Inoreader makes sanity a bit easier to attain

Inoreader isn't cheap. And it certainly isn't perfect (why can't I mark things as unread???) but it is really, really good at filtering feeds for keywords. I'm a subscriber to The Verge because I generally like their coverage but in these days of AI, Musk, Altman, and all of the other AI-related nonsense it can get a bit annoying. Thankfully they have full RSS feeds for subscribers and that combined with Inoreader's feed filtering at both the feed and folder level means I don't have to see anything about the AI clown car.

Now Inoreader needs to work on making stuff being able to be marked unread and we'll be in good shape.

The most annoying thing about Substack

No, it's not what you think.

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Despite not planning on paying for another year of Magic Pages I have...paid for another year of Magic Pages. I love Ghost too much and Jannis runs a fantastic business. Plus he's a nice guy. I can afford it so I subscribed again. I'm running

My first (unintentional) “vibe coding” experience

I’ve been trying out the task app TickTick and I was interested in bringing in my OmniFocus tasks. The settings section of TickTick has an OmniFocus import button and says it needs to be a CSV file. I exported a CSV from OmniFocus, imported it and…nothing. I turned

Week Notes: March 22-28, 2026

General feeling: relieved. 🌱 Spring has sprung We’ve been having the usual rollercoaster of temp changes here in Chicagoland with several days in the low 70s. The Spring/Summer birds are back and very vocal. At night the earthworms are coming out and you can hear them under the bed

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The most annoying thing about Substack

Hello again.

My first (unintentional) “vibe coding” experience

Week Notes: March 22-28, 2026