AGI Meets Apple TV
The real test for AGI won't be math or reasoning. It'll be whether it can build an Apple TV app that works with the focus engine without hours of repetitive, aggravating retesting. Or maybe that's super intelligence.
Curtis Jones
A vs M
So now we have Macs with A-series processors and iPads with M-series processors. Apple just announced a $599 MacBook Neo with the A18 Pro, the first Mac powered by an iPhone chip. This feels like something broke in the product pipeline.
Ditching Squarespace for Ghost
A three or four page site facing a nearly $300 Squarespace renewal. So I spun up a Ghost instance, copy-pasted the content, repointed the nginx proxy, confirmed it worked, and clicked Cancel. Cha-ching. I wasn't getting my money's worth. Good riddance.
Leftover Pizza vs Fresh
Is day-old, properly toasted leftover pizza actually better than fresh? I've never done the side-by-side, but biting into this lightly crunchy day-old slice, I cannot fathom the fresh version was as good. Mmm.
Reolink vs Dahua
A friend wanted 90 days of local camera footage and figured he needed a 4-disk NAS. The real culprit was his Reolink cameras using CBR encoding. Swapping in a single Dahua dropped him from 86GB a day to 15GB. Sometimes upgrading cameras beats buying storage.
To Sleep or not to Sleep
Our evening routine is predictable, but if I make it past that 9pm siren song of my pillow, I can work until 3am with ease. The weird part: then I lie down and my brain just keeps GOING. Maybe I'm throwing off some sleep rhythm.
Slapping my Past Self
Asked what I'd tell my younger self, my answer is embarrassingly practical: finish what you started. I have a graveyard of projects abandoned right at the boring polish phase, each a little regret. The joy isn't only in the breakthrough; it's in the boring victory of shipping.
Interviewing
Last week I started the job search: a dozen applications a day on LinkedIn and Indeed, effort waning by the double digits. There's a "feel" element to fit, but I've found almost zero correlation between which replies I expect and which ones I get. It feels random.
More on AI Programming
If AI optimizes my work, do we need fewer programmers? I offer the alternative: the scope of software just keeps growing. Before compilers the largest programs were tiny; now AAA games take hundreds of engineers years. The bar keeps rising.
The Coffee Getter
I'm the guy who stays for the full credits, and one title has stuck with me for years: 2nd 2nd assistant director. I always pictured an assistant's assistant fetching coffee. Turns out it's a real, essential role wrangling crowds on massive shoots.