My mom (in her 70s) is always asking me questions about AI, so last time I was home I showed her how Claude Code works so we could vibecode a Wordle clone together. I also showed how I would normally write code in an editor to make a few final tweaks.
When we were done she said, “I had no idea what you did for a living was so boring.”
If you haven't been able to ship your iOS/macOS 26 update yet and have been feeling bad about it, just remember:
Apple still hasn't shipped iWork with Liquid Glass, and Apple also opted all its pro apps out of Liquid Glass.
Final Cut Pro on iPad still doesn't support the background video exporting feature that was added to iPadOS 26 specifically to enable it.
Swift Playground doesn't even support the iOS 26 SDK, so you can't build Liquid Glass apps with it even if you wanted to
Everyone should go to therapy.
If that’s not possible, at least read @hotdogsladies’ ongoing Wisdom Project.
Ideally, both.
https://mastodon.social/@hotdogsladies/115256064704477797
@imdavidpierce so… no news, basically.
(we’re all in this together.)
It is impossible to conceive that anyone at Apple could think this was an improvement (either aesthetically or functionally) and so the only conclusion is that they simply don't care.
Whatever requirements drove this icon change; whatever process led to its approval; it is clear that at no point did the question "is this good?" factor in.
Once respected as design leaders, Apple has now transcended the very notion of design quality as a concept.
From: @BasicAppleGuy
https://mastodon.social/@BasicAppleGuy/115016185421357323
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