Tim BrayThis is actually not about XML, despite the title, it's about us geeks being fashion victims, and I really enjoyed reading it. https://www.bitecode.dev/p/hype-cycles
Mike
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Aviation, photography, and technology geek. Sadly not really a 747 Captain... Straight ally 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️. Forever EUropean 🇪🇺.
BasicAppleGuy“For you to sleep well at night, the aesthetic, the quality, has to be carried all the way through."
- Steve Jobs
- Steve Jobs
SaraMGHiring a software engineer in their late 40s:
Pros:
* Understands your stack better than you do after glancing through the repo for five minutes.
* Will rewrite said stack 2x as fast, and half as buggy if you let them.
Cons:
* Gives zero fucks.
* Knows we're not *really* like family here.
* No, seriously, absolutely zero fucks given.
Do not cite the deep magic to me, product manager, I was there when it was written.
Ars TechnicaPasswordless Google accounts are easier and more secure than passwords. Here’s why.
The passkey ecosystem is far from complete, but Google's implementation is now ready to use.
Jeremy BurgeThere are three important milestones in any emoji release
Emoji approved by Unicode
Emoji included in iOS update
Emoji gets a new sex meaning
Federico Viticci 
If you do one good Nerd Thing this week, make it tapping the 'I Don't Need a Refund' button in Tweetbot and Twitterrific.
These apps, in many ways, pioneered the modern concept of quality, indie app for iPhone. They gave us much more than they ever asked for with their subscriptions.
Join me in not needing a refund: https://www.macstories.net/stories/a-final-update-to-tweetbot-and-twitterrific-that-allows-users-to-support-tapbots-and-the-iconfactory/
A Final Update to Tweetbot and Twitterrific That Allows Users to Support Tapbots and The Iconfactory
Usually, when a big company shuts down an API, they give customers time to prepare. It’s the right thing to do regardless of what any terms of service say. That’s not how things went down with Twitter. Instead, as I wrote in January, Twitter eliminated access to its API for many third-party apps, including Tweetbot
Casey Liss@chockenberry THIS ONE IS FOUR U https://www.instagram.com/reel/Co8LPO-AWHc/?igshid=MjkzY2Y1YTY=
Austin Kocher, PhD 🌎I found this taped to the door of the geography department at GWU today and it brought me so much joy. A guide to figuring out when a map was made based on features. Zoom in. It’s amazing.
