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Enjoy this very festive Groundhog Day to those who celebrate. And then let’s do it again tomorrow.

Claude Code: “It appears the sofa won’t fit through this door. I’ll reinstall the door with bigger dimensions so that the sofa can fit. Continue?”

You: “Slow down, pardner. Have you tried tilting the sofa like this?”

CC: “Excellent! Now we can continue to move the sofa through the door.”

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My usage of social media has basically taken away my ability to read a book. My attention span is too short now. Sad. My fault of course, but sad nonetheless.

Rabbits are interesting pets. You feed them long, skinny strands of hay and they poop out little balls of (mostly) hay. They’re machines that change the shape of hay.

Light mode and dark mode.

God to me: ok, these are your eyeballs. They allow you to sense the environment around you. Important for reading and learning too. But eventually, like all organs, they’ll start to wear out. So take good care of them.
Me: when do they usually wear out?
God: for you, around 3rd grade. Good luck!

Bro you should try the new agentic IDE Antigravity. You should use Cursor, bro. Bro, try Claude Code, it’s way better than any of the others. Bro just use Warp. It’s better than Windsurf bro. Use VS Code with these 50 plugins, bro. Bro, just one more IDE. Bro.

Anyone else started reading a blog that’s been updated regularly, and then suddenly: nothing. No goodbye post. Just the last: “here’s ten ways to fold socks” post and that’s it. Then years go by. I genuinely become concerned for the author of that blog. What happened to them to go dark like that?

Movie idea: the priest who spoke to Salieri in “Amadeus” is so moved by his story that he begins incorporating the appreciation of music into his faith and teachings.

Herbie Hancock’s Chamelion is a classic. No argument there. But my all time HH fave has got to be Hang Up Your Hang Ups.

Everyone’s looking forward to Halloweeen but I just want to get to that extra hour of sleep two days later.

To everyone in their 20s and 30s, and I cannot emphasize this enough: start investing in your retirement plan NOW if you haven’t already. Your 50+ year old self will thank you.

I got news for you. At 50, every little inconvenience sudde... https://route12b.net/2025/10/29/to-everyone-in-their-s.html

Allow me to share a few pics of our rabbit. This is our bunny Ollie. He’s a rescue. English spot mix.

We never even considered having any kind of pet (having kids is already overwhelming) but one of our daughters (19 yo) decided to get a b... https://route12b.net/2025/10/22/allow-me-to-share-a.html

When I buy a new laptop, it’s always a MacBook Pro. I might never compile code on it or run sophisticated music or video editing software on it. Heck, I’ll probably only ever browse the web, check email, and pay bills with it.

So why waste mo... https://route12b.net/2025/10/21/when-i-buy-a-new.html

Apparently, due to the AWS outage, someone was able to rob the Louvre. They should not have chosen US-EAST-1.

You heard it here first.

Happy 4th of July, y’all! 🇺🇸

FLUX.1 Kontext’s Consistent Characters, Benchmarking Costs Climb, and more... The Batch AI News and Insights: There’s a new breed of GenAI Application Engineers who can build more-powerful applications faster than was...

GenAI Application Engineers: https://route12b.net/2025/06/18/genai-application-engineers.html

Behold, the legacy of SaaS

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This is why Apple Intelligence sucks.

From now on, my age will be year-based. I am now 25.

AI Just Made a 3-Minute Movie: https://route12b.net/2025/05/28/ai-just-made-a-minute.html

Last night I did a quick vide-coding session in Cursor for an iOS app that does currency exchange conversions. One of the key requirements in the PRD was to store the API key securely. First round of coding put the key in plain text right in the code.

So yeah, human oversight is definitely a thing.

Things are happening: https://route12b.net/2025/05/21/things-are-happening.html

Just to be absolutely clear, Tina Huang's content is an example of GOOD content. The thumbnail implies it's not. Sorry for the confusion.

Tina Huang Hi! My name is Tina and I’m an ex-Meta data scientist. This channel is about AI, coding, tech, career and self-study. My goal is always to minimize effort and maximise outcome. I basically refuse to do extra work to achieve my goals (which is why I love AI…)

AI Agent "Tutorials": https://route12b.net/2025/05/20/ai-agent-tutorials.html

🙏🏻 Thanks, Greg!

Homebrew with a Twist: https://route12b.net/2025/05/18/homebrew-with-a-twist.html

Sam and Satya: https://route12b.net/2025/05/14/sam-and-satya.html

Revisiting my Vibe Coding Prediction.: https://route12b.net/2025/05/13/revisiting-my-vibe-coding-prediction.html

Embrace the Suck: https://route12b.net/2025/05/12/embrace-the-suck.html