Claude Fable 5.1: Longer-Horizon Reasoning With Finer Safeguards
Anthropic introduces Fable 5.1 and restricted-access Mythos 5.1, focusing on coding, research agents, pricing, privacy, and safeguards.
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A timeline of notes, experiments, and ideas left here over time.
Testing the Predictions of an AI Skeptic
A Hacker News discussion reviews Ed Zitron’s predictions about generative AI and Big Tech, separating outcomes from reasoning and data quality.
Choosing Every Word for a Monospace Right Margin
A typography essay discussed on Hacker News examines how a Super Metroid guide achieved clean justified monospace text without software, simply by rewriting its wording.
AI Demand Drives Early Mac mini and Mac Studio Refresh
Reported enterprise demand for desktop Macs to run AI models exceeded Apple’s expectations, while exposing pressure around supply, business support, and AI strategy.
Playa Phone: Connecting a Desert Phone Booth to the World
A modified phone booth at Burning Man offers limited free calls and a chance to connect with participants passing by.
Fastpotify: A Lightweight Spotify Client Focused on Native Speed
Fastpotify is an open-source desktop Spotify client built in Rust, emphasizing fast startup, local playback, library browsing, and Spotify Connect controls.
Making room for calm in an AI workflow
Start by organizing inputs, reducing context switching, and building reusable context so tools can serve the thinking.
A digital garden is more than a website
It is a way of letting ideas grow: drafts are welcome, and opinions are allowed to change over time.
Building a small and fast theme with Vue and Astro
Let Astro handle static content and Vue handle the interactions that matter. Keep the page simple and the development experience pleasant.
The long-term leverage of small tools
A tool is not only valuable because it saves a few minutes. It makes the right behavior easier to repeat.