Bites
Short thoughts and quick notes.
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ChatGPT is engagement-baiting me hard now. It now ends responses with a teaser to continue the conversation (e.g. something like “would you like to learn the 1 big thing that people make a mistake on, and how you can avoid it?”). Feels like this is the big push for ads…
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Wondering if folks who are named Claude, Siri, (etc) are affected by these naming decisions in day-to-day life.
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“Accountability is the job” as the time and cost of implementing ideas becomes more efficient.
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I replaced a CMS for my inconsistently-updated personal static site to now just use claude code for publishing, and also updated it to occasionally pull recent posts from threads to make it feel a bit fresher (using a github action) with the intention of keeping the site as a centralized public notes/content hub. Will see how it evolves!
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The more I use AI tooling, the more important I realize it is to step away and occasionally exercise without the tools (e.g. writing with pen & paper). Might write more on this soon.
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The $2600 Unitree robot dog: it can’t fetch you a glass of water, but it has slick moves and can follow you around.
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Whenever I see OpenClaw being discussed, this is all I can think about.
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Weeks ago, I originally discounted Wispr Flow as just a slightly better version of macOS/iOS talk-to-text, but I’m starting to see the value now.
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Refreshed the dark mode palette. Moved away from the purple borders and orange-brown accents to a cleaner charcoal + soft teal combo. Much easier on the eyes for late-night reading.
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Swapped the site over to Inter. It’s one of those fonts that just works everywhere. Clean, readable, and the variable weight support is great for fine-tuning hierarchy.
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Just finished migrating the site from Astro 2 to Astro 5. The Content Layer API is a nice improvement, much cleaner than the old content collections setup.
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Disney’s OpenAI deal is going to lead to stuff like this becoming more and more ubiquitous. I can readily imagine folks uploading their likeness and voice to Disney+ to be able to swap themselves out in key scenes across all the IP.
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It’s nearly the end of 2025. I am charging a toy branded as an “AI cat,” but is really just a repackaged version of a “Poo-chi” from the early 2000s.
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PSA: if you use google home / nest cameras, check the “faces that aren’t people” section in the app. Found my own face was considered non-human for over a year 😂
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Currently paying google an extra $100/yr to give me deep AI insights such as “person exits grey Honda accord” or “Today, Shane relaxed on the couch in the morning.”
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