2026-04-08 03:42:00
I understand that AI tools like Claude / OpenGPT can improve productivity when used correctly, but I am not a fan of fully vibe coding / fully copy pasting words pasta generated / taking Ghibli style generated AI image and slapping it on a product (can be articles / apps / designs etc) and happily sharing the slop.
Few days ago, I saw a graphic designer vacancy posted in my local job market website, the job description mentioned "AI native" skill requirement which include using AI tools with "skillful prompt" to generate images / media , with minor touch up using Canva, what even is this bullshit.
I run and operate a software business, and I will never add AI features to my apps, I will never vibe code a feature on my apps, and I will never use AI chatbot for my support. No one likes talking to a bot and having to keep prompting with different text, in an attempt to summon an actual human support that actually understands the issue.
Call me inefficient, naive or unproductive, but I will remain my human touch on my software craft, as long as I can. And I hope you can too, and I wish your endeavours goes as best as it can. I sincerely hope there's still human who appreciates human made products and willingly to pay for them.
2026-04-08 00:28:00
I went to great lengths to alienate myself from anything generated by AI. First of all, I must say that it's way easier to avoid AI generated pictures than AI generated texts - especially in marketing copywriting, it's almost impossible to avoid it, but now I turned it into a hobby of mine, finding evidences of AI in anything I read.
Anyways, I've been quite successful on this journey, to the point where I keep forgetting that chat gpt still exists. But every now and then, someone in my circle bursts my bubble saying something like "chat gpt said that..." - breaking my heart into a million pieces (yes, I'm dramatic) and reminding me that not only it still exists, but people keep using it, in the most stupid and useless ways.
Also, recently, some friends were complaining about this ai generated talking fruit (at least they were complaining about it and not praising it) and I had no idea what they were talking about. I have never seen that before. A few days later I came across this youtube video about these talking fruits and realized I have really, really, alienated myself. And I'm not sure if that's a good thing. I mean, it is a good thing to be critical of AI, sure, but I've been living almost like it doesn't exist and I'm starting to think that's not really healthy. Comfortable? Yes. Healthy? I'm not sure. Should I keep doing it? Probably not. Will I? Well... it's 2026, I'm in my 40s and I still smoke cigarettes.
2026-04-07 18:16:51
I've been writing on bearblog.dev for quiet a nearly six months now, and I've yet to find the emotional connection anywhere else online.
I've made my disdain for modern social media clear a few times now, and my desire to connect and create human-centric communities, and bear ticks all those boxes.
Here's some tips I've found so far to enjoy Bear, or what works for me:
That's it, that's all I wanted to say. If you're from Bear, nice to meet you again, and hoping to catch your work soon. (I really want to add a guestbook).
2026-04-07 11:14:00
Thank you New York Times for informing me that there are some Christian women who think women shouldn't vote, and half of white women voted for Trump. Since I consciously choose to live in a liberal bubble, I really don't need to be reminded that such women exist in decent numbers, nor do I need to know about tradwife content on socials. (Yes, I really should drop the habit of casually browsing NYT when I'm bored, but what else am I gonna read? Reddit?)
Since we are at it, a strange revelation came to me. You know what these conservative women remind me of? Dudes driving around with loud, modified exhausts.
Both groups of people are loud and obnoxious. Both groups make other people's lives slightly shittier. You really don't want to acknowledge the existence of either group, as thou shalt not give attention to attention gigolos; yet they both force their ways into your consciousness against your wish.
Most importantly, sometimes you just can't shake off the feeling that both groups, the dudes with modified exhausts and women promoting patriarchy, are incredibly and loudly horny.
Right, women being horny but can't acknowledge it, that's what stands out to me about patriarchy promoting women. We liberals generally do not have trouble acknowledging that women are sometimes horny indeed, so we are not used to deciphering such indirect language and twisted social dances under the suppression of patriarchy.
Instead of walking up to the dudes their hearts desire and politely ask "yo, wanna bang?" like the rest of us, conservative ladies need to go around and yell at everyone like "Look at me! Look at me!! I'm so submissive that I'm willing to give up some abstract legal rights in order to impress a dude!! Pick me! Pick meeee!! Please!!!" in order to get noticed by their senpai.
You may ask, but aren't a lot of these conservative women already married?
Yeah, married women are horny too. Do I have to remind you that the Twilight saga, and like 92.7% of popular romantasy in circulation are written by Mormon wives?
So, the next time I see conservative women howling about taking away my legal rights, I have to remind myself maybe they don't really care about legality, and I don't need to get annoyed by them. They are just performing some form of intricate mating call. It's all flirtation with some real or imagined male audience in their heads.
Yes, it all seems embarrassing and somewhat undignified, but people with limited mating options still want to mate, sometimes through the apps, sometimes through modified exhausts, or politics. It's their God-given right. Let people mate. Maybe they'd calm down if they found love.
2026-04-07 01:38:25
Two major things happened today: I went to the Apple Store to collect my laptop after a battery repair, and I said goodbye to my BlueSky account. The laptop is now fine. It doesn't overheat anymore, and even though I can't yet be sure the battery life will be optimal, at least it's not suddenly dying on me as it used to do until a few days ago (I couldn't even watch a movie on it). Turns out that my model needed the entire bottom part repaired, keyboard included, and because I didn't say anything about it, they replaced it with a UK QWERTY keyboard, which is not too annoying, but still, it'll take a bit of getting used to. More importantly, because now the entire bottom half of it looks spanking new, it's kind of giving me that 'new toy' feeling. You know what I'm talking about? That feeling you get when you unbox a tech gadget for the first time and every possibility feels within reach. It's making me want to write and do stuff with it, which is a nice change of pace, if you consider that before the battery replacement I would've rather poked my eyes out than use this laggy, slow computer. But it's not laggy nor slow, now!
Then, on a whim, I deleted my Bluesky account. I don't think there's anything wrong with the app specifically, or even with the circle of people I used to interact with on it. But social media is just not the vibe right now, and plus, I was barely using it. I figured I could do without, so I took that first step and simply deleted my account. Funny story: because of laws in the UK, some content is restricted to +18 y.o. users, and the way you verify your age involves either sharing some official documents, or taking some pictures of your face and sending them to you know who. I refused to do this on principle, which means that I'm still not able to access a lot of website or services, including direct messages on Bluesky. It's ridiculous, but it is what it is.
I’m thinking about deleting other socials. There’s no part of me that wants to be a pawn in this billionaires’ game, and every second spent on Insta feels like something I won’t be able to claim back. Sure, there is the issue of not being able to communicate with people as easily (pretty much all of my friends use Instagram as their primary communication tool), but I don’t even think that’s entirely true. I think we’ve become lazier, and have offloaded the responsibility of keeping in touch with our friends to an app that routinely reminds us of their existence. We interact because we’re constantly bombarded with small updates from them, not because of a genuine desire to interact. I say this because I know firsthand. When I take my breaks from Instagram, my daily interactions fall drastically, and I have to reach out to people more often than they do with me. I think this is normal! It’s just a different lifestyle that takes some getting used to.
Bluesky wasn’t really doing it for me, but Instagram is a different matter. Deleting it permanently would mean adjusting to a different reality and, more importantly, living in a reality that is different from most of my friends’. I guess the next deleted app will be Facebook, once I figure out how to download all the media I’ve put on it in the past, gosh, 16 years. And then we’ll see. Bonus picture: I went to the park to read a book under the sun today, so here’s a photo of the actual Bluesky.
2026-04-07 01:07:00
Leaving the house hasn't been easy for me recently, but it's something I'm starting to work on.
Today I went to see some birds. The sun on my face felt nice and the fresh air gave me a boost. As I walked the trail and watched the birds, things didn't seem quite as daunting or significant as they have been in my head.
