Birchtree is 16 years old today (and the nicest thing someone said to me this year) 🔗
Today marks 16 years since my first post on Birchtree. I was a scrappy 24-year-old who was stuck in a mindlessly uninteresting and low-paying job, but [...]
Birchtree
Posts
(not) solitaire 🔗
Despite its name, (not) solitaire is indeed solitaire (draw 2 cards, not 3 though), but with other people playing alongside you and with (often silly) [...]
+ Pastry is a privacy-focused clipboard manager coming soon 🔗
Yes, I'm working on a clipboard manager. I think it's pretty cool. [...]
I don't care what other kids are doing 🔗
Lex Friedman: A few more thoughts on why embracing X is wrong “The Ellisons are bad, too” is a great argument for paying attention to the Ellisons. It [...]
Why does this chart just go down? 🔗
M.G. Siegler: Twitter is Back. Shhh… Magic Dance! But it's also not really a surge in usage, and certainly not on the business side – it's more just a [...]
Mac buttons over the years 🔗
This cool little site lets you scrub through the design of macOS buttons from 1984 through today. I gotta say, I have a soft spot for 2005 Aqua and th [...]
+ Tesla Cybertaxi first impressions 🔗
I rode in one last week. Here are my impressions. [...]
+ Do you want to cross the streams? 🔗
Obviously probably not, but also…maybe? [...]
Basically all my apps support the iPhone Duo Now 🔗
Over the last 24 hours, and bunch of updates shipped, so here's what's new all in one place. Nonogame The whole app looks more beautiful, matching th [...]
What is a developer? 🔗
Andy Nicolaides: I’m not sure what I am, but I know what I’m not I am a developer by trade, but not anything close to iOS development, so whilst no st [...]
Software authorship 🔗
Lex Friedman: Claude writes code; I author the apps My initial prompt when I started on The Universe, Controlled was about 1,000 words — more than hal [...]
AirPods 5 are better than I even realized 🔗
I knew the AirPods 5 were top-tier AirPods almost immediately after using them for the first time, but I did still have one bit of doubt: how good wer [...]
Unread 5.1 adds Birchfeed and Quick Reads support 🔗
Unread 5.1 came out this week, and it's the most significant update to the app for me personally that they've ever shipped. Why is this such a cool up [...]
Hand-drawn Emoji for Chrome and Obsidian 🔗
Last week, I discovered a custom, hand-drawn emoji set created by Frank Rausch called FrankMoji. It was playful, delightful, and I instantly wanted to [...]
Say hello to "Parakeet Turbo" 🔗
Parakeet has long been a fan favorite local transcription model in Quick Subtitles. Apple's is slower and not as accurate, while Whisper is a little b [...]