LONG-FORM POSTs
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Shopify’s App Store Problem
Shopify has a strong developer ecosystem, but it isn’t an excuse for a lack of basic functionality. I get that Shopify attempts to be the one-stop shop for well, online shops, by providing the storefront, payment processing, blogging, newsletter, and pretty much most aspects of your marketing. It’s a big ask to cover all of that from one platform, but as I’ve been working with clients who use the platform for their storefronts, I’ve been shocked by how much basic functionality is missing. A very simple example is social share buttons for product pages. There simply isn’t an option to…
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Google search queries are at an all-time high. Ironic.
There’s a disgusting irony in Google announcement that search queries on their platform hit an “all time high” in the first quarter of 2026. Search had a strong quarter with AI experiences driving usage, queries at an all time high, and 19% revenue growth. Part of me wants to scream, “Of course it did, Sundar”! It wouldn’t be a stretch to say people are searching more because the AI returned results are, at best, shit of questionable quality and, at a minimum, cannot be trusted. Therefore, you’re getting more search queries because users have to work harder to get a…
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Don’t Buy A Superbox – Unless You Like Being The Victim
Regardless of your feelings about the legality or ethics of piracy, SuperBox (which are sold at places like Best Buy and Walmart) and a whole range of other cheap Android TV boxes are designed to steal your financial information, use your home network to create botnets and may even be used for industrial espionage. Via Krebs on Security: …Superbox media streaming devices for sale at retailers like BestBuy and Walmart may seem like a steal: They offer unlimited access to more than 2,200 pay-per-view and streaming services like Netflix, ESPN and Hulu, all for a one-time fee of around $400.…
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WordPress Needs Better Export Support
I love WordPress, but getting my data out of WordPress.com isn’t as “easy” as promised. On a Premium plan I can’t export my data in useful way, and that lock-in worries me. Here’s why true data portability matters and why WordPress.com needs to do better .
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The Problem With AI Is You! Moron!
I’m so sick of these AI fluff pieces showing up on the sites of supposedly reputable news organizations that feel like little more than paid advertising. Take this piece from The Guardian as a prime example. Yet another evacuation of verbal diarrhea to declare that AI isn’t the problem: you are, we are, I am! We are simply too stupid to understand it! “Some people hand everything over to the machine and stop thinking. Others won’t touch it at all. But there’s a third group. They learn to work with AI critically, treat it like a bright, enthusiastic intern that…
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Categories: Technology
Data Centers In Space? I Can’t Even Stream YouTube In The Bathroom
I’ve seen a plethora of “5-minute experts” pontificating on “Data Centers In SPAAAAAAAACCE Space”, touting it as the solution to AI’s power and cooling needs. Notably, the idea has gained considerable credibility since it was vomited up by the World’s Richest Idiot, Elon Musk. Perhaps this was an attempt to shift the narrative away from the shitshow that is Tesla, his begging to party with Epstein, and that none of his promises with regards to technology, or Mars colonization, ever bear fruit. Clearly, his ketamine induced halucinations genius, or Groks, doesn’t extend to basic thermodynamics as my favourite science educator…
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It’s Being Done To Us – The Problem With “AI”
It occurred to me that, despite its absolute laundry list of flaws and impossible claims, the major perceptual problem with “AI” is that it’s being hoisted upon us by a handful of tech bros, instead of regular people being part of the process. When you have a handful of narcissistic, clearly biased and self-interested, possibly delusional people force their product upon the masses with little regard for the negative environmental, societal, and economic impact, the only outcome can be masses of negative sentiment. If (and I say this using every grain of salt imaginable) AI lives up to even 5%…
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