Greg Morris

Latest — 03 Feb 2026

WhatsApp, Encryption, and the Trouble With Reputation

Nick Heer linking to Matthew Green's analysis of the new WhatsApp encryption lawsuit: even with Meta's scumbag reputation — it is difficult for me to believe the company is simply lying about end-to-end encryption, and Green presents compelling evidence for why this is unlikely. A vulnerability? Perhaps.

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The Fear Was Real But Pointless

I joked with my wife yesterday about injuring myself on purpose. Pulling a muscle on the stairs, twisting an ankle in the garden, anything to give me a reason not to go out and do the 28km long run sitting in my plan. She laughed, I laughed, but underneath those

Vibing & Coding

Matt Birchler is asking people not to call him a Vibe Coder: I am an app developer, not a vibe coder, and I think this is a significant, and increasingly common workflow for all developers going forward. I am sure the term "vibe coder" was born of derision

The Fear That Keeps Me Up

Brady McDonald was talking about running through pain. The kind of pain that makes every part of you scream to stop. He said he couldn’t stand the thought of his kids asking him why he didn’t do something he said he would, and that line has been rattling

Apple Hands Siri to Google

Joint statement from Google and Apple Apple and Google have entered into a multi-year collaboration under which the next generation of Apple Foundation Models will be based on Google's Gemini models and cloud technology. These models will help power future Apple Intelligence features, including a more personalized Siri

Envy: The Only Sin That Never Feels Good

I was listening to Chris Williamson interview Andrew Huberman on Modern Wisdom and something Huberman said has been sitting with me for a while. When people face uncomfortable feelings, most turn them into self-destruction or the destruction of others. People who do well in life transmute (his words, not mine)

Instagram's AI Crisis Is Not an Accident

Adam Mosseri posted on Threads about Instagram's AI problems, framing them as challenges the platform is facing rather than problems it created. The distinction matters. Instagram could have stopped AI content from taking over by down-ranking or penalising accounts using it. The system can identify and ban copyrighted

Not Everything Deserves Equal Billing

Jason Fried talking about The Obvious, the Easy, and the Possible: Unless you're making a product that just does one thing – like a paperclip, for example – everything won't be obvious. You have to make tough calls about what needs to be obvious, what should be easy,

Don't Fall In Love With The Product

I saw Matt Birchler write about not falling in love with products, and I was reminded of something Mark Evans wrote a couple of years ago. The advice is aimed at people building things: don't get attached to what you're making, get attached to the problem

London, January 2026

My second trip out with my new camera was my annual tradition of visiting London between Christmas and New Year. We were a bit late this year as the usual winter sun didn't appear until later on, but we still made it before going back to work. Both