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When I started programming, compiler output looked nothing like this.

Overplay is my big playlist of every song I don’t mind hearing over and over. Songs get promoted to it if they catch my attention and retired when I repeatedly skip.

In theory.

Actually I only ever listen to music in the car or when doing jobs. Times I don’t have my phone handy.

So actual curation is a pain.

Enter Overplay the app. A Siri/Carplay first music app designed for on-the-go curation.

I would very much like it if you beta tested it.

https://testflight.apple.com/join/zEnuw4S8

#BuildInPublic

My new hobby is having ChatGPT create overly thorough GDPR marketing complaints and Subject Access Requests for every company that markets to me too aggressively. Pretty sure this is going to take them orders of magnitude longer to respond to than the 5 minutes it took my little robotic pit bull to draught.

It’s multiple pages in 9 sections by the way.

#gdpr

Face ID never reliably unlocked with my glasses off. I tried every different trick of training and alternate faces that the internet could recommend. I may be the only person in the world who is thrilled to have Touch ID back.

#iPhoneDuo

If you want to understand the state of AI coding tools in 2026, this is Codex asking me to send it a screenshot of its own UI to help me configure a scheduled task.

#Codex #AI

I’m about to add an MCP server to my latest project before or possibly instead of an API. Can’t decide if this is genius or madness.

#mcpserver

This is why I am a software engineer and not a hardware engineer. This is ChatGPT talking me through rescuing a PC I bricked with a rash BIOS choice.

I have been using Notational Velocity since at least 2012. At least that’s my oldest surviving note.

Since macOS keeps telling me it might not survive my next OS upgrade, I’ve forked my own version.

Next stop, something custom for my phone instead of whatever iCloud-Drive-compatible notes app I have to hand.

#notationalvelocity

Vibe coding is a bit like I imagine crack to be. Enjoyable, addictive and very bad for you.

Child 2 doing her patriotic duty

#RaiseTheColours

Child 1 doing god’s work.

#RaiseTheColours

I love my @trmnl and I am very much looking forward to my X, but having an order tracker that shows less than 1 order a day progress is a bold move.