Reviews and explainers about AI tools, such as email assistants, response generators and video generators, often built around user feedback and generic feature overviews. Readers get surface-level product overviews and buying guidance for AI software.
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Each issue presents a hands-on programming project, such as building your own version of tail, a Bluetooth proximity finder, or an MCP code context server, with a description of the goals and what you will learn. Readers get project ideas and step-by-step challenge specs for practising systems and software skills.
A design systems newsletter offering practical explanations for designers working with engineering concepts like JSON, MCP, and AI tooling, plus thoughtful takes on design token architecture. Readers get approachable, hands-on guidance on bridging design and code, written with a personal voice drawn from real team experiences.
A personal technical blog newsletter on iOS and macOS internals, covering reverse engineering, Mach-O binaries and Swift compile-time techniques. Readers get hands-on, tool-specific walkthroughs, including how AI tooling can be applied to development workflows.
Rob Pickering writes practical, first-person guides drawn from 15 years of running his own systems, covering macOS, Linux, home network security, Home Assistant and AI tools. Issues also include candid book logs and critical takes on vendor and platform behaviour.
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