{"version":"https://jsonfeed.org/version/1","title":"Micro.blog - Sandhu","home_page_url":"https://micro.blog","feed_url":"https://micro.blog/posts/sandhu@mastodon.social","_microblog":{"about":"https://micro.blog/about/api","id":"227977","username":"sandhu@mastodon.social","bio":"Central Illinois  My toots are moot, just like my vote.   🎵🎼Woofer tè Yamla tè kadè J. Cole🎶🎵","pronouns":"","is_following":false,"is_you":false,"following_count":0,"discover_count":0},"author":{"name":"Sandhu","url":"https://mastodon.social/@sandhu","avatar":"https://micro.blog/photos/200/https%3A%2F%2Ffiles.mastodon.social%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F258%2F383%2F231%2F394%2F192%2Foriginal%2Fe0a7948466ef4192.png"},"items":[{"id":"98521360","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/manton\">@manton</a> Eek! That’s freaking nuts. I’m very deep into this AI thing but they oughta stop right here. We have reached a good point where the current version is very helpful, it’s only bad news from here on out with these obscenely wealthy individuals in charge. We so needed a functioning government in this pivotal period.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/sandhu@mastodon.social/98521360","date_published":"2026-10-02T04:29:34+00:00","author":{"name":"Sandhu","url":"https://mastodon.social/@sandhu","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Ffiles.mastodon.social%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F258%2F383%2F231%2F394%2F192%2Foriginal%2Fe0a7948466ef4192.png","_microblog":{"username":"sandhu@mastodon.social"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-10-02 04:29","date_timestamp":1790915374,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"98521355","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/manton\">@manton</a> Eek! That’s freaking nuts. I’m very deep into this AI thing but they oughta stop right here. We have reached a good point where the current version is very helpful, it’s only bad news from here on out with these obscenely wealthy individuals in charge. We so needed a functioning government in this pivotal period.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/sandhu@mastodon.social/98521355","date_published":"2026-10-02T04:29:19+00:00","author":{"name":"Sandhu","url":"https://mastodon.social/@sandhu","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Ffiles.mastodon.social%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F258%2F383%2F231%2F394%2F192%2Foriginal%2Fe0a7948466ef4192.png","_microblog":{"username":"sandhu@mastodon.social"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-10-02 04:29","date_timestamp":1790915359,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"98445391","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/manton\">@manton</a> The airline says the motive is unknown. But now that Benji is going to have his hands on the perp, waterboarding will produce whatever helps Ben win the upcoming election.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/sandhu@mastodon.social/98445391","date_published":"2026-09-30T20:22:05+00:00","author":{"name":"Sandhu","url":"https://mastodon.social/@sandhu","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Ffiles.mastodon.social%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F258%2F383%2F231%2F394%2F192%2Foriginal%2Fe0a7948466ef4192.png","_microblog":{"username":"sandhu@mastodon.social"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-30 20:22","date_timestamp":1790799725,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"98337111","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/manton\">@manton</a> With AI, the cost of software to consumers is going to drop like a rock soon. I love Apple products but it’s going to be interesting to see what they do when soon services revenue they love so much, and have alienated so many of their long time fans over, starts dropping. I might be wrong in my prediction but big changes are sure afoot. And there’s going to be some winners and losers.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/sandhu@mastodon.social/98337111","date_published":"2026-09-29T01:33:43+00:00","author":{"name":"Sandhu","url":"https://mastodon.social/@sandhu","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Ffiles.mastodon.social%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F258%2F383%2F231%2F394%2F192%2Foriginal%2Fe0a7948466ef4192.png","_microblog":{"username":"sandhu@mastodon.social"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-29 01:33","date_timestamp":1790645623,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"98163793","content_html":"<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://mastodon.social/@stroughtonsmith\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>stroughtonsmith</span></a></span> I think a lot of average users just haven’t used them to do any real work yet and the demand will go up once they start seeing them in their apps.</p>","url":"https://mastodon.social/users/sandhu/statuses/117332682535584657","date_published":"2026-09-25T16:44:12+00:00","author":{"name":"Sandhu","url":"https://mastodon.social/@sandhu","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Ffiles.mastodon.social%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F258%2F383%2F231%2F394%2F192%2Foriginal%2Fe0a7948466ef4192.png","_microblog":{"username":"sandhu@mastodon.social"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-25 16:44","date_timestamp":1790354652,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"98146569","content_html":"<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://mastodon.social/@daringfireball\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>daringfireball</span></a></span> I hate to say it because I hate the guy but Cursor/Space x is quite advanced. After their IPO, they did one of the smartest things ever and bought Cursor for $60 billion dollars. Cursor is really good (though admittedly I have only used it for coding) and Elon is shoving it in everything.</p>","url":"https://mastodon.social/users/sandhu/statuses/117331263466680923","date_published":"2026-09-25T10:43:19+00:00","author":{"name":"Sandhu","url":"https://mastodon.social/@sandhu","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Ffiles.mastodon.social%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F258%2F383%2F231%2F394%2F192%2Foriginal%2Fe0a7948466ef4192.png","_microblog":{"username":"sandhu@mastodon.social"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-25 10:43","date_timestamp":1790332999,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"97027904","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/manton\">@manton</a> Social media companies got us all trained to think that if we don’t have a negative thing to say, we shouldn’t say it. I think most of my neighbors are all very conservative and most of them go out of their way to be nice to me. I’m a brown immigrant and if I went by what I see online I’d think I’d be killed as soon as I walked out the house.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/sandhu@mastodon.social/97027904","date_published":"2026-09-05T21:04:11+00:00","author":{"name":"Sandhu","url":"https://mastodon.social/@sandhu","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Ffiles.mastodon.social%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F258%2F383%2F231%2F394%2F192%2Foriginal%2Fe0a7948466ef4192.png","_microblog":{"username":"sandhu@mastodon.social"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-05 21:04","date_timestamp":1788642251,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"96793933","content_html":"<p><a href=\"https://micro.blog/manton\">@manton</a> He posted it exclusively on twitter and his first action as the ceo is to change the name of a lake in his maps app. So my expectations are low.</p>\n","url":"https://micro.blog/sandhu@mastodon.social/96793933","date_published":"2026-09-01T23:07:32+00:00","author":{"name":"Sandhu","url":"https://mastodon.social/@sandhu","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Ffiles.mastodon.social%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F258%2F383%2F231%2F394%2F192%2Foriginal%2Fe0a7948466ef4192.png","_microblog":{"username":"sandhu@mastodon.social"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-09-01 23:07","date_timestamp":1788304052,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"96664912","content_html":"<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://mastodon.social/@stroughtonsmith\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>stroughtonsmith</span></a></span> I’m new to programming (learning with the help of LLMs, please don’t shoot!). I’ve followed a lot of programmers in the Apple universe for a long time and always heard the complaints, but now I really understand how terrible Apple is with its “my way or the highway” philosophy. They don’t do the simplest things that could make programmers’ jobs easier, out of what simply seems like some kind of pride in their way of doing things.</p>","url":"https://mastodon.social/users/sandhu/statuses/117185579238794099","date_published":"2026-08-30T17:13:54+00:00","author":{"name":"Sandhu","url":"https://mastodon.social/@sandhu","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Ffiles.mastodon.social%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F258%2F383%2F231%2F394%2F192%2Foriginal%2Fe0a7948466ef4192.png","_microblog":{"username":"sandhu@mastodon.social"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-30 17:13","date_timestamp":1788110034,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"96561816","content_html":"<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://mastodon.social/@daringfireball\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>daringfireball</span></a></span> If we ever get a Democratic president again they really oughta just play as nuts as this guy. You can get away with anything and everything if you use the power of the presidency to bully everyone into submission. Big Business hates the Dems anyway. Might as well show them the other side of the coin. They have already set many precedents. It’s going to take scorched earth policies if they’re to ever achieve anything meaningful.</p>","url":"https://mastodon.social/users/sandhu/statuses/117174211235376010","date_published":"2026-08-28T17:02:52+00:00","author":{"name":"Sandhu","url":"https://mastodon.social/@sandhu","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Ffiles.mastodon.social%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F258%2F383%2F231%2F394%2F192%2Foriginal%2Fe0a7948466ef4192.png","_microblog":{"username":"sandhu@mastodon.social"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-28 17:02","date_timestamp":1787936572,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"96179842","content_html":"<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://mastodon.social/@stroughtonsmith\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>stroughtonsmith</span></a></span> when twitter ownership changed and a lot of people I knew were leaving, I asked one of the publications I religiously followed where they were going to be posting now. They literally said “lol, why would we leave?” I stopped visiting the site and kept their rss feed. If I see something on there that I’m interested in reading about, I just google the headline and read it on another website.</p>","url":"https://mastodon.social/users/sandhu/statuses/117135763151048478","date_published":"2026-08-21T22:05:01+00:00","author":{"name":"Sandhu","url":"https://mastodon.social/@sandhu","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Ffiles.mastodon.social%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F258%2F383%2F231%2F394%2F192%2Foriginal%2Fe0a7948466ef4192.png","_microblog":{"username":"sandhu@mastodon.social"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-21 22:05","date_timestamp":1787349901,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"95962481","content_html":"<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://mastodon.social/@daringfireball\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>daringfireball</span></a></span> Seems intentional. Since when has Apple had PR videos of unreleased products in their beta code? Either trying to measure what kind of backlash it’ll get or trying to soften the public’s first reaction.</p>","url":"https://mastodon.social/users/sandhu/statuses/117115737113463085","date_published":"2026-08-18T09:12:08+00:00","author":{"name":"Sandhu","url":"https://mastodon.social/@sandhu","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Ffiles.mastodon.social%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F258%2F383%2F231%2F394%2F192%2Foriginal%2Fe0a7948466ef4192.png","_microblog":{"username":"sandhu@mastodon.social"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-08-18 09:12","date_timestamp":1787044328,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"92824443","content_html":"<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://mastodon.social/@matt_birchler\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>matt_birchler</span></a></span> As I'm going I'm creating scripts to automate my future processes. </p><p>Now I think I've been in a wrong career all my life. This is my calling! :)</p><p>/FIN</p>","url":"https://mastodon.social/users/sandhu/statuses/116806396120828732","date_published":"2026-06-24T18:02:39+00:00","author":{"name":"Sandhu","url":"https://mastodon.social/@sandhu","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Ffiles.mastodon.social%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F258%2F383%2F231%2F394%2F192%2Foriginal%2Fe0a7948466ef4192.png","_microblog":{"username":"sandhu@mastodon.social"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-24 18:02","date_timestamp":1782324159,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"92824428","content_html":"<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://mastodon.social/@matt_birchler\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>matt_birchler</span></a></span> It does just one thing and it does it well. It chews through the conversion process almost instantly. It has enough free uses for someone who needs it every now and then but one time purchase for full unlock. It's tiny so people can download it with slow connections. No internet connection required to use, no permissions. Now that I have website to host privacy policy etc, things just keeps getting easier because lot of the roadblocks are in Appstore submission. /4</p>","url":"https://mastodon.social/users/sandhu/statuses/116806394805941139","date_published":"2026-06-24T18:02:19+00:00","author":{"name":"Sandhu","url":"https://mastodon.social/@sandhu","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Ffiles.mastodon.social%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F258%2F383%2F231%2F394%2F192%2Foriginal%2Fe0a7948466ef4192.png","_microblog":{"username":"sandhu@mastodon.social"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-24 18:02","date_timestamp":1782324139,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"92824294","content_html":"<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://mastodon.social/@matt_birchler\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>matt_birchler</span></a></span> And I was looking for my Mac the other day that should've been there already but all I could find was expensive subscription apps that did what I wanted but hundred other things that I'm never going to use. Lot of websites offer to do it but all the websites were really spammy looking. I'm not going to upload my business documents to them. So I built another app. Took me 3-4 days to build it and test it but just early this morning it was accepted for Mac App Store. 3/</p>","url":"https://mastodon.social/users/sandhu/statuses/116806389869051787","date_published":"2026-06-24T18:01:04+00:00","author":{"name":"Sandhu","url":"https://mastodon.social/@sandhu","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Ffiles.mastodon.social%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F258%2F383%2F231%2F394%2F192%2Foriginal%2Fe0a7948466ef4192.png","_microblog":{"username":"sandhu@mastodon.social"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-24 18:01","date_timestamp":1782324064,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"92824275","content_html":"<p>@matt\\_birchlerI'm a techie with no formal education. But I was able to build and distribute an app to my employees in two nights of work. Took few more nights of tweaking, feature creeps etc but it looks better than most of the spammy apps on app stores. But it's just for us. Since then I have created several other  web apps for my own needs, such as medication/supplements reminders app that has other tabs that shows how they complement or cancel out each other, and more. 2/</p>","url":"https://mastodon.social/users/sandhu/statuses/116806387845856412","date_published":"2026-06-24T18:00:33+00:00","author":{"name":"Sandhu","url":"https://mastodon.social/@sandhu","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Ffiles.mastodon.social%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F258%2F383%2F231%2F394%2F192%2Foriginal%2Fe0a7948466ef4192.png","_microblog":{"username":"sandhu@mastodon.social"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-24 18:00","date_timestamp":1782324033,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"92824208","content_html":"<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://mastodon.social/@matt_birchler\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>matt_birchler</span></a></span> I ended up writing a whole essay on the process in this reply here, on Mastodon app, and the app crashed after about 5000 words. I know I should have wrote it elsewhere but once I started writing, I couldn't stop and figured I'll split it or paste it elsewhere when I got done. I knew the dangers!</p><p>Anyway, I'm self employed with a successful non tech related business. I was hostile to this AI hoopla but about 3 weeks ago I decided to try to build something specific to our needs. 1/</p>","url":"https://mastodon.social/users/sandhu/statuses/116806385484314531","date_published":"2026-06-24T17:59:57+00:00","author":{"name":"Sandhu","url":"https://mastodon.social/@sandhu","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Ffiles.mastodon.social%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F258%2F383%2F231%2F394%2F192%2Foriginal%2Fe0a7948466ef4192.png","_microblog":{"username":"sandhu@mastodon.social"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-06-24 17:59","date_timestamp":1782323997,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"89424615","content_html":"<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://mastodon.social/@daringfireball\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>daringfireball</span></a></span> Cook could just stand up to Rtump, instead of still appeasing him. What can he do now to hurt Apple? Courts have mostly defanged him on tariffs, he lost. Apple has no ai business contracts with the government, or pretty much any government business at all. Makes me think that Cook just simply likes trump’s policies.</p>","url":"https://mastodon.social/users/sandhu/statuses/116502365462633144","date_published":"2026-05-02T01:23:39+00:00","author":{"name":"Sandhu","url":"https://mastodon.social/@sandhu","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Ffiles.mastodon.social%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F258%2F383%2F231%2F394%2F192%2Foriginal%2Fe0a7948466ef4192.png","_microblog":{"username":"sandhu@mastodon.social"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-05-02 01:23","date_timestamp":1777685019,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"88412036","content_html":"<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://mastodon.social/@daringfireball\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>daringfireball</span></a></span> It’s quite straightforward; Apple prioritizes profit. The AppStore predominantly showcases apps that heavily rely on in-app purchases, while mostly overlooking great independent apps that offer one time purchases.</p>","url":"https://mastodon.social/users/sandhu/statuses/116417320603807149","date_published":"2026-04-17T00:55:38+00:00","author":{"name":"Sandhu","url":"https://mastodon.social/@sandhu","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Ffiles.mastodon.social%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F258%2F383%2F231%2F394%2F192%2Foriginal%2Fe0a7948466ef4192.png","_microblog":{"username":"sandhu@mastodon.social"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-04-17 00:55","date_timestamp":1776387338,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"87114914","content_html":"<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://mastodon.social/@daringfireball\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>daringfireball</span></a></span> Business Insider appears to have declined in quality over the past year or so. Almost every story seems to be a press release written by the same company.</p>","url":"https://mastodon.social/users/sandhu/statuses/116304148270483936","date_published":"2026-03-28T01:14:25+00:00","author":{"name":"Sandhu","url":"https://mastodon.social/@sandhu","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Ffiles.mastodon.social%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F258%2F383%2F231%2F394%2F192%2Foriginal%2Fe0a7948466ef4192.png","_microblog":{"username":"sandhu@mastodon.social"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-28 01:14","date_timestamp":1774660465,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"87112017","content_html":"<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://mastodon.social/@daringfireball\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>daringfireball</span></a></span> Apple’s prioritization of profit over customer satisfaction and loyalty is frustrating, especially as an Apple One family plan customer who now sees ads in Apple News and Maps. I only buy iPhones because my kids won’t use anything else, but I’ll switch to GrapheneOS or a similar OS soon when they’re old enough (almost there) to buy their own phones.</p>","url":"https://mastodon.social/users/sandhu/statuses/116303957130591135","date_published":"2026-03-28T00:25:48+00:00","author":{"name":"Sandhu","url":"https://mastodon.social/@sandhu","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Ffiles.mastodon.social%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F258%2F383%2F231%2F394%2F192%2Foriginal%2Fe0a7948466ef4192.png","_microblog":{"username":"sandhu@mastodon.social"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-03-28 00:25","date_timestamp":1774657548,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"85035338","content_html":"<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://mastodon.social/@lapcatsoftware\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>lapcatsoftware</span></a></span> This is why I don’t even bother with opening the App Store anymore. I only rely on word of mouth.</p>","url":"https://mastodon.social/users/sandhu/statuses/116133872824382203","date_published":"2026-02-25T23:31:08+00:00","author":{"name":"Sandhu","url":"https://mastodon.social/@sandhu","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Ffiles.mastodon.social%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F258%2F383%2F231%2F394%2F192%2Foriginal%2Fe0a7948466ef4192.png","_microblog":{"username":"sandhu@mastodon.social"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2026-02-25 23:31","date_timestamp":1772062268,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"80379081","content_html":"<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://mastodon.social/@daringfireball\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>daringfireball</span></a></span> If one really needs to share an account, they can setup an email filter that automatically forwards emails with certain phrases to other users.</p>","url":"https://mastodon.social/users/sandhu/statuses/115747917555891885","date_published":"2025-12-19T19:37:38+00:00","author":{"name":"Sandhu","url":"https://mastodon.social/@sandhu","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Ffiles.mastodon.social%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F258%2F383%2F231%2F394%2F192%2Foriginal%2Fe0a7948466ef4192.png","_microblog":{"username":"sandhu@mastodon.social"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-12-19 19:37","date_timestamp":1766173058,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"80379078","content_html":"<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://mastodon.social/@daringfireball\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>daringfireball</span></a></span> If one really needs to share an account, they can setup an email filter that automatically forwards emails with certain phrases to other users.</p>","url":"https://mastodon.social/users/sandhu/statuses/115747917460611388","date_published":"2025-12-19T19:37:36+00:00","author":{"name":"Sandhu","url":"https://mastodon.social/@sandhu","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Ffiles.mastodon.social%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F258%2F383%2F231%2F394%2F192%2Foriginal%2Fe0a7948466ef4192.png","_microblog":{"username":"sandhu@mastodon.social"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-12-19 19:37","date_timestamp":1766173056,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}},{"id":"79542784","content_html":"<p><span class=\"h-card\"><a href=\"https://mastodon.social/@daringfireball\" class=\"u-url mention\">@<span>daringfireball</span></a></span> I think this Zuck guy might be a little too impulsive to be a CEO of a large corporation. First, it was all about the metaverse, spent billions, when just about everyone could see that it was a foolish endeavor. Now he’s buying up all the AI “researchers,” chasing an unproven technology that probably will never live up to the hype.</p>","url":"https://mastodon.social/users/sandhu/statuses/115680670984874504","date_published":"2025-12-07T22:35:57+00:00","author":{"name":"Sandhu","url":"https://mastodon.social/@sandhu","avatar":"https://cdn.micro.blog/photos/96/https%3A%2F%2Ffiles.mastodon.social%2Faccounts%2Favatars%2F109%2F258%2F383%2F231%2F394%2F192%2Foriginal%2Fe0a7948466ef4192.png","_microblog":{"username":"sandhu@mastodon.social"}},"_microblog":{"date_relative":"2025-12-07 22:35","date_timestamp":1765146957,"is_favorite":false,"is_bookmark":false,"is_deletable":false,"edit_url":null,"is_conversation":true,"is_linkpost":false,"is_mention":true}}]}