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The iPhone Duo is just way too pricey for me. I was already debating really hard with myself to spend almost a thousand bucks for my iPhone 12 mini way back when. €2k is just a non-starter no matter how I look at it.
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\nYes, yes. I’ll go an clean up my GitHub…eventually. 😇
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\n","url":"https://micro.blog/AlexKucera/99317135","date_published":"2026-10-16T05:58:56+00:00","author":{"name":"Alexander Kucera","url":"http://alexanderkucera.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F00%2F378.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"AlexKucera"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-10-16 05:58","date_timestamp":1792130336,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"99158135","content_html":"@manton while I do use AI for writing some of my posts, I would not want this. That is a recipe for AI slop. My AI writing uses careful prompting and several AI and human review passes.
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\nThat being said, I love being able to make my own software projects. I graduated from a bit of Python scripting to full blown iOS and macOS development without knowing much about Swift.
@PixelVorschlag ja, das war wahrscheinlich der Quelle Nachbau den wir hatten. 😁
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\nSo ähnlich wie das Atari Pong, aber ich glaube wir hatten so eine No Name Kopie.
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@vincent how do you use it? I still find that just letting an agent „do its thing“ ends up with AI slop, because I am not in the loop. At least not while developing. I could see a case for automated bug finding and fixing.
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\n![\"\"](\"https://eu.uploads.micro.blog/239/2026/bd92d0f2-002f-441c-9606-325180992824.png\")
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\n","summary":"","url":"https://alexanderkucera.com/2026/09/28/i-started-watching-pluribus-and.html","date_published":"2026-09-28T19:06:47+00:00","author":{"name":"Alexander Kucera","url":"http://alexanderkucera.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F00%2F378.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"AlexKucera"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-28 19:06","date_timestamp":1790622407,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"is_conversation":false,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":false,"is_podcast":false,"note":"","syndication":[]}},{"id":"98268893","content_html":"@vincent well, good luck with the project. I’m curious to hear how it goes.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/AlexKucera/98268893","date_published":"2026-09-27T17:37:35+00:00","author":{"name":"Alexander Kucera","url":"http://alexanderkucera.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F00%2F378.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"AlexKucera"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-27 17:37","date_timestamp":1790530655,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"98268701","content_html":"@vincent although it was different when I was still actively working. Back then I had terrabytes to sync on the desktop. iCloud was definitely not made for that.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/AlexKucera/98268701","date_published":"2026-09-27T17:31:24+00:00","author":{"name":"Alexander Kucera","url":"http://alexanderkucera.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F00%2F378.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"AlexKucera"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-27 17:31","date_timestamp":1790530284,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"98268591","content_html":"@vincent I keep trying different solution, but I always come back to iCloud due to the iOS lock-in. It just does work for me to to have a syncing solution that only works for macOS. I work too much with my iPad or iPhone. I need to have my files in sync in all the places.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/AlexKucera/98268591","date_published":"2026-09-27T17:29:53+00:00","author":{"name":"Alexander Kucera","url":"http://alexanderkucera.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F00%2F378.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"AlexKucera"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-27 17:29","date_timestamp":1790530193,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"98265612","content_html":"@vincent a noble goal. Sadly, as with all other cloud solutions, it won’t have iOS integration in a way that is useful (to me). Or is Apple allowing iCloud feature parity these days? Meaning mostly that it works in the background without me having to open an app.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/AlexKucera/98265612","date_published":"2026-09-27T16:10:45+00:00","author":{"name":"Alexander Kucera","url":"http://alexanderkucera.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F00%2F378.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"AlexKucera"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-27 16:10","date_timestamp":1790525445,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"98192050","content_html":"@chockenberry the name is wrong though. It should be called „How fast can you break the hinge?“
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/AlexKucera/98192050","date_published":"2026-09-26T05:28:07+00:00","author":{"name":"Alexander Kucera","url":"http://alexanderkucera.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F00%2F378.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"AlexKucera"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-26 05:28","date_timestamp":1790400487,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"98008954","content_html":"@SciPhi probably needs a female science based writer to capture a female experience.
\n","url":"https://micro.blog/AlexKucera/98008954","date_published":"2026-09-23T04:13:22+00:00","author":{"name":"Alexander Kucera","url":"http://alexanderkucera.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F00%2F378.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"AlexKucera"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-23 04:13","date_timestamp":1790136802,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"98008945","content_html":"@SciPhi yeah Artemis was sadly not at the same level as his other works.
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\n","url":"https://micro.blog/AlexKucera/97806126","date_published":"2026-09-19T08:41:28+00:00","author":{"name":"Alexander Kucera","url":"http://alexanderkucera.com","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Favatars.micro.blog%2Favatars%2F2025%2F00%2F378.jpg","_microblog":{"username":"AlexKucera"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-19 08:41","date_timestamp":1789807288,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"97640296","content_html":"I have a hard time deciding between Hermes Agent and Pi Coding Agent for my projects. I love both and both have their strengths and weaknesses.
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\nAll sitting around and no play makes Jack a dull boy.
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