Ian Grunert

iangrunert.com/2026/02/14/c...

Claude successfully implemented a very complicated 16-phase refactoring plan using this one weird trick.

Link to 2025 schedule is broken

MacRumors Buyer's Guide: Know When to Buy iPhone, Mac, iPad This page provides a product summary for each Apple model. The intent is to provide our best recommendations regarding current product cycles, and to provide a summary of currently available rumors fo...

If you don't already have one, I'd hold off on buying an Apple TV right now. Should get updated really soon.

buyersguide.macrumors.com#Apple_TV

Building a C compiler with a team of parallel Claudes Anthropic is an AI safety and research company that's working to build reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems.

Good tips in here even if you're running a single window of Claude Code.

We're only scratching the surface of how we can use this technology in our discipline.

www.anthropic.com/engineering/...

When did JavaScriptCore overtake LibJS on test262 execution time on test262.fyi? @goose.icu

Been deep in some browser & standards contributions lately and feeling renewed love for this idea that when companies need a certain feature, they can build it one-off, or they can propose (and prototype) a way to build it into browsers for everybody. Latter’s more approachable than many think!

YouTube video by Stanford University School of Engineering Big ideas begin here: Sergey Brin at Stanford

youtu.be/0nlNX94FcUE?...

> “I had this vision that I was gonna sit in cafés and study physics, which was my passion at the time” - Sergey Brin

www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmJI...

new jynpost jyn.dev/i-m-just-hav...

Super Exciting Announcement: #Steam page for my multiplayer falling sand game is now LIVE at store.steampowered.com/app/3816900/...

Announce Trailer: www.slowrush.dev/signs-trailer

2 years of hard work, but now the real work begins :)

#fallingsand #indiegame #indiegamedev #indiedev #gamedev

Congrats!

You should take more than a week off.

Interop Feature Ranking Rank the web platform features you care most about

As an experiment, we (the Firefox team) wanted to try a new way to get feedback on which Interop proposals matter most.

So, here's a web app where you can rank the proposals you care about, giving us data we can use when reviewing which ones to champion.

interop-rank.jakearchibald.com

"Hit testing will hopefully be defined in a future revision of CSS or HTML." - 4 August 2011

www.w3.org/TR/2011/WD-c...

New blog post: Under-investment

A few weeks ago I made a comment on the socials about how surprising it is that there's so much stuff in the web platform that needs more attention than it gets. @davatron5000.bsky.social asked if I could expand on that, here's something

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Kickstarter United is on strike! We are not asking for a boycott! Creators & Allies: Please continue to support & use the platform swipe for ways to show your solidarity

Why We're Striking A codified 4-day work week. We simply want to protect the way we've been working for over 3.5 years. The 4dww has proven benefits, such as increased productivity and improved employee satisfaction. It's part of what makes Kickstarter a special, innovative place to work. Fair pay for our lowest-paid workers. We're fighting for livable minimum salaries for roles that are undervalued by the market but crucial to keeping Kickstarter running. We believe none of our workers should struggle to make ends meet.

Creators Show your solidarity by: Continue using the platform like normal When something breaks, complain loudly that it is management's fault for causing the strike Include our logo and strike info on your project Send a letter to KSR leadership urging them to meet our demands & end the strike bit.ly/KSRUletter

Community Allies Show your solidarity by: Support your favorite creators on the platform like normal Send a letter to KSR leadership urging them to meet our demands & end the strike: Creators Show your solidarity by: Continue using the platform like normal When something breaks, complain loudly that it is management's fault for causing the strike Include our logo and strike info on your project Send a letter to KSR leadership urging them to meet our demands & end the strike bit.ly/KSRUletter Donate to our solidarity fund: bit.ly/KSRUdonate Attend a rally or picket either in-person near you (NYC and Seattle) or virtual

‼️🚨KICKSTARTER WORKERS ARE ON STRIKE🚨‼️

As of 8am this morning, the workers of Kickstarter United/OPEIU Local 153 are on strike.

WE ARE NOT ASKING FOR A BOYCOTT! Creators and allies, please continue using and supporting the platform.

YouTube video by CppNow C++ Memory Safety in WebKit - Geoffrey Garen - C++Now 2025

The Apple WebKit team has still been working on C++ memory safety, beyond just changing / expanding their use of libpas.

Type confusion bugs remain an issue, and I imagine they don't want to rely exclusively on the 1/16 crash chance for what allocators + MIE covers.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLw1...

The Time Tax A six-month wait for unemployment insurance. A paperwork nightmare over an insurance reimbursement. Drug tests for cash benefits. Why is there so much red tape in American life?

I like the idea because it reduces the time tax. If everyone gets it, there's no need to waste time jumping through hoops to prove continued eligibility.

www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

OpenAI CEO of Applications worked with the Statsig CEO at Meta, I think in part they’re trying to rebuild their old organization.

bsky.app/profile/nyme...

Recurse Center Info Session · Zoom · Luma Thinking about applying to a Recurse Center (RC) batch? If you want to spend 6 or 12 weeks building what excites you (compilers! games! languages! research!…

Thinking about applying to a Recurse Center (RC) batch? If you want to spend 6 or 12 weeks building what excites you (compilers! games! languages! research! machine learning! art!) within a community of thoughtful, curious peers, come join our info session this Thursday!

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Exclusive | Perplexity Makes Longshot $34.5 Billion Offer for Chrome In mounting an unsolicited bid for Google’s browser, the three-year-old AI startup seeks to take advantage of uncertainty over a pending antitrust ruling.

Facebook paid $33 - $34 per user for Instagram back in 2012. There's less growth available for Chrome, but it still feels like ~$10 per user is low.

www.wsj.com/tech/perplex...

Not surprised they changed the headline. The top voted comment, predictably:

‘No Way To Prevent This,’ Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens

More "What Do People Do All Day?" than "Oh, the Places You'll Go!"

years after working with a team that was vehemently against deleting any test, no matter how flaky, I have assembled my counter-doctrine: you should delete tests

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A good product people want to use looks like a failure when the goal is 100M DAU in 2 years.

@alexreardon.bsky.social might have a couple of drag & drop bugs, though I wouldn't be surprised it it's mostly Blink and WebKit bugs left at this point.

A new Signals and Threads just dropped, with @ianthehenry.bsky.social! This one is about building tools for traders, but it also has some fun dives into Ian's personal projects, including bauble.studio and janet.guide.

Anyway, more here:

signalsandthreads.com/building-too...

Electric Dreams | Tate Modern

Tate Modern is usually worth the visit; this looks like it'd be good if you're there before June 1:

www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tat...

Congrats!