The gap between what AI promises and what it actually delivers creates a strange psychological oscillation. I move from the awe of "this is the future, and we are living it!!!" to the skepticism of a hype cycle, often within the same hour. Finding stability in this landscape
Alfred 5alfredapp.com ↗ I've had Alfred on every Mac I've owned since 2010. In that time I have used it, almost exclusively, for two things: launching applications, and doing sums. That's it. That's the whole relationship. The confession Alfred can do a
The gap between a compelling demo and a scalable product often feels like an abyss. Whether it is the promise of humanoid helpers in our living rooms or the theoretical efficiency of data centers in orbit, we are seeing a recurring tension between what is mathematically possible and what is
Spokenlyspokenly.app ↗ I think in German and I work a lot in English, often in the same hour. Every dictation tool I'd tried before handled that badly: you pick a language in a setting somewhere, and then you're stuck with it until you remember to go
The barrier to creating software has collapsed, but the barrier to maintaining it remains as high as ever. We are entering a phase where the ease of deployment is masking a massive accumulation of future costs. It raises a fundamental question about who owns the long-term architectural integrity when
CleanShot Xcleanshot.com ↗ macOS takes perfectly good screenshots for free, and for years that was enough. What changed isn't the quality of the picture. It's what I do with it afterwards. Most of my screenshots aren't for me. They're going into documentation,
It is back! And almost at the right day of the week! If you are wondering where the last xx weekly newsletter editions went - here's the inside scoop. Apologies again. Without further ado - here are some links I thought were well worth sharing with you. Articles * Review: The
(vet as in veterinarian) We do have a dog, two cats, a hamster and five little birds at home. The dog and the gets are getting old(er), too. In sum, we see the vet a fair share of times per year. After the last visit to get our cat
Remember the weekly link newsletter that I started here a few months ago? I do! "Florian's Filter" is not dead, but it stopped... because I had created magic, but did not make it robust. It is a story I see all around, and just as much
These days I am often coming back to vivid memories from my childhood that relate to technology. In the mid 1990s, my parents bought their first desktop computer. An Intel 386 processor, a floppy drive (5 1/4 inch) and a 3 1/2 inch disk drive, an 120 MB
Tom Peters has been all about "Excellence" for a few decades now, and I've been following/ reading/ thinking about his points for twenty of those years. If you don't know Tom Peters: you are in for a ride. If he was using a typewriter,
A public holiday at the beginning of W22 threw me off - apologies for the late sendout. I am backdating the publication date to the regular Sunday to not trip up the archive for all time to come ;) The rapid evolution of large language models often feels like a relentless tide,