Matt Barlow

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Say no to AI.

I write software. Mostly backend server stuff.

Websitehttps://barlow.dev

“Pinned collections” feels like a compromise to try and paper over the fact that, when you have a lot of features, splitting related features by tabs makes it much faster to reach a specific one. I think I would struggle to explain this feature to a non-technical user.

Stuff like Trips and Map that I always forgot existed are now much more in front of me, which I like a lot. 2/2

I like the Photos redesign in #ios18 overall, but it’s definitely not perfect. I prefer it on iPadOS, where the sidebar means you can have just your favourite stuff on the main screen but still access everything else. Not so on the phone, it would appear that if you don’t put it on the main screen you can’t access it at all. This seems like a bad idea. 1/

@baldur also…is it really any less effort to snap a photo than to swipe down once to start a search, type the first few characters that Google will then probably autocomplete, and then tap the “menu” button that Google will almost certainly have already waiting there?

Mega- or maybe even gigawatts of energy for “it’s kinda cool I guess” features

I said it before and I'll say it again:

"AI model learns, therefore it is intelligent" is like saying "computer programs run, therefore they have legs."

Metaphors like "program runs" or "model learns" are useful, but are just that: metaphors.

Drawing conclusions on their basis is folly.

Keep that in mind next time AI-hypers try to draw equivalences between a child going to a museum and then making their own art, and a LLM gobbling up terabytes of text and then generating word salad.

✅ nice colours
✅ lighter
✅ cheaper
❌ i will miss a 120Hz screen

Think this is the year I go no-Pro?

@brendon I feel the same way. I’m on the iPhone Upgrade Programme so it costs me not much to get a new phone…but this is the smallest difference between Pro and not that I’ve ever seen. The 120Hz screen is literally the only differentiating feature I care even a bit about.
So weirdly instead of being excited for the new Pro phones, this year I’m torn between dropping my monthly price and getting a pretty colour, or keeping my 15 Pro and getting off Mr Cook’s Wild Upgrade Ride altogether
@simonbs hot for about 15 minutes until you catch it on a door frame and scuff the heck out of it
Who is in charge of choosing silicone case colours at Apple and have they been tested for colour blindness? You get one, maybe two bright ones and then the drabbest fucking colours you’ve ever seen in your life. Pure depression injected directly into your eyeballs
The 16 looks so much better than the 16 Pro #appleevent
Oh my god stop making them bigger. They were already too big!! #appleevent