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Interesting. If you don't mind, I have a few questions: 1. Is the "big VM with root" running macOS itself, or a different OS? 2. Do you do any work on the bare metal version of mac…

Can you elaborate about your predictions for how the benefits of current capabilities will be applied? And your thoughts on how to build with it?

Do you have any suggestions on how to help people achieve and maintain good mental health? It's true that addiction is ultimately a psychological problem. It's true that people eng…

Yes, the market exists and there are several competitors. I've looked at https://sunbeamwireless.com , which runs their Android variant, BasicOS. Haven't purchased yet though. Ligh…

Very basic question: How would you source hardware that could be used as a functional mobile phone, where you build your own OS / applications on it? The research I've done so far …

Thanks for the reference. As I've been thinking about this, I do wonder if starting with grids as the foundation would have been a better approach. As I understand it, early CSS fo…

I have to assume that's partly because of the availability of implementations, tooling, and developer familiarity. Many platforms will let you toss in a web view, and if you want t…

Suppose we could create a backwards-incompatible system to replace CSS. How would we do it? Are there any books or papers on how to create a coherent layout system? What about alte…

Well, the parentheses don't necessarily have to be perfect on the paper :) I can fix them once it's on a computer. That said, some manual tricks that could help: my former colleagu…

I'm planning a project where I want to write my code with pencil and paper. However, the goal is to create working, robust software. It needs to actually run on computers, so I'll …

If you have worked at a company at the time it IPO'd, did that have any effect on your personal career? I work at a company that will likely IPO in 2022. After working there severa…

Do you believe then that it's impossible to identify a good situation until you take the job? There are no reliable job search tactics to select for better settings? I would say, f…

While I have had a few great individual colleagues over the years, I've never worked with a great overall team or engineering department. If you have successfully found a great wor…