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100% I also think about another Apple original, Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed where they show a character dropping their Apple AirPod™ into someone's car to "track" them and then they show a non-apple piece of software doing the actual tracking (which is a questionable plot point in of itself)

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Mark Tomlinson @marktomlinson.dev · 04/08/2026

I also take issue with the tv format vs. movie. the jarring cut between episode 9 → 10 really killed the momentum of what should have been the crescendo of the whole story. and E9 ends in daytime and E10 begins at night? I get it, some time has passed but watching back to back was confusing/messy

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I humbly and respectfully regret to inform you that the future of design system tooling is not another platform.

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also, way too many Apple product placements: “I have the birth certificate as proof! It’s on my iPhone 13 Pro Max™, just conveniently unlock it with Face ID™ because my hands are tied behind my back!” 😩

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Josh Pindjak @joshpindjak.biz · 30/07/2026

Cape Fear was ok but it was way too drawn out. knowing the original movie was 2hrs long, there’s absolutely no reason to spend 7+ hours telling the same story. should have been a 4 part mini series at most, and I have a pretty good attention span when it comes to film and tv.

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the economics of artists being paid per stream (ahem spotify) also encourages artists to make shorter songs to try and game the system

Josh Pindjak @joshpindjak.biz · 21/07/2026

the emails that come into my spam folder are uhhh something else

email subject line reading: "View your personalized burial insurance..."

Josh Pindjak @joshpindjak.biz · 06/07/2026

nice. it kinda reminds me of fraktur/blackletter typefaces but rendered in a more techy way. as an alternate, try increasing the contrast between vertical lines compared to the horizontal/diagonals. these were drawn with a calligraphy pen at a 30 degree angle, give or take

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Josh Pindjak @joshpindjak.biz · 06/07/2026

there's a kind of crummy shopping center/mall near me and they have a sign on the door when you're leaving that says "We'll see you again soon." and it feels like a threat

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Josh Pindjak @joshpindjak.biz · 29/06/2026

woah… had no idea date caramel was a thing. the other day my wife wanted an iced coffee so i blended a fresh espresso shot with a few chopped dried dates, then poured it over ice and it was so good.

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Josh Pindjak @joshpindjak.biz · 23/06/2026

interesting that Substack doesnt allow you to put alt text in an image but does include, for some inexplicable reason, to include a prediction market in your post?

the bottom of the "compose" dialog on Substack showing an overflow menu with "prediction market" as the only menu item

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Josh Pindjak @joshpindjak.biz · 22/06/2026

haha oh nooo! my biggest gripe so far with Tahoe is that the indicator for changing the volume is now in the top right instead of centered like it has been for the last 15+ years…

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Josh Pindjak @joshpindjak.biz · 21/06/2026

i’ll believe it when i see it. i have a feeling tim cook’s effects will last for years, like robert moses affects nyc for decades (even still today)!

Josh Pindjak @joshpindjak.biz · 18/06/2026

sorry no recording exists (the talk went well!) but i did condense it down into an article open.substack.com/pub/layoutsh...

open.substack.com

Designing and shipping Tabba

Breaking down my end-to-end workflow for designing a browser extension

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Josh Pindjak @joshpindjak.biz · 18/06/2026

just saw another tech recruiter on the timeline trying to recruit designers to train their AI models for them

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Josh Pindjak @joshpindjak.biz · 16/06/2026

bring back physical popup spaces to advertise new typefaces being released

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Josh Pindjak @joshpindjak.biz · 15/06/2026

this looks a bit mangled (read: beloved) but my New York style cheesecake turned out really good. it was an absolute hit crust was made of Digestives and I reduced the sugar a bit overall to accentuate the cheese/sour cream combo

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Josh Pindjak @joshpindjak.biz · 12/06/2026

I got a request from a family member to bake a cheesecake. I've never baked one before, so I tried a test batch of a Japanese-style cheesecake recipe (no photo, ate it too fast) but it came out too similar to a pancake, so I think I'm gonna try New York-style for my next batch.

Josh Pindjak @joshpindjak.biz · 10/06/2026

heads up for anyone else using Umami for analytics: they silently changed their data collection endpoint and it broke website analytics on one of my projects unexpectedly, so check on your projects if you are noticing low/no traffic on any of your sites github.com/umami-softwa...

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Cloud API gateway changes break websites with Content Security Policy (CSP) · Issue #4326 · umami-software/umami

Describe the Bug Hello Umami Team, Recently, my website stopped sending analytics data because the tracking script silently switched the data collection endpoint to https://gateway.umami.is. my CSP...

I'll find out and let you know! 🙏 thanks

opened the replies looking for this exact graphic 😭

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great way to prevent this from happening 😩

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Cursor Meetup Sydney · Luma

I will be presenting my design process for Tabba.so at this month's Cursor Sydney meetup this Wednesday (10 June) at the Atlassian office here in Sydney. would love to connect with any locals who can make it, should be a good hang! luma.com/cgq1rseh?tk=...

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Schedule Join us for the official Cursor meetup in Sydney! An evening of ideas, code, and AI-powered workflows with fellow builders who are shaping the future…

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Josh Pindjak @joshpindjak.biz · 07/06/2026

Tahoe is such a mess and i regret "upgrading" 😩

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Josh Pindjak @joshpindjak.biz · 05/06/2026

kind of an interesting chart shape of "AI Unfriendly" website statistics on builtwith. these are described as "Websites that actively block or restrict AI agents, crawlers, and large language model (LLM) systems from accessing or indexing their content" trends.builtwith.com/link/AI-Unfr...

a line chart titled "AI Unfriendly Usage Statistics" on builtiwth.com.

Websites that actively block or restrict AI agents, crawlers, and large language model (LLM) systems from accessing or indexing their content.

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Josh Pindjak @joshpindjak.biz · 04/06/2026

new Wolf & Bear album really is DGD 2.0 huh?

Josh Pindjak @joshpindjak.biz · 04/06/2026

in a remarkable twist of fate, I've ended up watching 3 Rob Corddry performances all within a few weeks of each other. Curb Your Enthusiasm (S5, E7): 2005 Ballers: 2015 The Audacity: 2026 I remember Rob from his time on The Daily Show (2002-2006) which predates his appearance on Curb

Rob Corddry shown in 3 of his roles from 2005, 2015, and 2026.

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Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

The money was always there for the good things.

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Josh Pindjak @joshpindjak.biz · 03/06/2026

tbh your orange on your site does not give me the same vibe as claude, no worries. this example is more about the totality of all of the colors across the whole page which leads me to believe this was a bit too "inspired" = even the text color is exact same hue, just changed ever so slightly.

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Josh Pindjak @joshpindjak.biz · 03/06/2026

why does every website look like Claude now? these colors are a comparison between a product by a very well-known VC guy's new company vs. Claude. can you tell which is which? have we ran out of ideas so quickly that everything must be directly ripped 1:1 and not even changed a little bit?

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Josh Pindjak @joshpindjak.biz · 02/06/2026

I accidentally engaged with an IG post about the tv show The Office in 2015 and I am still dealing with the fallout 10+ years later

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Josh Pindjak @joshpindjak.biz · 01/06/2026

working on slides for an upcoming talk

triangle diagram with "pick two?" in the middle. the 3 points on the triangle are labeled: Good code (maintainable, scaleable), Pleasant design/easy to use, and Actually solves a problem

Josh Pindjak @joshpindjak.biz · 01/06/2026

wish i could downgrade but xcode requires the latest version 😩

Josh Pindjak @joshpindjak.biz · 31/05/2026

simple stuff like Finder in Tahoe 26.5 is such a mess. using my mac makes me so sad now, like what is this?

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Josh Pindjak @joshpindjak.biz · 30/05/2026

the intro feels very “It Takes Two” as well

Josh Pindjak @joshpindjak.biz · 28/05/2026

whatever this is from Apple. i just want to search my own music library not their store

in-app survey Figma just sent me. I think they're getting nervous or maybe rediscovering who their audience actually is

A survey in Figma reading:
"Thinking of your work in the last 6 months, which of these most accurately represents your experience?"

Options (check boxes):
I wrote/edited/generated code mainly for exploration or prototyping
I wrote/edited/generated code intended to be eleased to users (shipped to production)
I didn't write/edit/generate code

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they were delicious, just gotta get to bakery-quality next time 😌

thank you 🙏 my first time making these so they were kinda sloppy and inconsistent but that's part of the fun!

What I Learned About Loss While Skateboarding at Costco

great article, here's a gift link for anyone who wants to read it: www.nytimes.com/2026/05/24/b...

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Josh Pindjak @joshpindjak.biz · 25/05/2026

I made Salt Bread for the first time over the weekend, with a crucial edit: I “pretzeled” the outside by dipping in an alkaline (bicarb soda) solution. the result was perfect. interior cavity created by the butter block and a chewy exterior crust. I think i will develop this further.

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I’m doing some iOS app dev/design and was unable to upload my app for local beta testing unless i updated to the latest xcode which in turn required mac os 26.5 😩

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one of my (least?) favorite Dark Patterns is in the iOS Music app. I have never once used or wanted to search Apple Music for anything, and when I search in this app, my sole reason for doing so is to search my own Library, and yet, every single time the "Apple Music" tab is selected by default.

the search bar in apple's "Music" app with "Apple Music" tab selected by default.

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this 26.5 update also disabled my @raycast.com, and even Spotlight didnt work. For the past 15+ years, I've been under the impression Apple would not be overriding the user's preferences when updating OS versions, guess that's been tossed out 🤷‍♂️

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