0
Skip to Content
Digital Seams
Blog
About
Digital Seams
Blog
About
Blog
About
Bobbie Chen 10/19/25 Bobbie Chen 10/19/25

Any decent error message is a kind of oracle

Read More
Bobbie Chen 10/5/25 Bobbie Chen 10/5/25

A recent phishing attack on GitHub

Read More
Bobbie Chen 9/21/25 Bobbie Chen 9/21/25

Image transcription humbled me, plus thoughts on the bitter lesson

Read More
Bobbie Chen 9/7/25 Bobbie Chen 9/7/25

Image descriptions on Bluesky

Read More
Bobbie Chen 8/23/25 Bobbie Chen 8/23/25

The Gypsy document editor: celebrating 50 years

Read More
Bobbie Chen 8/9/25 Bobbie Chen 8/9/25

Assorted links (2025-08-10)

Read More
Bobbie Chen 7/27/25 Bobbie Chen 7/27/25

Interfaces for representing uncertainty

Read More
Bobbie Chen 7/13/25 Bobbie Chen 7/13/25

What birdsong and backends can teach us about magic

Read More
Bobbie Chen 6/29/25 Bobbie Chen 6/29/25

Why do Sublime Text and VS Code use Ctrl-Shift-P instead of Ctrl-K for the command bar?

Read More
Bobbie Chen 6/15/25 Bobbie Chen 6/15/25

The AI lifestyle subsidy is going to end

Or, why your digital experiences are about to get worse.

Read More
Bobbie Chen 6/1/25 Bobbie Chen 6/1/25

Skip the A/B test

Read More
Bobbie Chen 5/18/25 Bobbie Chen 5/18/25

The dial-up modem lives on, in office meeting rooms

Read More
Bobbie Chen 5/4/25 Bobbie Chen 5/4/25

When encryption works perfectly and still fails

Read More
Bobbie Chen 4/20/25 Bobbie Chen 4/20/25

Assorted links (2025-04-20)

Read More
Bobbie Chen 4/6/25 Bobbie Chen 4/6/25

Is backward compatibility even possible?

Read More
Bobbie Chen 3/23/25 Bobbie Chen 3/23/25

Every app is a messaging app

Read More
Bobbie Chen 3/9/25 Bobbie Chen 3/9/25

The siren song of infinite flexibility

Read More
Bobbie Chen 2/23/25 Bobbie Chen 2/23/25

Microwave ovens, wi-fi, and HTTP

Read More
Bobbie Chen 2/9/25 Bobbie Chen 2/9/25

What happens to your online accounts when you die?

Read More
Bobbie Chen 1/26/25 Bobbie Chen 1/26/25

Introducing Digital Seams, a blog about connections

Read More
Older Posts

Subscribe to Digital Seams

Read the fortnightly blog posts from the comfort of your own inbox:

Thank you! You’ll receive an email, please click the link to confirm.

Digital Seams

A blog about connections

Social media: Bluesky