Note that uv is fast because — yes, Rust, but also because it doesn’t have to handle a lot of legacy that pip does[1], and some smart language independent design choices.

If uv became unavailable, it’d suck but the world would move on.

[1] https://nesbitt.io/2025/12/26/how-uv-got-so-fast.html

[1] https://www.macrumors.com/2026/03/08/apple-planning-macbook-...

I don’t like it either, but I wonder if that’s to support the touch-enabled Macs that the rumor mill is reporting about right now.

In any case, Tahoe has many other issues beyond padding.

Liquid Glass does have some good points, but it feels like someone turned in C- level work.

Then there was the whole “pay or okay” controversy around paywalls or tracking ads.

My observation is: saying no to tech rarely works. Building a more compelling alternative does. But the EU would rather regulate than build.

[1] https://www.politico.eu/article/europe-cookie-law-messed-up-...

However from my PoV — if the user or an open source project wants to create CSV files, they should be free to do so. That’s part of putting the user in control.

For me, KeePass XC is the canary in the coal mine that helps me figure out what FIDO’s priorities are. I don’t have a problem with crypto around passkeys. They’re great. The non-functionals though (including shipping passkeys without good import/export) are a bit of a mess.

[1] https://fidoalliance.org/fido-alliance-publishes-new-specifi...

Tech journalists should ask the FIDO Alliance if they’re just Google+Apple+Microsoft in a trenchcoat. Definitely not very open!

There’s also a similar photos picker (PHPicker) which is especially good from 2023 on. Signal uses this for instance.

I ended up implementing smart quotes on an internal blogging platform because I couldn’t bear "straight quotes". It’s just a few lines of code and makes my inner typography nerd twitch less.

Also, “em-dashes are something only LLMs use” comes perilously close to “huh, proper grammar, must’ve run this by a grammar checker”.

> I can almost guarantee this is from some endpoint management software your company installed.

You can repro this on demo Surface laptops at Costco. It’s not a good look when expensive laptops render their darn File Explorer slowly.

Also re endpoint management, corporate Macs also have endpoint management and still provide better experience vs corporate Windows PCs.

Microsoft isn’t a mute participant in the corporate device market. Their recommendations and best practices carry enormous weight. Windows division can work with security vendors and customers to improve UX. But they maybe haven’t done enough. Maybe because Windows is an increasingly small fraction of Microsoft’s bottom line? Who knows.

But today you’ll see increasing numbers of Macs in even super-Windows-heavy workplaces, especially in digital/cyber/AI/leadership roles. That’s not a one-company quirk.

They have ads and spam already (sorry, no-consent messages from businesses). This isn’t even new. [0]

There’s a clear pattern, say “we’ve rolled out strict policies”[1] and then… nothing changes on the ground, and TechCrunch writes another “they’ve fixed it” article a year later.[2]

Also their Communities feature has pretty crap UX.

Yes WhatsApp’s pervasive. But if pervasive was the end of the story, we’d all be using ICQ and AOL. The last thing any country needs is to hand over more of their lives to Facebook [sic].

[0] https://techcrunch.com/2022/10/10/in-india-businesses-are-in...

[1] https://techcrunch.com/2024/11/20/whatsapp-will-finally-let-...

[2] https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/17/whatsapp-will-curb-the-num...

Luckily for Apple, Windows 11 is not exactly in a position to attract switchers.

Let’s see if Apple can turn things around. iOS 8+ did improve on iOS 7’s worst bits.

I’m sure some devs will love this. But equally, some may worry about the monoculture implications.

Somewhere along the line (when Prabhakar Raghavan was running search maybe?) that seems to have changed. Part of it might be cookie popups (thanks EU*). Part of it might be giving networks using Google’s own ad networks a free pass. In any case, webmasters had no reason to stop abusive/dark UX any more.

*This is not an anti-EU jab. It’s a jab at an inadequate technical measure. Given how many sites people visit, cookie consent popups do not provide informed consent, and further legitimise popups.

In a world with only assembly language, for instance, it’s a bit like making a big deal about a “guarded repetition” pattern (aka a while loop).

Eg in Lisps, a lot of patterns become one-liners. At that point these patterns become a “can you write decent Lisp” question[1].

[1] https://mishadoff.com/blog/clojure-design-patterns/

Also the culture wasn’t hostile to me as a newcomer. The Perl books I read encouraged not writing overly terse, cryptic code, and I got helpful answers via mailing lists.

I still use Perl sometimes if my command pipeline gets too complicated.

Also

> something understandable by modern French speakers

The Song of Roland, used as an example in a previous comment, doesn’t qualify, and actually is yet another reason why this line of argument is pretty sad.