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Ernie Smith

@ernie@writing.exchange
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Editor of Tedium, an offbeat newsletter that’s been rocking since 2015. I complain on the internet a lot, and I accidentally made a search engine.

Support what I do here: https://ko-fi.com/tedium

Interests: #writing #news #history #technology #retrotech #weird #geoworks #freelance

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Ernie Smith
@ernie@writing.exchange

Editor of Tedium, an offbeat newsletter that’s been rocking since 2015. I complain on the internet a lot, and I accidentally made a search engine. Support what I do here: https:// ko-fi.com/tedium Interests: # writing # news # history # technology # retrotech # weird # geoworks # freelance

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Ernie Smith
Ernie Smith
@ernie@writing.exchange

Editor of Tedium, an offbeat newsletter that’s been rocking since 2015. I complain on the internet a lot, and I accidentally made a search engine. Support what I do here: https:// ko-fi.com/tedium Interests: # writing # news # history # technology # retrotech # weird # geoworks # freelance

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@ernie@writing.exchange · Feb 19, 2026

I just had the best conversation and I can’t wait to tell you all about it. It involves slot machines, and drafting, and art, engineering, and scale models, and patents.

And very briefly, a company whose name you know by heart.

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Ernie Smith
@ernie@writing.exchange

Editor of Tedium, an offbeat newsletter that’s been rocking since 2015. I complain on the internet a lot, and I accidentally made a search engine. Support what I do here: https:// ko-fi.com/tedium Interests: # writing # news # history # technology # retrotech # weird # geoworks # freelance

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Ernie Smith
@ernie@writing.exchange

Editor of Tedium, an offbeat newsletter that’s been rocking since 2015. I complain on the internet a lot, and I accidentally made a search engine. Support what I do here: https:// ko-fi.com/tedium Interests: # writing # news # history # technology # retrotech # weird # geoworks # freelance

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@ernie@writing.exchange · Feb 18, 2026

So Markdown is getting a glow-up right now, thanks to (wait for it) AI.

But I think it could end up being great for the Web even if you don’t care about AI.

https://tedium.co/2026/02/17/markdown-growing-influence-cloudflare-ai/

new @tedium@social.tedium.co

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Ernie Smith
@ernie@writing.exchange

Editor of Tedium, an offbeat newsletter that’s been rocking since 2015. I complain on the internet a lot, and I accidentally made a search engine. Support what I do here: https:// ko-fi.com/tedium Interests: # writing # news # history # technology # retrotech # weird # geoworks # freelance

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Ernie Smith
Ernie Smith
@ernie@writing.exchange

Editor of Tedium, an offbeat newsletter that’s been rocking since 2015. I complain on the internet a lot, and I accidentally made a search engine. Support what I do here: https:// ko-fi.com/tedium Interests: # writing # news # history # technology # retrotech # weird # geoworks # freelance

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@ernie@writing.exchange · Feb 16, 2026

After Amazon’s “Project Dawn” nickname was revealed to the world, I had a question: What leads a company to nickname their layoffs? And why?

I got really salty in this one.

https://tedium.co/2026/02/16/corporate-turnaround-code-names-history/

new @tedium@social.tedium.co

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Ernie Smith
@ernie@writing.exchange

Editor of Tedium, an offbeat newsletter that’s been rocking since 2015. I complain on the internet a lot, and I accidentally made a search engine. Support what I do here: https:// ko-fi.com/tedium Interests: # writing # news # history # technology # retrotech # weird # geoworks # freelance

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Ernie Smith
Ernie Smith
@ernie@writing.exchange

Editor of Tedium, an offbeat newsletter that’s been rocking since 2015. I complain on the internet a lot, and I accidentally made a search engine. Support what I do here: https:// ko-fi.com/tedium Interests: # writing # news # history # technology # retrotech # weird # geoworks # freelance

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@ernie@writing.exchange · Feb 15, 2026

Added a bind in Niri that

1) screenshots an image
2) OCRs it
3) copies the text of the OCR’ed image into the clipboard.

I also created a separate command to OCR whatever image is in the clipboard to generate alt-text. I call this the “Yak Shaving Special.”

https://midrange.tedium.co/issues/shaving-the-yak

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Ernie Smith
@ernie@writing.exchange

Editor of Tedium, an offbeat newsletter that’s been rocking since 2015. I complain on the internet a lot, and I accidentally made a search engine. Support what I do here: https:// ko-fi.com/tedium Interests: # writing # news # history # technology # retrotech # weird # geoworks # freelance

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Ernie Smith
@ernie@writing.exchange

Editor of Tedium, an offbeat newsletter that’s been rocking since 2015. I complain on the internet a lot, and I accidentally made a search engine. Support what I do here: https:// ko-fi.com/tedium Interests: # writing # news # history # technology # retrotech # weird # geoworks # freelance

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@ernie@writing.exchange · Feb 14, 2026

I’ve had a weird thought lately: For the past 40 years we’ve been completely wedded to the GUI to do graphic design work. What if, at least in some cases, we’re better off in a terminal, or a text editor?

Let’s follow that thought monster through:

https://tedium.co/2026/02/14/text-based-design-mindset/

new @tedium@social.tedium.co

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Ernie Smith
@ernie@writing.exchange

Editor of Tedium, an offbeat newsletter that’s been rocking since 2015. I complain on the internet a lot, and I accidentally made a search engine. Support what I do here: https:// ko-fi.com/tedium Interests: # writing # news # history # technology # retrotech # weird # geoworks # freelance

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Ernie Smith
Ernie Smith
@ernie@writing.exchange

Editor of Tedium, an offbeat newsletter that’s been rocking since 2015. I complain on the internet a lot, and I accidentally made a search engine. Support what I do here: https:// ko-fi.com/tedium Interests: # writing # news # history # technology # retrotech # weird # geoworks # freelance

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@ernie@writing.exchange · Feb 11, 2026

Messing around with Typst, something of a Latex-meets-Markdown layout language. This might be just what I need to finish that Tedium wall calendar I’ve been threatening for the past five to seven years.

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Ernie Smith
@ernie@writing.exchange

Editor of Tedium, an offbeat newsletter that’s been rocking since 2015. I complain on the internet a lot, and I accidentally made a search engine. Support what I do here: https:// ko-fi.com/tedium Interests: # writing # news # history # technology # retrotech # weird # geoworks # freelance

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Ernie Smith
Ernie Smith
@ernie@writing.exchange

Editor of Tedium, an offbeat newsletter that’s been rocking since 2015. I complain on the internet a lot, and I accidentally made a search engine. Support what I do here: https:// ko-fi.com/tedium Interests: # writing # news # history # technology # retrotech # weird # geoworks # freelance

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@ernie@writing.exchange · Feb 08, 2026

This week was a bit heavy for me so I’m only getting to write about The Post now, but here’s what I’ll say—WaPo was one of the few real “safe harbors” in journalism where reporters could stay for decades.

That’s now gone, and that’s really concerning.

https://tedium.co/2026/02/07/washington-post-layoffs-perspective/

new @tedium@social.tedium.co

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Ernie Smith
@ernie@writing.exchange

Editor of Tedium, an offbeat newsletter that’s been rocking since 2015. I complain on the internet a lot, and I accidentally made a search engine. Support what I do here: https:// ko-fi.com/tedium Interests: # writing # news # history # technology # retrotech # weird # geoworks # freelance

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Ernie Smith
Ernie Smith
@ernie@writing.exchange

Editor of Tedium, an offbeat newsletter that’s been rocking since 2015. I complain on the internet a lot, and I accidentally made a search engine. Support what I do here: https:// ko-fi.com/tedium Interests: # writing # news # history # technology # retrotech # weird # geoworks # freelance

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@ernie@writing.exchange · Jun 19, 2025

EDIT: Deleted the entire post because people shared it anyway even though I made it clear it no longer works

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