I am sorry to announce that the message.casa service will soon be closing.

2026-10-25

Some people have taken advantage of the service’s anonymity to send threatening messages that have been classified as terrorist in nature by governmental agencies. Moderation, which I had hoped would be a one-off, is becoming very difficult to manage. It is no longer possible to create new accounts on the platform, and it will be permanently closed on 31 December 2026. For your information, the reputation of the message.casa mail server is beginning to be tarnished, and some servers are rejecting emails from its users. I am deeply saddened that I am unable to keep this service running. I hope you will find other solutions that meet your needs. [...]

What's up on the smolweb? September 2026 roundup

2026-10-05

Autumn is here, the AI slop tide keeps rising on the big web, and the smolweb responds by growing quietly but noticeably. Here is a roundup of what happened on the small web, the smolnet, and around the Gemini protocol in September 2026. [...]

What's up on the small web? August 2026 roundup

2026-08-30

Summer rolls on, and the small web had a busy month: a major Lagrange release, a new graphical client for Android and desktop, terminal tools crossing v2.0, and some good community debates. Here is a roundup of what happened on the small web, the smolnet, and around the Gemini protocol in August 2026. [...]

What's up on the small web? July 2026 roundup

2026-07-30

Summer is here, the big web is choking on AI slop, and the smolweb keeps quietly growing. Here is a roundup of what happened on the small web, the smolnet, and around the Gemini protocol in July 2026. [...]

The perfect equipment set

2026-07-28

People often ask me what I actually use, day to day, to do the things I write about here. The honest answer is: not much. Four devices, a couple of cables, and a strong opinion about each one. This is that list, and why each item earns its place. [...]

I am a smolweb advocate and, sometimes, I use LLMs.

2026-05-02

I spend a lot of time thinking about simplicity. Fewer dependencies, lighter pages, tools that do one thing well. So yes, it might look strange that I also spend time talking to large language models. Let me explain where I draw the line, and why I think the contradiction is smaller than it appears. [...]

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