'TinyStart' is the Spotlight Search alternative I've always wanted TinyStart is a fast, minimalist launcher for macOS that focuses on the essentials: opening apps, folders, links, and search engines.

TinyStart is a fast, minimalist launcher for macOS by @nileane that focuses on the essentials: opening apps, folders, links, and search engines.

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Why Claude has my attention Claude outperforms every other chatbot in accuracy and its use of open web reference links. It's also an effective vibe-coding app. The post Why Claude has my attention appeared first on Coywolf.

Why Claude has @jon's attention

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The February 2026 Trunk & Tidbits is posted. Our monthly engineering update, including progress on 4.6, our AI contribution policy, upcoming end-of-life for version 4.3, some posts about the Share button, and more.

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Mastodon now has an official share button for sites The share button solves the problem of Mastodon users being on unique servers. It can also be customized and dynamically generated.

@Mastodon now has an official share button for sites

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@joost announced that FAIR will no longer focus on WordPress and will instead invest its resources in TYPO3. Those who no longer want to use FAIR's connector plugin but still want the feature that serves avatars locally rather than from Gravatar can do so with a new standalone plugin […]

@joost announced that FAIR will no longer focus on WordPress and will instead invest its resources in TYPO3. Those who no longer want to use FAIR's connector plugin but still want the feature that serves avatars locally rather than from Gravatar can do so with a new standalone plugin […]

@iftas this should happen this year for Mastodon
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Customers of Fathom Analytics can now connect to and associate Google Search Console data with their sites, and report on Google referrer data directly in their dashboard […]

New study reveals where AI excels and fails in the workplace AISI research shows that AI can assist with basic tasks in the workplace but falls short on tasks that require higher-order thinking.

AISI research shows that AI can assist with basic tasks in the workplace but falls short on tasks that require higher-order thinking.

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The UniFi Travel Router makes securely connecting to your home network while away a breeze There's finally a device that securely connects all your devices to your home internet while traveling, without configuring a VPN.

There's finally a device that securely connects all your devices to your home internet while traveling, without configuring a VPN.

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#Privacy #Travel

You can now doom scroll Wikipedia Why not learn while you also doom scroll? This demonstration of how social media algorithms work is also fun to use.

Why not learn while you also doom scroll? This demonstration of how social media algorithms work is also fun to use.

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After the Publishing Maintenance Working Group surveyed publishers, tool developers, reading system developers, independent authors, ebook retailers, social DRM providers, conversion vendors, distributors, and readers, they determined that adding HTML to EPUB was too challenging for now […]

In 1993, web design didn't really exist — you couldn't even change the background color of your web page from grey. But Mosaic launched the first era of visual web design with the IMG tag, and soon after an MTV VJ improbably created one of the first commercial websites […]

JPEG XL (JXL) is coming back to Chrome Google is adding the next-gen JXL image format back to Chrome after controversially removing it in 2022. Will re-adding it breathe new life into the format, or is it too late?

Google is adding the next-gen JXL image format back to Chrome after controversially removing it in 2022. Will re-adding it breathe new life into the format, or is it too late?

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#WebDev #Chrome #Google

Starlink updates ToS to allow AI model training with personal data Starlink quietly enabled third-party AI model training on its customers' personal data by default. Fortunately, there's a way to opt out.

Starlink quietly enabled third-party AI model training on its customers' personal data by default. Fortunately, there's a way to opt out.

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#Privacy #AI

With agentic AI embedded at the OS level, databases storing entire digital lives accessible to malware, tasks whose reliability quickly breaks down at each step, and being opted-in without consent, @signalapp leadership, @Mer__edith and Udbhav Tiwari, are sounding the alarm for the industry to […]

All major browsers now support the hidden=until-found attribute on the Details disclosure element, allowing visitors to search and auto-expand hidden text on pages without JavaScript […]

Homebrew gets GUI with Taphouse Managing apps and services on macOS with the command-line interface (CLI) tool Homebrew just got a lot easier with Taphouse, a graphical user interface (GUI) for the popular package manager.

Managing apps and services on macOS with the command-line interface (CLI) tool Homebrew just got a lot easier with Taphouse, a graphical user interface (GUI) for the popular package manager.

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#WebDev #MacOS

A free app to visualize your subscription costs SubGrid is a free, open-source tool that visualizes subscription costs to help manage monthly budget decisions more effectively.

SubGrid is a free, open-source tool that visualizes subscription costs to help manage monthly budget decisions more effectively.

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#Budget #PersonalFinance #OpenSource

Anthony Enzor-DeMeo, CEO of Mozilla, announced that AI will be added to Firefox. Public outcry prompted Jake Archibald, Mozilla's Web Developer Relations Lead, to assure users that there will be an AI kill switch to turn off all AI features […]

Google deemed Preferred Sources a success due to high usage and doubling of traffic to sites from Top Stories. Google announced that the feature is being rolled out to all regions and languages.

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In a wide-ranging interview with @Gargron, creator of the decentralized social network @Mastodon, Rochko shared why Threads federation fell flat, why #ActivityPub and #ATProto will likely never merge, and what it will take to grow the #Fediverse […]

In a wide-ranging interview with @Gargron, creator of the decentralized social network @Mastodon, Rochko shared why Threads federation fell flat, why #ActivityPub and #ATProto will likely never merge, and what it will take to grow the #Fediverse […]

You can now block specific spam referrers in Fathom Analytics The privacy-first GA4 alternative, Fathom Analytics, added the ability to block and exclude unwanted referral traffic.

The privacy-first GA4 alternative, Fathom Analytics, added the ability to block and exclude unwanted referral traffic.

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#Analytics #Spam

Google adds custom annotations to Search Console Charts in Google Search Console (GSC) can now have custom annotations added to them to highlight events that may affect search performance.

Charts in Google Search Console (GSC) can now have custom annotations added to them to highlight events that may affect search performance.

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Schema.org - Schema.org Schema.org is a set of extensible schemas that enables webmasters to embed structured data on their web pages for use by search engines and other applications.

The @MastodonEngineering team added 'SocialMediaPosting' https://Schema.org markup to version 4.5 of @Mastodon to optimize social posts for search engines and other systems.

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#SocialMedia #SEO

The release of @Mastodon 4.5 introduces a new quote post feature designed to give users control over who can quote their posts.

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The new Alertmouse tool monitors people and brand mentions as simply as Google Alerts, but with better results and reporting that are similar to those from expensive, contract-based enterprise solutions, at a more affordable price […]

The best Chrome browser for Mac isn’t Chrome, it’s Helium Helium provides an alternative to Google Chrome for Mac users who don't want AI Mode and Gemini forced into the browser and prefer privacy over Google's data collection.

Helium provides an alternative to Google Chrome for Mac users who don't want AI Mode and Gemini forced into the browser and prefer privacy over Google's data collection.

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