Is anyone else having problems with wireless CarPlay in iOS 26 (and/or with iPhone 17 Pro)? I’m not sure if my aftermarket CarPlay unit is flaking out or if something else is going on. Lately it just occasionally fails to pair. Seems too coincidental that it started around the time I upgraded phones, but who knows…
Coming up on four months since I left my tech job. Not missing it yet…
One of my least favorite skills I picked up in my decades working in tech is the ability to immediately see when a feature has been made worse for users in order to improve some metric that the company (or an individual PM) has decided is important.
So glad that I have Claude to write code, so I can spend my time working on the actual interesting problems.
I've been shooting more film lately. In the early 90s, I was doing photojournalism (hoping to make it into a career), so I was well-acquainted with making do with insufficient light. But I am out of practice, and there are definitely some things I need to re-learn. Still, it's been a lot of fun so far. This was shot on Portra 800, with the Nikon N6006 I saved up for and bought new in high school.
When I was trying to remember if my laptop even supported 120 Hz, I found that I've had it off for who knows how long. Turned it back on, and yep... Still can't tell any difference! I guess I should be thankful that computer displays are the one thing I have cheap taste in (though I guess not really, since I have a Studio Display; I'm just not tempted at all to upgrade for better refresh rates)...
@atpfm Serious question: what is the use case for 120 Hz on a display, outside of gaming? Is it just the smoother scrolling and stuff? And if I can't notice the difference on an iPhone is there any reason to expect that I'd notice the difference on a 27" display?
As I’ve been returning to film photography, I am reflecting on how, in the late 90s I was desperate for a digital camera that could approach the quality of 35mm film. And now, I am looking for the combination of film stock and scanner that can get me close to the quality of current digital cameras…
One of my favorite things about AI coding is how much it lowers the effort for making apps only for me. With every feature I want, zero I don't, and exactly matching my mental model. It's not realistic to expect an app made by someone else to meet those criteria, and in the past it wasn't worth the effort to build it myself, even though I usually could have. But now, it's no biggie. This AM, less than 15 minutes gave me an app I like better than any I've tried from the app store for my needs.
What's going on with Xcode 26.3? I held off on installing when the RC came out because I assumed the final release would be happening any day, but now 26.4 betas are out and 26.3 still isn't fully released.
