Stephan Schlecht
@sw7com.bsky.social
Software developer, mainly iOS and macOS.
I usually stop reading an article when I see a bar graph that only shows the upper part of the bars to make the effect (increase or decrease) seem more dramatic.
December 30, 2025 at 4:54 PM
I usually stop reading an article when I see a bar graph that only shows the upper part of the bars to make the effect (increase or decrease) seem more dramatic.
More working hours may also be required, as according to this AI startup, AI can accumulate so much technical debt after just a few months that it leads to a significant slowdown in product velocity?
sfstandard.com/2025/11/20/s...
sfstandard.com/2025/11/20/s...
December 29, 2025 at 10:15 PM
More working hours may also be required, as according to this AI startup, AI can accumulate so much technical debt after just a few months that it leads to a significant slowdown in product velocity?
sfstandard.com/2025/11/20/s...
sfstandard.com/2025/11/20/s...
At first, I thought (somewhat puzzled) that it came from Anthropic, but that's not the case. Here's a link with some background information: simonwillison.net/2025/Dec/26/...
December 27, 2025 at 9:05 PM
At first, I thought (somewhat puzzled) that it came from Anthropic, but that's not the case. Here's a link with some background information: simonwillison.net/2025/Dec/26/...
Reposted by Stephan Schlecht
In Germany the only source of electricity that keeps growing and growing: renewable energy.
Solar and wind keep expanding and even though nuclear is no more coal generation has already shrunk significantly and keeps falling.
Solar and wind keep expanding and even though nuclear is no more coal generation has already shrunk significantly and keeps falling.
December 10, 2025 at 7:47 AM
In Germany the only source of electricity that keeps growing and growing: renewable energy.
Solar and wind keep expanding and even though nuclear is no more coal generation has already shrunk significantly and keeps falling.
Solar and wind keep expanding and even though nuclear is no more coal generation has already shrunk significantly and keeps falling.
Reposted by Stephan Schlecht
Anthropic will pay Microsoft to pay Nvidia so Microsoft and Nvidia can pay Anthropic
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/18/a...
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/18/a...
Anthropic to buy $30 billion in Azure capacity in new deal with Microsoft, Nvidia
www.cnbc.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Anthropic will pay Microsoft to pay Nvidia so Microsoft and Nvidia can pay Anthropic
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/18/a...
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/18/a...
I really wonder what problem AI browsers are supposed to solve. Perhaps it's simply about creating detailed user profiles to sell ads, how I came to this conclusion, see my blog post here: software7.com/blog/what-pr...
What Problems Do AI Browsers Solve? | Software 7
software7.com
November 16, 2025 at 9:33 PM
I really wonder what problem AI browsers are supposed to solve. Perhaps it's simply about creating detailed user profiles to sell ads, how I came to this conclusion, see my blog post here: software7.com/blog/what-pr...
Claude Sonnet 4.5 behaved identically to 4.0 on my initial interactions, giving same incorrect answers to tricky UIKit/SwiftUI hit test questions and following the same flawed test case behavior, though with a really nice generated UI as always. Too early for conclusions, though. Let's see.
#AI #dev
#AI #dev
October 1, 2025 at 5:53 AM
The AI predicted a coffee price of $404/lb, gave incorrect API advice, and created faulty DSP code: Learn why AI confidently hallucinates. Find out how to check results, verify sources, and proceed step by step. Use AI wisely, but trust your tests more.
www.software7.com/blog/why-you...
#AI #DEV
www.software7.com/blog/why-you...
#AI #DEV
Why Your AI Assistant Might Be Wrong: Keep Healthy Skepticism | Software 7
AI assistants can hallucinate; recognize errors, verify sources, use the right context/model, and consider a step‑by‑step approach.
www.software7.com
September 21, 2025 at 9:43 PM
The AI predicted a coffee price of $404/lb, gave incorrect API advice, and created faulty DSP code: Learn why AI confidently hallucinates. Find out how to check results, verify sources, and proceed step by step. Use AI wisely, but trust your tests more.
www.software7.com/blog/why-you...
#AI #DEV
www.software7.com/blog/why-you...
#AI #DEV
Just blogged: How Moonshot AI Kimi K2 Performs in Real Coding Work: www.software7.com/blog/how-moo...
For someone like me, who is used to the massive dominance of the US in the field of computer science, this is quite interesting.
#AI #Dev
For someone like me, who is used to the massive dominance of the US in the field of computer science, this is quite interesting.
#AI #Dev
How Moonshot AI Kimi K2 Performs in Real Coding Work | Software 7
www.software7.com
July 20, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Just blogged: How Moonshot AI Kimi K2 Performs in Real Coding Work: www.software7.com/blog/how-moo...
For someone like me, who is used to the massive dominance of the US in the field of computer science, this is quite interesting.
#AI #Dev
For someone like me, who is used to the massive dominance of the US in the field of computer science, this is quite interesting.
#AI #Dev
July 13, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Reposted by Stephan Schlecht
We ran a randomized controlled trial to see how much AI coding tools speed up experienced open-source developers.
The results surprised us: Developers thought they were 20% faster with AI tools, but they were actually 19% slower when they had access to AI than when they didn't.
The results surprised us: Developers thought they were 20% faster with AI tools, but they were actually 19% slower when they had access to AI than when they didn't.
July 10, 2025 at 7:47 PM
We ran a randomized controlled trial to see how much AI coding tools speed up experienced open-source developers.
The results surprised us: Developers thought they were 20% faster with AI tools, but they were actually 19% slower when they had access to AI than when they didn't.
The results surprised us: Developers thought they were 20% faster with AI tools, but they were actually 19% slower when they had access to AI than when they didn't.
I haven't deleted the internet, but Gemini-Pro has now informed me that it is self-destructing.
June 26, 2025 at 9:18 PM
I haven't deleted the internet, but Gemini-Pro has now informed me that it is self-destructing.
Been looking for a coding model that allows local agentic flow for some time now. Gave Mistral Small 3.2 three tools: ‘list_files’, ‘read_file’ and ‘write_file’, and it works - see for yourself in a 3-minute screencast in my blog post here: www.software7.com/blog/mistral...
#AI #Dev #Mistral
#AI #Dev #Mistral
Local Agentic Flow with Mistral Small 3.2 | Software 7
www.software7.com
June 24, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Been looking for a coding model that allows local agentic flow for some time now. Gave Mistral Small 3.2 three tools: ‘list_files’, ‘read_file’ and ‘write_file’, and it works - see for yourself in a 3-minute screencast in my blog post here: www.software7.com/blog/mistral...
#AI #Dev #Mistral
#AI #Dev #Mistral
The new reality of data scraping. But I wonder: it costs real money on this scale. The data doesn't change every hour.
...btw, as of a few days ago (at least temporarily), browsing PRs/code of blender requires a login. Why? Because otherwise the servers get DDoS'ed by the AI training scraping bots; looks like some of them are on the loose. Again.
June 24, 2025 at 7:20 PM
The new reality of data scraping. But I wonder: it costs real money on this scale. The data doesn't change every hour.
June 17, 2025 at 3:28 PM
SwiftUI App With AI from Scratch
- Human-like communication with the LLM via screenshots
- If the LLM loses faith, reassurance helps.
- AIs use tools cleverly, even AppleScript to control Finder
More details in my full blog post: www.software7.com/blog/buildin...
#AI #SwiftUI #Development
- Human-like communication with the LLM via screenshots
- If the LLM loses faith, reassurance helps.
- AIs use tools cleverly, even AppleScript to control Finder
More details in my full blog post: www.software7.com/blog/buildin...
#AI #SwiftUI #Development
June 15, 2025 at 8:40 PM
SwiftUI App With AI from Scratch
- Human-like communication with the LLM via screenshots
- If the LLM loses faith, reassurance helps.
- AIs use tools cleverly, even AppleScript to control Finder
More details in my full blog post: www.software7.com/blog/buildin...
#AI #SwiftUI #Development
- Human-like communication with the LLM via screenshots
- If the LLM loses faith, reassurance helps.
- AIs use tools cleverly, even AppleScript to control Finder
More details in my full blog post: www.software7.com/blog/buildin...
#AI #SwiftUI #Development
Reposted by Stephan Schlecht
Ichi: On-device conversational AI using MLX Swift and MLX audio
github.com/rudrankriyam...
github.com/rudrankriyam...
GitHub - rudrankriyam/Ichi: Experimenting with conversational AI in iOS, macOS and visionOS apps
Experimenting with conversational AI in iOS, macOS and visionOS apps - rudrankriyam/Ichi
github.com
June 1, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Ichi: On-device conversational AI using MLX Swift and MLX audio
github.com/rudrankriyam...
github.com/rudrankriyam...
Simplifying (digital) life. I have reduced the number of messengers I have an account with. The first thing I did was delete my WhatsApp account. Bonus: I don't have to read through what exactly they want to use for AI training. Like I said, simplification 😀
May 25, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Simplifying (digital) life. I have reduced the number of messengers I have an account with. The first thing I did was delete my WhatsApp account. Bonus: I don't have to read through what exactly they want to use for AI training. Like I said, simplification 😀
Just read that Murderbot is coming to Apple TV. So, so cool. The book series (The Muderbot Diaries) by Martha Wells is definitely absolutely brilliant. I don't have time just right now, otherwise I would watch this IMMEDIATELY.
May 16, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Just read that Murderbot is coming to Apple TV. So, so cool. The book series (The Muderbot Diaries) by Martha Wells is definitely absolutely brilliant. I don't have time just right now, otherwise I would watch this IMMEDIATELY.
Why I often don't polish and finish many projects and why that's perfectly fine and wasn't the goal at all.
I've learned that finishing the last 20% is often not worth the 80% extra effort.
www.software7.com/blog/struggl...
I've learned that finishing the last 20% is often not worth the 80% extra effort.
www.software7.com/blog/struggl...
The Struggle of 80/20 in Software: Why Finishing Is Not Always the Goal | Software 7
www.software7.com
May 10, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Why I often don't polish and finish many projects and why that's perfectly fine and wasn't the goal at all.
I've learned that finishing the last 20% is often not worth the 80% extra effort.
www.software7.com/blog/struggl...
I've learned that finishing the last 20% is often not worth the 80% extra effort.
www.software7.com/blog/struggl...