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The scariest thing to me about AI is not what it can do, but that someday public access might be lost and governments/ billionaires would hold exclusive reign. Today could be the last time the public has any idea of the true capability of AI.

I thought the same thing at the 2024 WWDC

Seemed like the kids were no longer looking at the camera. I don't know what's worse - fixing it or not fixing it.

I’m normally a “to each his own” guy but have to say I strongly disagree with a lot of these comments.

First of all, you absolutely can do it as a solo entrepreneur - I just completed SOC 2 for the second time - this one being solo. Yes you have to be creative with how you setup checks and balances but it’s not impossible.

Also, SOC 2 Type 2 is an auditor verifying that you’re actually carrying out the processes that you claimed to do in Type 1. So how do you start? You start with Type 1.

I doubt you could get it under $20k but that’s the ballpark. Personally I’d recommend Vanta which will hold your hand through at least half the process. And Vanta support will recommend auditors who typically cut their rate in half because Vanta does so much of the work.

Is it worth it? No way I could answer that for you. Personally I’d say half of SOC 2 is kinda bull crap and half of it is really good healthy processes. It’s definitely a commitment to get through the first audit, but after that it’s more like a 1-2 weeks of work every year.

Any decent auditor will understand you’re new to the process and will coach you through it. Their goal is for you to have a good audit, so they will literally tell you what needs to be done ahead of time.

I feel weird evangelizing it like this cause I’m not like a big fan, but we absolutely have clients that wouldn’t be customers if we didn’t have SOC 2. Yeah, it can be a warm and fuzzy for it groups, but that’s sales, right? My experience is once you have SOC 2 type 2, the IT approval process is far more streamlined.

Not saying you should or shouldn’t, but don’t dismiss it.

fwiw i agree - i mean, i just want to add a button. it's a bit shocking that's literally not possible

Why?

Great concept, sharp looking website, and the marketing video looks amazing!

Personally, I've got some fatigue from most AI solutions being less than half baked. I'd love to see a long form video of letting frigade loose on something like Survey Monkey or whatever. Like... what does indexing look like? Does it produce artifacts? Can I see what users are asking? etc

Need some vocal version of “heredoc”

With Apple/iOS, I can’t help but think of the Joker’s quote, “You have nothing… Nothing to do with all your strength.” The efficiency half is excellent but what with the power? AR? Gaming? AI seems the first broad fit. And where was Apple? Literally chasing cars and an ill conceived VR headset.

I say this as a massive Apple fanboy. AI was heavily advertised as a selling point of iPhone 15 Pro and is completely MIA 6 months later. It’s a major letdown. It’s not the end of the world, but let’s just call it what it is.

For those saying Apple doesn’t release imperfect products, may I introduce to you Siri? It was average when they bought it and it’s become a punch line.

And there are so many uses of AI that don’t have to be at the risk level of, “Oops, AI left grandma at LeGuardia.” Apple should go back to its roots and provide high quality LLM/MCP and other API sdks to developers and let them go nuts. Then just clone or buy the apps that work like they always do.

A long time ago I came up with a dozen or so “camouflage” ringtones designed to blend in. One was just a vibration sound effect. Others just slowly faded in. The idea was if you accidentally left your ringer on it would sound like your phone was silenced.

But it’s so dang hard to install a custom ringtone. I thought someday Apple would provide an api, but nope.

I very strongly disagree with the dark sky example. Apple forced developers to completely reintegrate with the new API and released a vastly inferior weather app for consumers. Soooo many third party weather apps were killed.

Is there a way to "vote" on these types of proposals? (Just asking for a friend who sees this as bloat and does not want to deal with other people's code which uses this unnecessarily)

I’ve always wished a movie hacker would hack a CDN to take over every web page in the world. I don’t know what the real percentage would be, but it’d be more believable than a lot of the hacks in movies.

If you feel like you have decent math chops, i would use that time and money on online training, hardware, develop a portfolio of projects that demonstrate your new skills, and make contributions to open source ML libs to pad your resume. But also, many of the new AI startups are just using ML as a service where expertise is not necessarily needed.

Is M3 the same single core speed on all platforms (e.g. air vs pro vs mini, etc)? In other words, would m3 mbpro single core benchmarks be basically the same as this new air?

Depends very much on what you're doing. DisplayLink adds noticeable lag, compression artifacts, and will prevent HDCP video from playing on all monitors including ones not using DisplayLink.

...It is actually the NCAA regional semifinals, but again - not the topic of this article.

The speculation is fascinating. For most people, their guess is a reflection of themselves. Is there a term for that? This is a gross generalization, but I've seen... - Science people guessing solar flares - My "right-wing friend" guessed international hackers - I, myself, guessed it was a botched software release - Someone in this post commented their military friend says get gas

And yet, like everyone else, I genuinely feel that I'm probably right

Every year I teach a few weeks of "coding" at my kids elementary school. I always start with the Peanut Butter Sandwich and it's a huge hit. For time's sake, i print & cut out 30-40 random instructions like "openTheBag();" or "holdJellyOverBread();". They get in 4 groups, choose which instructions to use, and put them in order.

After years of obj-c I wrote a rather larger app on Swift 1.1. I'll never forget the pain of upgrading to each new version of Swift. And my god, the pain of early swift string manipulation. 100% technical debt annually.

If AE is your desired career path then buckle up… it’s a cut throat sh*t storm of putrid culture and gross mismanagement. Anything different is an exception.

I disagree this is (definitely) a layoff. She makes a good case for not having any sales yet, but we simply don’t have any facts. Do other AEs hired at the same time have sales? Did she have leads that should have closed?

Cloudflare did her wrong, no doubt. At the very least, Cloudflare should give her feedback on why she was let go.

But my advice to her is to expect more of the same nonsense if she continues to be an AE.

More unsolicited advice… when I argue with someone, I have to pause and determine, “what are they actually capable of doing in this situation?” Those HR people couldn’t answer any of her questions. So you can either (A) ask for something that is possible, (B) make them as miserable as you, (C) finish the conversation.

I’ve wondered the same about flying drones. I ruined a drone once so then I spent a lot of time trying to learn on the DRS app but it feels almost impossible. Is that a realistic simulator?

Companies like Dropbox see reputation as capital. Keep a little, but spend most of it on growth.

I was harassed for asking a "stupid" question on the security Stack Exchange, so I flagged the comment as abuse. Guess who the moderator was. I'll probably regret saying this, but I'd prefer an AI moderator over a human.

the new iMac is 4.5k at 24"

Am i the only one who is frustrated with the mac monitor options these days? I don't know anyone who uses a 27" desktop monitor, much less a 24". What year is it? And $5k for a 32" is insulting.

Generally agree, but Siri is out and is awful

Agree - fwiw, I added "ChatGPT should keep answers brief and direct." as part of my Custom instructions and it's a massive improvement.

I am absolutely baffled that Apple (and others) haven't updated their smart assistants with a competitive LLM. With Apple's privacy shtick and their mobile GPU efficiency, I was convinced we'd see something today. What am I missing?