I’m proud to have started @infactory_ai with Brooke, and I think we’re making great progress, but I know it’s rarely easy for her. Let her tell you.

I can’t really help it, but I don’t mind because I like writing programs. Reduced to a tautology: it’s never boring to think about interesting problems.

no ulus for you

It’s 6:30 AM. In my favorite Hawaiian spot. Already finished a leisurely breakfast. Beautiful view of the surf. Laptop opened. A wonderful day ahead of programming ahead of me, since that’s what I like to do best.

I do a lot of python programming these days, and sadly, there’s no consistency anywhere. Let’s take just one example, is it: len(foo), foo.len, foo.length, foo.len(), or foo.length()? I never know.

I enjoyed every day I worked with Apple ObjC frameworks. Once you learned the naming conventions, you could guess names even in new frameworks. It made it easy to think in that code.

@milkinaflask halibut breaded and pan fried with brussels sprouts and red onion relish

Merry Christmas to my internet friends. 🎄

RT @Andercot: This could be an incredible revolution in Cosmology. The Dark Energy model of the universe, which won a Nobel Prize in 2011,…

There’s a fine line between software that’s supple and helpful without getting in your way and guessing wrong all the time, but great software comes along with you for the ride, and makes the ride a pleasure.

We can, and probably should, take it for granted that all decent software gets the algorithms right. Getting the heuristics right is what makes software excellent. I wrote this about heuristics in my book.

We applied Postel’s Law throughout the software for the first iPhone, and we described the concept in the ’949 patent under this title: Touch screen device, method, and graphical user interface for determining commands by applying heuristics.

The best software gives what you want, not necessarily what you did. This is a corollary of the more general Robustness Principle, which I like to refer to as Postel’s Law: “Be conservative in what you do, be liberal in what you accept from others.”

I have fun chatting with @JerryCuomo about AI and @infactory_ai. Give a listen!

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I was on the Wild Ducks podcast with @JerryCuomo talking about Apple and autocorrect. A fun conversation. Future episode on @infactory_ai and AI will drop soon.

RT @infactory_ai: Come hit the bullseye at our #CES2025 #developer happy hour🎯Join our Co-Founders for some food, drinks, and accurate AI.…

I voted for Kamala. 🇺🇸