github.com/dbeaver/clou... DBeaver in the cloud ... a security nightmare but could be handy too :D

Just pushed a small update on Notes4Me `npm run summaryonly` Can now test different prompts for summaries without recording full meetings. Pass it a transcript and see the output in the console. github.com/andyj/Notes4Me #Notes4Me #DevTools #AI #Privacy #MacOS #AI

It’s just hard to even comprehend this.

I’ve been tinkering and made little macOS thing: Notes4Me (on #Github too) Local recording. Local transcribing. Local summarising. This means: No cloud. No sub fees. No sending your conversations anywhere. www.andyjarrett.com/posts/2025/n... #LocalAI #PrivacyByDesign #BuildInPublic #Notes4Me

I've created a thing. *Notes4Me* A privacy-focused macOS menu bar app for recording, transcribing, and summarising (slack,Teams,Zoom, Google meet etc) meetings using local AI processing. Nothing leave your computer. Uses Ollama for processing and creating summaries. github.com/andyj/Notes4Me

Damn it 🤬 #too #old #for #this #shit

iOS call screening has done more for me than most other features recently. My number has obviously been a part of a leak somewhere but it’s not even ringing here.

AWS engineer looking at the blinking lights hoping they start blinking differently

Is this the stupidust headline ever £3000 = 750 flat whites at £4 That’s 2 a day. Every day. No breaks.

The key take away is: "Apple has also made efforts to release spare parts and manuals for ‌iPhone‌ repair, and has scaled down software locks and restrictions on parts pairing, improving its ‌iPhone‌ repairability scores." Im not one for tinkering nowadays but it good knowing the option is there now.

Dutch late night TV has its take

How did Apple screw up screen shots on iOS so badly.

I don't hate iOS26 new design but I do agree that I am coming across more instances of "Basic actions require too many taps."

Just found this from 2012(!!) Browser wars were fun times for developers back then. Standards be damned. #chrome #firefox #opera #internetexplorer

Foundation renewed for Season 4 Great news. This and The Expanse have been some of the best sci-fi in years on TV. www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/f... #appletv #theexpanse #foundation

Don’t know how I feel about this. Definitely end of era in terms of computing for me. #windowsxp #winxp

I’ve been moving my personal/family projects over to hosting with Cloudflare. I’m gutted I didn’t do this sooner, their free hosting with features like analytics and Turnstile (captcha) makes hobby sites so fricking easy to set up.

Watership Down (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watersh... ... watched once. Never. Ever. Again

Mac finally up and running. After a death boot loop and the mission impossible timing that is trying to invoke DFU on Silicon Mac, I got there. And I gotta say, there is something nice about wiping your machine and starting again. A fresh start to do it right and not install crap ..… for now.

Also forgotten what’s it like to setup a new machine from a blank slate. Everything needs to be reinstalled. Though also something nice about not having redundant junk lingering around.

Finally got my Mac out of boot loop of death. Needed another Mac plus YouTube videos. AI etc is not good in this area when it comes to lived experiences and nuances.

Just had my first ever Mac get nerfed via an update. It’s 1am and I now need to find another Mac or something tomorrow to get out of DFU mode. FML

struggling with ChatGPT 5. Been running back to the legacy models and using Claude a lot more for better technical queries

Here’s a fun prompt for ChatGPT or what ever your daily AI driver is: (Alt text has full prompt as text)

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72... This is going up quick considering it’s 23:30 here.

Good morning fellow "British" people. Dropping these links for no particular reason at all: mullvad.net/en protonvpn.com

FFS. This is how you know a bunch of fossils are in charge right now.

The more I think about this; In 2025 alone major companies like M&S, Co‑op, Harrods, Mailchimp, HubSpot and Hertz have suffered serious breaches. If they can’t keep data safe with their money what chance does my ID have with these private companies and the new UK safety law requirements??

I need to age verify to use @bsky.app because of the government is a joke. Hell no to giving any information over to a private party to surf the web to get uk and it/developer news

This sounds awesome but even Sam Altman announced it with caveats. If you can check out @mattjay.com IG post on this its well worth it before let it run you personal machine! #security #ai

A cracking 80s soundtrack to a great film #thelostboys #lostboys #soundtrack open.spotify.com/playlist/0zV...

Since we switched from Google Workspace to M365 I keep spotting little things I took for granted. Even basic user admin feels clunky, I’d love a simple “last login” or “total usage” view. #ffs

ChatGPT prompting cheat sheet. #ai #prompts

If you see this, quote with a robot that isn’t from Star Wars, Star Trek, Doctor Who, or Transformers

I thought someone had screwed up on the design at first, that’s when I knew I had worked in tech too long.

This could be the death of Google’ing

Japan downloads the entire Netflix library in one second and spends the next 15 seconds buffering an unskippable 30-second advert.

OpenAI has completed its nearly $6.5 billion all-stock deal to buy an AI device startup co-founded by Apple’s former design chief Jony Ive, cementing the ChatGPT maker’s push into the hardware market. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

If you haven’t seen Jack Dorsey’s new idea yet have a read of this. Bitchat is a peer-to-peer messaging app using the Bluetooth protocol. I don’t know how legit it is in practice; Theoretically it sounds like it has potential but only in specific circumstance. www.theverge.com/news/701272/...

Rogue was always one of my favourite Star Wars films since it came out, but watching Andor, then going straight in to the film has made this viewing even better.

Anything LLM anythingllm.com I’m leaving this here as a note for myself, but also to share the rapid pace of AI change. This is an open-source, locally run model for accessing company documents, but it’s all local and private.

I finally finished Andor last night, which I think is Disney’s best Star Wars expansion to the storyline since Rogue one … this also meant I had to start watching Rogue One immediately afterwards!

Been playing with Lovable. It lets you spin up quick prototypes of ideas, apps, and websites just by chatting with AI. If you want to try, here are 10 free credits: lovable.dev/invite/0e162...

Just came across this in the loft. I can’t even think what’s on this iPod. I need to find a lead

Spotify "Made for you" list gets it. Just came across a 180 BPM Mix for me. Not just Rock/Metal/Techno but all three mixed rather than splitting them out. Now wish me luck ... im off to delve in to PHP for the first time since ... well my coding career began

I miss trusted blog sources when it comes to searching the web. A Google search is now + AI summary - points to paid links + Paid links + Articles - with sponsored content + Dubious content related to what you actually want.

World War 3 kinda sucks, but you know, it was either this or pronouns

Must stop leaving phone unattended around the kids.