John Gruber — Writer, developer, and creator of Markdown, known for building influential tools and utilities for writers and developers, and for shaping modern web writing, typography, and developer workflows through elegant, minimal software.
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By John Gruber Archive The Talk Show Dithering Projects Contact Colophon Feeds / Social Sponsorship WorkOS: How SSO works and the fastest way to add i
By John Gruber Archive The Talk Show Dithering Projects Contact Colophon Feeds / Social Sponsorship WorkOS: How SSO works and the fastest way to add i
By John Gruber Archive The Talk Show Dithering Projects Contact Colophon Feeds / Social Sponsorship WorkOS: How SSO works and the fastest way to add i
Analysis of Apple's 'Surprise and Shine' event, covering iPhone 18 Pro, AirPods 5, Apple Watch Series 12/Ultra 4, and Tim Cook to John Ternus transition.
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John Gruber reviews SuperDuper 4, a Mac backup app with a new UI, faster performance, and improved scheduling, calling it extraordinary value.
Analysis of Google and Apple renaming Lake Ontario to 'Lake America' per Trump, and Gruber's critique of their regional display choices.
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Review of Apple's first immersive MLB broadcast on Vision Pro, featuring a Yankees-Red Sox game, with insights on camera work, audio, and user experience.
John Gruber analyzes the renaming of the Gulf of Mexico to 'Gulf of America' by US policy and its adoption by Google, Apple, and Bing Maps, discussing the controversy and implications.
Analysis of the EU's DMA and Apple's new business terms, arguing the DMA's real purpose is bureaucratic control rather than competition.
Detailed pricing and configuration tables for new Mac Mini (M6/M5 Pro) and Mac Studio (M5 Max/M5 Ultra) models, including RAM and SSD upgrade costs.
Analysis of the EU DMA's purpose, criticizing the European Commission's approach to Apple's compliance and arguing the regulation is bureaucratic rather than pro-competition.
John Gruber recounts a technical glitch where his blog's RSS feed broke, causing new posts to go unnoticed for days, and reflects on the incident.
Apple and EU agree on DMA payment terms, with Apple conceding little, keeping commissions near 26% and CTC at 5%.
Apple's TestFlight app update changed sort order to alphabetical, breaking recency sorting, causing frustration for users with many apps.
John Gruber discusses AI text watermarking, arguing it degrades output quality and critiques Anthropic's approach.
Apple TV's 'The Savant' finally gets a release window, with Jessica Chastain confirming the series will premiere in July.
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Explains why iPhone camera lens covers are sapphire and highly scratch-resistant, and why minor scratches don't affect photo quality.
