Saturday Morning Coffee

Good morning from Charlottesville, Virginia! ☕️ It’s been super hot and humid in Virginia this week so I’ve been staying inside as much as I possibly can. I did manage to get to Grit yesterday and work on Stream. I need to write up the changes I’ve made in the last two BETA releases. That’s all for now. I hope you enjoy the links. Daring Fireball Felix Rieseberg, quite obviously, is the answer to the question why Claude is an Electron app. It’s like wondering why all the screws in a building were hammered into the walls, and then finding out that the guy who oversaw construction founded and co-owns the world’s biggest hammer manufacturer. Windows uses Philips head screws, Linux uses hex screws, and MacOS requires Torx (of course) — but a hammer works the same way with all screws. That’s Electron. That’s Rieseberg’s baby. John’s scathing take is also quite funny. Folks tend to gravitate towards tools they’re familiar with. I’m still fond of C++ and even though I don’t use it today I’d…