The use of AI tools is justified if you plan to lie to others.

The use of AI tools is NOT justified if you plan to lie to yourselves.

The secret to a happier life a software engineer:

You start out with 50 different microservices, each one in its own separate repo.

You bring all of those as modules to the same monorepo.

Eventually, you decide to deploy them all as a monolith.

No one notices any difference.

You sleep better

Over the past couple of years, various people kept convincing us that the #Artemis would be the biggest scam in space history, how it’s so much more expensive and inefficient than Apollo, etc. Now that it’s out there, they’re all like, “this is f-ing awesome!”

Dot you have some freaking integrity?

RE: https://mastodon.social/@craiggrannell/116330451841002754

Wow, didn’t know #Apple had plans to release a ring back in the early 2010s 😮

I’ve been thinking more and more recently that they should release a screen-less #Whoop competitor that does all the Apple heath checking but lasts at least a week, without a charge. Given that most people I know bring their phone to training anyway, it’d make total sense. If it wasn’t for running, I’d always keep the screen of my Apple Watch turned off by default back in the day.

cc @craiggrannell

One thing I genuinely miss is an app that collects my emails AND RSS feeds in one place. I know that Thunderbird kind of does this on desktop, but there is no Thunderbird for iOS as of yet. And even if there was, what are the chances it’d do exactly that?

Seems like a missed opportunity on Apple’s side.

The way a smart assistant works is, it processes information ahead of you, trims it down, and presents you with a couple of options to decide on.

The way most people now use AI tools is the exact opposite. They’d gather all the information, throw it at the AI tool, and ask it to choose an option for them.

Who is, then, the assistant?

https://preslav.me/2026/04/01/who-is-the-assistant/

My favorite Claude Code comand:

git pull fix 💩 please