Colin Cornaby

@colincornaby
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I'm a programmer in Portland, OR doing video processing, graphics and performance on Apple devices. I'm into games, hardware and software.

Currently porting Myst Online to Apple Silicon/Metal as my side project!

GitHubhttps://github.com/colincornaby
Homepagehttps://colincornaby.me
Colin Cornaby4d ago

RE: https://mastodon.social/@colincornaby/116401520727947961

It’s happening again

Colin Cornaby5d ago
Slava Pestov5d ago
When I first started writing C++, I found myself making a lot of rookie mistakes, like returning a dangling reference to a local variable. These days though, I only make the kinds of mistakes that even trip up seasoned C++ experts, like returning a dangling reference to a local variable
Colin Cornaby5d ago

I can tell Duolingo is starting to do LLM based translations because things are really going downhill.

In French a "Robot de cuisine" refers to a kitchen appliance - and a lot of kitchen appliances have robot in the name. But the Duolingo lessons are starting to get confused and just assume that the French meaning is about actual robots. So now I'm having to translate English sentences about robots cooking in the kitchen - when the French meaning is about a food processor.

Colin Cornaby6d ago
Lotta Mac Studio configs are suddenly unavailable...
Colin CornabyApr 11

Wrote up some thoughts about Mythos, why I think it's actually not publicly available, and what it says about LLM scaling

https://www.colincornaby.me/2026/04/anthropics-mythos-implies-llm-scaling-has-hit-a-wall/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

Anthropic’s Mythos implies LLM scaling has hit a wall

There’s a series of articles that have been written casting doubt on Anthropic’s claims of Mythos as some leap in cybersecurity. Tom’s Hardware wrote up a good summary. I’ve…

Random Thoughts
Colin CornabyApr 10
Chance MillerApr 10
A Reddit user bought a Mac Pro at a garage sale, opened it up, and found a 2013 Mac Pro hiding inside it.
Colin CornabyApr 8

Beyond upgrades - I think what I’ll miss most about the Mac Pro is having a Mac that’s meant to go on the floor. For almost 30 years I’ve had a Mac tower under my desk, out of the way.

The Mac Studio is so awkward. It’s smaller than a tower, but takes up enough desk space to be a little uncomfortable. And it’s just tall enough to be noticeable and it be awkward to tuck under a monitor.

Not excited about a desk map. But maybe not annoyed enough to get an under the desk mount.

Show threadColin CornabyApr 8
I’ve sometimes gone back to look at all my LLM posts from last year and… none of my opinions have changed. I think it holds up.
Colin CornabyApr 8

That feeling when all anyone ever reads on your blog is August 2025 your post comparing programming with an LLM to cooking food in a microwave. Doesn’t matter what I post - it stays in the top spot. Anything deep or technical I posted? Nope. It’s all about microwaves.

It looks like maybe people are ready to move on this month.

(It was a hastily written post but I still stand by it.)

Colin CornabyApr 5

What are people doing for alternatives to GitHub for hosting private personal projects? The more GitHub drifts away from being a simple bucket I throw code into for $10 a month, the more I think about it.

Self hosted Gitlab seems to be quite a bit more expensive than $10 a month.