From the DF Archive: ‘And Oranges’
Mar 11, 2026, 3:02 pm By John Gruber
Mark Pilgrim’s reappearance on Daring Fireball this week prompted me to revisit this essay I wrote…★ The MacBook Neo
Mar 10, 2026, 6:48 pm By John Gruber
Just over a decade ago, reviewing the then-new iPhones 6S, I could tell which way the silicon wind…★ The iPhone 17e
Mar 9, 2026, 5:57 pm By John Gruber
The iPhone 17e Over the years I’ve been writing here, I’ve often used the term speed bump to…Low-Wage Contractors in Kenya See What Users See While Using Meta’s AI Smart Glasses
Mar 9, 2026, 10:16 am By John GruberNaipanoi Lepapa, Ahmed Abdigadir, and Julia Lindblom, reporting for the Swedish publications…Can Coding Agents Relicense Open Source Through a ‘Clean Room’ Implementation of Code?
Mar 8, 2026, 1:59 pm By John GruberSimon Willison: There are a lot of open questions about this, both ethically and legally. These…Donald Knuth on Claude Opus Solving a Computer Science Problem
Mar 8, 2026, 1:49 pm By John GruberDonald Knuth, who, adorably, effectively blogs by posting TeX-typeset PDFs: Shock! Shock! I learned…Steve Lemay Hits Apple’s Leadership Page
Mar 8, 2026, 11:28 am By John Gruber
Help us Obi-Wan Lemay, you’re our only hope. (Also, as noted by Joe Rossignol, Eddy Cue got an…‘npx workos’
Mar 7, 2026, 5:53 pm By John GruberMy thanks, once again, to WorkOS for sponsor this week at DF. npx workos is a CLI tool, replete…Google’s Threat Intelligence Group on Coruna a Powerful iOS Exploit Kit of Mysterious Origin
Mar 6, 2026, 3:32 pm By John Gruber
Google Threat Intelligence Group, earlier this week: Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) has…‘The Window Chrome of Our Discontent’
Mar 6, 2026, 3:21 pm By John Gruber
Nick Heer, writing at Pixel Envy, uses Pages (from 2009 through today) to illustrate Apple’s march…The Verge Interviews Tim Sweeney After Victory in ‘Epic v. Google’
Mar 6, 2026, 1:09 pm By John Gruber
The Verge: Sean Hollister: What would you say the differences are between the Apple and Google…Tim Sweeney Signed Away His Right to Criticize Google’s Play Store Until 2032
Mar 6, 2026, 12:36 pm By John Gruber
Sean Hollister, writing for The Verge: But Google has finally muzzled Tim Sweeney. It’s right there…The MacBook Neo’s Price, Looking to the Past and Future
Mar 6, 2026, 10:50 am By John GruberEthan W. Anderson, on Twitter/X: I’ve plotted the most expensive McDonald’s burger and the least…‘Never the Same Game Twice’
Mar 6, 2026, 10:44 am By John Gruber
John McCoy: From around 1970 to 1980, the Salem, Massachusetts-based Parker Brothers (now a brand…Another Steve Jobs Quote on Lower-Priced Macs
Mar 6, 2026, 10:22 am By John Gruber
Steve Jobs, on Apple’s quarterly results call back in October 2008: There are some customers which…Steve Jobs in 2007, on Apple’s Pursuit of PC Market Share: ‘We Just Can’t Ship Junk’
Mar 5, 2026, 2:43 pm By John Gruber
In August 2007, Apple held a Mac event in the Infinite Loop Town Hall auditorium. New iMacs, iLife…★ Thoughts and Observations on the MacBook Neo
Mar 4, 2026, 3:40 pm By John Gruber$599. Not a piece of junk. That’s not a marketing slogan from Apple for the new MacBook Neo. But it…Studio Display vs. Studio Display XDR
Mar 4, 2026, 1:04 pm By John Gruber
Not sure if this page was there yesterday, but the main “Displays” page at Apple’s website is a…‘In Other Words, Batman Has Become Superman and Robin Has Become Batman’
Mar 4, 2026, 8:42 am By John Gruber
Jason Snell, Six Colors: Here’s the backstory: With every new generation of Apple’s Mac-series…★ HazeOver — Mac Utility for Highlighting the Frontmost Window
Mar 2, 2026, 6:41 pm By John Gruber
Back in December I linked to a sort-of stunt project from Tyler Hall called Alan.app — a simple Mac…
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