Help Has to Arrive When I Do
What ADHD research, dead assistants, and local-first software changed about the companion I want to build, and why its help has to arrive at the moment of action.
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Why My Pixel Runs GrapheneOS
What running GrapheneOS on my Pixel 8 changed about how I judge privacy, control, and the Android software I build.
On default-private
Every piece of software you use has a default. Not its best setting — its default. The gap between the two is where most surveillance lives, and closing that gap is a surprisingly …
Grayjay
YouTube is often the last thing people cannot leave. On desktop and Android, Grayjay is seriously nice software, and fine for replacing it. The video still arrives. The account …
On browsers for ordinary life
There are not many bottom-tier opinions. This is one of them. Privacy tools are not a hobby for people with a clearance. They are how ordinary software stops defaulting against the …
The Privacy-folk Guide to RSS
Odd but useful ways to use RSS on Android, plus three privacy-first readers to try.
On own-domain email
I use Proton Mail with my own domain. The address can move with me. I do not have to rewrite it on every account when a provider gets worse, or sold, or boring. It’s …
On untrustable keyboards
You’re looking for something like the FUTO keyboard. They’re a sure David in a Goliath market of untrustable keyboards. An absolute gem. No network permission, local speech …