ChrisMarshallNY

Also sounds like the author has done a great deal of work to improve himself, physically, and I can respect (and hat tip) to it, but he would definitely see the same issue with a wedding ring (except that you can usually resize those).

I wear my wedding ring constantly; even in the shower. I'm old-fashioned, and haven't really changed that much, since I got married (besides getting grayer and wrinklier).

I suspect the reason for that (nothing other than a "gut feeling" that I get, seeing the story pushed off the front page so quickly, every time), is that the breach was through a backdoor that was deliberately coded into the system, for TLA use, and what happened, is exactly what people keep warning about; it got breached, and is now a "front door," and The Powers That Be don't want that examined too closely.

No one can prove anything, for example, but anyone knows that people that piss Putin off, need to stay away from windows in high places.

“KHAAAAAAN!!”

Sorry. Couldn’t resist.

(Star Trek reference)

The new version gives me a baseline for adding a lot more capability, while maintaining Quality, so I'm beginning to map out the way forward.

The first thing that I'm doing, though, is revisiting most of my old dependencies with an LLM, and improving the corner case handling and documentation. That will take a while.

Not that long ago, they were an oddity, around here.

Let's hope success doesn't spoil them.

I used to use Nikes, then something happened, and the exact same type that were comfortable, last year, are now giving me blisters.

Enshittification doesn't just affect tech.

Not sure about the backplane architecture. I’m pretty sure they are custom datacenter rack units.

I think the roots are quite good.

I heard it differently. I heard that it was imported for aesthetic reasons (like starlings).

Nasty stuff. We're starting to see it up here, in New York. I remember it well, from Maryland.

Yay climate change!

I often "hit the reset button" on projects. It used to be waiting until the pain was great enough, but LLMs make it a lot easier.

Ever watched the parents at those games?

As opposed to intentionally being a nuisance?

Not a single word that would have tripped the content filters of the time.

When I started, I had to review every line, and frequently found bugs, but lately, I’ve been impressed with the quality of the code. I don’t think that I’ve had to make any code-level adjustments, in a while.

I’m still in the process of revisiting and refining the many hand-coded dependencies that I’ve created, over the years.

Most of the issues found, were corner cases, that would likely never be encountered, but they are issues, nonetheless.

Ice 8.9?

I don't see what the problem i****

For those that don't know, this is Ice Nine: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice-nine

It actually scared me more than Stephen King's stuff, back then.

The other app doesn’t copy the user data part of my app, so they get a pass.

The issue is that I store user data. Also, the users of the app are a very privacy-sensitive demographic. That raises the stakes, considerably.

I can't just "vibe code" an app that does the same thing mine does. It needs to be vetted by a good native Android developer that I trust, and that gets expensive.

Recently, a couple of very talented engineers vibe-coded a cross-platform app that is nowhere near as nice, but is highly effective at the most important aspects of the one I wrote. They are also very good at promoting, and it will get a lot of press. I have no doubt that many folks that would normally use the app I wrote, will use that.

At first, I was all mopey and emo about it, but I realized that it doesn't matter. Their app is decent. It's fairly ugly (LLM-generated UX is pretty bland), but works very well. The guys behind it, are good engineers, and I know that it will improve (although I doubt their UX will, much). Neither of them is a native iOS or Android developer, though. They are backend folks.

Instead, I'll be doubling down on making my app as good a native experience as possible. There's still a lot of stuff I can add, and Apple keeps adding more capabilities that afford native implementation.

I have also been using an LLM as a "trusted advisor," not as an employee. It's made a huge difference. It may end up eroding my "hands on" skills a bit, but not by that much. I find that I am constantly reviewing the work it does, and my knowledge helps me to really get the most out of it. I managed a software development team for a long time, so I am pretty familiar with delegating work to employees that are actually more capable than I am. I guess that helped me to accept LLMs, as an IC.

I'm basically looking forward to this. One of the reasons that many of my apps don't have a lot of new features, is because I never had the time to study and implement them (I refuse to add bad stuff. It needs to work well, so I am picky about what goes into my work). With an LLM, it looks like that is no longer an issue.

I need help.

Boards really don't like doing things like this, as it signals instability, and shareholders hate instability. That's why so many boards leave clearly non-optimal CEOs in place, so often.

This is not something that has been a focus of my attention, except when it was shoved into my face. I'm really too old for that kind of agita.

I do run a couple of WP sites. I'm considering switching a couple to static sites, (via a generator, or maybe LLM-generated static sites), but I need one of them to remain WP (for now), as that hosts my blog.

To this day (he’s retired), he won’t use wireless (even ones with bespoke connections), or ANC headphones.

I use AirPods when I take my morning walks. The shitty quality is actually a plus, because I can hear the cars that try to run me over (I walk at 5:30 AM, and people are not at the top of their game, at that time).

I have a couple of pairs of Bose QC headphones, for in-home listening. There’s nothing [wireless] that comes close, for ANC.

The new regular AirPods are interesting to me.

I don’t like playing with others, as the experience of being fragged by a 15-year-old, shouting biologically impossible suggestions to me, is not really on my bucket list.

I’ll play it. It won’t be super exciting, but, if I was serious about gaming, I’d get a dedicated Windows rig.

I remember one WWDC, where Ian Diery was giving a demo with a young man, and asked “Where’s the beef?” The kid looked down at his pants, and the crowd burst into laughter.

Diery did not laugh. He was a fairly serious chap, with no discernible sense of humor, so I expect his assistant was sanctioned for that.

I think the last DuDub I went to, was around 2005 (pre-iPhone). I know it was at Moscone. Jobs led that. He was one of the best presenters I’ve ever seen. He could recover from curveballs almost imperceptibly.

The first, was in 1987, or 1988. One of the first.

The only ones I might consider, are the new base AirPods. I have never really warmed to the Pros (I have two pairs, but like the regular ones better).

I am looking forward to iOS27. I'm interested in seeing how the simulator presents the Duo.

Words to live by.