Ross's Micro Blog

I know this is a very “meta” challenge to really awful stuff. But I find the psychology side of things pretty interesting.

The thing I find weird about the politics-in-tech stuff is the total lack of self-reflection. No one seems to think “Oh, other people don’t like that? I wonder why?”

It’s all “Ignore the haters and move on”.

The incuriosity itself seems very anti-engineering.

That itself is a red flag in tech.

I’m kinda surprised that my social feeds here aren’t discussing Typesafe/Jev AI.

I’m very curious what others think.

It seems less ethically dubious and much more efficient, bridging AI recognition and deterministic output.

I’m surprised coders aren’t excited about this.

Am I missing something?

@anilineapps I just noticed that the Indigo MacOS app has a timeline search (top right!) – does this exist in the iOS app? I can’t find it.

I have a saying: “Maturity is more about knowing _when_ to be grown up than _how_ to be grown up.

The when/how thing is important and applies to other areas of life and work too.

Excellent AI commentary: “China probably has a vested interest in everyone on earth not dying”

😂

That wasn’t as coherent as I wanted it to be. It’s too late. Good night!

Refusing to use a thing is LESS. It’s saying “I don’t need more”. It’s saying that something else is more important than having more.

And the bros? They “ignore the haters”. Because that’s what allows them to have more. Having more is the only way. And they have more than you!

Or something.

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And that’s it isn’t it? The tech bros want to feel that they have MORE. And everyone is trying to get MORE to keep up.

The toxic positivity is so that people can get more without needing to think about the consequences.

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I’ve been thinking about how I have a preference for small things.

And I think about AI. A lot!

And I have been thinking about tech bros and how they respond – on X – to criticism that they get on other platforms.

And now I’m reading Brené Brown on “scarcity”.

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The theory that AI companies are wanting third parties to enforce a slow down on them because they can’t maintain the pace anyway and don’t want to look like it’s their fault is excellent.

Apps like this: https://abue-ammar.github.io/tinycast/

And this: https://appzapper.com/

Are great. But trust is such a huge issue. How do I know that these aren’t vibe-coded keyloggers or file slurpers or ransomware-injectors. It could be anything dressed up as a nice utility. I don’t know what anything is any more! 😵‍💫

Oh wow. The bad customer service folks just keep doubling down.

I can’t believe they’ll see this but my name is uncommon – you never know.

Tips:
– Own up. Admit something went wrong!
– Say sorry. It costs nothing.
– Take responsibility. You can’t fix it. But can you learn and improve? Tell me how!

Reminded of this 18-year-old, cheap, simple, but very effective 3D head-tracking concept.

I don’t know why something like this didn’t get built into modern game consoles somehow.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jd3-eiid-Uw

A weird thought/question I had while watching someone film an event today in vertical video format:

Do we “see” in portrait or landscape? Does the fact that our eyes are left and right rather than top and bottom mean we get a wide-but-shallow field of view?

Follow-up question: If our eyes were top and bottom instead of left and right, would we still see in depth the same way?

Bonus question: Are there any animals with top and bottom eyes?

Today was the funeral of a local legend, taken from us early and unfairly.

I was blessed to hang out with him a lot for a few years.

Never seen the crematorium so full. Standing room only.

No amount of healthy stuff can defend you from some things.

I’m inspired to try to live my best life now.

Just… too much tech news today.

– Panic do an awesome Playdate update
– Some company named after a fruit folded. Or something
– Nintendo emailed be about 55 new games coming up
– Tailwind bought by Shopify
– Digital Ocean sponsor the bad guy’s thing
– Some other tech dude in trouble

Crazy!