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theholygrail

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theholygrail··on California farmers are struggling to sell grapes as demand for wine drops
Yeah, and a lot of them still drink. They just don't buy wine.

The grocery-store bottle lost to seltzers and stuff that comes in a can. That's a worse problem for a grape grower than people being sober.

theholygrail··on Plan mode is dead
Plan mode still earns its keep when the blast radius is high.

For a one-file change I don’t bother. For anything that touches auth, payments, or a shared schema I still want the plan written down first — not because the model can’t figure it out, but because I need a moment where I can still say “no” before it starts editing.

The mode was never really about making the model smarter. It was about making the human stop and look.

theholygrail··on Show HN: Extract original images from a PDF in the browser
Thanks. Glad the extract actually worked.

The taped glasses are load-bearing. If a PDF gives you page screenshots instead of the original JPEGs, tell me what it looked like, that is the case I still miss.

theholygrail··on iPhone Duo
Still on a 13 mini for the same reason. The closed Duo is closer to a regular Pro than to a mini, so it doesn't actually replace the small phone — it replaces the "I also carry an iPad mini" phone.

Apple killed the one size I wanted and then shipped a $2,000 fold. I get why the fold exists. I just wish the mini line hadn't had to die for it.