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Notes · July 20, 2026 — Page 2
Notes for July 20, 2026
A Title Change Is a Trade
Joseph Hu analyzed hundreds of Chrome Web Store title changes and found that title edits behave like ranking trades: extensions that changed titles were nearly four times more likely to see a meaningful ranking shift within two weeks, with almost identical odds of gaining or losing.
Inspired by extensionranker.com · Joseph Hu
Judge a Book by Its First Page
Nathaniel Peters built Uncovered around a simple idea: judge a book by its writing instead of its cover. The site shows opening pages without revealing the title or author, so you decide whether the writing alone is enough to keep reading.
Inspired by uncovered.ink · Nathaniel Peters
Science Fiction and Technology in BPL’s 250
Brooklyn Public Library’s 250 for 250 Booklist highlights books that shaped the United States. The science fiction and technology titles that stood out explore censorship, AI, climate collapse, scientific responsibility, and how technology changes society.
Inspired by bklynlibrary.org · Brooklyn Public Library
When the Publishing Pipeline Goes Down
GitHub Actions went down for a significant part of the day and blocked publishes to this site. Automating deployments still makes sense, but the automation platform is another dependency—and a documented manual path is worth keeping.
Inspired by githubstatus.com · GitHub Status