Fuck this translucency shit. Not sure how this has made my content front and center.
Brent Simmons
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Brent Simmons
@brentsimmons@indieweb.social
Writes NetNewsWire, a free and open source RSS reader for Mac and iOS. He/him.
indieweb.social
Brent Simmons
@brentsimmons@indieweb.social
Writes NetNewsWire, a free and open source RSS reader for Mac and iOS. He/him.
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Brent Simmons
@brentsimmons@indieweb.social
Writes NetNewsWire, a free and open source RSS reader for Mac and iOS. He/him.
indieweb.social
Brent Simmons
@brentsimmons@indieweb.social
Writes NetNewsWire, a free and open source RSS reader for Mac and iOS. He/him.
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Mar 02, 2026
Before sending Apple any money this week, remember that Tim Cook attended a private screening of the Melania documentary at the White House later in the same day that Alex Pretti was murdered by this administration. He knew about it and went anyway.
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Brent Simmons
@brentsimmons@indieweb.social
Writes NetNewsWire, a free and open source RSS reader for Mac and iOS. He/him.
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Brent Simmons
@brentsimmons@indieweb.social
Writes NetNewsWire, a free and open source RSS reader for Mac and iOS. He/him.
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Feb 28, 2026
Two things I didn’t note in my post on Objective-C but could have: the compiler is crazy fast, and the debugger is wonderfully smooth, without all the latency we’ve become used to the last bunch of years. The whole experience feels so different — so light and easy.
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Brent Simmons
@brentsimmons@indieweb.social
Writes NetNewsWire, a free and open source RSS reader for Mac and iOS. He/him.
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Brent Simmons
@brentsimmons@indieweb.social
Writes NetNewsWire, a free and open source RSS reader for Mac and iOS. He/him.
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Brent Simmons
@brentsimmons@indieweb.social
Writes NetNewsWire, a free and open source RSS reader for Mac and iOS. He/him.
indieweb.social
Brent Simmons
@brentsimmons@indieweb.social
Writes NetNewsWire, a free and open source RSS reader for Mac and iOS. He/him.
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Feb 27, 2026
What breaks my heart about LLMs is that when I teach it something about coding, I’m not teaching a person. And the LLM is going to fucking forget anyway.
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Brent Simmons
@brentsimmons@indieweb.social
Writes NetNewsWire, a free and open source RSS reader for Mac and iOS. He/him.
indieweb.social
Brent Simmons
@brentsimmons@indieweb.social
Writes NetNewsWire, a free and open source RSS reader for Mac and iOS. He/him.
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Feb 26, 2026
Beagle Bros love: https://ranchero.com/2026/02/26/beagle-bros-love.html
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Brent Simmons
@brentsimmons@indieweb.social
Writes NetNewsWire, a free and open source RSS reader for Mac and iOS. He/him.
indieweb.social
Brent Simmons
@brentsimmons@indieweb.social
Writes NetNewsWire, a free and open source RSS reader for Mac and iOS. He/him.
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Feb 20, 2026
Unread remains cool: https://ranchero.com/2026/02/20/unread-remains-cool.html
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Brent Simmons
@brentsimmons@indieweb.social
Writes NetNewsWire, a free and open source RSS reader for Mac and iOS. He/him.
indieweb.social
Brent Simmons
@brentsimmons@indieweb.social
Writes NetNewsWire, a free and open source RSS reader for Mac and iOS. He/him.
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Feb 19, 2026
Stress-free RSS reader FeedCity debuted last year: https://ranchero.com/2026/02/19/stress-free-rss-reader-feedcity.html
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Brent Simmons
@brentsimmons@indieweb.social
Writes NetNewsWire, a free and open source RSS reader for Mac and iOS. He/him.
indieweb.social
Brent Simmons
@brentsimmons@indieweb.social
Writes NetNewsWire, a free and open source RSS reader for Mac and iOS. He/him.
indieweb.social
@brentsimmons@indieweb.social
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Feb 18, 2026
Spotlight has recently become terrible for launching apps after being so good for years. Now when I type something like Cal or Calendar or even Calendar.app I have to manually select the actual app in the list, if it even appears. Should be first thing.
Just me? Is my Mac haunted? Probably haunted.
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Brent Simmons
@brentsimmons@indieweb.social
Writes NetNewsWire, a free and open source RSS reader for Mac and iOS. He/him.
indieweb.social
Brent Simmons
@brentsimmons@indieweb.social
Writes NetNewsWire, a free and open source RSS reader for Mac and iOS. He/him.
indieweb.social
@brentsimmons@indieweb.social
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Feb 18, 2026
New RSS reader Today: https://ranchero.com/2026/02/18/new-rss-reader-today.html
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Brent Simmons
@brentsimmons@indieweb.social
Writes NetNewsWire, a free and open source RSS reader for Mac and iOS. He/him.
indieweb.social
Brent Simmons
@brentsimmons@indieweb.social
Writes NetNewsWire, a free and open source RSS reader for Mac and iOS. He/him.
indieweb.social
@brentsimmons@indieweb.social
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Feb 18, 2026
New RSS reader Current: https://ranchero.com/2026/02/17/new-rss-reader-current.html
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Brent Simmons
@brentsimmons@indieweb.social
Writes NetNewsWire, a free and open source RSS reader for Mac and iOS. He/him.
indieweb.social
Brent Simmons
@brentsimmons@indieweb.social
Writes NetNewsWire, a free and open source RSS reader for Mac and iOS. He/him.
indieweb.social
@brentsimmons@indieweb.social
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Feb 13, 2026
People:
2014: OMG RSS is still around!
2015: OMG RSS is still around!
2016: OMG RSS is still around!
2017: OMG RSS is still around!
2018: OMG RSS is still around!
2019: OMG RSS is still around!
2020: OMG RSS is still around!
2021: OMG RSS is still around!
2022: OMG RSS is still around!
2023: OMG RSS is still around!
2024: OMG RSS is still around!
2025: OMG RSS is still around!
2026: OMG RSS is still around!
Maybe in 2027 we’ll stop being surprised!
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Brent Simmons
@brentsimmons@indieweb.social
Writes NetNewsWire, a free and open source RSS reader for Mac and iOS. He/him.
indieweb.social
Brent Simmons
@brentsimmons@indieweb.social
Writes NetNewsWire, a free and open source RSS reader for Mac and iOS. He/him.
indieweb.social
@brentsimmons@indieweb.social
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Feb 11, 2026
RE: https://social.lol/@swizzlevixen/116048729081283939
Hire my old friend and the better half of the original The Omni Show! I most wholeheartedly recommend Mark!
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Brent Simmons
@brentsimmons@indieweb.social
Writes NetNewsWire, a free and open source RSS reader for Mac and iOS. He/him.
indieweb.social
Brent Simmons
@brentsimmons@indieweb.social
Writes NetNewsWire, a free and open source RSS reader for Mac and iOS. He/him.
indieweb.social
@brentsimmons@indieweb.social
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Feb 06, 2026
NetNewsWire 7.0 for iOS has finally passed through the review process. It may take a few hours to propagate — but it should be on the App Store now or soon-ish 🎸
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Brent Simmons
@brentsimmons@indieweb.social
Writes NetNewsWire, a free and open source RSS reader for Mac and iOS. He/him.
indieweb.social
Brent Simmons
@brentsimmons@indieweb.social
Writes NetNewsWire, a free and open source RSS reader for Mac and iOS. He/him.
indieweb.social
@brentsimmons@indieweb.social
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Feb 05, 2026
NetNewsWire 7.0 has been waiting for review for a day now. Is it random or is it a flood of vibe-coded apps slowing down the review system?
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Brent Simmons
@brentsimmons@indieweb.social
Writes NetNewsWire, a free and open source RSS reader for Mac and iOS. He/him.
indieweb.social
Brent Simmons
@brentsimmons@indieweb.social
Writes NetNewsWire, a free and open source RSS reader for Mac and iOS. He/him.
indieweb.social
@brentsimmons@indieweb.social
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Jan 21, 2026
On my blog — email from family in Minnesota:
https://inessential.com/2026/01/21/email-from-minnesota-family.html
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