I was pretty excited about the new Epilogue release until we released I had messed up signing in for new users. Bug fix submitted to Apple. 🙁 https://www.manton.org/2025/09/03/epilogue.html

Oh wow, the smaller reMarkable tablet looks really good. I think they’ve got a winner on their hands. Might still be a bit too pricey for me, but I love the size and design of it. https://www.theverge.com/news/769005/remarkable-paper-pro-move-e-note-notebook-stylus-tablet-e-ink

Epilogue 2.0 https://www.manton.org/2025/09/03/epilogue.html

Jeremy Cherfas blogging about the linkrot that will hit when Typepad shuts down:

"Links are the foundation that supports the world wide web, and I take them seriously. I correct broken links when I come across them, archive my own stuff (and support archive.org), and generally try to get to the original behind anything I choose to link to."

This is why Micro.blog has a feature to automatically archive everything you link to. (Seriously! Here’s a video explaining it.) But I think Micro.blog is probably too new to contain a large number of Typepad links. https://www.jeremycherfas.net/blog/doing-typepads-dirty-work https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uevgQYsR9g

Stratechery covers the Google antitrust remedies, largely arguing that the judge did not go far enough. (“This is a waste of time.") I think sharing the search index is a big deal. When OpenAI builds their own search engine and Google drops to second place, we might view this decision differently. https://stratechery.com/2025/google-remedy-decision-reasonable-remedies-the-google-patronage-network/

Good morning! Sunrise over MLK Boulevard. Too many trees and power lines in the way, but still was nice to see coming up over the horizon, on the way to coffee. ☕️

Even though I think AI is incredibly useful and in some cases even empowering, I’m open to the idea that kids should rarely use it, just as they should rarely use social media. When in doubt, limiting use to 18+ is okay. At the very least, I don’t think it’s a simple question.

I read through a few of the remedy pages in the Google antitrust PDF. My expectations were extremely low for any sort of actual breakup. Sharing search index data with “qualified” competitors seems good, though. Kagi could use that, and of course all the AI companies will want it.

Molly White covers recent activity on betting markets:

"Prediction market platforms Kalshi and Polymarket opened betting markets on President Donald Trump being “out as president” as social media platforms erupted over the long weekend with rumors that he had died."

What a crazy world we’re living in. Trump survived a bad case of Covid before vaccines. He survived getting shot at. I wouldn’t bet on tomorrow let alone end of the year. 🇺🇸 https://www.citationneeded.news/trump-death-bets/

I don’t really understand Tesla’s latest master plan (post on Twitter / X) and I’m not going to think too hard about it, but the included illustration bugs me, especially the couple walking next to their baby stroller while a robot pushes it. AI is fine. Humanoid robots are a mistake. https://x.com/Tesla/status/1962591324022153607

This is a good change from OpenAI:

"We’ll soon begin to route some sensitive conversations—like when our system detects signs of acute distress—to a reasoning model, like GPT‑5-thinking, so it can provide more helpful and beneficial responses, regardless of which model a person first selected."

Essentially, if the model notices the user is having a mental health challenge, it should slow down and use the best reasoning model, just as it would for other hard problems. There will also be new parental controls.

It’s a shame this wasn’t in place earlier. I’m still glad it’s being prioritized now. https://openai.com/index/building-more-helpful-chatgpt-experiences-for-everyone/

A few flowers left at Cherrywood. ☕️

Micro.blog notes while reading books https://www.manton.org/2025/09/02/microblog-notes-while-reading-books.html

Whenever I’m about to launch a new feature, I feel slightly guilty… Why not improve all the other features first? But we are! I think the news blog history speaks for itself. There are improvements nearly every day, including fixes deployed all through Labor Day weekend. https://news.micro.blog/

Ben Thompson blogging at Stratechery about the Pixel 10’s trade-off to prioritize AI above everything:

"That Google is clearly sacrificing traditional CPU and GPU performance isn’t a flaw: it’s a very rational approach to a market where it is a big underdog, particularly given it is the company best situated to delivery truly integrated AI, from chip to model to cloud." https://stratechery.com/2025/made-by-google-2025-ai-trade-offs-google-and-the-long-term/

Jeremy Keith announcing a new conference in Brighton:

"Web Day Out is all about what you can do in web browsers today. You can expect talks that showcase hands-on practical uses for the latest advances in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript APIs."

Also specifically calls out that there won’t be AI talks. https://adactio.com/journal/22106

Enjoyed the discussion about automation and AI tools on the latest AppStories podcast. I’m not a Notion user, but I can see the appeal of something that does so much. Just prefer Markdown everywhere and open formats. https://appstories.net/episodes/450

Worked on core platform bug fixes and a new feature today, plus preparing a new version of Epilogue. I’ll probably submit to Apple tomorrow, Google later this week. Feeling pretty good about the recent improvements.

Cool update to the mnml theme for Micro.blog: pinning a blog post from a category to the top of the home page. https://jimmitchell.org/2025/09/01/mnml-pinned-post-feature/

New Bear license https://www.manton.org/2025/09/01/new-bear-license.html

I like this post from Allen Pike about pivoting from an indie business to a more VC-inspired, ambitious project. That’s not my path, but he’s going in clear-eyed and purposeful. https://allenpike.com/2025/building-something-big