<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Kelso Tech Bros</title><description>A small magazine about the things you tap, scroll, and swear at. Tech reviews, essays, and video from Matt and Michael Kelso.</description><link>https://kelsotechbros.com/</link><language>en-us</language><item><title>The Framework Laptop 16 is almost the machine I&apos;ve wanted for a decade</title><link>https://kelsotechbros.com/posts/framework-laptop-16-review/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://kelsotechbros.com/posts/framework-laptop-16-review/</guid><description>The hinge is too loose. The speakers are thin. The idea is still the best one in the industry.</description><pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Review</category><category>laptop</category><category>framework</category><category>hardware</category><category>repair</category><author>Matt Kelso</author></item><item><title>The quiet renaissance of local-first software</title><link>https://kelsotechbros.com/posts/local-first-renaissance/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://kelsotechbros.com/posts/local-first-renaissance/</guid><description>A generation of developers is rebuilding the cloud apps we use every day — smaller, faster, and on your own machine.</description><pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Essay</category><category>software</category><category>local-first</category><category>productivity</category><author>Michael Kelso</author></item><item><title>Notion is getting slower, and nobody at Notion wants to say it</title><link>https://kelsotechbros.com/posts/notion-getting-slower/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://kelsotechbros.com/posts/notion-getting-slower/</guid><description>Seven years in, the tool that promised to be your &apos;all-in-one workspace&apos; is starting to feel like four apps in a trenchcoat.</description><pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Opinion</category><category>software</category><category>productivity</category><category>notion</category><author>Matt Kelso</author></item><item><title>I bought a smart ring for the vibes. It ruined my sleep.</title><link>https://kelsotechbros.com/posts/case-against-the-smart-ring/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://kelsotechbros.com/posts/case-against-the-smart-ring/</guid><description>A week with the Oura Ring 4 taught me more about placebo effects than it did about my own body.</description><pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Field Notes</category><category>hardware</category><category>wearables</category><category>health</category><author>Michael Kelso</author></item><item><title>Why Apple&apos;s Vision Pro is a brilliant prototype for a product nobody asked for</title><link>https://kelsotechbros.com/posts/vision-pro-prototype/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://kelsotechbros.com/posts/vision-pro-prototype/</guid><description>A year in, the most interesting thing about Apple&apos;s headset isn&apos;t the hardware. It&apos;s what Apple is learning from us wearing it.</description><pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Deep Read</category><category>apple</category><category>vision-pro</category><category>mixed-reality</category><category>hardware</category><author>Matt Kelso</author></item><item><title>&quot;The best software feels like a tool, not an app&quot;: a conversation</title><link>https://kelsotechbros.com/posts/veteran-interview/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://kelsotechbros.com/posts/veteran-interview/</guid><description>We sat down with a software engineer who&apos;s shipped at Apple, Adobe, and three startups you haven&apos;t heard of.</description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><category>Interview</category><category>software</category><category>interview</category><category>craft</category><category>careers</category><author>Michael Kelso</author></item></channel></rss>