Update on using MacBook Neo for dev tasks: this is definitely a device you should to reboot daily, even without Chrome or any Electron apps.

This morning, Zed (a native Rust app) was 500% CPU without a single window open, 3 macOS internal daemons had crashed, 800ms input lag.

Using MacBook Neo for "real" development work and it's simultaneously juggling:

• Running Claude Code in three tabs at once
• Compiling multi-package Xcode builds
• Automating two iOS Simulators and a Mac build of my app

Hasn't missed a beat. Not bad for a phone chip.

Claude sure goes down a lot for being a product targeting businesses.

Maybe Anthropic is just doing humanity a solid by helping us understand how much it will suck when the era of subsidized pricing for LLM-based products ends.

Marathon is the first PVP-heavy game to get its hooks in me since… Unreal Tournament in 2001?

I fucking suck, but even playing solo it can feel incredible when you do manage to come out on top. If you want to roll with me, I'm Searls#2430 (or just email me justin@searls.co)

Pro-tip to any devs who only discovered TDD thanks to coding agents: refactoring is inherently directional. It's more like prefactoring—you rearrange code to make the next change easy. That means you (and your agent) should know the next planned change before you refactor!

I'll admit, it's hard not to get frustrated by all the posts about coding agents going viral lately that are saying the same shit I've been blogging and podcasting for multiple years at this point with little to no fanfare. blog.lmorchard.com/2026/03/11/grief-and-the-ai-split/

GPT 4.1? In 2026? Is the State Department on a budget? Is every diplomatic cable just going to have 300 space-delimited emdashes now? nextgov.com/acquisition/2026/03/state-offloads-claude-underpinning-model-flagship-statechat/412022/

Want to buy Becky's iPhone Air? I can vouch that it's in excellent condition (unlocked, $300 less than MSRP). Buy here on Swappa or send me your best offer justin@searls.co swappa.com/listing/view/LACO93287

I need a new blog to subscribe to. Know any you think I'd like? E-mail me: justin@searls.co

Barely a month goes by where I can check the news without being reminded of the Cracked skit about two comedy writers who were hired to run a fake Donald Trump campaign and then accidentally got him elected youtu.be/8qIQbydyHwc?si=COq7K0HLng3LHI1R

For the extremely narrow Venn diagram of people who love both I Think You Should Leave and Disco Elysium, this is amazing youtu.be/6OKgdTXLWIg?si=RyS95BqxFBSEVwyQ

If Nothing releases a folding phone, they should absolutely name it the Nothing Burger pcmag.com/news/hands-on-nothing-4a-series-midrange-phones

Dear prospective sponsors,

You can't pay me to say nice things about you, but you CAN pay me to not say mean things about you. Please send inquiries to sponsorship@searls.co theverge.com/news/889595/tim-sweeney-signed-away-his-right-to-criticize-google-until-2032

"$599 is a fucking statement." daringfireball.net/2026/03/599_not_a_piece_of_junk_macbook_neo

Can confirm, Claude Cowork is very cool, but if you actually use it for more than a few minutes it'll bring any Mac to its knees. Entire system becomes unresponsive eventually. github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/22543