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I replaced it two years ago with a small something I built for myself and serves me well [0], haven’t looked back since.

[0] https://aldur.blog/micros/2025/07/07/pocket/

Same worries and setup here, with the only difference that I use Nix to either spawn a QEMU VM or build an LXC container that runs on a Chromebook (through Crostini).

I started using throwaway environments, one per project. I try keeping the stuff installed in the host OS to the bare minimum.

For the things I need to run on the host, I try to heavily sandbox it (mostly through the opaque macOS sandbox) so that it cannot access the network and can only access a whitelist of directories. Sandboxing is painful and requires trial an error, so I wish there was a better (UX-wise) way to do that.

I discovered this recently, but can start/stop by clicking the crown and the side button at the same time.

I have experienced multiple iCloud-related bugs across all devices, not just Apple Watch.

First I had Keychain taking a full core on _all_ my devices and had to go through a rabbit hole to fix it [0], then I had “fileproviderd “ do the same (again, across all devices) and had to delete iCloud DB to fix it.

I wonder how less tech-savvy users are supposed to notice the issue (and maybe fix them).

[0] https://aldur.pages.dev/articles/2024/05/22/secd

This study [1] might relate to it: Intermittent Fasting in Cardiovascular Disorders—An Overview.

In section 7 the authors expose pros and cons of intermittent fasting, specifying that for elderly individuals it might be associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease, while for the rest of the population it is generally associated with a decreased risk.

[1] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6471315/