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2026

8 posts

Productivity first, gamer second. The case for the single biggest monitor on your desk.

Matt Kelso · Apr 23

Pre-built. Five grand. Worth every dollar — and here's what's wrong with it.

Matt Kelso · Apr 23

The hinge is too loose. The speakers are thin. The idea is still the best one in the industry.

Matt Kelso · Apr 18

A generation of developers is rebuilding the cloud apps we use every day — smaller, faster, and on your own machine.

Michael Kelso · Apr 15

Seven years in, the tool that promised to be your 'all-in-one workspace' is starting to feel like four apps in a trenchcoat.

Matt Kelso · Apr 12

A week with the Oura Ring 4 taught me more about placebo effects than it did about my own body.

Michael Kelso · Apr 9

A year in, the most interesting thing about Apple's headset isn't the hardware. It's what Apple is learning from us wearing it.

Matt Kelso · Apr 5

We sat down with a software engineer who's shipped at Apple, Adobe, and three startups you haven't heard of.

Michael Kelso · Apr 1