Perverse Cargo Cult
- Author
- Justin Mayer & Dan Jacobson
- Published
- Thu 26 Jun 2025
- Episode Link
- https://shows.arrowloop.com/@abstractions/episodes/015-perverse-cargo-cult
Open-source projects continue to contend with “AI”-generated issue reports, and opinions abound regarding Apple’s “Liquid Glass” and other user interface design changes.
- Dr. Demento announces retirement
- Django adds guidance on LLM-assisted security reports
- Icons that are not round-rects will be put into gray squircle prison
- Mac application icon design changes
- Mac Finder icon design changes
- Mouse cursor edges made rounder on all sides
- Overly rounded corners everywhere
- Floating toolbars & legibility
- “In case of emergency, break glass”
- “I Don’t Care What Google or Apple or Whoever Did”
- Aqua control reproductions from Mac OS X Puma, Tiger, Snow Leopard, and Lion
