I joined Twitter in 2007 and my brain slowly morphed over the next 15 years from hopelessly verbose to nihilistically pithy. I've kicked the Twitter habit, but the takes keep flowing. That's why I post them here and format them as a social network of one. You're welcome to bookmark any of these takes, though I'm not sure why you would.
By the way, the hearts and like counts are fake. They're just there to make you feel safe.
Marathon is the first PVP-heavy game to get its hooks in me since… Unreal Tournament in 2001?
I fucking suck, but even playing solo it can feel incredible when you do manage to come out on top. If you want to roll with me, I'm Searls#2430 (or just email me justin@searls.co)
Claude's electron app for macOS is such a buggy mess that I've uninstalled it and sequestered it to a Safari tab, just like I did to Slack, Discord, etc., six years ago. ChatGPT is a native app where things like the stop button actually work (usually) tonsky.me/blog/fall-of-native/
I'll admit, it's hard not to get frustrated by all the posts about coding agents going viral lately that are saying the same shit I've been blogging and podcasting for multiple years at this point with little to no fanfare. blog.lmorchard.com/2026/03/11/grief-and-the-ai-split/
GPT 4.1? In 2026? Is the State Department on a budget? Is every diplomatic cable just going to have 300 space-delimited emdashes now? nextgov.com/acquisition/2026/03/state-offloads-claude-underpinning-model-flagship-statechat/412022/
Want to buy Becky's iPhone Air? I can vouch that it's in excellent condition (unlocked, $300 less than MSRP). Buy here on Swappa or send me your best offer justin@searls.co swappa.com/listing/view/LACO93287
I need a new blog to subscribe to. Know any you think I'd like? E-mail me: justin@searls.co
Barely a month goes by where I can check the news without being reminded of the Cracked skit about two comedy writers who were hired to run a fake Donald Trump campaign and then accidentally got him elected youtu.be/8qIQbydyHwc?si=COq7K0HLng3LHI1R
For the extremely narrow Venn diagram of people who love both I Think You Should Leave and Disco Elysium, this is amazing youtu.be/6OKgdTXLWIg?si=RyS95BqxFBSEVwyQ
If Nothing releases a folding phone, they should absolutely name it the Nothing Burger pcmag.com/news/hands-on-nothing-4a-series-midrange-phones
Dear prospective sponsors,
You can't pay me to say nice things about you, but you CAN pay me to not say mean things about you. Please send inquiries to sponsorship@searls.co theverge.com/news/889595/tim-sweeney-signed-away-his-right-to-criticize-google-until-2032
"$599 is a fucking statement." daringfireball.net/2026/03/599_not_a_piece_of_junk_macbook_neo
Can confirm, Claude Cowork is very cool, but if you actually use it for more than a few minutes it'll bring any Mac to its knees. Entire system becomes unresponsive eventually. github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/22543
The M4 iPad Air is notable, because it will set Apple apart as the only company to release a product in 2026 sporting more RAM for the same price as the outgoing model. (8GB to 12GB) macrumors.com/2026/03/02/apple-announces-ipad-air-with-m4-chip/
Was always so inspired by that speech where JFK said "we will go to the moon... or do some other stuff instead" theguardian.com/science/2026/feb/27/nasa-changes-delays-moon-missions
If you've posted an issue to any of my repos and I never responded: GitHub apparently disabled automatic watching for new repositories last year and nobody noticed. Issues are now graveyards from Day 1.
No wonder my inbox has been so peaceful! github.com/orgs/community/discussions/157470
My coding agent harnesses are designed to enable parallel serial work—multiple agents running in multiple tabs, all committing to main instead of worktrees.
turbocommit does this by linking each session's commits: github.com/searlsco/turbocommit?tab=readme-ov-file#continuity-across-workstreams