Pluralistic: The web is bearable with RSS (07 Mar 2026) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow
pluralistic.net [1]
It’s wild how much of a hit Google took from killing reader, almost any time I hear about killedbygoogle, reader is the top of the list. Its the thing that we all remember being really good and the incumbants just did not match up. Somehow we are here 13 years later still bitching about it, despite it only having a 6 year run. You should probably get an rss reader, and follow some incredible people that make feeds. Most sites that produce content have the ability to subscribe over rss. Unlike @pluralistic [2], I dont read in my reader. My reader is just a list of links out to the web and I typically read it how the author intended on their site. I nod a long to Cory’s enshitified internet just as much as the next guy, I love text based interfaces, I despise the bloat that js has brought on. But I don’t believe all js is bad, I don’t turn it off, even though he has me questioning this now. News sites kinda suck, we can agree there, but its rare that a small indie web creator has fully enshitified their site with js. I don’t buy that. Sub to the feeds.
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Justin Searls
@searls
I need a new blog to subscribe to. Know any you think I'd like? E-mail me: [email protected]
justin․searls․co · justin.searls.co [1]
Sent Justin my list https://go.waylonwalker.com/blogroll, will soon be on the main site, but right now its only on the go subdomain. I’ve long had reader.waylonwalker.com, but thats soon going to be wrapped into the main site as well at /reader.
I’m interested to see what good stuff Justin gets and if you have any good ones to share reply.
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This post is a thought [2]. It’s a short note that I make
about someone else’s content online #thoughts
References:
[1]: https://justin.searls.co/takes/2026-03-08-23h18m29s/
[2]: /thoughts/
In the age of agents sometimes work gets done on so many different worktrees
and branches its hard to tell if there is already a PR or any of them or not,
the great gh cli has us covered.
gh pr list --head fix/markata-go-connections-graph
I like version-fox’s [1] project vfox [2].
A cross-platform and extendable version manager with support for Java, Node.js, Golang, Python, Flutter, .NET & more
References:
[1]: https://github.com/version-fox
[2]: https://github.com/version-fox/vfox
Just starred taskdog [1] by Kohei-Wada [2]. It’s an exciting project with a lot to offer.
Terminal task manager with intelligent schedule optimization.Keyboard-only. No dragging, no micromanagement.
References:
[1]: https://github.com/Kohei-Wada/taskdog
[2]: https://github.com/Kohei-Wada
today we're making one of the hardest decisions in the history of our company: we're reducing our organization by nearly half, from over 10,000 people to just under 6,000. that means over 4,000 of you are" loading=“lazy”>
jack (@jack) on X
we're making @blocks smaller today. here's my note to the company.
# [1]
today we're making one of the hardest decisions in the history of our company: we're reducing our organization by nearly ha…
X (formerly Twitter) · x.com
One of the well worded shitty messages I’ve seen, good severance, help, timeline to cut off coms.
we’re not making this decision because we’re in trouble. our business is strong. gross profit continues to grow, we continue to serve more and more customers, and profitability is improving. but something has changed. we’re already seeing that the intelligence tools we’re creating and using, paired with smaller and flatter teams, are enabling a new way of working which fundamentally changes what it means to build and run a company. and that’s accelerating rapidly.
Much better than the get rid of people cause AI can do the work. Honestly I feel this though. I was just talking with some colleages how do we divvy work in...
Just starred linux [1] by torvalds [2]. It’s an exciting project with a lot to offer.
Linux kernel source tree
References:
[1]: https://github.com/torvalds/linux
[2]: https://github.com/torvalds
FFmpeg video crop
tools.simonwillison.net [1]
This was the inspiration for the next update in dropper that became a full clip editor. The one that I’ve long wanted, but forgotten about. It’s going to include this cropper, resize, image extractor, and trimmer.
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This post is a thought [2]. It’s a short note that I make
about someone else’s content online #thoughts
References:
[1]: https://tools.simonwillison.net/ffmpeg-crop
[2]: /thoughts/
Tiny Tool Town 🏘️
A delightful showcase for free, fun & open source tiny tools. Stupid-delightful software made with love.
Tiny Tool Town · tinytooltown.com [1]
Learned about this one from the @stipete interview [2] @scotthanselman did on YouTube. This is proof that the internet is alive. It’s such web 1.0 nostalgia to see that people can just build things! Did you know that you can literally just build things and make them exist? You don’t need users, You don’t need a big platform, you can just make something into existance. It seems like something we have forgotten through web 2.0 where everything as become 4 major apps all linking to each other and trying to hoard all of the attention. Scroll through tehre are some really cool apps, probably nothing that has the polish you want, or is going to change your world. What these apps have more than anything you’ve probably used in the recent years, is inspiration. Its xyz, but the way I wanted, or with my little twist. And no one else has to like it but me because I’m the user.
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This post is a thought [3]. It’s a short note that I make
about someone else’s content online #thoughts
References:
[1]: https://www.tinytooltown...
FancyGist
fancygist.com [1]
I saw this in @cassido’s newsletter this week and had to give it a run. I despise that there is no dark mode and it insists on burning my retinas 😤. But really this is an absolute beate of a web based markdown editor, I love the command mode to press slash and it just pops out in this whimsical animation ready for me to pick what I want.
Your browser does not support the video tag. [2]
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This post is a thought [3]. It’s a short note that I make
about someone else’s content online #thoughts
References:
[1]: https://fancygist.com/
[2]: https://dropper.waylonwalker.com/file/74f0ac1e-ac50-4939-8bba-4698a8043b25.mp4
[3]: /thoughts/
Reply guy
The latest scourge of Twitter is AI bots that reply to your tweets with generic, banal commentary slop, often accompanied by a question to "drive engagement" and waste as much …
Simon Willison’s Weblog · simonwillison.net [1]
I had no idea there were such things as “reply guy” as a service. I can see this as a really genuine thing where brands want to genuinely engage with their communities, quickly being taken over by slop bros to ruin everything.
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This post is a thought [2]. It’s a short note that I make
about someone else’s content online #thoughts
References:
[1]: https://simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/23/reply-guy/#atom-everything
[2]: /thoughts/
Smaller and dumber
If I can make it smaller, I should.
daverupert.com · daverupert.com [1]
Important things to remember in the age of cheap code. More code, not always more better. More code mean, more risk, more maintenance, harder to change.
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This post is a thought [2]. It’s a short note that I make
about someone else’s content online #thoughts
References:
[1]: https://daverupert.com/2026/02/smaller-and-dumber/
[2]: /thoughts/
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THIS, THIS is how most people are feeling about AI right now. Theres lots of “oh ai bad”, “but ai help”, “but ai company sleezy”. Cassidy did a fantastic job summarizing how most of us are feeling. Ending with well at the end of the day, I can’t do anything about the bad, the best thing I can do is learn how to embrace the good cause it aint going away any time soon.
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This post is a thought [1]. It’s a short note that I make
about someone else’s content online #thoughts
References:
[1]: /thoughts/
castpixel ⚧️⚢ (@castpixel.bsky.social)
I made a tool that turns PCB designs into 3D-printable molds. you sandwich copper tape between the parts, sand the ridges, and you have a real working PCB. no etching, no chemicals. I am losing my …
Bluesky Social · bsky.app [1]
This is a wild way to build prototype pcb’s, so cool and creative.
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This post is a thought [2]. It’s a short note that I make
about someone else’s content online #thoughts
References:
[1]: https://bsky.app/profile/castpixel.bsky.social/post/3mf52azn5oc2h
[2]: /thoughts/
Session: Skate Sim (@SessionGame) on X
Our long-awaited Skate Core Update is now LIVE 🛹🔥
Peep all the changes in our dev blog → https://t.co/GB0de8ebPj
Don’t own Session yet? Fix that here → https://t.co/JseSvy5DML https://t...
X (formerly Twitter) · x.com [1]
Had 10 minutes to play with the new session updates this afternoon and it feels so much smoother. I can definitely feel it even as a casual user.
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This post is a thought [2]. It’s a short note that I make
about someone else’s content online #thoughts
References:
[1]: https://x.com/SessionGame/status/2024469214396838140
[2]: /thoughts/
trash (@trashh_dev) on X
loving the state of development right now https://t.co/4WyBPbio6V
X (formerly Twitter) · x.com [1]
There are so many config files right now, glad to see some standards coming in around Agents.md, but so much is still specialized to a whole host of tools that have not been standardized on yet.
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This post is a thought [2]. It’s a short note that I make
about someone else’s content online #thoughts
References:
[1]: https://x.com/trashh_dev/status/2024476878015468027
[2]: /thoughts/
Silksong: Demastered by Nekodot
Hollow Knight: Silksong in the classic NES-style!
itch.io · nekodot.itch.io [1]
This is an abolute banger of a game on itch. It nails the nes aesthetic while keeping true to the modern silksong movements. You can play through the first boss Moss Mother, and where you start the first ascend into Bone Bottom. I was in shock when I discovered the little climb effect hornet does when you just cant quite make a jump, the hold jump for height is on point. Her downstrike with the hunters crest is perfect.
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This post is a thought [2]. It’s a short note that I make
about someone else’s content online #thoughts
References:
[1]: https://nekodot.itch.io/silksong-nes
[2]: /thoughts/
Blueskii (@LayoutPerson) on X
this underground creator named "sN0UK" made Queens Garden from Hollow Knight In GD! 🗡️🕸️ https://t.co/eR8SnoX6lb
X (formerly Twitter) · x.com [1]
Wyatt would absolutely love this banger of a level.
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This post is a thought [3]. It’s a short note that I make
about someone else’s content online #thoughts
References:
[1]: https://x.com/LayoutPerson/status/2023551519375900957
[2]: https://x.com/i/status/2023551519375900957
[3]: /thoughts/
External Link
X (formerly Twitter) · x.com [1]
To the untrained eye this passes as any normal gui editor.
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This post is a thought [3]. It’s a short note that I make
about someone else’s content online #thoughts
References:
[1]: https://x.com/dhh/status/2023710298201350606/photo/1
[2]: https://dropper.waylonwalker.com/file/86d45a22-9ed4-4f14-8070-5f0cadee9bad.webp
[3]: /thoughts/
uvx.sh | Astral
Install Python tools with a single command. Powered by uv.
uvx.sh [1]
astral silently dropped a clever uvx.sh to help builders reach a wider audience, no longer does a user need to have python installed prior to installing a python cli. It does have a hard requirement on having curl or wget available.
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This post is a thought [2]. It’s a short note that I make
about someone else’s content online #thoughts
References:
[1]: https://uvx.sh/
[2]: /thoughts/