Manton Reece

At my mom’s house taking care of things. All the furniture is gone except the piano, so it’s now a sort of standing desk when I need to work.

I have a draft pull request for Inkwell sync in NetNewsWire. Not totally sure yet what more will be needed or any kind of timeline for merging it. I’ll test over the next few days, but at least the code is out there. https://github.com/Ranchero-Software/NetNewsWire/pull/5193

Brent Simmons: "Code is a liquid now." Movable, shapable, flowing. It’s the first time I haven’t felt trapped by the weight of old code. https://micro.inessential.com/2026/03/13/code-is-a-liquid…

The AI divide https://www.manton.org/2026/03/13/the-ai-divide.html

David Smith developed a clever solution for letting the home screen wallpaper show through widgets: "In Widgetsmith 8.2 we added the ability to give your widgets a ‘clear’ background. This isn’t actually clear (since iOS doesn’t allow that without private API use), but instead just crops part of your home screen wallpaper and uses that as the background." Very cool. https://david-smith.org/blog/2026/03/12/display-zoom-stats/

Lisa Charlotte Muth blogs on bringing everything back to her own website: "Why am I doing all this? Because I got inspired by the concept of POSSE: “Publish on your own, syndicate elsewhere.” For me, ROOTS is the logical first step toward that: “Return Old Online Things to your own Site” (yes, I made this up)." Most bloggers should at least have this approach for tweets or old blogs. That’s why Micro.blog has special support for handling tweets, and import from a bunch of other platforms. https://lisacharlottemuth.com/bringing-everything-back-to…

I worked downtown earlier today at Lazarus (☕️) and you can already start to feel the SXSW vibes. I’m going to miss all the events this year, but I wonder how AI will change it? Just checked the ClawCon page and there are 750 RSVPs! 🦞

Atlassian lays off 10%, about 1600 people. They employee a lot of folks in Austin, hope friends here are not affected much. https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/12/atlassian-follows-block…

Jon Hays: "I just released a new version of Silverleaf, my new RSS reader that’s built around Inkwell syncing. It’s free, so check it out!" Available in the App Store. https://jonhays.me/2026/03/12/i-just-released-a-new.html https://apps.apple.com/us/app/silverleaf-reader/id6758919465

The first Rivian R2 off the assembly line will be the higher-priced $60k model. I’m not in the market for a car, still love my old Honda Element that I’ve put way too much money into. But maybe 5-10 years from now when the price is a bit lower, this will probably be my car. https://www.theverge.com/transportation/893058/rivian-r2-…

Tim Cook writing on Apple’s 50th anniversary: "From the first Apple computer to the Mac, from iPod to iPhone, iPad to Apple Watch and AirPods, as well as the services we use every day — the App Store, Apple Music, Apple Pay, iCloud, and Apple TV — we’ve spent five decades rethinking what’s possible and putting powerful tools into people’s hands." What strikes me about this list is that it’s dominated by products in Apple’s very recent history. All of the products except the Apple and Macintosh were created in the last 25 years. Even the iPod is not quite 25 years old. https://www.apple.com/50-years-of-thinking-different/