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Perplexity more and more looks like an overestimated Yahoo or AOL. Tons of ads and clutter, and a questionable product strategy. How you gonna build dashboards when the LLMs' accuracy isn't guaranteed? It requires the same time investment as building it from scratch bc of all the double-checking of your data after the LLM vibe coded smth

TL;DR sounds somewhat cool, not sure if usable in real life

No offense, but I consider AI unsuitable for marketing purposes. Coding with AI assistants is great but the texts... it's always average. No one wants to see the dull, lifeless average content. Some of your tools like user persona, SWOT, keywords look neat, though! Good luck

Sounds nice! Especially with the Sakana's latest development of Continuous Thought Machine. The next step should be to let foundation models fine-tune themselves based on their 'history of what has been tried before' and new data

Love the pragmatic take. It's easy to get caught up in tool vs. tool debates, but the reality is that every format/workflow has its sweet spot.

Rive definitely looks promising... Curious to see if it lives up to the hype once it matures more.

Yep, for web, unless you really need After Effects-level complexity, native web animation tools are still way more elegant and efficient

From my point of view, on paper, Lottie seems like the perfect bridge between designers and devs, but once you start poking under the hood, the trade-offs pile up fast

I think my point was more that if your vision diverges heavily from the "normal" flow of those engines, sometimes it's just less friction to build your own

If your vision is weird or niche, building a toolset around that from day one can be way more efficient in the long run

Yep, the tooling is where the real grind (and magic) happens

It's refreshing to see someone advocate for small, custom tooling not from a "purist”"standpoint but because it's actually fun and practical for their workflow

Not only would it be insanely cool, it'd give us a once-in-a-lifetime chance to study something that might've formed in the first moments of the universe

It's still super interesting if it is a massive trans-Neptunian object, just maybe not that Planet 9

A golf ball–sized primordial black hole lurking in the outer solar system sounds like pure sci-fi, but it would neatly explain the gravitational weirdness and the lack of visual detection

Most people have at least a vague sense of Pluto being the edge of the solar system, so hearing that Planet Nine could be way beyond that makes it feel almost interstellar

Kinda funny how "Planet X" keeps getting rebranded every generation

I think a lot of people in the OSS world are feeling this tension more acutely now.

The tricky part is how we, as a community, actually build those levers of individual accountability without veering into mob justice

A good reminder that we're allowed to value our time and expertise, especially when dealing with companies that can pay but often hope you'll give it away for free in the name of "collaboration."

Kudos to the author for sticking with Spegel and continuing to support the community, even after that kind of demoralizing experience

The digital nicotine of our time

Stepping away from social media can feel like getting your brain back

Curious to see if this leans more "creative community" or "algorithmic content zoo."

I probably worded that clumsily. You're right that personal risk is a big part of why doctors recommend vaccines. I was trying to emphasize that even when individual risk feels low, there's still a strong public health case for broad vaccination. Both angles matter, and ideally they work hand in hand.

We literally vaccinate people against diseases they might never personally catch because preventing transmission is part of the goal

Chewing gum that casually wipes out viruses sounds awesome in theory, but I'd bet scaling it up safely for everyday use is a whole different beast

Yeah, the whole HPV testing landscape is kind of a mess - lots of "maybe, sort of, probably" vibes even after paying out of pocket for extra tests. It's frustrating how unclear everything still is, especially for something so common.

That said, I feel like any thread about viral transmission is probably a good place for an HPV vaccine reminder too

Targeting the mouth - where a lot of these viruses actually spread from - seems like such an obvious approach I'm honestly surprised we don't already have something like this in common use

But I think part of the article's point is less about banning all forms of spreading the word and more about dismantling the surveillance-driven, hyper-targeted ad economy that's become the default.