2026-01-02 10:00:00
Watched: Down Cemetery Road S1E1, Almost True. I haven’t been able to get into the other new shows that everyone seems to love. I thought this was a very strong start, though. 📺
2026-01-02 09:24:32
Ben Werdmuller on LLMs for coding:
I also think we’re going to see a real split in the tech industry (and everywhere code is written) between people who are outcome-driven and are excited to get to the part where they can test their work with users faster, and people who are process-driven and get their meaning from the engineering itself and are upset about having that taken away.
I’ve been saying some variation on this too. Is the art the engineering work or the final product? Tech generalists are going to be very successful.
2026-01-02 08:57:58
Starting the new year with some Micro.blog home page tweaks for signed-out users. Added a new Atmosphere page with an overview of Bluesky and AT Protocol features.
2026-01-02 05:57:42
Watched: LotR: The Return of the King, Extended Edition. I always forget that it’s actually four hours long. Still a few nitpicks but not enough to overshadow some amazing sequences. What I blogged in 2002 generally about the film adaptation also still feels right. 🍿
2026-01-02 02:58:15
Meghana Indurti writing for The New Yorker on our optimized, convenient lives:
During the drive, I instruct my A.I. assistant to send custom responses to all my friends’ and family members’ text messages. Some of them text back right away with laughing emojis. I guess my A.I. has learned to emulate my sense of humor. I smile, knowing how much time I must have saved today, unlike my ancestors who had to engage in the hours-long, monotonous task of corresponding with their loved ones.
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In 2026 we’re going to see incredible advances in AI and also incredible pushback.
2026-01-02 01:47:40
Jason Snell has some good predictions for Apple at Macworld:
I doubt any new-and-improved Siri will be as good as we dream it might be, but I think it’ll be appreciably better than it is today. (And the arrival of a better Siri will unlock Apple’s ability to ship new smart home products, which the company has been itching to do for at least a year.)
I still think Apple’s whole AI approach works against having a universal Siri across devices. Hoping for some surprises in 2026.