Mastodawn

@gruber I hope you’re right that Lemay actually cares about UI design and chrome because this random comment (from @mjtsai ) clearly seems to indicate that he believes strongly in the whole ‘CONTENT’ mania and removing chrome/toolbars obsession inside Apple https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47297653

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Venkat Mar 6

@siracusa @caseyliss I understand that Apple is way behind on display tech, but unless you're gaming (which Apple doesn't care about) or editing slow-mo footage, I doubt anyone would notice 60Hz+ on the Mac because of how we use Desktop OSes. I wouldn't be surprised if its barely noticeable outside genie effect 😅

Venkat Feb 24

@gruber This is mostly circumstantial, but did you know Ghislaine Maxwell and Lauren Powell-Jobs were (apparently) friends? https://theweek.com/news/1007980/prosecution-rests-in-ghislaine-maxwell-trial
Not sure what it means though. Just interesting considering the links you posted today.

Prosecution rests in Ghislaine Maxwell trial

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Venkat Feb 3

@siracusa You should talk about this blog post and coding LLMs on atp/recdiffs https://www.dbreunig.com/2026/01/08/a-software-library-with-no-code.html
Probably the first major thing to blow my mind with LLMs

A Software Library with No Code

Do we still need libraries of 3rd party code when AI agents are this good?

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Venkat Jan 5

@rmondello Asking if this is a known issue in Safari: whenever I go into history and search for old items to open, the page freezes and refreshes very slowly every time i open an item from the list. Very weird and I'm not sure why its so slow. Is this known? Else i can file a feedback

Venkat Dec 13

I was thinking about FizzBuzz and LLMs writing code and had a few thoughts. https://venkatasg.net/blog/fizzbuzz-2025-12-11.html

FizzBuzzing LLMs

Venkat Dec 12

@gruber @siracusa Justin bieber has iOS feedback https://x.com/justinbieber/status/1997125645437194682

Justin Bieber (@justinbieber) on X

If I hit this dictation button after sending a text and it beeps and stops my music one more time, I’m gonna find everyone at apple and put them in a rear naked choke hold Even if I turn off dictation I somehow hit the voice note thing The send button should not have multiple

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Venkat Dec 12

Vidit Bhargava Dec 11

Shiuli is out now on the App Store!

Shiuli makes it easy to make any image accessible, through alt-text which can be accessed from any where.

It’s the first alt text editor that also works with Visual Intelligence and Apple Shortcuts!

Moreover it’s just a single one time payment, no subscriptions!

https://apps.apple.com/in/app/shiuli-alt-text-generator/id6746376256

Venkat Nov 9

@caseyliss I think the synology drive icon in sidebar is a bug. I have an app that uses file provider APIs (Stempel) and it’s icon is showing over my Time Machine drive since updating to Tahoe 😕

Venkat Oct 26

Vidit Bhargava Oct 26

Wrapping up Shiuli and releasing it soon.
Shiuli is the simples alt-text generation tool you'll find.

Coming soon to iOS.
Test here: testflight.apple.com/join/A5Q17RYp

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