Frankly, I don't understand why a cloud services company like CloudFlare is entering the CMS arena. I mean, ok, WordPress is old, and plugins are a mess to manage and not secure, but why is CloudFlare tackling this?

I should have prepared a special commemorative blog post for today's Apple anniversary. After all, Apple is turning 50! Parker Ortolani did. Don't miss Apple.com homepage, too, for a special animation.

https://parkerortolani.blog/2026/04/01/the-steves-that-built-me.html

I'm unsure if I still stand by what I wrote in 2022 about being passionate about Apple. It seems like many things have changed, or haven't, but should have.

https://numericcitizen.me/the-roots-of-my-passion-for-apple/

I don't want ads in the Apple App Store, nor do I want them in Apple Maps. I just don't want ads, period. Ads are for cheap products and free stuff, where you're sold to advertisers like a product. Apple is a premium brand. Selling ads isn't part of Apple's business model. Well, until recently. So what gives, Tim Apple? 😤

Is vibe coding programming for the masses?

When I see my text conversation in Claude Code, it reminds me of sitting in front of a TTY session over a 2400-baud modem connection.

Great memories: one of the first high-level and fun programming languages I learned was Pascal. Knowing that a text editor and compiler are self-contained in such a small package is simply mind-blowing. We need more software like this in today's memory-constrained world.

https://simonwillison.net/2026/Mar/20/turbo-pascal/#atom-everythingOne of the first high-level and fun programming languages I learned was Pascal.

Remember ChatGPT Atlas? Dia Browser? Sora?

This "About Me" page is probably the coolest one I've ever seen! I wish I had the same talent to create such a digital artifact. The design seems a celebration of Apple's 50th anniversary.

https://www.parkerortolani.com/

With memory chip prices soaring, maybe it's time to focus on building efficient software again, like in the good old days.