Reading Log
I like to read on the web, and bookmark most of it on my Raindrop account. Fellow Internet person, this list is as close as you can get to my personal stream of thoughts.
Do I belong in tech anymore?
On quitting, the spread of AI, and the loss of an ideal.
https://ky.fyi/posts/ai-burnout
unread – 2 weeks ago- work
- ai
- communication
- workplace
Staring at walls to improve focus and productivity
I came across a video by Simple Lucas describing a routine to improve focus and productivity. The routine was basically: Don’t use any screens/entertainment when trying to focus on work. When you start to feel mentally drained, sit and stare at a wall for x minutes to recover focus. I’ve been trying it, and it’s a very effective (but hard) routine.
https://www.alexselimov.com/posts/men_who_stare_at_walls/- unread – 2 weeks ago
- _internetvivant
- attention
- psychology
- creativity
Petter Törnberg (@pettertornberg.com)
Social media is no longer social. Most of it is passive viewing of videos and pictures from people we've never met. But we're still studying social media like it's 2010. We've entered the post-social media era — and research needs to catch up. https://osf.io/preprints/socarxiv/6nue7_v1 preprint w/ Richard Rogers
https://bsky.app/profile/pettertornberg.com/post/3mk64uzhdm22z- unread – 2 weeks ago
- _internetvivant
- social
- science
Post de @standplaatskrk.pl — Bluesky
https://bsky.app/profile/standplaatskrk.pl/post/3mkb5zu4nm22oOn sabotaging projects by overthinking, scope creep, and structural diffing
https://kevinlynagh.com/newsletter/2026_04_overthinking/- unread – 2 weeks ago
- workflow
Aspartame: Once more unto the breach
Like it or not, there’s a clear scientific consensus
https://dynomight.net/aspartame/Own Your Web – Issue 18: Curators
Hi All! 🤗 The Latin word curare means “to take care of.” It’s the root of curator – a person whose work is not to create, but to care. To select, to arrange,...
https://newsletter.ownyourweb.site/archive/own-your-web-issue-18-curators/Jeffrey Zeldman Presents - The Courage to Stop - State of the Web
Brevity was always a discipline. Now it’s a statement.
https://zeldman.com/2026/04/15/the-courage-to-stop/- unread – 3 weeks ago
- _internetvivant
- web
- communication
The End of Eleventy
Build Awesome is a rebrand of 11ty/Eleventy, backed by a successful $40k Kickstarter. But this attempt to monetize static site generators repeats the same mistakes that killed Gatsby and Stackbit—and misunderstands who actually builds static sites.
https://brennan.day/the-end-of-eleventy/A Primer on Long-Duration Life Support
Life support is the hardest technical obstacle to the human exploration of Mars.
https://mceglowski.substack.com/p/a-primer-on-long-duration-life-supportThe Last Quiet Thing
Your possessions came alive. Now they won't stop talking.
https://www.terrygodier.com/the-last-quiet-thingThe 49MB Web Page
A look at modern news websites. How programmatic ad-tech, huge payloads and hostile architecture destroyed the reading experience.
https://thatshubham.com/blog/news-audit“This Is Not The Computer For You” · Sam Henri Gold
Sam Henri Gold is a product design engineer building playful, useful software.
https://samhenri.gold/blog/20260312-this-is-not-the-computer-for-you/Why I Don’t Vibe Code | jacobharr.is
A “brief” accounting of various reasons why vibe coding has just never clicked for me personally as a developer.
https://jacobharr.is/personal/i-dont-vibe-code.htmlMike X. Nichols (@mikexnichols.bsky.social)
i often think about this review
https://bsky.app/profile/mikexnichols.bsky.social/post/3mes2hozcp22pSounds on The Web
Sound is the forgotten sense in web design. Used well, it adds feedback, personality, and presence that visuals alone cannot achieve.
https://www.userinterface.wiki/sounds-on-the-webHow I changed my personality in six weeks
Based on emerging research showing people can shift their core personality traits, Laurie Clarke tried tweaking hers. Here's what happened.
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20260102-how-i-changed-my-personality-in-six-weeksRami Ismail's Top Games of 2025 | Giant Bomb
Rami Ismail's Top Games of 2025 - A guest list for GiantBomb.com's 2025 Game of the Year extravaganza.
https://giantbomb.com/articles/rami-ismails-top-games-of-2025The f*** off contact page - Nic Chan
How to get people to NOT contact you
https://www.nicchan.me/blog/the-f-off-contact-page/Stop doing UX cheerleading
Design is being hijacked to create legitimacy for bad ideas. We can do better.
https://productpicnic.beehiiv.com/p/stop-doing-ux-cheerleading