Web Wanderings (April 2026)
- There’s a Good Reason You Can’t Concentrate. Cal Newport teaches us how to avoid ultra-processed digital content (short-form social media, basically) in the same way we've learned to avoid Frankenfoods. "Our current lack of contemplation is degrading our brains." One answer? Read.
- The bot situation on the internet is actually worse than you could imagine. Here's why. Even at Pagecord’s minuscule scale bots are a significant problem. Articles like this area great. Onwards! 🤺
- A brief history of domains is great for internet history nerds like myself.
- I was pretty obsessed with the Artemis II mission and this video of the launch from the ISS is amazing.
- How to end your extremely online era is an excellent essay from Tommy Dixon. We should all think long and hard about this.
- The Economics of Software Teams: Why Most Organizations Are Flying Blind. Companies know how much they spend on software developers, but do they know what they get for their money?
- We hear a lot about the future of software engineering in the age of AI. Christopher Meiklejohn argues that Software Engineering Is Becoming Civil Engineering.
- Tiny Start is a minimal launcher for macOS – a simpler Spotlight replacement than Alfred or Raycast. I like the idea but I don't think it can replace Raycast for me just yet.
- Umarell are men of retirement age who spend their time watching construction sites, offering unrequested advice to the workers.
- Austin Bell photographed all 2,549 outdoor basketball courts in Hong Kong. A wonderful photo project.
- I absolutely need a side quest to north Wales 🦈
- Noah Hawley wrote a fascinating article in The Atlantic, What I Learned About Billionaires at Jeff Bezos’s Private Retreat. "I’ve spent my whole career trying to figure out how the world works. I didn’t realize I could just come here and ask the people who ran it.”