecked NSTextView.<br/><br/>Mac hardware is faster than ever, but somehow Mac software is slower than ever. How the hell is that even possible? What the fuck are they even DOING?!?!? 2024-08-31T05:30:20+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs9q3ue0rwd2eamesk8eryxjs59hu665a07l0up92puhzswsm4hy7qzyzwd3u3n8c657cq0vm282mxezatrjeazuy95l0d543z76p3e6k6jvp47t2k The App Store, everyone.<br/> <img src="https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/112/951/247/877/569/623/original/d3d03b8ca17dc7d2.png"> <br/> 2024-08-12T23:47:46+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs8zyx7vgujg22py27cxqcjfn05yl6ctyffquea3uz6h3zm5tp7xqszyzwd3u3n8c657cq0vm282mxezatrjeazuy95l0d543z76p3e6k6jvqw35nc Third-party software sells Apple hardware, not just directly to developers but indirectly to consumers who use the software. “Should Apple give away its developer tools for free?” is a dumb, ignorant question. The fundamental developer tool is an Apple Mac, very far from free.<br/><br/>Back when Mac OS X cost $129, Xcode was included among the install discs. Again, not free.<br/><br/>Developer tools are not charity. Apple platforms would never have achieved their current success without 3rd party software. 2024-08-09T16:03:19+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqs8vlte76xp4fm5mqulgp56l7585up8ctc0eqzshc9tw5vcsnw957czyzwd3u3n8c657cq0vm282mxezatrjeazuy95l0d543z76p3e6k6jvffh6ry In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsffvh385e0vftz7du879xxntvxgk8nzcy0un5lrq9qqeklz76ynqsmupwvu'>nevent1q…pwvu</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Yes, consumers “vote with their wallet” in a computing duopoly, just like they vote in a political duopoly. In other words, they vote for the lesser of two evils. That doesn’t mean they endorse all the shit that the politicians pull in office. Mostly they don’t, because the politicians are obedient to their donors rather than to their constituents. It’s all about money in that arena too. 2024-08-09T02:58:33+02:00 https://nostr.ae/nevent1qqsffvh385e0vftz7du879xxntvxgk8nzcy0un5lrq9qqeklz76ynqszyzwd3u3n8c657cq0vm282mxezatrjeazuy95l0d543z76p3e6k6jv8sypkr The idea that consumers want Apple to restrict their freedom is idiotic. Stockholm Syndrome. Cupertino Complex.<br/><br/>Do consumers want their fridges and ovens to restrict their diet? Do they want their cars to restrict their destination and speed? Do their want their homes to restrict their visitors? Of course not. HELL NO. That would be intolerable.<br/><br/>Do you seriously think farmers want their tractors to be locked down? The manufacturers do it simply because they can, because it’s more profitable. 2024-08-09T02:54:36+02:00