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Do Frameworks Matter Anymore?
The post argues that frameworks still matter because they provide abstractions, structure, and constraints, and that new frameworks may still be worth building for an AI-assisted workflow.
How I Hacked an Android App to Get Free Beer
The post shows how the app’s point authorization can be abused by intercepting HTTPS traffic and replacing the PIN flow with beacon data broadcast openly over BLE.
Week 44, 2025
Weekly compilation of links for projects, tools, and files about software, search, media, security, books, and visual web exploration.
The Lean Startup Misinterpretation
The post argues that Lean Startup was turned into a shortcut culture. It says MVPs should test hypotheses, pivots should follow validated learning, and speed must not replace discipline.
The 10-Year Overnight Success
Apostar no “sucesso overnight” distorce o tempo real do crescimento. O texto defende que resultados explosivos vêm de anos invisíveis de tentativa, falha, persistência e compounding.
Surviving the Dot-Com Collapse Lessons
The post revisits the dot-com crash to argue that growth without cash flow, discipline in costs, realistic narratives, and patience with timing are what let companies survive downturns.
Subscription Lifestyle
The post says subscription models are spreading because access is flexible and cheaper upfront, but ownership still matters for craft, identity, permanence, and care.
Sublime Text
The author records his long-standing connection with Sublime Text, which he has used since 2008, has renewed the license for since 2009, and continues to prefer because it opens large projects and edits files without sluggishness.
A Stoic’s Guide to Navigating AI Hype Cycles
The text uses Stoicism to argue that durable AI products should focus on what is under control, accept the hype cycle, and prioritize utility, trust, and permanence.
Skype (2003-2025)
The page says Skype was the tool that most helped the author’s career, allowing remote work for companies in the USA, and that he used it until the service was retired on May 5, 2025.
Original Startup Garage: Hobbyists, Hackers, and Home PCs
The page shows how the garage became a myth of origin for Silicon Valley, tied to hobbyists, hackers, and home PCs, but argues that networks, capital, and timing mattered more.
Obsidian
Obsidian is presented as a local, file-based note app that favors links, portability, and slow thinking over cloud lock-in or account dependence.
Notes
The page describes a note system divided between Pocket, Journal, Commonplace, and Kids, with drafts moving into records and the physical material simplified to A5 and A7.
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
A page reads The Final Reckoning as a conclusion that puts the franchise before AI, information manipulation, excessive surveillance, and ethical dilemmas, with Ethan Hunt running against the chaos created by the Entity.
The Infinite Growth Illusion
The post argues that startup growth is often treated as endless acceleration, but markets saturate and companies need spurts, recovery, and sound operations to last.
Enduring Power of Mailing Lists
The text argues that mailing lists persist because they offer direct connection, portability, and asynchronous conversation, serving as durable infrastructure for online communities.
Design for AI - the Invisible Features
The text argues that the best experience with AI happens when it operates discreetly, understands context, predicts needs, and fails without breaking trust, almost without requiring an interface.
The Encyclopedia of World Problems and Human Potential
The encyclopedia is presented as an open, searchable resource that links global problems, action strategies, and human values to help guide decisions and focus on complex issues.
The Checklist Manifesto
The text argues that simple checklists reduce errors, relieve cognitive load, and increase efficiency, consistency, and safety, especially in complex areas such as medicine and professional work.
Notepad++
Notepad++ is a code editor and Notepad replacement for Windows, written in C++, based on Scintilla, and aimed at both simple use and advanced development features.
Locavore (2018)
The text recounts the origin of the Locavore project, which aimed to reduce food transportation and produce part of what cities and communities consume with aeroponic gardens and more nutritious foods.
Leonardo da Vinci
The page summarizes Leonardo da Vinci as a Renaissance polymath whose art, science, and notebooks show close observation, anatomical studies, and linked mechanical ideas.
I Block Ads
The author says ads became hard to avoid on the modern web and argues that blocking them in the browser and at the DNS level is the only workable way to browse normally.
How We Got to Now: Six Innovations That Made the Modern World
Steven Johnson’s book shows how glass, cold, sound, clean, time, and light shaped the modern world and produced unexpected effects in different areas.
“How to Write” — 10 Pieces of Timeless Advice by David Ogilvy
David Ogilvy's memo says that writing well helps career advancement, is not a natural talent, and requires discipline, clarity, short sentences, revision, and focus on what the recipient should do.
Dishwasher Eco Mode Runs Longer but Saves Water & Electricity
Eco-mode uses less water, lower temperatures, slower pumping, and air drying to cut energy use, even though the dishwasher runs longer than a regular cycle.
Dead Internet Theory
The text says the old internet died and was replaced by machines that write like humans, but without truth or life. Real people still exist, in broken places and on their own sites.
Commonplace Book
The post says a commonplace book is a personal repository for ideas, quotes, observations, and reflections. It can be digital or paper, and it helps retain and connect knowledge over time.
Cargo Cult
The post uses Feynman’s idea of cargo cult science to argue that rituals can imitate successful methods without the essential honesty, care, and self-checking that make them work.
Plan the Years
The author says he settled on a simple planning pattern that starts with pen and paper and continues in a few plain-text files. He credits David Seah and YearCompass as sources that helped him simplify his approach to reflecting on the year and planning the next one.
Why do I Swear?
The author says that he usually swears at home, in meetings, and at work, but avoids using profanity just to reinforce a point. For him, swearing comes from a stance of questioning what others take for granted.
Plain Text
A note argues for using plain text for note-taking and writing because of its portability, longevity, and independence from apps, with Markdown as the only acceptable extra layer.
iPAQ
The text recalls the iPAQ as a Pocket PC introduced by Compaq in 2000 and says these devices helped the author early in his career, when he designed interfaces and wrote programs for doctors and clinics in the US.
Rethinking Climate Change
The report argues that existing technologies in energy, transportation and food can cut over 90% of greenhouse gas emissions by 2035, if policymakers back the right choices and remove barriers.
Do not go gentle into that good night
The text presents Dylan Thomas’s poem and repeats the refusal to passively accept the end of life, asking that old age and death be faced with fury and insistence.
A Non-Technical Parents’ Guide to Digital Tools for Kids Online Classes
The post recommends a practical setup for kids’ online classes: a dedicated space, better lighting, suitable devices, microphone, speaker, webcam, UPS, and a few basic software tools.
Chekhov’s Gun: If you show a gun, fire it
The post uses a product-demo example to argue that if you show a tool, it should be useful soon and relevant to customer needs, just as Chekhov’s Gun says story elements should pay off.
Don’t Make Me Think
The text summarizes Steve Krug's book as a central UX reference: use conventions, test with real users, create clear visual hierarchy, and reduce text to make sites and interfaces easier to use.
Some of the Best Phones and Apps for the Elderly
The post argues that many seniors struggle with smartphones because of cost, trust, and usability, and suggests choosing simpler phones or apps that help with remembering, reading, and staying social.
3 Ways AI is Contributing to Businesses Success
The text shows how AI, machine learning and automation already help companies with personalized service, more effective email campaigns, and future uses still expanding.