John Spurlock
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John Spurlock
@johnspurlock.com
· Nov 9
for new #rss people coming in:
you can follow any #bluesky profile in your feed reader, just tack on "/rss" to the end of the profile url
e.g. bsky.app/profile/john...
you can follow any #bluesky profile in your feed reader, just tack on "/rss" to the end of the profile url
e.g. bsky.app/profile/john...
‘Older programs were all about what you need: you can do this, that, whatever you want, just let me know.
But recently (a decade, more or less), this relationship has subtly changed. Newer programs (which are called apps now, yes, I know) started to want things from you.’
tonsky.me/blog/needy-p...
But recently (a decade, more or less), this relationship has subtly changed. Newer programs (which are called apps now, yes, I know) started to want things from you.’
tonsky.me/blog/needy-p...
Needy Programs
We used to use software; now software started to use us
tonsky.me
November 14, 2025 at 2:28 PM
‘Older programs were all about what you need: you can do this, that, whatever you want, just let me know.
But recently (a decade, more or less), this relationship has subtly changed. Newer programs (which are called apps now, yes, I know) started to want things from you.’
tonsky.me/blog/needy-p...
But recently (a decade, more or less), this relationship has subtly changed. Newer programs (which are called apps now, yes, I know) started to want things from you.’
tonsky.me/blog/needy-p...
New record $GOOGL eod price today: 291.31
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November 12, 2025 at 12:11 AM
New record $GOOGL eod price today: 291.31
‘Overcast isn’t used much - by our Japanese listeners at least - and it’s really only Firefox, Overcast and Chrome. Try getting _that_ from your podcast host!’
Wherein @james.crid.land expertly slices and dices his podcast stats via OP3, my free podcast prefix: op3.dev
podnews.net/article/op3-...
Wherein @james.crid.land expertly slices and dices his podcast stats via OP3, my free podcast prefix: op3.dev
podnews.net/article/op3-...
How to get the most out of OP3’s free podcast analytics
OP3's downloadable analytics make it really powerful. Here's how.
podnews.net
November 11, 2025 at 3:26 PM
‘Overcast isn’t used much - by our Japanese listeners at least - and it’s really only Firefox, Overcast and Chrome. Try getting _that_ from your podcast host!’
Wherein @james.crid.land expertly slices and dices his podcast stats via OP3, my free podcast prefix: op3.dev
podnews.net/article/op3-...
Wherein @james.crid.land expertly slices and dices his podcast stats via OP3, my free podcast prefix: op3.dev
podnews.net/article/op3-...
New record $GOOGL eod price today: 290.10
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November 10, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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Reposted by John Spurlock
We all remember THAT day...
November 7, 2025 at 2:04 PM
We all remember THAT day...
Just now getting a chance to look at the iOS API changes in 26.2 beta 1 #wwdc
New extension type: AccessoryTransportExtension
developer.apple.com/documentatio...
New extension type: AccessoryTransportExtension
developer.apple.com/documentatio...
AccessoryTransportExtension | Apple Developer Documentation
Exchange sensitive information with a connected accessory.
developer.apple.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Just now getting a chance to look at the iOS API changes in 26.2 beta 1 #wwdc
New extension type: AccessoryTransportExtension
developer.apple.com/documentatio...
New extension type: AccessoryTransportExtension
developer.apple.com/documentatio...
New record $GOOGL eod price today: 284.75
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November 6, 2025 at 9:19 PM
New record $GOOGL eod price today: 284.75
New record $GOOGL eod price today: 284.31
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November 5, 2025 at 9:09 PM
New record $GOOGL eod price today: 284.31
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November 3, 2025 at 9:27 PM
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New data: Top CDNs used by the 1.5 million new podcast episodes found in October 2025
- #1 Amazon Cloudfront with yet another high episode share, at 65.39%
livewire.io/podcast-cdns...
- #1 Amazon Cloudfront with yet another high episode share, at 65.39%
livewire.io/podcast-cdns...
Top Podcast CDNs by Episode Share (October 2025)
Ranked list of podcast CDNs (content delivery networks), based on number of new episodes published
livewire.io
November 1, 2025 at 11:30 PM
New data: Top CDNs used by the 1.5 million new podcast episodes found in October 2025
- #1 Amazon Cloudfront with yet another high episode share, at 65.39%
livewire.io/podcast-cdns...
- #1 Amazon Cloudfront with yet another high episode share, at 65.39%
livewire.io/podcast-cdns...
New data! updated my ranking of the top 3rd-party podcast analytics services, based on the share of the 1.5 million new eps published in October 2025
- Podtrac, Podscribe at all-time highs
- peace out Médiamétrie 👋
livewire.io/podcast-trac...
- Podtrac, Podscribe at all-time highs
- peace out Médiamétrie 👋
livewire.io/podcast-trac...
Top Podcast Tracking Services by Episode Share (October 2025)
Ranked list of podcast trackers (third-party analytics services), based on number of new episodes published
livewire.io
November 1, 2025 at 4:21 PM
New data! updated my ranking of the top 3rd-party podcast analytics services, based on the share of the 1.5 million new eps published in October 2025
- Podtrac, Podscribe at all-time highs
- peace out Médiamétrie 👋
livewire.io/podcast-trac...
- Podtrac, Podscribe at all-time highs
- peace out Médiamétrie 👋
livewire.io/podcast-trac...
New data! My ranking of top podcast hosting companies based on the 1.5 million new episodes I saw in October 2025
- #1 Spotify, #2 Spreaker up, #3 Buzzsprout stable
- Simplecast, RSS.com, Transistor all-time highs
- Everyone else down
livewire.io/podcast-host...
- #1 Spotify, #2 Spreaker up, #3 Buzzsprout stable
- Simplecast, RSS.com, Transistor all-time highs
- Everyone else down
livewire.io/podcast-host...
Top Podcast Hosting Companies by Episode Share (October 2025)
Ranked list of podcast hosts, based on number of new episodes published
livewire.io
November 1, 2025 at 4:03 PM
New data! My ranking of top podcast hosting companies based on the 1.5 million new episodes I saw in October 2025
- #1 Spotify, #2 Spreaker up, #3 Buzzsprout stable
- Simplecast, RSS.com, Transistor all-time highs
- Everyone else down
livewire.io/podcast-host...
- #1 Spotify, #2 Spreaker up, #3 Buzzsprout stable
- Simplecast, RSS.com, Transistor all-time highs
- Everyone else down
livewire.io/podcast-host...
Buzzsprout just published their public stats for October 2025, so I just updated my post tracking them over time
- continued large browser share, likely due to the recent increase in browser "hits" coming from cloud servers (aws/gcp/rackspace/etc)
livewire.io/buzzsprout-s...
- continued large browser share, likely due to the recent increase in browser "hits" coming from cloud servers (aws/gcp/rackspace/etc)
livewire.io/buzzsprout-s...
Buzzsprout Statistics, visualized
Visualizing the podcast data provided monthly by Buzzsprout, the podcast hosting company
livewire.io
November 1, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Buzzsprout just published their public stats for October 2025, so I just updated my post tracking them over time
- continued large browser share, likely due to the recent increase in browser "hits" coming from cloud servers (aws/gcp/rackspace/etc)
livewire.io/buzzsprout-s...
- continued large browser share, likely due to the recent increase in browser "hits" coming from cloud servers (aws/gcp/rackspace/etc)
livewire.io/buzzsprout-s...
Reposted by John Spurlock
Not enough developers care about XSLT if you call I’d “some old thing”? Huh
A small group of developers are negative about it, but most don't care. We polled devs about Interop features recently (interop-rank.jakearchibald.com) and the XSLT proposal landed near the very bottom.
Interop Feature Ranking
Rank the web platform features you care most about
interop-rank.jakearchibald.com
November 1, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Not enough developers care about XSLT if you call I’d “some old thing”? Huh
Just updated my graphs of @transistor.fm 's monthly reported stats to include the newly-finished month of October 2025.
- dramatic browser share increase, likely due to the recent large increase of browser "hits" from cloud servers (aws/gcp/rackspace/etc)
livewire.io/transistor-s...
- dramatic browser share increase, likely due to the recent large increase of browser "hits" from cloud servers (aws/gcp/rackspace/etc)
livewire.io/transistor-s...
Transistor Statistics, visualized
Visualizing the podcast data provided monthly by Transistor, the podcast hosting company
livewire.io
November 1, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Just updated my graphs of @transistor.fm 's monthly reported stats to include the newly-finished month of October 2025.
- dramatic browser share increase, likely due to the recent large increase of browser "hits" from cloud servers (aws/gcp/rackspace/etc)
livewire.io/transistor-s...
- dramatic browser share increase, likely due to the recent large increase of browser "hits" from cloud servers (aws/gcp/rackspace/etc)
livewire.io/transistor-s...
Reposted by John Spurlock
Holy shit! I once rebuilt Friendster using XSLT for good technical reasons
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November 1, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Holy shit! I once rebuilt Friendster using XSLT for good technical reasons
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Intent to Deprecate and Remove: Deprecate and remove XSLT
groups.google.com
October 31, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Reposted by John Spurlock
The joke about Kubrick I heard was that NASA hired him to fake it but after working with him they decided that just going to the moon would be easier.
October 31, 2025 at 11:01 AM
The joke about Kubrick I heard was that NASA hired him to fake it but after working with him they decided that just going to the moon would be easier.
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October 30, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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October 29, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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October 29, 2025 at 4:54 PM
‘Their approach toward nature may have been reductive, but at least they were looking at it. How could I have been living under the illusion that I was the one in touch with nature, with human nature, when in fact I was just messing around with signs and abstractions?’
harpers.org/archive/2025...
harpers.org/archive/2025...
The Reenchanted World, by Karl Ove Knausgaard, Translated by Olivia Lasky, Damion Searls
On finding mystery in the digital age
harpers.org
October 28, 2025 at 1:30 PM
‘Their approach toward nature may have been reductive, but at least they were looking at it. How could I have been living under the illusion that I was the one in touch with nature, with human nature, when in fact I was just messing around with signs and abstractions?’
harpers.org/archive/2025...
harpers.org/archive/2025...