Morgan
@brawnvivant.bsky.social
The notifications are fucking out of control
January 6, 2026 at 2:59 AM
The notifications are fucking out of control
OAI is the only one really out over their skis and they'll just get rolled into Microsoft if they go under. There are very good open models and inference is getting cheaper, to the point people can run some capable models on laptops.
January 6, 2026 at 2:02 AM
OAI is the only one really out over their skis and they'll just get rolled into Microsoft if they go under. There are very good open models and inference is getting cheaper, to the point people can run some capable models on laptops.
wth is a bingo list?
January 5, 2026 at 7:47 PM
wth is a bingo list?
Ha literally just covered in November www.buzzsprout.com/2040953/epis...
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January 5, 2026 at 6:09 PM
Ha literally just covered in November www.buzzsprout.com/2040953/epis...
It basically is ground up pork though! All those parts listed are things people eat regularly.
January 5, 2026 at 5:59 PM
It basically is ground up pork though! All those parts listed are things people eat regularly.
It's just nose-to-tail eating in an industrial form. I'm pretty sure Sinclair was talking more about rats and human body parts getting into the meat grinder than like, offal.
January 5, 2026 at 5:58 PM
It's just nose-to-tail eating in an industrial form. I'm pretty sure Sinclair was talking more about rats and human body parts getting into the meat grinder than like, offal.
They'll do something when they actually feel heat on it, which happens when they get attacked. Half of Democrats are like "I sure hope Republicans do something" and half are like "you do kind of have to hand it to Trump" which generates to a first approximation zero heat.
January 5, 2026 at 5:42 PM
They'll do something when they actually feel heat on it, which happens when they get attacked. Half of Democrats are like "I sure hope Republicans do something" and half are like "you do kind of have to hand it to Trump" which generates to a first approximation zero heat.
This is the thing with the "what more do you want them to dooo??" stuff: I want them to beat Republicans over the head with any and everything they have. Has anyone ever been swayed by "golly they'll have to answer to their constituents if they don't do something"?
January 5, 2026 at 5:42 PM
This is the thing with the "what more do you want them to dooo??" stuff: I want them to beat Republicans over the head with any and everything they have. Has anyone ever been swayed by "golly they'll have to answer to their constituents if they don't do something"?
What I mean by making it part of a more robust safety net is it would essentially be a tax. Companies collect it but pay it to the federal government. Applicants get unemployment benefits more in line with other wealthy countries.
January 5, 2026 at 4:53 PM
What I mean by making it part of a more robust safety net is it would essentially be a tax. Companies collect it but pay it to the federal government. Applicants get unemployment benefits more in line with other wealthy countries.
I mean... I could see something like that being part of *a* solution. The fee doesn't need to be large to discourage bulk bot apps, like under $1, and you could make it part of a more robust safety net like unemployment to help offset.
January 5, 2026 at 4:43 PM
I mean... I could see something like that being part of *a* solution. The fee doesn't need to be large to discourage bulk bot apps, like under $1, and you could make it part of a more robust safety net like unemployment to help offset.
bc it was just annoying enough. Over the holidays I had Claude knock out a very solid MVP during a ~20 minute car ride. That delivered immediate value to my family who were able to browse it again, even if it's not the most complex production app.
January 5, 2026 at 5:04 AM
bc it was just annoying enough. Over the holidays I had Claude knock out a very solid MVP during a ~20 minute car ride. That delivered immediate value to my family who were able to browse it again, even if it's not the most complex production app.
Personally I think the exact impact is still unclear but people who think they're not useful are sticking their heads in the sand. I had a personal project I wanted to tackle porting a family archive my dad built in old version of Drupal to something new and I'd been putting it off...
January 5, 2026 at 5:04 AM
Personally I think the exact impact is still unclear but people who think they're not useful are sticking their heads in the sand. I had a personal project I wanted to tackle porting a family archive my dad built in old version of Drupal to something new and I'd been putting it off...
have already done so and may use AI for future development but won't necessarily be building a net new thing. Lots of people vibe coding whatever are getting utility out of personal software dev but aren't the most likely people to create repos.
January 5, 2026 at 5:04 AM
have already done so and may use AI for future development but won't necessarily be building a net new thing. Lots of people vibe coding whatever are getting utility out of personal software dev but aren't the most likely people to create repos.
I think the post up thread here gets at one of the issues. A lot of people who can potentially use them effectively are figuring out how to use them in their day jobs, which are largely not about cranking out new apps. A lot of the people who are interested in developing independent mobile apps...
January 5, 2026 at 5:04 AM
I think the post up thread here gets at one of the issues. A lot of people who can potentially use them effectively are figuring out how to use them in their day jobs, which are largely not about cranking out new apps. A lot of the people who are interested in developing independent mobile apps...
It increasingly does not power "all of human society", is the thing. Also the cost to get it out of the ground is not zero and people who know the industry say Venezuela's infrastructure needs major investment.
January 5, 2026 at 4:51 AM
It increasingly does not power "all of human society", is the thing. Also the cost to get it out of the ground is not zero and people who know the industry say Venezuela's infrastructure needs major investment.
Also how would any individual really know if there's been a ~30% increase in mobile or web apps?
January 5, 2026 at 12:42 AM
Also how would any individual really know if there's been a ~30% increase in mobile or web apps?
Huh. Can't say I've had that problem! It's Apple actually better for apps-you-can't-delete it do you havea particular grudge against YouTube? (strictly curious)
January 4, 2026 at 9:34 PM
Huh. Can't say I've had that problem! It's Apple actually better for apps-you-can't-delete it do you havea particular grudge against YouTube? (strictly curious)
Why iPhone instead of a Pixel? The 9 is a fantastic phone!
January 4, 2026 at 9:30 PM
Why iPhone instead of a Pixel? The 9 is a fantastic phone!
Have you written anywhere about what your dev process is like?
January 4, 2026 at 6:13 PM
Have you written anywhere about what your dev process is like?
Well, taking Google as an example, ability to churn out polished messaging apps wasn't stopping them from having a good messaging UX. That's an organizational (diffuse authority plus promotion-driven development) and industry (they couldn't make Apple open iMessage or adopt RCS) problem.
January 4, 2026 at 6:07 PM
Well, taking Google as an example, ability to churn out polished messaging apps wasn't stopping them from having a good messaging UX. That's an organizational (diffuse authority plus promotion-driven development) and industry (they couldn't make Apple open iMessage or adopt RCS) problem.
Fewer devs per thing plus faster iterations in theory means lower communication overhead and tighter feedback loops; how do e.g. requirements gathering and release cycles change in response to that?
January 4, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Fewer devs per thing plus faster iterations in theory means lower communication overhead and tighter feedback loops; how do e.g. requirements gathering and release cycles change in response to that?
Yeah tbc I'm very much in the "this is exciting but we'll see" camp. Small ad hoc tools built by AI are an obvious if limited win but who knows what the impact will be on more complex architectures and organizations. I think "what else is missing" is just time to figure out the org issues.
January 4, 2026 at 6:03 PM
Yeah tbc I'm very much in the "this is exciting but we'll see" camp. Small ad hoc tools built by AI are an obvious if limited win but who knows what the impact will be on more complex architectures and organizations. I think "what else is missing" is just time to figure out the org issues.
so you need lots of planning, support team involvement, etc etc and just calendar time that can't be sped up by tooling improvements. Thinking about my last SaaS company there are a lot of features we could probably knock out much faster w/AI but also some important problems that don't benefit much.
January 4, 2026 at 5:53 PM
so you need lots of planning, support team involvement, etc etc and just calendar time that can't be sped up by tooling improvements. Thinking about my last SaaS company there are a lot of features we could probably knock out much faster w/AI but also some important problems that don't benefit much.