<description>&lt;p&gt;I feel like I'm getting saltier, and it's concerning. If you want me to tone it down and/or up, let me know. It'll go a lot better if you just write to &lt;a href="mailto:podcast@searls.co"&gt;podcast@searls.co&lt;/a&gt; instead of yelling at your phone.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;As usual, I brought the goods. Now here are the receipts:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ul&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://github.com/searlsco/prove_it"&gt;prove_it&lt;/a&gt; is doing its job, mostly&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Aaron's &lt;a href="https://justin.searls.co/puns/"&gt;puns, ranked&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/please-let-us-focus-on-making-our-game-in-peace-starsand-island-studio-confused-by-alleged-praise-bombing-attack/"&gt;Starsand Island studio confused by alleged 'praise-bombing' attack&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/sony-is-considering-holding-back-playstation-6-until-2028-or-2029-report-claims/"&gt;Sony is considering holding back PlayStation 6 until 2028 or 2029&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/travel/2026/02/15/southwest-new-seating-policy-anger/"&gt;Southwest changes are infuriating fans&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href="https://apple.news/Aslii_G1QSA2AbWhb6jI8AA"&gt;News+&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;NYT: &lt;a href="https://www.niemanlab.org/2026/02/how-the-new-york-times-uses-a-custom-ai-tool-to-track-the-manosphere/"&gt;All the news that's fit to manspread&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Gurman: &lt;a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2026-02-15/tesla-carplay-delays-related-to-ios-26-and-fsd-apple-s-new-siri-delays-ios-27"&gt;Tesla CarPlay Held Back by Need for Wider Adoption of Apple's iOS 26&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href="https://archive.is/K7eoZ#selection-1183.0-1198.0"&gt;Archive&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://apple.news/AaC7LdwdCSI6uwYcpojBb-A"&gt;YouTube on Vision Pro&lt;/a&gt; (&lt;a href="https://apple.news/AaC7LdwdCSI6uwYcpojBb-A"&gt;News+&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.macrumors.com/2026/02/16/apple-announces-special-event-in-new-york/"&gt;Apple Announces Special Event in New York, London, and Shanghai on March 4&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;Filed my first SwiftUI bug as feedback. It's FB21962656&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.thoughtworks.com/content/dam/thoughtworks/documents/report/tw_future%20_of_software_development_retreat_%20key_takeaways.pdf"&gt;Thoughtworks concludes TDD is good and billable juniors valuable&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/anthropic-ceo-ai-90-percent-code-3-to-6-months-2025-3"&gt;Ugh, Anthropic CEO was right about the timing of AI writing all the code&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.implicator.ai/peter-steinberger-chose-openai-the-code-was-never-the-point/"&gt;Peter Steinberger Chose OpenAI. The Code Was Never the Point&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternity_%282025_film%29"&gt;Eternity&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek%3A_Starfleet_Academy_%28TV_series%29"&gt;Starfleet Academy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Your_Friends_%26_Neighbors_(TV_series)"&gt;Your Friends &amp;amp; Neighbors&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ul&gt;</description>

Breaking Change

Justin Searls

v51 - Praise-bomb

FEB 16, 2026133 MIN
Breaking Change

v51 - Praise-bomb

FEB 16, 2026133 MIN

Description

<p>I feel like I'm getting saltier, and it's concerning. If you want me to tone it down and/or up, let me know. It'll go a lot better if you just write to <a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a> instead of yelling at your phone.</p> <p>As usual, I brought the goods. Now here are the receipts:</p> <ul> <li><a href="https://github.com/searlsco/prove_it">prove_it</a> is doing its job, mostly</li> <li>Aaron's <a href="https://justin.searls.co/puns/">puns, ranked</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/please-let-us-focus-on-making-our-game-in-peace-starsand-island-studio-confused-by-alleged-praise-bombing-attack/">Starsand Island studio confused by alleged 'praise-bombing' attack</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/sony-is-considering-holding-back-playstation-6-until-2028-or-2029-report-claims/">Sony is considering holding back PlayStation 6 until 2028 or 2029</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/travel/2026/02/15/southwest-new-seating-policy-anger/">Southwest changes are infuriating fans</a> (<a href="https://apple.news/Aslii_G1QSA2AbWhb6jI8AA">News+</a>)</li> <li>NYT: <a href="https://www.niemanlab.org/2026/02/how-the-new-york-times-uses-a-custom-ai-tool-to-track-the-manosphere/">All the news that's fit to manspread</a></li> <li>Gurman: <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2026-02-15/tesla-carplay-delays-related-to-ios-26-and-fsd-apple-s-new-siri-delays-ios-27">Tesla CarPlay Held Back by Need for Wider Adoption of Apple's iOS 26</a> (<a href="https://archive.is/K7eoZ#selection-1183.0-1198.0">Archive</a>)</li> <li><a href="https://apple.news/AaC7LdwdCSI6uwYcpojBb-A">YouTube on Vision Pro</a> (<a href="https://apple.news/AaC7LdwdCSI6uwYcpojBb-A">News+</a>)</li> <li><a href="https://www.macrumors.com/2026/02/16/apple-announces-special-event-in-new-york/">Apple Announces Special Event in New York, London, and Shanghai on March 4</a></li> <li>Filed my first SwiftUI bug as feedback. It's FB21962656</li> <li><a href="https://www.thoughtworks.com/content/dam/thoughtworks/documents/report/tw_future%20_of_software_development_retreat_%20key_takeaways.pdf">Thoughtworks concludes TDD is good and billable juniors valuable</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/anthropic-ceo-ai-90-percent-code-3-to-6-months-2025-3">Ugh, Anthropic CEO was right about the timing of AI writing all the code</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.implicator.ai/peter-steinberger-chose-openai-the-code-was-never-the-point/">Peter Steinberger Chose OpenAI. The Code Was Never the Point</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternity_%282025_film%29">Eternity</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek%3A_Starfleet_Academy_%28TV_series%29">Starfleet Academy</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Your_Friends_%26_Neighbors_(TV_series)">Your Friends &amp; Neighbors</a></li> </ul>