What BetterRunning is BetterRunning is three things pretending to be one thing. The app: a SwiftUI and watchOS coaching tool that reads your running data, most of it captured through HealthKit, and turns it into Read more
There was a time when Gartner’s pace-layered application model felt like one of the more practical ways to talk about enterprise software. Not because the model was perfect. No model is. But because it acknowledged Read more
I expected the field to fail. I typed “Facebook, Instagram” into what looked like a plain text field, without selecting anything from a predefined list. In the old world, that would have been useless text. Read more
Not because shared context stops mattering, but because documents are becoming the wrong place to maintain it. I have been living in the personal knowledge management space for quite a few years now. For my Read more
Earlier this year, I found myself doing something slightly ridiculous. After a run, I would take screenshots of my workout data and copy them into ChatGPT or Anthropic. I wanted feedback. Not generic motivation, not Read more
Every question I asked had an answer. I didn’t expect that. I’ve been playing around with building my own iOS and watchOS application recently, a hobby project, nothing more. Evenings, weekends, stolen hours between dinner Read more
I’ve been a Tana Outliner user for a while now, so when the team shipped a completely redesigned product, I had to take it for a serious spin. After two deep sessions, here’s my take: Read more
The Accidental Developer: Why I Built a World Cup App for My Son It started simply enough. My son, who is almost nine, is completely swept up in World Cup excitement, talking constantly about Messi, Read more
Last weekend, I completed my fourth half marathon, one year after I ran my first. Like last year, the place of action was The Hague. And Scheveningen. And back to The Hague. This one wasn’t Read more