Thinking about how I want to do side projects, optimizing for having fun while building over other considerations. To that end, is there a set of common interfaces for patterns like the PSR interfaces in PHP in other languages like Swift or Rust? https://www.php-fig.org/psr/

Had possibly my best shot off the tee this morning… 😇 #discGolf

Really really trying to accept flawed tools that let me do more now instead of deciding to build my own thing to get that last 10% (and then getting burned out on building said thing).

The original inspiration for Smolblog was a decentralized Tumblr free of Verizon’s meddling. Tumblr’s in better hands now (yes, still better hands), but I haven’t given up on the idea. Today’s experiment: rebuilding the theme editor in Svelte, featuring the design from my first Tumblr. https://oddevan.github.io/smolblog-pwa/theme

Believe me, I really, really want to embrace the web app future. But I keep running into things like scheduled actions and SFTP access and just pure “how do I get a normie to install this” that I’m afraid I can’t commit.

I don’t know what hurts more: not being able to pull up the music I transferred to my phone because I have to agree to a privacy policy while I’m not driving…

Or the fact that Apple’s the one doing this.

Looking for feedback: Chat Transcripts in Markdown https://oddevan.com/2026/04/26/looking-for-feedback-chat-transcripts.html

Trying to parse (lol) the remark docs so I can write a Markdown extension, and, well…

"Extend the syntax of markdown means […] Defeating the purpose of markdown: being simple to author and looking like what it means"

With all due respect, I’m extending the syntax because I want it to be simple to author and look like what it means. I want to differentiate between a handwritten note, a chat transcript, and a normal block quote as quickly as I differentiate between normal text and something emphasized.

So there. 😜 https://remark.js.org/

Car manufacturers of America, I am once again asking for an electric vehicle with

NACS charging,
200-mi range, and
is a sedan or hatchback and not another 🤬ing crossover.

I have a low-mileage VW I am happy to trade in for this car. But none of y’all make it. Maybe now you will? https://gulfnews.com/business/energy/march-2026-to-change-everything-tipping-point-for-global-ev-adoption-1.500484007

Reading over CloudFlare’s EmDash, and my thoughts are:

You can’t call it a successor—spiritual or otherwise—to WordPress without plugin/theme compatibility.
What am I even doing with Smolblog?
…no, seriously, what am I doing… and why am I doing it…? https://blog.cloudflare.com/emdash-wordpress/ https://smolblog.com

Hey Apple, can you tell me why the 🤬 Launchpad search can’t find stuff in the 🤬 Applications folder anymore?

(Maybe why you felt the need to integrate it with Spotlight instead of just filtering the list like before?)

A system-on-a-chip architecture with unified memory doesn’t leave room for a modular system with discrete RAM and GPUs. RIP Mac Pro. (For real this time.) https://512pixels.net/2026/03/the-mac-pro-is-dead/