I'm a craftsperson, and I actually like AI. It's a tool, and a good one — I've made things with it I couldn't have otherwise. But it's polarized everyone. Some think it's salvation, some think it's the end of the world. It's neither... it's a tool.
The tool isn't the problem. People are. Fads, FOMO, and plain fear of the unknown make us act a little crazy... cramming AI into things nobody asked for because (they think) the word sells.
When that makes products worse, it's rarely some master plan. It's usually misaligned incentives and a lack of care. That's most of what enshittification actually is.
I don't think everything needs to be AI. Honestly, who cares about the tool? Focus on outcomes. Focus on your craft, and the joy of using and making things.
The Mac app started as a dumb question: can you use font ligatures to turn AI into 💩? Turns out yes. Ironically, I used AI to figure out how. The Chrome extension came after — web fonts don't always cooperate.
So mostly this is me poking fun. It's also a small nudge to be a little more mindful of the din around AI. Starting, apparently, with your font files.
—Wells
The extension
A Chrome extension that quietly swaps every AI for a 💩 — or whatever you'd rather see instead.
Open announced today that its new -powered assistant will revolutionize -driven workflows. The agent integrates seamlessly with existing infrastructure to deliver -first experiences.
The Mac app
I don't know why you'd want this, but here it is anyways. Enshittifier for Mac patches your font files with ligatures that turn ai into 💩. Peace was never an option.
