2026-04-14 Interesting Links
Here are a few links I found interesting today.
Canonical version: 2026-04-14 Interesting Links.
Here are a few links I found interesting today.
Malleable Software
First, there's an awesome new talk by Andy Matuschak about the potential for applications to become more malleable platforms that programmers AND non-programmers can modify/extend.
I'm super enthusiastic about the potential that AI has to enable that future:
To me, a wonderful example of such malleability is Obsidian, which sits on top of Electron, which embeds a real Web browser, meaning that the whole Web platform is available to use (e.g., HTML, CSS, JavaScript). In addition, Obsidian also has a plugin system that enables changing basically anything.
Most people see Obsidian as a note-taking app. I personally see it as an operating system for markdown. You can build anything on top of it. And it's easier than ever with AI. TfTHacker shared my view about this: https://x.com/TfTHacker/status/2041975183440064917
The Value of Combining Claude Code and Obsidian
A really short but clear explanation of the value of combining Claude Code and Obsidian, also making a case for PKM: https://x.com/yb_effect/status/2043704637044211771
The Value of AI Agent Skills
I also liked this video about the value of AI Agent Skills by Nate B. Jones. As usual, he really nails it:
Running Gemma 4 Locally on Your Phone
Did you know that you can now run Google's new Gemma 4 AI model on your phone? It's simpler than ever using Google AI Edge Gallery. Just install the app, download a model, and have fun. Time to melt some GPUs ;-)
Claude Managed Agents
I've published notes about Claude Managed Agents. I'm not fond of the idea, but it does make sense. My feeling is that many big AI players are going down that route and that over time, there'll be more and more vendor lock-in. As usual, I prefer to focus on interoperable solutions that avoid lock-in as much as possible.
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