Comfort Zone will return
We did 113 episodes of Comfort Zone, and it's been incredibly rewarding to work on and a joy to record with Chris and Niléane. It must also be said, I greatly appreciate Federico and John investing in our show, giving us a platform, and handling some of the back-end bits that we
Quick Reads for iOS just got a ton of updates
Guys, I love the web. I love using the web. I love developing for the web. I just think the web is awesome. As such, new features for Quick Reads tend to release on the web first, with the iOS features following later. I'm happy to say that a new update is out
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+ Comfortable and uncomfortable truths
I understand being mad, I understand not tolerating it, but I think there's an uncomfortable truth, representing the world being a messy place where few things are completely black and white.
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Walmart is the last major US company to add Tap to Pay
Walmart: More Ways to Pay: Tap to Pay Is Coming to Walmart and Sam’s Club
beginning Aug. 24, we will be adding Tap to Pay to our payment options at select Walmart stores and Sam’s Club locations, with plans to roll it out to all U.S. stores and clubs by the end
Apple's obviously going to make a second folding phone
I've been using Samsung's new Galaxy Fold8 for the last week (More Birchtree members can read
Quick Subtitles 3
Quick Subtitles 3 is out now for Mac, iPad, and iPhone. While this is not the biggest update ever, there&
Subscriber rot
I joined Mastodon way back in 2016, but I dropped off and didn't come back until late 2022.
What is a perversion to writing?
Simon Wilson has the best description of LLMs that I’ve seen so far. He called them a calculator for words, and I think it’s a great way to put it.
A traditional calculator takes numbers and operators as input, does some math, and outputs an answer. LLMs are essentially the same thing, except
I for one, welcome our nanny state
There is a phrase that's come up more in the tech punditry recently: nanny state. This comes up when discussing any sort of regulation on technology. "Oh, you want social media platforms to be regulated at all? Guess you want to live in a nanny state. Meanwhile I, a big brain boy
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iPhone pre-orders might be tighter than normal this year
Ming-Chi Kuo: A recent media report claims that tight DRAM suppl...
My industry checks suggest that Apple has indeed scaled back its hardware shipment plans this year due to memory shortages.
Ten years ago, if you wanted to buy the new iPhone and get it on release day, you had to have Apple.com
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How cooked is Gemini?
Max Kan: Gemini is Cooked but GCP is Cooking
For all intents and purposes, we believe DeepMind is no longer a frontier lab.
I think this is being a bit overdramatic. It is true that there's been a good amount of executive shakeup and that the company has failed to release any semblance
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+ Galaxy Z Fold8 Impressions
Samsung's new foldable is an early look at what Apple will be announcing next month.
Quick Reviews 3 is out now!
Quick Reviews 3 is out now and is an update about giving the people what they've wanted.
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Chapterize 2.1: iCloud sync, enhance audio, and more
Chapterize 2.1 is out today, and I know 2.0 just came out, but there are a couple things here I really wanted to get out.
iCloud sync
iCloud sync is the headliner, in my opinion, and it's changed how I use my own app. I tend to load episodes into the
Quick Reads 1.0.4 is a beefy iPad update
Quick Reads for iPhone and iPad 1.0.4 is rolling out on the App Store now, and I didn&
Quick Reads has been getting better all summer
I've been shipping a steady stream of updates to Quick Reads over the past couple months, and while
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Native app propaganda is working
No One's Happy: Native Apps Should Be Avoided Whenever Possible
Most native apps collect far more data than their website equivalents ever could. They request permissions to hardware, sensors, and background processes that browsers deliberately restrict. The third-party software embedded in these apps frequently transmits your location, device identifiers, and behavioral data
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Not all "vibe coding" is created equal
Sean Goedecke: LLMs reward expertise
the idea here — that domain knowledge makes you better at using LLMs — is something I’ve also experienced in my own work. If you have a good theory of your codebase, you can push the LLM much harder than if you have no familiarity. Because you have your own sense
