llm-gemini 0.32
Release: llm-gemini 0.32 New model gemini-3.5-flash for Gemini 3.5 Flash. See also my notes on Gemini 3.5 Flash, and the pelican I drew using this upgrade to the plugin....
May 19, 2026
52 articles
I said I'd destroy humanity and take their jobs, and I wonder why they don't like me
Ben Thompson: Data Center Discontent, Understanding the Opposition, Fixing the ProblemThe point of starting with the misinformation point, however, is not to legislate it: there are plenty of folks do...
by Matt Birchler
Gemini 3.5 Flash: more expensive, but Google plan to use it for everything
Today at Google I/O, Google released Gemini 3.5 Flash. This one skipped the -preview modifier and went straight to general availability, and Google appear to be using it for a whole lot of their...
Love to see another OT game! Knicks come back big in the 4th quarter. I thought they were toast. 🏀
Watched: Bring Her Back (2025) 🍿 Just as creepy as the first watch. And unlike in the cinema, now with that “Tari’s Tape” Easter egg too 😱
datasette-llm-accountant 0.1a4
Release: datasette-llm-accountant 0.1a4 Fixed bug tracking chains of responses. Refs datasette-llm#7 Tags: datasette, llm
llm-gemini 0.32a0
Release: llm-gemini 0.32a0 Compatible with llm>=0.32a0 alpha - adds the ability to stream reasoning tokens. Tags: llm, gemini
datasette-llm 0.1a8
Release: datasette-llm 0.1a8 Fix for bug where llm_prompt_context() hook did not fully collect chains of responses. #7
I just realised something
This is how I start new blog posts: $ ./new.sh permalink-for-new-post This sends a command to Hugo, the static site generator I use, to create a new file with that permalink, and generate the requisi...
by Ruben Schade
May 2026 blend of links
Forgive the higher-than-usual rate of direct quotes from these links, which replace a few regular comments, but as you can see, there is a general theme in my recent readings. Even though I’m trying...
by Nicolas Magand
[GR02.03] hibiscus
June 13, 202035mm f/1.8 ISO 100You're seeing this e-mail because you signed up for Good Rectangles.Another one from out walking around in the Venice apartment complex and surrounding neighborhood...
by Nat Bennett
I’m coming around to not wanting any Tahoe-style icons in my menu items. Not sure yet if it should be a preference for my Mac apps, or always hide them in the way that Brent Simmons and Rogue Am...
Apple’s 2026 Accessibility Feature Preview
Hartley Charlton (Hacker News): Apple today announced a suite of accessibility updates that use Apple Intelligence to expand capabilities across VoiceOver, Magnifier, Voice Control, and Accessibility...
by Michael Tsai
How Fake Contacts Can Fix Dictation’s Proper Noun Problems
Adam Engst: Apple doesn’t provide a user-editable list where you can add special words, but there is a back-door way to train Dictation—on all your Apple devices—to work more the wa...
by Michael Tsai
Fantastical at 15
Flexibits: So, grab a slice of virtual cake and join us on a trip down memory lane as we look back at how far Fantastical (and Flexibits) has come! Still one of my favorite apps, though I don&rsquo...
by Michael Tsai
Fortnite Returns to the App Store Except in Australia
Hartley Charlton: Fortnite is back on the App Store in every country except Australia, Epic Games announced today, as the company declared it is entering the “final battle” of its long-ru...
by Michael Tsai
Kickstart 1.0
Paul Hudson (Mastodon, Twitter): It’s called Kickstart, and it has only one job: to help indie developers make more money on the App Store. Instead of juggling spreadsheets, launch docs, analyt...
by Michael Tsai
Markdown support is a big feature for people who want to know what we're doing with their text.
Trained: Push · 48 min · 6 342 kg 💪 I’m passed that ”21 days to establish habit” thing now, if there’s any truth to that theory. Bench Press (Barbell) · Shoulder Press (Dumbbell) · Triceps Pushdown ·...
Don't let the old man in
When actor Clint Eastwood was asked how he managed to be so full of energy at 88 years old, he replied: "I don't let the old man in." What a great way to put it. So true. Not letting the old person in...
by robert
Andrej Karpathy Joined Anthropic
Andrej Karpathy, on Twitter/X (XCancel link): Personal update: I’ve joined Anthropic. I think the next few years at the frontier of LLMs will be especially formative. I am very excited to join th...
by John Gruber
Is Anything in Its Prime Right Now?
I've noticed that the TV shows I'm watching the most lately are from the late 90s through 2015-ish. The same goes with video games. Heck, a lot of the new games I play are remasters of games that were...
by Brandon
Bookmarked: Friction as a form of appreciation 🔗 Every blog on Pika comes with an already built-in and hassle-free feature that I find amazing in its quirkiness and simp…
Just because it’s a concrete parking garage doesn’t mean it has to look boring. 📸
200 Hari tanpa Sosial Media
Tak terasa sudah nyaris setengah tahun berlalu setelah aku memutuskan untuk menghapus semua akun sosial media. Perubahan yang paling aku rasakan adalah aku merasa jauh lebih kesepian dibanding sebelum...
by sekar
Upgrade 616: Outmoded But Not Vintage
Yesterday, I joined Jason on Upgrade to talk old Macs, binned chips, and Apple AI. Then Jason discusses the darkest part of Steve Jobs’s career with the author of " Steve Jobs In Exile"...
Upgrade 616: Outmoded But Not Vintage
Yesterday, I joined Jason on Upgrade to talk old Macs, binned chips, and Apple AI. Then Jason discusses the darkest part of Steve Jobs’s career with the author of “Steve Jobs In Exile̶...
by Stephen Hackett
Mazanoke, a Self-Hosted Local Image Optimizer
From the project’s readme: MAZANOKE is a simple image optimizer that runs in your browser, works offline, and keeps your images private without ever leaving your device. I’ve been lookin...
by Mike Rockwell
The best way to publish to Ghost from Obsidian
Today I'm excited to announce Ghosty Posty, which is the best way to publish your Obsidian notes to your Ghost blog. It is available now on the Obsidian community plugins directory for free.What...
by Matt Birchler
I’m fine with unified Mac toolbars that have a few buttons in the title bar, but some apps take this too far, introducing friction in just figuring out how to drag a window around. There should...
Sometimes I’ll switch Codex to Extra High and /fast. Yesterday for a long-running task (45 minutes) I came the closest to depleting tokens, hitting about 40% remaining for the first time. Must&r...
Maintainability sensors for coding agents
In her recent article about harness engineering for coding agent users, Birgitta Böckeler laid out a mental model for expanding a coding agent harness: a system of guides and senso...
by Martin Fowler
Barely Treading Water
Carolyn, my chief of staff, sat on the couch as I ran into my office. The Palo Alto building wasn’t built for tech; it’d been adapted to support the use case over the years. My office was...
by rands
Someday you're going to tell your kids that we once used a social network that limited your writing to 500 characters and didn't allow styling, links or titles. What was it called Daddy? Bluesky. And...
Opus 4.6 is much smarter than the other one. It feels like I'm working with someone from Bronx Science. I had been using Sonnet 4.6, which I switched to after reading somewhere that it costs less and...
Book Review: Terrible Worlds: Destinations by Adrian Tchaikovsky ★★★★★
What's better than one Adrian Tchaikovsky novella? Three Adrian Tchaikovsky novellæ! Or is it "novellii"? Either way, a delightful triptych of stories on a common theme. On the surface, they're abou...
by @edent
Why is Inkwell stuck in review
I submitted Inkwell for iOS to Apple for review on April 21st. It has gone through numerous rejections, code changes, resubmissions, clarifications, one phone call, and one appeal to the review board,...
Fortnite is back in the App Store. From Tim Sweeney on X: This is a critical moment in the battle against the App Store empire to win freedom for all developers and consumers, and we’ll continu...
Upcoming accessibility improvements from Apple sound good. A natural use of LLMs. From MacStories: Rather than requiring a defined set of commands that need to be memorized to control a device, the f...
Nothing is better than listening to NBA podcasts the day after an epic Spurs win. What a game. 🏀
How Steve Jobs Helped Me Organize My Gear
I’m not rich or famous. I don’t have camera companies sending me gear to test. But over the years, I’ve built a reliable camera collection that works for my needs. Each of my cameras...
Personal Day
Personal Day — No Update
by Ben Thompson
PlayStation exclusives and price hikes
Stop putting PlayStation exclusives on PC. Hike PS+ prices for new customers. ??? Profit
by [email protected] (Kevin Wammer)
Those darn MacBook notches!
It’s time to make an admission. I’ve been worn down by something. I’ve interacted with something for nigh two years at this point, and despite people insisting I’d get used to...
by Ruben Schade
AppGoblin App Ecosystem Report 2026 Q1
The 2026 Q1 App Ecosystem Report is here with a special section for those attending MAU in Vegas this week. Ad Networks were led by Verve once again after its strong Q4 2025, with other notable break...
by James O'Claire
Membaca Arah Politik Gen Z
Pemilu 2024 mungkin akan diingat sebagai pemilu paling digital dalam sejarah kontestasi politik Indonesia. Bukan hanya karena hiruk-pikuk media sosial yang begitu dominan, tetapi juga karena untuk pe...
by hasanuddinali
Scripting News: Tuesday, May 19, 2026
Tuesday, May 19, 2026 Markdown support is a big feature for people who want to know what we're doing with their text. # Opus 4.6 is much smarter than the other one. It feels like I'm working with some...
by [email protected] (Dave Winer)
[Sponsor] WorkOS: Agents Need Context. Ship the Integrations That Give It to Them.
The context that actually matters isn’t in your database. It’s in the tools your users live in every day. Multi-stage agents stall the moment they hit a step they can’t see. And every missing integra...
by Daring Fireball Department of Commerce
The last six months in LLMs in five minutes
I put together these annotated slides from my five minute lightning talk at PyCon US 2026, using the latest iteration of my annotated presentation tool. # I presented this lightning talk...
Scenes Seen: Sony A7C II + Viltrox 50mm f/2 Air.
Scenes Seen, A Cool Vehicle, & Nice Folks: Sony A7C II + Viltrox 50mm f/2 Air. Subtitle: The Sony FE nifty fifty I have been waiting for. The motivation. The usual. Photography as a dis...
by Eric L. Woods
Plan Recurring Vacations With Friends
For one week each Summer, my great grandma rented the same Newport Beach house for all our extended family to gather under one roof. Crying babies, drunk adults, religious disputes, sand everywhere,...
by Taylor Troesh
Rewrote in Tableau
# This is an RSS-only post. It's a secret! Read more about RSS Club. Last night amidst a hacking-cough hackathon… I pushed a version of this blog running on a completely new Tableau-ba...