Zhenyi Tan

@zhenyi
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I make apps like Vinegar, Baking Soda, Web Inspector for iOS, Gibberish, Lucky, etc. Latest app: Technotes.
Websitehttps://andadinosaur.com
Blog@zhenyiblog
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Show threadZhenyi Tan13h ago
@cdevroe I should've written about the history of Singapore instead 😅
Zhenyi Tan14h ago

RE: https://mastodon.social/@zhenyiblog/116731885804289681

So last month I suddenly got the urge to create (umm, not another app). I thought about writing something, but I didn't want to write another "technology bad" post. So I started writing about Chinese history. Turns out 3000 years is really long. 4 parts in and I'm still at the Three Kingdoms. So I'm making it a weekly thing. I'll try to write until the fall of Qing dynasty. Hope I can keep this up

Show threadZhenyi Tan20h ago
@spitfire it's like someone turned the saturation slider down on reality
Zhenyi Tan21h ago
I'm so used to the yellow-and-green kitchen sponge that this new one will always feel wrong and desaturated to me
Zhenyi Tan1d ago
Gibberish and Stuff1d ago
Oatmeal https://zhenyi.gibber.blog/oatmeal
Oatmeal - Gibberish and Stuff

Recently, we ran out of good breakfast options. McDonald's is getting expensive and unhealthy. Economy beehoon is all carbs. Nasi lemak is too fatty. Plus, that auntie gets our order wrong 9 times...

Zhenyi Tan4d ago

RE: https://mastodon.social/@zhenyiblog/116709786090922024

I wrote a shitpost

Zhenyi Tan5d ago

https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/943531/ai-script-quilty-simon-horsman-daniel-wood

I facepalm every time I see people claim that "AI can predict XYZ".

If you tweak your prompt a little, you'll get a different answer. If you push back, the LLM will agree with you.

Snow White would not be a thing if the magic mirror is powered by an LLM, because the queen would just regenerate the response until it says she's the fairest.

This AI startup says it can tell if a script will make a hit film

AI startup Quilty says it can predict a script’s chances of box office success, but their process feels pretty dubious.

The Verge
Zhenyi TanJun 4

RE: https://mastodon.social/@icanzilb/116690693784133620

Embrace, extend, enshittify

Zhenyi TanJun 3
Gibberish and StuffJun 3
An Abridged History of China, Part 4 https://zhenyi.gibber.blog/an-abridged-history-of-china-part-4
An Abridged History of China, Part 4 - Gibberish and Stuff

Cao Cao was famous for his fetish for other people's wives. One time, after an enemy surrendered, he took the guy's aunt as his concubine. The enemy felt humiliated and rebelled again after...

Zhenyi TanJun 1

https://pxlnv.com/linklog/another-ad-app-store-search/

Uh oh Apple added a second ad slot in App Store search results. The Very Fast Queue is here

https://zhenyi.gibber.blog/ah-chai-the-chicken-rice-hawker

The Effects of Another Ad in iOS App Store Search – Pixel Envy

Jeremy Provost of development firm Think Tap Work: It’s been 64 days since we first noticed Apple’s second ad position in search results for iPhone and iPad. Our update after two weeks showed consistently less search ad impressions for our apps, unless we invested heavily in paying for Search Ads. Here are some updated numbers. […]