After all the years of public embarrassment, I think my kids might finally appreciate, in a world filled with AI, that I simply cannot be replicated.

I recently drove my 18yo to college. It took about 11 hours. The best takeaway from the trip is: “If you don’t know who the Ringo in the room is, it might be you!”

Donald Trump is the 98-pound High School freshman whose big brother assured was the strongest boy in the whole school.

Another win for Trump and his deportation crusade.

The best thing about working for yourself is never having to worry about what some external “boss” thinks about you, what you do, how you do it, or why you do it. The worst thing is that your internal “boss” just won’t shut up about any of it.

Thank you, @gruber, for saying something that nagged at me so persistently that I had to actually blog again. “AI Can’t Adulterate its Own Writing.” bitsplitting.org/2026/08/1…

A lot of people like to make things, and making things is great. But if you want to be a software developer, you have to enjoy fixing things. If you don’t enjoy fixing things, you’ll never be good at software.

Karoline Leavitt is leaving the White House, reportedly to spend more time with her shame.

The Siri interface on macOS Golden Gate betas still looks like a 3rd party app where the developers never got the memo about how Mac apps work.

Just posted MarsEdit 5.4.5 with “A Heck of a Lot of Bug Fixes”! redsweater.com/blog/4287…

My 14yo tried to stream a video game on Twitch, and the quality was horrible, so he asserted he “needs a new computer.” I said “Twitch has been around for 15 years, so I’m sure it works on old computers.” Flipped a few switches, turned a few knobs, and boom! Dad’s still got it.

Iran: “We’ve waited 50 years for this! A moron who believes everything we say. BAHAHAHAHA. Wait, hold my tea. BAHAHAHA. America?!? BAHAHAHA”

Iran keeps setting up the football and Trump keeps running at it. #Peanuts

“My adult son” is something I can start saying today.

The satisfied look on my face comes from having figured out how to attach the Old Town kayak to my body with that orange strap, so I can wheel it down the bike path hands-free.

I went for a short swim in Brighton, England, a few weeks ago. For those who don’t know, the beach there is not sandy, but covered with pebbles. It’s SO painful to walk on, but I had the sense that if I were to walk on it every day my feet, and by extension I, would be cured of everything.

Macbook, bro, you must chill.

I hope there is a god, and that there is a heaven, and that Lindsey Graham is there, finally having the loving gay relationship he waited all of his life for.

Over the weekend, I had a commitment about 12 miles from home, with the only navigable routes through urban areas. Our only family car was taken, so I decided to bike. Owning an e-bike made all the difference, as I sacrificed the significant time (1:15 each way), but kept most of my energy. FTW!

I’m enduring multiple unsolicited spam texts “from Troy Jackson” … for America. 🇺🇸

I know this will be controversial to AI antagonists, but the LLMs we have access to today are the natural culmination of human knowledge sharing, going back to the first scrolls, books, libraries. The better we get at sharing knowledge, the farther we advance as a species.

I enjoyed the Apple TV show “Pluribus”. I think there’s an analog between their all-knowing “hive mind”, and the ways that AI LLMs can benefit humans. For all of history it’s been unheard of that a single entity knows virtually everything about everything. This is a big opportunity for humanity.

I had Claude Fable identify 100 bugs, and then asked Claude Opus to tackle large swaths of them. On a day when I’ve been busy with other things, went swimming, etc., I’ve already closed 25 substantial bugs. And I reviewed them all. LLMs are better at improving human output than replacing it.

With apologies to any good people who work for SpaceX or otherwise hold shares, I can’t help but cheer when I see their stock price is down. Elon Musk is a scourge against humanity and anything that hurts him (I know, it’s virtually impossible) should be celebrated.

Just posted MarsEdit 5.4.4 with improved animated GIF support, and a few bug fixes. redsweater.com/blog/4280…