Vibe coding trials with Lovable, v0, Replit, Claude, and ChatGPT

Auckland-based illustrator Toby Morris reminds us that not everyone gets the same privileges in life, with this brilliant comic titled "On a Plate."

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In 2026, software falls on a spectrum between interpolative software and novel software.

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I like the world interpolative better than glue software

A peek into the homegrown solution we built as the first design tool with live collaborative editing.

Creative privacy and asynchronous collaboration.

so i guess everyone uses llms to think now

Sometimes I just love the internet

Magic switch. More magic.

I firmly believe that we still need to read some of the code.1 It’s suboptimal to read all of the code, but I consider it irresponsible to read none of it. I won’t explain why now because that would fill several more articles. I just want to share this upfront because it clarifies where I’m coming from. I still find it deeply ironic that this is a controversial statement in 2026. ↩︎

A blog about software craft and quality

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Butterick’s Practical Typography

Interesting take on the interruption as a model in software

This is a useful way to think about software. Most users don’t want “software.” They want the outcome:
write the document
edit the photo
pay the invoice
file the taxes
ship the code
communicate with the team
Great tools get out of the way so the user can accomplish their goal.

There is a rush for AI companies to team up with space launch/satellite companies to build datacenters in space. TL;DR: It's not going to work.

I’ve added a faceted search engine to this blog, powered by PostgreSQL. It supports regular text search (proper search, not just SQL“like” queries), filter by tag, filter by date, filter …