Like the native Micro.blog client apps, Inkwell for web and macOS are open source. We aren’t great at incorporating contributions into the shipping versions, but it feels right. With AI-assisted development, the code itself is not as valuable as the whole package — design, infrastructure, etc.

Inkwell 1.0.1 is out for Mac with several bug fixes, especially for dark mode. Choose “Check for Updates” from the application menu to get the latest version. If you missed the announcement, I posted a video about Inkwell yesterday. https://www.manton.org/2026/03/16/inkwell-for-mac.html

Gulf of Mexico. Heading out on a kind of crazy adventure that I’ll blog more about later. As usual with my travel, I’ve devised the most complicated trip possible. Boat, trains, planes!

Inkwell for Mac https://www.manton.org/2026/03/16/inkwell-for-mac.html

Wooden rollercoaster at the Kemah Boardwalk. Walking around earlier before dinner.

They did a great job with the in memoriam this year at the Oscars. Longer and more personal stories. So many incredible people to highlight.

Inkwell for Mac will ship tomorrow. It’s my first Mac app that is sandboxed. I have to admit it is nice to do things like delete files without being extremely paranoid about deleting the right thing. It can’t do much damage, and Inkwell is well suited anyway for minimal access to the system.

Looking forward to the Oscars tonight. Managed to see almost all the best picture nominations, and handful more in other categories. I wonder if the Oscars being later than the Golden Globes, etc. means there are more surprises because it would be “boring” for the same films to win again.

Cracking up watching the emoji bit on SNL tonight. I lost it at orange square. 🚡

Parker Ortolani blogs about the Neo: "The MacBook Neo is the first Mac that is truly, in every sense of the word, a bicycle for the mind. It’s the first Mac that almost anyone can buy and it’s going to unleash a whole new era of creativity because of it." https://parkerortolani.blog/2026/03/14/years-later-apple-has-finally.html