A quote from The Information today. We'll be seeing a lot more of this locking down of data (never mind that it should be the customer's choice what they do with it).

App-makers are reacting to the threat of a new, intelligent software environment in which apps aren't as important. It's not just the context wars, it's the app vs. environment wars.

Thinking about my position that AI in creativity is just a tool, not a replacement for an artist.

I'm not as optimistic about that as I used to be.

(No final thoughts here yet, just initial reactions to an interview with Rick Rubin.)

https://publish.obsidian.md/ruperts-notes/Clippings/2025/Rick+Rubin+on+%22why+AI+won't+replace+artists%22

This little web command client can now take actions using Web Applets & the Unternet kernel

love how it can reads the map pin data to recommend me a vegetarian spot (can't do that with the DOM or a vision model)

Fun experiment today making a command line for the web, based on Unternet's kernel

It's cool that the LLMs know enough about URL structure to hallucinate stuff that works!

(It's just guessing based on what it knows about how GitHub's paths work – it's actually kinda handy)

Nailed it, Alex Komoroske.

We have a huge opportunity here – there's no reason the future user interface for *all your computing* needs to be tied to OpenAI. We can build a new, uniquely personal computer that you own, without your entire digital life being locked to one company or provider.

Context portability!

Our client can now use web applets!

This has been a big missing piece since we set out to create this client from scratch in January. You can now add an applet from our directory, with just a URL, and interact with entire apps on the web — all driven by your LLM of choice, locally on your machine.

If you're not yet on our Unternet Explorers program: https://tables.unternet.co/form/LFAXuf6N5Wllq76YE4IMeEdLvyWzvJG78FipIeSeQXQ