Jonathan Foote
foote.bsky.social
Jonathan Foote
@foote.bsky.social
TIL: When you make a reservation with OpenTable, it might track how much you spend and then show tags to restaurant workers

support.opentable.com/s/article/Un...
November 4, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Hello from the passenger seat on a long car ride. Passed some time by putting a game that I made for a Win95 Visual Basic class back in high school on the web: foote.pub/dungeon/

It uses bits of github.com/copy/v86. A pretty cool project.

Hope everyone is doing good out there ☀️
August 9, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Growth of undersea fiberoptic cables since 1989: map.kmcd.dev
June 19, 2025 at 11:51 AM
How I removed YouTube Shorts from my kid's YouTube feed:

1. Remove the YT app
2. Configure plugin
3. Re-configure Screen Time
4. Allow YT in Safari

Works for grown-ups too :)

More detail here: foote.pub/2025/03/02/b...
March 3, 2025 at 4:09 PM
I exported a session from ChatGPT where I used it to help me fiddle with an experiment on Next.js. Which I'm new to.

Then, I re-imported the session into a new chat. And asked ChatGPT what an expert should know if they wanted to help me ("Joe").

After a little back and forth, the spectre emerged 😅
February 6, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Wait, how does that work?

> Excalidraw server and third parties can't read the content.

They generate crypto keys in your browser and put them the URL. Things after "#" aren't sent to the server. But they are there when you paste the URL to your friend 👍

plus.excalidraw.com/blog/end-to-...
February 5, 2025 at 9:00 PM
bright-sdk.com has a carousel of apps that have integrated with the BrightData SDK.

When kids (or whoever) install these apps, the app nudges them to consent by offering coins etc. So then bots can run commands through their device.

BrightData then sells that access to bot makers.
February 3, 2025 at 5:06 PM
The Google PSTs ecosystem is more open than Apple's, which is nice. You can see the list of token issuers (and sign up to be one) via github: github.com/GoogleChrome...
January 9, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Caught up on my favorite third-party cookie replacements over the break: Apple Private Access Tokens and Google Private State Tokens.

foote.pub/2024/12/30/p...

My first bsky thread, four-ish takeaways:
January 9, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Apple deployed some slick privacy technology for its new Enhanced Visual Search feature. No notice and consent tho 🙈

Uses ML, HME, OHTTP and PIR to let you search by point-of-interest (like "Washington Monument") while minimizing data shared with servers.

machinelearning.apple.com/research/hom...
January 3, 2025 at 2:46 PM