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Paul Haddad 
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I break things for a living!
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4d ago
Proposal: code pre 2026ish should be refered to as low background code.
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@paul@tapbots.social
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Mar 06, 2026
Seeing some Geekbench results for the M5 Max and Neo (search for Mac 17,5). The M5 Max seems to beat the M3 Ultra. Though doesn't seem super impressive compared to the M4 Max.
https://browser.geekbench.com/v6/cpu/16884909
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@paul@tapbots.social
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Mar 04, 2026
8GB of RAM, 2/4 core CPU, no thunderbolt, nerfed display out, 256GB of storage, nerfed LCD. I mean the price is great but damn feels like a few too many corners were cut.
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@paul@tapbots.social
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Mar 04, 2026
I'm so confused by what's what now. Are there now 3 types of M5 cores? Is an M5 performance core an M4 performance core or an efficiency core? WTH is going on?
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@paul@tapbots.social
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Mar 04, 2026
Just finished some optimization work that should improve scrolling and re-sizing performance. Probably a good excuse to buy a 120Hz Studio Display, but no way I'm spending $3k+ for a 27" monitor and guessing 120Hz isn't enough to notice the difference…
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@paul@tapbots.social
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Mar 02, 2026
If nothing else, at least these coding assistants are making me feel good about myself today. They are equally shite at dealing with inverted coordinate systems as I am. I swear its the USB-A of coding issues.
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@paul@tapbots.social
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Mar 01, 2026
I missed this guy. Also a pretty good take on the current Apple UI.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejPqAJ0dHwY
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Feb 28, 2026
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@paul@tapbots.social
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Feb 28, 2026
I read this as foreign mass surveillance and supervised killing is just fine. Such courage.
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@paul@tapbots.social
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Feb 25, 2026
This is one of the things that frustrates me about these LLM based coding tools, too much wrong headed certainty. I've been using these classes and their ancestors for going on 30 years now and I sure as hell don't know off the top of my head. Saying I don't know is tons better than hallucinating an incorrect answer.
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@paul@tapbots.social
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Feb 24, 2026
As you plan your exit strategy please consider, how many professional woodworkers do you know?
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@paul@tapbots.social
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Feb 23, 2026
I vibe coded (🤮) unit tests yesterday for the feature I’ve been working on for the last couple of weeks. It mostly worked OK but enforced my view of not using the AI tools for more than fancy autocomplete, naming and code review. The stuff it wrote runs and does what it should but lacks an elegance I aspire to in shipping code. Also doubt it’s maintainable by anything other than LLMs.
Feel bad for future development on projects that use this stuff for actual code.
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@paul@tapbots.social
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Jan 26, 2026
Neat new Apple AirTag! Maybe it'll help them find Apple's corporate soul.
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@paul@tapbots.social
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Jan 25, 2026
TIL Apple broke FileVault support on Intel Mac Minis about 4 months ago and still hasn't fixed it.
https://old.reddit.com/r/MacOS/comments/1npmoyf/warning_157_update_filevault_permanently_locks/
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Leave it to a beautiful, understated game like this to be the first one to actually tempt me to want to buy a #NintendoSwitch2. Just gorgeous. https://youtu.be/M7aPS8pGYfQ
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Dec 23, 2025
@gedeonm@mastodon.social tried it a few months back, one of the few games I've asked for a refund on after buying. The look 100% did not click with me, neither on a handheld, PC monitor or Retina monitor.
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@paul@tapbots.social I really can’t square the circle of saying that liquid glass on iOS is great but on Tahoe it sucks.
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Dec 04, 2025
@gedeonm@mastodon.social it doesn’t bother me on iOS (but at this point don’t think it’s an improvement either) but really dislike it on Mac. Does that seem like a reasonable stance?
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I don’t understand how Worf was able to just take off and go look for his father and this rumored Romulan prison somewhere nearby DS9 in TNG’s Birthright. In Redemption he has to resign his commission
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Dec 04, 2025
@gedeonm@mastodon.social maybe he used up his once every 5 year sabbatical.
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@paul@tapbots.social
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Nov 19, 2025
2025: We're not hiring because AI is going to make most jobs irrelevant.
2026: We're not hiring because AI made our stock price irrelevant.
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