This morning, after 16 years on Vimeo, I deleted my account because I wasn't using it anymore. Honestly, beyond very niche visual and video domains, I cannot see how someone can expect to thrive on Vimeo these days. YouTube probably killed Vimeo.
IDE brought code auto-completion. AI brings app auto-completion.
And just like that, I realized it's easy to build a Chrome extension to serve as a front end for my bookmark manager web app. It's super easy to do... according to Claude AI. Filed in my small projects bin. πͺπ»
Similarly, for Steve Jobs, Dropbox was a feature rather than a full product. That's when Dropbox approached Apple for a buyout. He would probably suggest that AI is also a feature, not a standalone product.
I just had a clear idea for my next web application: a site to share, in chronological order, the places visited during a trip. It will be named Numeric Citizen Trails. My next trip is to France in June. I should have enough time to develop this application by then. I can't wait to get started. First step, writing the set of queries for Claude AI. πΊοΈ
This website was not functioning or being updated for some time until recently. I'm glad to see it back and active. Although I don't want another beta for iOS 26.6, it seems the trend is unlikely to favor my preference.
Digg is back... well, sort of. After a failed rebirth attempt, now they try again, but this time, it's quite different. It seems all about AI gathering news about AI. I live their new logo, though.
I posted this on Micro.blog more than seven years ago: The Return of Micro Blogging? It's been a long time since then, and so much has happened on Micro.blog.
https://blog.numericcitizen.me/2018/10/13/the-return-of.html
I believe Greg has reached a significant milestone with the release of v2.0 of his Micro.blog client. I made sure to support his effort.
https://greg-morris.micro.blog/2026/05/05/i-have-released-of-microsocial.html
When a tool starts to get in the way, it's time to reconsider that tool. Claude AI tokens' consumption is simply out of this world, out of control and is not sustainable for any new projects. Hello, Codex?