Abstractions
Abstractions is a podcast about technology, software, hardware, and the Internet, and the way the ever-increasing layers of these technologies permeate every aspect of our everyday lives.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 50 minutes
- Episodes
- 25
- Years Active
- 2025
May or May Not Be Charlatans
The Bartender Mac app changes ownership in an abrupt and unnerving manner, and renting software continues to feel very different from buying software.
Falling in Love with SALAMI
Large language models (LLMs) and other generative “A.I.” software are based on text, images, and videos created by humans. Should they be? And what impact does this have on artists and creators?
Really Gross Euphemism
Mozilla adds ad tracking to its Firefox web browser, while the Kagi search engine eschews ads in favor of a paid search business model.
Perfectly Cromulent Hardware
Justin has a new toy, everything runs software now, and the Overcast podcast app has been significantly re-written.
The Rubber Never Hits the Road
We start with an introduction to Abstractions and a little bit about its hosts before diving into today’s topics: Google killing its URL obfuscator and automatic passkey upgrades.