Daring Fireball
‘The Last Quiet Thing’
https://daringfireball.net/linked/2026/03/16/the-last-quiet-thing
‘The Last Quiet Thing’

Link to: https://www.terrygodier.com/the-last-quiet-thing

Daring Fireball
Mar 16 at 5:48pmDF Tootbot
Show threadRG5d ago

@daringfireball “One by one, the objects in our lives opened their eyes, found our faces, and began to need us.”

“Your thermostat has opinions now.”

His RSS product Current:

“Each article has a velocity, a measure of how quickly it ages. Breaking news burns bright for three hours. A daily article stays relevant for eighteen. An essay lingers for three days. An evergreen tutorial might sit in your river for a week.”

Such pretentious BS.

Show threadNit4d ago

@ravigupta @daringfireball Yeah wasn’t a fan of this.

Owned Apple Watch since S0 and it’s been silenced from early - I realised I didn’t want nagging. Ditto iPhone. That doesn’t mean I don’t want the information, I’ve just streamlined.

Disabled auto updates on my EV the weekend I got it. My toaster and thermostat are dumb.

This article makes it sound like the only choice was connected options that need you to be an IT department. Luckily that’s not the case.

Show threadNicholas Modesto4d ago

@ravigupta @daringfireball

It is junk. His next article is comparing a typewriter with a modern laptop computer and yelling into the sky about being nagged and maintenance.

I am disappointed in this being linked to by daringfireball.

Show threadSteve5d ago
@daringfireball that fade in effect is so distracting I couldn’t finish the article
Show threadJohn Gruber4d ago
@scm The author/designer has considered that, and put this at the very top:
Show threadSteve4d ago
@gruber I missed that on iOS for some reason while I was trying to figure out what was going on… imho a well designed site doesn’t need a “make this site not suck” button, though.
Show threadNicholas Modesto4d ago

@gruber @scm

So the user is faced with some over engineered “experience” which is an absolutely awful user experience for AN ESSAY or a janky static faux “plain text” version complete with janky ascii renditions. But it isn’t plain text because it heavily styled html content.

Removing animation would mean a traditional static vertically scrolling page while maintaining high quality images, not “okay let’s make this as sucky for you as possible”.

Show threadKev Rodgers4d ago
@daringfireball @gruber “I have, uh… ahem. I have two dollars and, uh… and a Casio.” 🎥