Jan Lakatos
@janjan.bsky.social
Product manager, former hobby collector
Moving iOS search boxes from top (plus the slide-down gesture) to bottom makes absolute sense, but it violates my brain and my muscle memory every time.
September 26, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Moving iOS search boxes from top (plus the slide-down gesture) to bottom makes absolute sense, but it violates my brain and my muscle memory every time.
Bye Arc, was fun while it lasted. Safari feels usable in macOS 26 anyway.
The Browser Company, maker of Arc and Dia, is being acquired
The company behind the Dia and Arc browsers is being acquired
$610 million is a pretty big number for a web browser
buff.ly
September 4, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Bye Arc, was fun while it lasted. Safari feels usable in macOS 26 anyway.
For months, YouTube has been autoplaying this after any music video I watch. Good algorithm.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfNb...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfNb...
the world spins- julee cruise
YouTube video by McSwuggins
www.youtube.com
August 29, 2025 at 2:53 PM
For months, YouTube has been autoplaying this after any music video I watch. Good algorithm.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfNb...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfNb...
16 years later, still hits as hard as ever
Management is a total career restart: randsinrepose.com/archives/a-d...
A Disclosure
My management career began with a misunderstanding.
"Rands, you're doing a great job on tools development and I'd really like you to Lead the effort."
It sounded liked your standard professional com...
randsinrepose.com
June 12, 2025 at 6:26 AM
16 years later, still hits as hard as ever
I'm still at the phase when using AI tools for work is like productivity porn – wasting time on building automations and smart systems, instead of sitting down and writing that goddamn email
May 30, 2025 at 11:36 AM
I'm still at the phase when using AI tools for work is like productivity porn – wasting time on building automations and smart systems, instead of sitting down and writing that goddamn email
Is there a way to follow people on X.com without registering on that hellish platform again? Bluesky is a nice cozy café but the crowds are still walking the noisy messy main street.
X. It’s what’s happening
From breaking news and entertainment to sports and politics, get the full story with all the live commentary.
X.com
May 16, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Is there a way to follow people on X.com without registering on that hellish platform again? Bluesky is a nice cozy café but the crowds are still walking the noisy messy main street.
Knowledge work in 2025:
1. Write messy draft
2. Clean up draft
3. Run draft through ChatGPT
4. Rewrite neutered LLM crap to make it sound a bit more "you"
1. Write messy draft
2. Clean up draft
3. Run draft through ChatGPT
4. Rewrite neutered LLM crap to make it sound a bit more "you"
March 24, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Knowledge work in 2025:
1. Write messy draft
2. Clean up draft
3. Run draft through ChatGPT
4. Rewrite neutered LLM crap to make it sound a bit more "you"
1. Write messy draft
2. Clean up draft
3. Run draft through ChatGPT
4. Rewrite neutered LLM crap to make it sound a bit more "you"
I gave Safari on macOS a shot, and I kinda get the minimalist appeal but some things are so broken I can't imagine people using it on a daily basis:
March 14, 2025 at 11:39 AM
I gave Safari on macOS a shot, and I kinda get the minimalist appeal but some things are so broken I can't imagine people using it on a daily basis:
My television event of the year www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Zfp...
I'll be watching on premiere date for su-- haha, of course they release it on 4/20
I'll be watching on premiere date for su-- haha, of course they release it on 4/20
The Rehearsal Season 2 | Official Teaser | HBO
YouTube video by HBO
www.youtube.com
February 27, 2025 at 9:50 PM
My television event of the year www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Zfp...
I'll be watching on premiere date for su-- haha, of course they release it on 4/20
I'll be watching on premiere date for su-- haha, of course they release it on 4/20
A digestible tech/business piece on DeepSeek and its implications
stratechery.com/2025/deepsee...
stratechery.com/2025/deepsee...
DeepSeek FAQ
DeepSeek has completely upended people’s expectations for AI and competition with China. What is it, and why does it matter?
stratechery.com
January 28, 2025 at 7:49 AM
A digestible tech/business piece on DeepSeek and its implications
stratechery.com/2025/deepsee...
stratechery.com/2025/deepsee...
Reposted by Jan Lakatos
Conservatives Claim Hitler’s Nazi Allegiance Greatly Exaggerated
theonion.com/conserv...
theonion.com/conserv...
January 23, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Conservatives Claim Hitler’s Nazi Allegiance Greatly Exaggerated
theonion.com/conserv...
theonion.com/conserv...
This set off something in me, and I finally deactivated my Twitter account. Feels like after taking a shower.
Lickspittle bootlicker toadie sucking up to a strongman for resources is the world's oldest NPC trap
January 23, 2025 at 2:23 PM
This set off something in me, and I finally deactivated my Twitter account. Feels like after taking a shower.
Legend.
‘Daydreaming Is So Important To Me’: How David Lynch Fishes For Ideas artreview.com/daydreaming-...
‘Daydreaming Is So Important To Me’: How David Lynch Fishes For Ideas artreview.com/daydreaming-...
January 17, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Legend.
‘Daydreaming Is So Important To Me’: How David Lynch Fishes For Ideas artreview.com/daydreaming-...
‘Daydreaming Is So Important To Me’: How David Lynch Fishes For Ideas artreview.com/daydreaming-...
Finished The Servant on Apple TV+, and still can’t decide whether it was a tedious but elaborate satire, or just a horrendous attempt at a serious mystery drama. Hope that Silo and Severance will live up to the hype.
January 11, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Finished The Servant on Apple TV+, and still can’t decide whether it was a tedious but elaborate satire, or just a horrendous attempt at a serious mystery drama. Hope that Silo and Severance will live up to the hype.
Mad Frenchmen. Not only did they bring back Notre-Dame five years after it burnt down, they did the wood work the traditional way
www.gq.com/story/the-mi...
www.gq.com/story/the-mi...
The Miraculous Resurrection of Notre-Dame Cathedral
How an army of artisans on a five-year deadline turned back time to restore a centuries-old masterpiece—by hand.
www.gq.com
December 14, 2024 at 12:09 AM
Mad Frenchmen. Not only did they bring back Notre-Dame five years after it burnt down, they did the wood work the traditional way
www.gq.com/story/the-mi...
www.gq.com/story/the-mi...
Insightful postmortem on why estimates never end up the way you think, great read while you procrastinate on that thing you're supposed to be doing
davestewart.co.uk/blog/the-wor...
davestewart.co.uk/blog/the-wor...
The work is never just “the work”
A deep dive on why projects always take longer and a framework to improve future estimation
davestewart.co.uk
December 12, 2024 at 6:26 AM
Insightful postmortem on why estimates never end up the way you think, great read while you procrastinate on that thing you're supposed to be doing
davestewart.co.uk/blog/the-wor...
davestewart.co.uk/blog/the-wor...
Stage fright is nothing compared to clicking on that Send button for a mass email
December 2, 2024 at 10:33 PM
Stage fright is nothing compared to clicking on that Send button for a mass email
I keep forgetting to include “body failure” and “immune system crisis” into product launch checklists, but in the end things always work out
November 26, 2024 at 10:02 PM
I keep forgetting to include “body failure” and “immune system crisis” into product launch checklists, but in the end things always work out
Me, 11 technical issues, 204 minor slide deck tune-ups, and 37 recordings ago:
"Let's pre-record it, it'll be better than doing it live."
"Let's pre-record it, it'll be better than doing it live."
November 18, 2024 at 3:28 PM
Me, 11 technical issues, 204 minor slide deck tune-ups, and 37 recordings ago:
"Let's pre-record it, it'll be better than doing it live."
"Let's pre-record it, it'll be better than doing it live."
I thought I liked reading but then I ditched the dozen half-read business/self-help books and binged a few fiction novels, and now I FUCKING LOVE reading again
November 16, 2024 at 9:17 PM
I thought I liked reading but then I ditched the dozen half-read business/self-help books and binged a few fiction novels, and now I FUCKING LOVE reading again
15M users on Bluesky, yet you can still hear crickets here
November 13, 2024 at 3:00 PM
15M users on Bluesky, yet you can still hear crickets here