Settling into how OpenAI’s dots are best used. My dot is a replacement for regular ChatGPT. It’s a single thread that knows everything and can be my go-to for any random question. For coding, I use Codex directly, but I think the future is multiple dots that delegate to Codex.

Continuing to think about how to stay competitive when software is abundant. Support and trust are a big part of it. But also there are still things that take a lot of time to build or money to run.

I’ve been working on something new that I’m calling Blog Audit. It’ll ship on Monday, here’s a sneak peek screenshot from a test blog. It costs us more to run so will require Micro.blog Premium for now. (Not shown, the magic is the “Repair” button.)

Thinking about the last time I seriously ran Linux at home, I found this old blog posts from 2003. I can barely remember some of this. Good thing I wrote it down.

This Astra launch video spoof is so well done — “ChatGPT for Dishwashing”. 🙂

This video on X from OpenAI’s Max Stoiber about ChatGPT plugin review is a reminder of just how much better and more transparent Apple could be with managing the App Store. Sounds like Max is actually on the side of developers, not against us, while still balancing the needs of users.

Attacks on James Talarico are ramping up. I’m getting more texts from campaigns and PACs. More complaining from the GOP in the news. But it’s October… A little late for them to change the narrative. 🇺🇸

On the home AI front, I decided to get the Beelink EQi. Transferring the brain of my OpenClaw to it today. I wish this could be a Mac mini, but the cost of Apple storage is ridiculous. Much easier to drop a 4 TB SSD in this.

Neat example from Simon Willison of using voice to develop a feature for his blog while cooking, talking and watching the preview on his laptop:

We went on like this for about half an hour (the time it took to cook dinner). The model would reply and occasionally ask clarifying questions, then get to work modifying the code.

As much as everything has been turned upside down, the flow is the same: make a change, see how it looks, make another change.

I keep thinking about this story I read on NPR yesterday about a chance encounter and a stranger’s kindness. 一期一会. “One time, one meeting.” We’re all just passing briefly in and out of each other’s lives.