“Flávio Flávio’s in everything you eat, because everything you eat has got LOSER.” #PublicEnemy

My big takeaway as a developer in the age of AI: the cost of verification approaches zero. Yes, bots can write code, but what they’re REALLY good at is scrutinizing code. They’re so good at finding bugs, before and after you ship them. If you leverage AI for no other reason, this should be it.

It’s horrible to see the early reports of screen cracks with Apple’s iPhone Duo, but this is a company that can withstand challenges like this. If foldable screens are a thing, and if Apple is going to be selling them, you can bet that every defect is being quickly evaluated to mitigate future cost.

I don’t really enjoy the enunciation of words like “Valerie” with endings like “eh-heh” so that turns me off. The original, by the Zutons, pronounced her name perfectly but … it just doesn’t jam quite as well as Amy Winehouse. It’s close, though. www.youtube.com/watch

Amy Winehouse’s rendition of “Valerie” is the best “song that I don’t really like” to be stuck in my head, for days, in a while. It’s a perfect execution of catchiness, I just don’t like all the aesthetics. Anyway, here it is in my brain. www.youtube.com/watch

For our collective mental health, can we just have Obama give speeches year round? He’s the best. www.youtube.com/shorts/f4…

My attitude is that your code base should have zero warnings, and your customer base should have zero crashes. If you’re not aiming for that, what are you even in this business for?

20 years ago or so I configured my crash reporter to convert all customer crash reports directly to support issues. Sometimes I don’t get actionable information, and sometimes I do. But I know that my customers experience very, very, few crashes.

There’s an obvious argument that AI is built on stolen data. It has a huge impact on IP owners, including me. But it’s also a vast liberation of specialized knowledge. Anybody can be anybody now. It’s the greatest information equalizer since the internet, and libraries before that.

I’m always surprised when an Apple News+ crossword includes an obviously PC-based clue, without acknowledging it. But in today’s puzzle the surprising clue’s word intersects with an overtly Apple clue!

If we want to compare global impacts, I have many virtues that offset my use of AI. I’m a vegetarian, I rarely drive a car, I work from home. This is not to say the environmental impact of AI isn’t important, but maybe ask yourself how pure you are before you criticize.

But I wonder how many technologies with questionable tradeoffs have benefited these people, and they allow them to pass unquestioned? Maybe because they were born into the tradeoffs? The automobile is probably the worst invention in history, but I still drive one. Sometimes you go with the flow.

With all of the problematic technology in the world, I struggle to understand why AI, in the form of large language models in particular, is met with such unparalleled abject horror by its antagonists. For a significant number of people, including many of my friends, the technology is pariah.

Today’s Apple News+ mini crossword. That’s a pretty elite cohort, comprised substantially of bots.

Black Ink 2.5 for iOS offers new inline clue lists that are particularly striking on iPhone Duo. redsweater.com/blog/4309…

Even the hotel ice makers struggle to achieve Inbox Zero. @hotdogsladies@mastodon.social

I believe that communicating effectively to AI is the most important skill, in all fields, going forward. Good news for literate and communicative folks: you’ve already got it.

Jacob is right, and history shows that making production easier never hurts the manufacturer. People still sell art, despite the fact you can buy paint and “do it yourself.” People value authentic, complete products, and will continue to buy them. x.com/jeiting/s…

I spent my whole life thinking I was one of the best bug fixers in the world. I mean, I am really good. But Claude is better. Every once in a while I give it a human nudge, but … it’s better. I’m glad I learned how to design good apps, too.

In my experience it is unfortunately common for a pizza restaurant’s medium pies to taste better than their large pies.

If you make things, AI is incredible at enhancing your productivity. If you sell things, AI is incredible at tuning your marketing materials. If you buy things, AI is incredible at finding the lowest price.

If you just have a cool idea and want to sell it without regard to AI? You’re hosed.

“I wonder if it would be safe to let them talk to each other?” #AIMistakes

Why do we call them photographs and not “portrait slop”?

Just posted MarsEdit 5.4.6 with faster syntax coloring for long posts, lower CPU usage in the rich text editor, and a fix for posts getting stuck in “Publishing.” redsweater.com/blog/4298…

It is kind of funny they named the product, an AI-enabled CMS, after the one punctuation mark that AI can’t resist. emdashcms.com/blog/emda…