Framework did the thing!!! Also, AYN is teasing a handheld, reMarkable a mini tablet, and Microsoft might or might not be lying.
Hi, hello, and welcome to a new edition of the overkill Digest newsletter.
First, some behind-the-scenes updates. This week, we moved our content system Ghost from a self-hosted solution to Ghost(Pro), a hosting-option by the company responsible for Ghost.
This has a few advantages: for one, we don't have to manage anything anymore. Whenever there is an update or an issue, the team behind Ghost will work on it. Ghost(Pro) also comes with proper support.
Additionally, by choosing Ghost(Pro) we should also save some money on the long run. While we aren't the biggest website on Ghost(Pro) (far from it!), we're at this awkward small-to-medium size, where costs can skyrocket if you don't manage them correctly. This should help with that.
Finally, by moving to Ghost(Pro) we also updated to Ghost 6.0, which has one big advantage: overkill is now a Fediverse-website. While we always had a Mastodon profile, you can now find overkill directly by looking for @index@overkill.wtf on any Fediverse-compatible website.
With the move, I also changed some other things behind-the-scenes: We now have a Tip Jar. If you want to support overkill but don't want yet another subscription, you can now do so by using this button below (or looking for the link in the menu).
I also made the yearly subscription cheaper. It's now $50 yearly, and comes with some perks like an ad-free browsing experience, full access to EmuDeck EA for as long as you are subscribed, and more.
My goal with the subscription is to enable a pay-what-you-want type offer, where you can pick between different yearly prices. I'm fully aware how there are just too many subscriptions out there right now, so offering this is our way to still, well, survive, but trying to make it as easy as possible for you, our reader. (The income we make through ads is slowly trending towards "unsustainable", and I'd love to be able to just remove them without killing overkill.)
Only that this isn't currently an option without some custom work, which brings me to the next point: The next thing on our to-do list is to completely redesign overkill with the help of my friend Manu Moreale.
With that redesign we hope that we can bring overkill closer to the vision of what we think a content-website should look like in 2025 and the Age of AI. To me, the perfect overkill is a mix of content written by Chris and yours truly, and links to cool stuff we find online (a bit like Daring Fireball or Kottke). The new design should help us achieve that, but it'll take a while before it goes online.
On that note, I have a question. Would you like a separate newsletter just for our long-form content? That way you’d get each one by email as soon as it’s published. They’ll still be linked in overkill digest at the end of the week, but this would get them to you right away.
It will be a separate opt-in newsletter, so if you think it should exist, but not necessarily want it yourself, click Yes above.
Anyway, as always, thanks for reading overkill!
Ok, phew. 500 words in and we haven't even started yet, so let's get to it!