Craig HockenberryJul 2, 2024

If you're a young developer at Apple you have no idea how hard this feedback hits.

So many of your points-of-view change after the first death in the immediate family. That's not likely to happen until your fifties or sixties.

The memorials on our devices are important: I have a weekly reminder to “Check in on mom” that will never be removed because it has a whole new purpose since her death.
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@chockenberry related: if an anniversary comes up the devices (and services) might bring up „remember when this happened“ which might be not a Good Idea. See https://meyerweb.com/eric/thoughts/2014/12/24/inadvertent-algorithmic-cruelty/ for someone who had to experience this
Inadvertent Algorithmic Cruelty

I didn’t go looking for grief this afternoon, but it found me anyway, and I have designers and programmers to thank for it.

Jul 3, 2024 at 4:42amIvory for iOS