Angelo Stavrow @angelostavrow.com · 30/06/2026It’s coming along nicely, actually—thanks for asking 110
Angelo Stavrow @angelostavrow.com · 02/03/2026Support indie developers.mobilesyrup.comSomeone made an app to detect nearby smart glassesDeveloper Yves Jeanrenaud has developed an app that allows you to detect if someone is wearing smart glasses nearby. 010
Angelo Stavrow @angelostavrow.com · 14/01/2026If you want to make hardware less reliable, add software. If you want to make software less reliable, add AI. 140
Angelo Stavrow @angelostavrow.com · 17/12/2025I need a “2025 Wrapped” for all the “2025 Wrapped” emails and app notifications I’ve gotten in the last week. 000
Angelo Stavrow @angelostavrow.com · 06/10/2025Removed all social media —except for LinkedIn, which I use as a tool for work— from my phone. Instead, I’ll check in a once or twice a day from a desktop browser. 150
Angelo Stavrow @angelostavrow.com · 20/09/2025Xcode 27 wishlist: Adaptive app icon for internal TestFlight builds where the longer it’s been since you installed it, the more transparent it gets, fading into nothingness like my hopes for shipping a new app by year end 010
Angelo Stavrow @angelostavrow.com · 29/08/2025Folks that carry little notebooks to jot notes instead of using your phone, I’m curious: where do y’all carry your stuff? I typically try to carry as little as possible, but between wallet, glasses, keys, phone… where do I put the notebook & pen? 320
Angelo Stavrow @angelostavrow.com · 07/08/2025Without downloading any new pics, where are you mentally? 130
Angelo Stavrow @angelostavrow.com · 24/07/2025Glitch project hosting was shut down on July 8th, which made me pretty sad. It tried so hard to bring back the best era of the web: a time where things were weird, where they were fun, where you could right-click > View Source in your browser and learn. 130
Angelo Stavrow @angelostavrow.com · 17/07/2025Not sure who needs to hear this, but: The half-day you spend closing a ticket almost certainly won’t matter in ten years, but the half-day you spend working on career development absolutely can. 110
Angelo Stavrow @angelostavrow.com · 11/07/2025Me: Icon Composer looks fun! This should simplify a lot of things. Let’s build something! Apple: okay, but don’t expect it to work with our CI/CD pipelines! 000
Angelo Stavrow @angelostavrow.com · 07/07/2025This was supposed to be a maybe-too-subtle jab at how we’ve lost all of the delight and value of the open web, and every single reply I got pointed to using AI to get what I’m looking for. I think this is Actually Very Interesting.™️ Angelo Stavrow (@angelostavrow.com) bsky.app/profile/did:...bsky.appAngelo Stavrow (@angelostavrow.com)I want a search engine where I can say, "forget product pages and news sources, prioritize results from personal blogs and my social networks" when I search for something like, "how stable is the… 110
Angelo Stavrow @angelostavrow.com · 05/07/2025I want a search engine where I can say, "forget product pages and news sources, prioritize results from personal blogs and my social networks" when I search for something like, "how stable is the macOS 26 beta"? 011
Angelo Stavrow @angelostavrow.com · 03/07/2025My intuition says “no,” but my impostor syndrome says “shut up, intuition.” 120
Angelo Stavrow @angelostavrow.com · 02/07/2025Been trying to get to a point where I can run 5K, twice a week, using a training program from the NHS. Today's run was tough — lousy sleep and too much time away from running had me pooped by the halfway point. Next run will be better! 000
Angelo Stavrow @angelostavrow.com · 02/07/2025It’s July 2nd, which means we’ve reached the halfway point of 2025. 😬 120
Angelo Stavrow @angelostavrow.com · 18/05/2025Oops, bought (yet another) domain for a new idea. 😬 010
Angelo Stavrow @angelostavrow.com · 18/05/2025Ah yes, our household’s Victoria Day weekend ritual of finally taking down the Christmas lights 110
Angelo Stavrow @angelostavrow.com · 10/05/2025Adding cherry tomatoes to a salad without cutting them in half for easy forking is borderline sociopathic 020
Angelo Stavrow @angelostavrow.com · 23/04/2025Do you all have a Swift package for text editing that you’d recommend for a writing-focused SwiftUI app? Don’t really need things like multi-cursor support or syntax highlighting (except maybe for Markdown?), mostly looking for something performant and, ideally, extensible. 220
Angelo Stavrow @angelostavrow.com · 07/04/2025If you’re a content creator, does knowing that bots are crawling your work to train LLMs make you feel more likely or less likely to put a wall (e.g. subscriber-only content, like newsletters or whatevs) between your work and the open web? 000
Angelo Stavrow @angelostavrow.com · 04/04/2025In an attempt to better curate what I listen to (because fuck algorithms), share one song you love and that you feel more people should know! 520
Angelo Stavrow @angelostavrow.com · 03/04/2025Working on a thinkpiece called, “The Enshittification Of Using The Term ‘Enshittification’” 010
Angelo Stavrow @angelostavrow.com · 03/04/2025Not-So-Wonderfully Montreal Things: felt like -2°C this morning, will feel like 16°C this afternoon. I don’t know how to dress anymore 110
Angelo Stavrow @angelostavrow.com · 31/03/2025So listen, I know there's a loneliness epidemic and I see first-hand the effects on what a life deprived of social connection does to a person on a regular basis. I'm here to tell you AI is not the answer. (Neither is social media, for that matter.) 010
Angelo Stavrow @angelostavrow.com · 30/03/2025Efficiency NECESSARILY comes at a cost to resilience. Whether you're talking about a team, a process, or a system, if it's efficient, it's fragile. If it's resilient, there's redundancy. Finding the balance for whatever problem your org is trying to solve is why they pay you the big bucks. 011
Angelo Stavrow @angelostavrow.com · 29/03/2025Siri transcriptions of French voicemails are wild, y'all. 020
Angelo Stavrow @angelostavrow.com · 28/03/2025One of those Wonderfully Montreal Things™️ is hearing folks effortlessly go from English to French and back to English without skipping a beat. Love it. 020
Angelo Stavrow @angelostavrow.com · 27/03/2025Hey, iOS devs — what are your favourite examples of App Store screenshots done well? (In other words, in line with App Review guidelines, but also more than just straight screenshots with a headline.) 000
Angelo Stavrow @angelostavrow.com · 16/03/2025Just because you tell me to "reply with Unsubscribe" if I don't want your continued unsolicited business requests doesn't mean I'm not sending you to spam after signing you up to a selection of notoriously obnoxious e-tailer newsletters, actually 020
Angelo Stavrow @angelostavrow.com · 01/03/2025Disney+ has been unavailable for me since at least yesterday afternoon — anyone else? 310
Angelo Stavrow @angelostavrow.com · 17/02/2025After being on hiatus for a few weeks, The Angelo Report is back with a (very short) essay.angelo.reportIssue 26: Second BirthHumans experience two births: the first, where one’s body is expelled from their mother’s birth canal, and the second, where one’s head is expelled from one’s own ass. 010
Angelo Stavrow @angelostavrow.com · 10/02/2025Every @buttondown.com account —even the free ones— now gets access to the API? It might be time to dust off my work on Atelier (See: atelier.software) atelier.softwareAtelier for Buttondown 020
Angelo Stavrow @angelostavrow.com · 29/01/2025Grapefruit is the worst fruit and I will brook no quarrel on the topic. 020
Angelo Stavrow @angelostavrow.com · 29/01/2025Off to Toronto for a work event. My train is delayed by about 15-20 minutes, but it’s still so much better than flying. 000
Angelo Stavrow @angelostavrow.com · 24/01/2025Hacking Subaru: tracking and controlling cars via the STARLINK Admin Panel /me wraps his Impreza in tinfoil samcurry.net/hacking-s… 010
Angelo Stavrow @angelostavrow.com · 05/01/2025Having recently learned the term “techo kaigi” —a retrospective on the planners one uses— I wrote a bit about my own Life Management System, and what it looks like for 2025:angelo.reportIssue 24: 2025 Techo KaigiIssue 24: 2025 Techo Kaigi In her last newsletter, friend and stationery lover vrk mentioned a concept I’d (somehow) never heard of: techo kaigi. The idea is... 040
Angelo Stavrow @angelostavrow.com · 30/12/2024Sometimes, there are signs. (TW: death) angelo.reportIssue 23: SignsSometimes, there are signs. A month and a half back. My parents are getting on in age, and my dad needs full-time care. My mom, fiercely stubborn about being... 030
Angelo Stavrow @angelostavrow.com · 09/12/2024The pinnacle of quiet luxury is a soft-close toilet seat. 110
Angelo Stavrow @angelostavrow.com · 08/12/2024The Angelo Report is out! This week: change is hard. angelo.report 000