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It’s gradually becoming clear that social media and tech companies are the new big tobacco and that smartphones are the new smoking. »

The moral of this story is don’t update your mobile apps. Turn off auto-update and only manually update if apps stop working, if you really want a new feature or if there is a security patch. »

This is the fourth in a trilogy (because all the best trilogies have more than three parts) of posts on how you, as a technologist, can help address the global problem of climate change. »

This is the third and final piece in a trilogy of posts on how you, as a smart technologist, can help address the global problem of climate change. »

This is the second in a trilogy of posts on how you, as a technologist, can help address the global problem of climate change. »

Does it ever seem to you that people are focusing on the wrong problems and ignoring the real issues? There are many interesting psychological reasons behind this. »

This post describes my experiences in migrating this blog from Ghost to Hugo. At the same time I switched hosts from Azure to Netlify (with GitLab source control), as there’s no point paying for a VM to run a site once you’ve moved it from a DB backed app to a static site. »

Following on from my previous list, here are some more good non-technical reads that aren’t about software but are enlightening. »