In 2026, I’ll Keep an Eye On…

I’m already turning my attention to 2026, in no particular order:

  • Ghost.org next moves, now that are a better Fediverse citizen.
  • Plausible Analytics, which seems to be overkill for my needs but I might find a use for their service exposure via their APIs.
  • Craft because they finished the year with a bang and I’m super anxious to learn what’s next.
  • Apple because of Apple Intelligence and Siri promised updates. Will they deliver? They are the underdog right now but it could serve them well in the end. Remember the Mp3 players market before the iPod? I do. I don’t want another features rush but a bug-fix bonanza. Will they deliver? I have my doubts. What’s next for Photomator and Pixelmator?
  • Micro.blog might also surprise me with features like RSS reader integration. Who knows.
  • Anthropic and OpenAI offerings… will they keep the pace? Will they slow down? Will they surprise us? Will they crash? Is enshittification on our way?
  • Inoreader is also evolving at a steady pace and I wonder if it will continue in 2026.
  • Things to-do manager: will it turn to version 4?

So much fun is awaiting, I’m sure.

I got a lot of positive reactions about my Micro.blog front end for writing and publishing posts in a simplified user experience. I wasn’t expecting that. To me, it might mean that it’s filling a small void in Micro.blog offerings. Thankfully, Micro.blog is an open “platform” which allows such experiments like mine.

Some people asked me to make my app open source. I’m hesitant. I don’t want to feel the pressure of having to support others in using my work but who would like to add their own touches. I think, for now, I’ll respectfully decline. I would rather encourage anyone to follow the same route that I did and experiment with the tooling. 👾

Craft & Inoreader in 2025

In 2025, two notable apps or services received numerous and meaningful updates: Craft and Inoreader.

Craft received long-awaited tag support, with APIs and MCP support added. The latter two are quite transformative, and I expect 2026 to bring many new users to the app. Personally, I’m barely scratching the surface of Craft APIs. Craft is at the center of everything that I create, and I couldn’t think of a better app to support my creative journey.

Inoreader also got a bunch of updates, many of them focused on AI-based empowerment (article summaries, podcast and video transcriptions, tag suggestions, etc.). More than ever, Inoreader is an essential part of my digital toolset.

It’s fascinating how building things with Claude AI and Vercel made me forget about my desire to expand my knowledge and experience of Apple Shortcuts. I no longer see the need for that. My wish, though, would be to see Apple bring a way to build Shortcuts using Apple Intelligence.