And yet he’s quite excited about a fucking Chromium installation with AI slapped on top of it. I guess building an actual browser, from scratch, is still a task so monumentally difficult that even a company that is aiming for super-intelligence can’t tackle it.
The thing I found more interesting about the whole OpenAI announcement was Sam Altman tweeting: «10 am livestream today to launch a new product I'm quite excited about!». This is coming from someone who’s allegedly running a company that’s building a tool that should usher in a new era where computers will replace most of human work, where we’ll all have a super intelligence always available in our pockets, ready to dispense infinite wisdom.
I code sites for a living (allegedly), and I honestly cannot overstate how uninterested I am in all these new browsers. Because these are not new browsers: these are Chromium frames with AI slapped on top.
Yesterday, OpenAI announced Atlas, its AI browser. To the surprise of literally nobody, it’s Chromium with AI slapped on top. Perplexity also has a browser: it’s called Comet, and it also is Chromium with AI slapped on top. Then we have DIA, which is, you guessed it, Chromium with AI slapped on top. I think Opera also has one of those Chromium browsers with AI slapped on top.
October's Thoughts and Interviews
Look, another AI browser
22nd
10 pointless facts about me
21st
A newsletter-related PSA
20th
Five least favourite tech topics
18th
AliceInterview
17th
From the Summit 2.0
17th
On concrete examples
16th
Linda MaInterview
10th
My issue with the two sides
10th
Safari and iOS 26: PSA and a rant
8th
On public online behaviour
5th
Blake WatsonInterview
3rd
Making things obvious
1st
2025 September
New site, kinda
30th
Scoring books
27th
Kris HowardInterview
26th
Digital fatigue
25th
Robert BirmingInterview
19th
RIP my minimal phone setup
16th
Two quick news items
12th
Jack BatyInterview
12th
On em dashes
10th
Blogs don’t need to be so lonely
6th
I guess they did not, in fact, make it
5th
Louie MantiaInterview
5th
On my August challenge
2nd
August
CourtneyInterview
29th
You will not believe what I just wrote
25th
Tom CritchlowInterview
22nd
AI this, AI that
17th
Loren StephensInterview
15th
First update on the August challenge
10th
AlexandraInterview
8th
Sticking with it
7th
Emma GotoInterview
1st
July
August Challenge
30th
The July experiment: week four
28th
On books and assumptions
26th
Marisabel MunozInterview
25th
Why this matters
25th
The July experiment: week three
21st
Alex SiracInterview
18th
On using Apple products
17th
RSS feeds
16th
The July experiment: week two
14th
BSAGInterview
11th
The July experiment: week one
7th
A gift to myself
6th
Rewiring the brain
5th
Nick SimsonInterview
4th
Random mid-year update
2nd
June
IndieWeb Carnival: Take Two
30th
Experimental June: week four
29th
On complaining
28th
David WertheimerInterview
27th
Minimal New Page
25th
Experimental June: week three
23rd
Dave RupertInterview
20th
Digital chains
19th
On corpses, selfishness, and ownership
16th
Experimental June: week two
15th
James A. ReevesInterview
13th
A moment on the fields
8th
Experimental June: week one
8th
Non-negotiables
7th
BenjiInterview
6th
A moment with climbers
6th
May
Sebastián MoníaInterview
30th
On Browsers, AI, and the web
29th
Experimental June
27th
The web != the web
24th
Seth WerkheiserInterview
23rd
A moment with a pizza
19th
Celebrating kindness
17th
Watts MartinInterview
16th
Web Accessibility. A follow-up.
15th
Your license is a scam
14th
Web Accessibility. Help needed.
13th
Sharing, helping, connecting
11th
AnhInterview
9th
A moment with waves
6th
Labeling the mind
5th
A moment with concrete
4th
A thought on AI and creativity
3rd
Alexandra Deschamps-SonsinoInterview
2nd
Tomorrow
1st
April
IndieWeb Carnival: Renewal
30th
FrillsInterview
25th
Fixing the mind
25th
Jeremy KeithInterview
18th
When a side project finds you
12th
JeddaInterview
11th
A moment with long shadows
6th
Matt WebbInterview
4th
Online counterculture
3rd
March
MayaInterview
28th
Ko-Fi Wishlist
27th
The cost of getting too big
26th
Ben BorgersInterview
21st
A moment with snow and trees
15th
KeenanInterview
14th
How personal should a personal site be?
7th
JamesInterview
7th
A moment with someone flying to the moon
5th
February
Marco GiancottiInterview
28th
Audience of one
28th
The cost of doing the right thing
27th
Ben WerdmullerInterview
21st
Ephemeral content
20th
Confidently incorrect
18th
Max KapurInterview
14th
Context
8th
Lou PlummerInterview
7th
Identity
6th
January
Donny TruongInterview
31st
A moment after the rain
28th
Sharing “Unplatform”
27th
A better list of blog platforms
26th
Tiny corners
25th
AvaInterview
24th
Modern discourse
23rd
Awful people are everywhere
22nd
Ugh, I’ll have to make myself a portfolio again
22nd
Photography
20th
Shenanigans
19th
Short Long Form
18th
Annie MuellerInterview
17th
The internet is now five websites
16th
On Meta’s moderation changes
15th
IndieWeb Carnival: On the importance of friction
14th
Bloggers at the right time
13th
Toscana
12th
A moment of relaxation
11th
Steven GarrityInterview
10th
A moment amongst the trees
10th
A moment in a back alley
9th
A moment with the two towers
8th
A moment with some leftover Christmas spirit
7th
Blogging: you’re doing it right
6th
Blog Questions Challenge
5th
On Spotify
4th
Pauline P. NarvasInterview
3rd
Just because you can doesn’t mean you should
2nd
Twenty Twenty-Five, codename “Output”
1st
2024 December
Was 2024 a good year?
31st
A solved Bluesky conundrum
31st
The Bluesky conundrum
30th
Kindness in a transactional world
29th
Jatan MehtaInterview
27th
A moment on my favorite bench
27th
On featured images in blog posts
26th
Meta blog post
24th
ZinzyInterview
20th
On asking
16th
Moonlight
15th
Sunday update
15th
Chris DeLucaInterview
13th
Digital responsibilities
12th
Topic blockers
9th
Erica FusteroInterview
6th
Life on pause
6th
The correct amount of ads is zero
5th
On blogging, substacking (?), and owning digital real estate
4th
Personal philosophy
1st
November
Lucy BellwoodInterview
29th
On Bluesky
22nd
EmInterview
22nd
Media diet
21st
An appreciation of the “mark all as read” button
16th
Small scale is the best scale
15th
Sara JakšaInterview
15th
Housekeeping
14th
A moment of natural therapy
11th
Dalton MaberyInterview
8th
Regaining focus
7th
An afternoon of early November
6th
Westley WinksInterview
1st
October
A moment in yet another Airbnb
31st
Denny HenkeInterview
25th
Constraints in video games
18th
Steyn ViljoenInterview
18th
Creation and Curation
14th
Chris O'DonnellInterview
11th
A Ko-Fi PSA
5th
Xanthe TynehorneInterview
4th
A moment with morning light in the kitchen
3rd
IndieWeb Carnival: multilingualism in a global Web
2nd
On personal websites and social web
1st
September
Justin DukeInterview
27th
Internet commentary
26th
It should be easy to say “My bad, I was wrong”
24th
Giles TurnbullInterview
20th
Thoughts on the new iOS control centre
19th
Discovering new blogs is stupid hard
16th
Naz HamidInterview
13th
The EU vs US iPhone debate
9th
Steve LedlowInterview
6th
IndieWeb Carnival: Power Underneath Despair
5th
On People and Blogs and courtesy
5th
The internet used to be great
3rd
The social web
1st
August
Marty DayInterview
30th
On email addresses (again)
29th
My software stack is old
28th
Yelling at the web clouds
27th
Thoughts on symbols
24th
Robert KingettInterview
24th
On the value of context
20th
On hobbies, side projects, and money
17th
PloumInterview
16th
IndieWeb Carnival: Rituals
13th
Fifty shades of people and their blogs
11th
Georgie CookeInterview
9th
Digital nudges
7th
The “blowing smoke up your ass” theory of AI
3rd
Anne SturdivantInterview
2nd
July
Thoughts on politics and communities
29th
A moment among the trees
26th
Daniel MillerInterview
26th
On goals, online projects, and the usefulness of money
24th
Mismatch
22nd
Thoughts on digital communities
21st
Luke HarrisInterview
19th
Should you give up social media?
18th
One hundred
14th
Andrew StephensInterview
12th
A moment walking towards the sunset
9th
Some more thoughts on TBC
9th
A moment with my 35th bday
6th
Anton PodviaznikovInterview
5th
A moment of morning light
5th
Shared reality
2nd
On being humble and accepting success
1st
June
The Mimo Diaries: Feedback and Directory
30th
Everything is freeware
29th
Alison WilderInterview
28th
Ads hypocrisy
27th
Fighting bots
23rd
A moment of blissful relaxation
22nd
Jennifer Devastatia del GatoInterview
21st
On “What Money Can’t Buy”
19th
Blocking bots
16th
Jessica NickelsenInterview
14th
Celebrating failure
12th
The money conundrum
11th
JF MartinInterview
7th
How to converse online
6th
They might not make it
3rd
Slashes
1st
May
Matthew GrayboschInterview
31st
AI and the English language
30th
Bearblog is fun
29th
Consumption-to-creation ratio
28th
Rebecca TohInterview
24th
A moment with a birthday good boy
23rd
My blogging workflow
21st
A moment of daily practice
20th
A moment with a choice
19th
A moment from a misty morning
18th
Om MalikInterview
17th
Curation, search, and the future of the web
15th
It’s fun to do silly things
14th
A comment on the Apple iPad ad controversy
12th
Sharing too much about too little
11th
Riccardo MoriInterview
10th
The webs
9th
On guestbooks
8th
The kitchen s(l)ink post
5th
Cory DransfeldtInterview
3rd
IndieWeb Carnival: Natural creativity
2nd
April
The web is not dying
27th
VeroniqueInterview
26th
Too little, and too much, self-promotion
25th
Re: Growth is a mind cancer
24th
Simone SilvestroniInterview
19th
A comment on comments
16th
Tracy DurnellInterview
12th
On video podcasts
10th
Matt SteinInterview
5th
IndieWeb Carnival: Good enough and the search for perfection
2nd
Pay per scroll
1st
March
Why I write
31st
Adrianna TanInterview
29th
Writing about writing
25th
Growth is a mind cancer
23rd
Taylor TroeshInterview
22nd
Why I don’t write dev posts
21st
A moment with a bunch of fun sheep
20th
From ink to pixel to ink
19th
Sara JoyInterview
15th
A moment with a sunset
14th
Housekeeping
12th
Digital walled gardens
9th
Brad BarrishInterview
8th
Guestbooks are cool
7th
It’s Time to Give Up on Everything but Email
5th
IndieWeb Carnival: Accessibility in the Small Web
4th
IndieWeb Carnival: Roundup
3rd
Cassidy WilliamsInterview
1st
February
Chris Coyier smells like donkeys
29th
On POSSE
27th
IndieWeb Carnival: February is almost at the end
26th
I have a new* website
25th
Society and technology
24th
Herman MartinusInterview
23rd
On dreams and goals
18th
Peter RukavinaInterview
16th
Ai and Robots
14th
On climbing and design
13th
Housekeeping
12th
Phil GyfordInterview
9th
The great list of all the blog platforms
8th
A rant on ARC Search
7th
Routines
5th
The Mimo Diaries: Streams and Menus
3rd
Winnie LimInterview
2nd
On digital relationships
1st
January
IndieWeb Carnival: Digital Relationships
31st
Best laptop of 2024
30th
A People and Blogs PSA
27th
Ran PrieurInterview
26th
Positive Internalization
25th
Private conversations in public
22nd
Tom MacWrightInterview
19th
Indieweb Carnival
18th
If a human does it
16th
On enjoying the process
14th
Rachel SmithInterview
12th
The Mimo Diaries
10th
A moment with a great book
6th
Arun VenkatesanInterview
5th
Answers to my analytics inquiry
3rd
Create more. Consume less.
2nd
Yet another year of living without
1st
2023 December
Analytics inquiry
30th
Derek SiversInterview
29th
Reflecting on learned things
27th
A moment up high on a lake
26th
Chris ButlerInterview
22nd
Pirating social media
16th
Jamie ThingelstadInterview
15th
I’m taking over Minimalissimo…for real this time
14th
Eli MellenInterview
8th
The personality of a personal website
7th
One a Month
6th
More new mindsets, fewer new technologies
2nd
Nicolas MagandInterview
1st
November
Housekeeping
28th
Human connection
27th
Robin RendleInterview
24th
On creating beautiful things
22nd
On Ad Blockers
20th
Chris CoyierInterview
17th
Conversation enders
15th
App Defaults
11th
Piper HaywoodInterview
10th
The beauty of broken things
5th
Jamie CrismanInterview
3rd
On subscriptions
1st
October
Why I'll never do podcasts
28th
Ray ThomasInterview
27th
A moment with a hardware bug
25th
Jim NielsenInterview
20th
Shoes dilemma
15th
Ana RodriguesInterview
13th
How to make a blog
12th
Internet culture outsider
7th
Andrea ContinoInterview
6th
My issue with the modern NBA
4th
September
Toby ShorinInterview
29th
Bots, Spiders, and Crawlers: The Results
27th
Brian KoberleinInterview
22nd
Bots, Spiders, and Crawlers
20th
Housekeeping
19th
I don't want your data
18th
Kev QuirkInterview
15th
A moment up on the mountains
11th
Rachel J. KwonInterview
8th
Use a custom domain name
7th
Website flexibility
6th
Places on the web
2nd
Manton ReeceInterview
1st
August
Housekeeping
25th
People and Blogs
17th
A moment on the 2nd biggest lake
15th
Self-promotion
5th
Who is to blame?
2nd
Unscalable businesses
1st
July
My three rules for online interactions
31st
The web I want
25th
Carl has a new blog
23rd
Who are you writing for?
19th
Links
14th
I am not a writer
9th
A moment with some proper mountains
8th
On the state of the web
2nd
June
A moment with things not going as planned
30th
Clients and budgets
28th
AI will not replace you
16th
A moment with a cloudy sky
13th
Small communities are the best communities
1st
May
A moment thinking about decisions
28th
Answering machines
26th
I'm taking over Minimalissimo…
22nd
Spotify and the bullshit podcast ads situation
18th
Focus
14th
Poking around my server logs
10th
Financial transparency
9th
Digital simplicity
6th
My verified online presence
5th
April
A moment with my crazy dog
28th
Usernames roulette
26th
Criticising is the easy part
21st
I hate internal linking
19th
Incentives and motivations
13th
A note on Substack
12th
Writing about writing
10th
10000 URLs
9th
Let people contact you
6th
RSS excerpts
5th
March
Sysadmin
28th
Verified human
24th
Writing voice and beginner’s mind
22nd
Bandwidth consumption
20th
Thoughts on an unpolished note
18th
A personal blog doesn't need a homepage
17th
A rant on web font licenses
10th
Minimum viable blog
9th
Monetising online content
7th
I'll read it
4th
Website complexities
2nd
A moment on yet another lake
1st
February
Human curation
16th
How much is a friendship worth?
14th
A moment with a not-so-distant past
13th
Good enough
9th
Consumismo ed integrità morale
8th
Great software is timeless
5th
January
A moment with sand and waves
30th
A less artificial future
27th
Shared understanding
23rd
Unsolicited blogging advice
17th
A moment in Italy's green heart
14th
Quitting
7th
RSS feeds for everyone
6th
Money is one of the reasons why today's internet fucking sucks
5th
A moment of sleepiness
2nd
2022 December
How to start a successful blog in 2023
26th
End of year book review
21st
Free speech absolutism vs the real world
19th
Quirky search engine
18th
On the current decentralisation movement
16th
To the moon
13th
Another year of living without
11th
On public email addresses
7th
How to consume the news
4th
A quick word on scrolljacking and new tab fuckery
1st
November
A moment with real and fake birds
21st
On internet silos
8th
A moment of clouds and light
4th
Letting go
1st
October
On the struggles of the mind
30th
My attempt to answer the question "What is too minimal?"
21st
A moment of sunlight after the rain
3rd
September
Who owns a conversation?
30th
Selfishness
14th
The web is failing us
12th
A moment of urban patience
11th
#Shorts
9th
UHX
8th
August
Passionless Web
16th
A moment contemplating the mountains
13th
Selflessness
9th
On becoming a better designer
8th
Loneliness
7th
July
A few thoughts on RSS
28th
A moment of glowing light
27th
Algorithmic nonsense
26th
Production Values
24th
June
What is worth filling your mind with?
29th
May
Portfolio, Projects and Posts
11th
Links and webrings
5th
A moment reflecting on the past
2nd
April
Communities and free speech
27th
On Web 3.0, capitalism and money
11th
Honest Design
6th
February
Spectrums
18th
On owning your content, complexity, platforms, elitism and a bunch of other related topics
16th
Endless everything
6th
January
A moment on the lake
10th
The new year’s post
1st
2021 November
On finding reasons
22nd
On life
4th
October
Humans and tech companies
25th
A somewhat depressing realisation
20th
The creativity ark
17th
Phones and Social Media
10th
Thoughts on social media
6th
September
On Words and Definitions
29th
Six Seven Eight
27th
Crunching some numbers
25th
Can I ask you a favour?
20th
On September the 19th
19th
Social media and social groups
17th
Social platforms
11th
On the indie web... again
6th
Thoughts on UX
4th
August
On the indie web
30th
Thoughts on communities
25th
Sharing rules
21st
Mistakes and doubts
20th
On audience capture and fast food content
10th
10 years
5th
An update on side projects
4th
July
A moment with old and new
19th
On photographs
14th
Adoption Sponsorships
5th
On discovery and consumption
2nd
June
The internet is not broken. People are.
30th
Sharing is caring
28th
On reading books
26th
Motivations
20th
Online Conversations
8th
Asynchronous conversations
6th
May
What even is a website anyway?
27th
Scaling Up Kindness
21st
What I learned by being #1 on PH and reaching HN front page
20th
The shape of digital interactions
17th
A moment of solitude on the mountains
12th
Should I care about this?
4th
April
Something about the evolution of the web
21st
March
Inspiration overload
23rd
Greed is ruining the web
21st
My love/hate relationship with the web
19th
February
A moment with sun and hot tea
19th
Responsibilities
2nd
January
The curse of the perfect tool
22nd
Thoughts on newsletters
20th
2020 December
We wrote a little something
24th
November
On November the 18th
18th
Since Google asked...
17th
Containers
15th
On monetary support
4th
A moment with mountains and clouds
1st
October
A moment on the trenches
31st
Let's play the internet game
31st
Not a success story
30th
A moment with my brother
29th
A moment on the border
25th
September
Words
15th
A moment on the mountains
13th
A moment with myself up on the mountains
13th
Blogrolls and Links
10th
A moment with a clear sky and a sunset
8th
Manufactured Authenticity
7th
August
Self reflection
14th
On August the 9th
9th
July
Friends' Projects
29th
On July the 27th
27th
On side projects, money, motivations and human connections
17th
Welcome to Manu's website
14th
My internet has no comments
12th
How to start a blog
5th
June
Domain Squatters
30th
On Value
29th
The reachability illusion
17th
On Web Responsibilities
15th
On Random Interactions: Part Two
12th
A quick update on browsers
11th
May
On Random Interactions
20th
On Clutter, Noise, Abundance and Less
18th
On Websites
8th
The May Update
4th
April
On burning out, breaking the law, disappearing and cabin fever
22nd
My new portfolio
6th
March
Stories
29th
Bits and Bytes of Humanity
25th
Subscriptions
9th
For the people who are listening...
5th
February
Meandering Rivers
24th
Web Responsibilities
20th
Smallness
17th
My weird phone setup, two years later
14th
Why I hate money
13th
A moment on a familiar peak
5th
Workspace
3rd
Kind Words
2nd
January
Discoverability
26th
Simple solutions
19th
Faceless relationships
10th
I don't know how to browse the internet anymore
4th
Moments In Time
1st
2019 December
Fashion time
31st
Here we go again
17th
November
Trust
24th
Closing thoughts: Living a simple life is not easy
22nd
Chapter 5: Objects are not everything
20th
Chapter 4: Digital and Physical
19th
Chapter 3: Function over Form
18th
Chapter 2: Design doesn't matter
14th
Chapter 1: The Mindset
13th
Introduction: What Minimalism is and is not
12th
Manu's guide to minimalism
9th
October
Cento
31st
Knowing yourself
22nd
Confidence
20th
Meditations
15th
Websites and complexity
14th
Smart Technology
13th
What makes you happy?
12th
Human debugging
9th
Leaving a mark
6th
Ups and downs
1st
August
Setups
26th
Minimal Technology
20th
Quitting social media
16th
Minimalism and Technology
13th
A Short Hike
11th
Understated design
8th
July
A simple browser
7th
May
Mental Space
15th
Writing, Hiking and Sharing
6th
I want my phone to be a washing machine
2nd
April
Life, money, work, and a bunch of other things
30th
Low tech solutions
15th
March
What does minimalism sound like?
28th
Digital and Work Setup
8th
Minimalism Life
5th
February
Time
22nd
Hello fellow human being
5th
January
Technology of thoughts
21st
Addition by subtraction
20th
Problems and solutions
10th
Digital Hermit
5th
2018 December
Walking
11th
November
A bit of this, a bit of that
26th
Lists are hard
11th
Blogs
7th
Why I stopped using feeds
1st
October
The rhythm of digital life
9th
Seven
8th
Let’s talk Minimalism
7th
September
Timeless design
9th
Another iPhone post
8th
A moment with the sunset and some puddles
1st
August
Do not disturb
30th
Ignore the numbers
19th
Why I love emails
14th
Quiet web
13th
July
A minimal browser
29th
The curation issue
25th
Online authenticity
23rd
There are people on the other side
9th
Who are you?
7th
Typography and spacing in CSS
6th
History of my personal website
5th
Watching The World Cup
4th
Mnmlqts
2nd
June
Mnmllist
21st
Minimalissimo Shop
14th
Be deliberate
11th
A reflection on digital publications
10th
TTRO
10th
Things To Read Online
6th
My “Water May”
3rd
May
"Not so quick" update
16th
The usefulness of preferences
11th
My April without surfing the internet
5th
April
My March with no sweets, cookies and cakes
1st
March
Alessandro Scarpellini
28th
Portfolios
22nd
My weird phone setup
18th
A minimal email client
13th
My February without music and podcasts
1st
February
This is it
15th
A January with no computer before lunch
3rd
January
Numbers and stats
31st
Meditation as a design tool
21st
The Gallery - Version Six
15th
I own a smartphone
3rd
A December with no wifi
1st
2017 December
Year in review, 2017 edition
29th
Opinions
12th
Personal brand is a stupid concept
10th
How to deal with iOS like a crazy person
8th
A November without digital entertainment
1st
November
Being a "digital nomad" is overrated
29th
Designed Space
20th
Collaborations
13th
6.04
6th
An October without phone and tablet
1st
October
Podcast Recommendations
25th
Have fun
18th
Money and Stress
8th
September
A September without gaming
30th
What matters
21st
Declutter
17th
On tools and crafts
8th
My year of living without
7th
Way too many side projects
6th
Looking for something to read?
5th
August
The unappreciated value of silence
16th
Do I need this?
15th
July
Minimalissimo
20th
March
A moment with water and waterfalls
19th
February
Winter is almost over
26th
Style and lifestyle
19th
Self questioning
12th
Deal with it
5th
January
Obstacles
28th
Find something that works for you
21st
I hate you Winter
14th
So far so good.
7th
Habits. habits everywhere.
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