Dmitrii 'Mamut' Dimandt
@dmitriid.bsky.social
Opinions on things I know nothing about
Clifford D. Simak "So Bright the Vision".
He predicted LLMs and their effects in 1968.
He predicted LLMs and their effects in 1968.
October 24, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Clifford D. Simak "So Bright the Vision".
He predicted LLMs and their effects in 1968.
He predicted LLMs and their effects in 1968.
BTW, game devs, you're safe from AI.
It's now day to of me trying to get Claude to write a simple 2D sand falling simulation.
Lol. Lmao even.
(good motivation to actually learn this myself)
It's now day to of me trying to get Claude to write a simple 2D sand falling simulation.
Lol. Lmao even.
(good motivation to actually learn this myself)
October 23, 2025 at 3:11 PM
BTW, game devs, you're safe from AI.
It's now day to of me trying to get Claude to write a simple 2D sand falling simulation.
Lol. Lmao even.
(good motivation to actually learn this myself)
It's now day to of me trying to get Claude to write a simple 2D sand falling simulation.
Lol. Lmao even.
(good motivation to actually learn this myself)
@lovable_dev (just like most other "AI" companies) is a complete joke.
"Enable all cookies and cross-site tracking to run previews on our own domain". Riiiiight
"Enable all cookies and cross-site tracking to run previews on our own domain". Riiiiight
October 22, 2025 at 12:00 PM
@lovable_dev (just like most other "AI" companies) is a complete joke.
"Enable all cookies and cross-site tracking to run previews on our own domain". Riiiiight
"Enable all cookies and cross-site tracking to run previews on our own domain". Riiiiight
Presented without (much) comment.
You know those features like comments... and playlists that you could build in 1990s? The need "new browser features" that "Youtube can't implement" or something
You know those features like comments... and playlists that you could build in 1990s? The need "new browser features" that "Youtube can't implement" or something
October 16, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Presented without (much) comment.
You know those features like comments... and playlists that you could build in 1990s? The need "new browser features" that "Youtube can't implement" or something
You know those features like comments... and playlists that you could build in 1990s? The need "new browser features" that "Youtube can't implement" or something
I don't even know what this top suggestion is in Safari. But I used web whatsapp every day for the past few weeks. So of course it's completely ignored.
And this new autocomplete panel is so laggy and buggy that even the screenshot tool lags on it!
And this new autocomplete panel is so laggy and buggy that even the screenshot tool lags on it!
October 16, 2025 at 8:57 AM
I don't even know what this top suggestion is in Safari. But I used web whatsapp every day for the past few weeks. So of course it's completely ignored.
And this new autocomplete panel is so laggy and buggy that even the screenshot tool lags on it!
And this new autocomplete panel is so laggy and buggy that even the screenshot tool lags on it!
To understand modern design trends you need to understand that in "Design is how it works" no longer refers to the product, but to design itself.
Does it (design) work in screenshots and promo materials, Figma and Dribbble?
Product or, god forbid, users are never a consideration.
Does it (design) work in screenshots and promo materials, Figma and Dribbble?
Product or, god forbid, users are never a consideration.
October 15, 2025 at 8:17 AM
To understand modern design trends you need to understand that in "Design is how it works" no longer refers to the product, but to design itself.
Does it (design) work in screenshots and promo materials, Figma and Dribbble?
Product or, god forbid, users are never a consideration.
Does it (design) work in screenshots and promo materials, Figma and Dribbble?
Product or, god forbid, users are never a consideration.
What do you call "Chrome just ships whatever it wants with utter disregard to any standards processes, objections, often without a spec"
Justin Fagnani called it "courage". Alex Russel calls it "leadership" lol.
Justin Fagnani called it "courage". Alex Russel calls it "leadership" lol.
October 12, 2025 at 9:17 PM
What do you call "Chrome just ships whatever it wants with utter disregard to any standards processes, objections, often without a spec"
Justin Fagnani called it "courage". Alex Russel calls it "leadership" lol.
Justin Fagnani called it "courage". Alex Russel calls it "leadership" lol.
Lol. Alex Russel got two of his consecutive comments flagged on HN
He was claiming that Blink is a democratic process and that "standards process means that vendors still ship whatever they like, it's not a bug it's a feature"
HN is eating their own (ignorant and intentionally malicious tech bros)
He was claiming that Blink is a democratic process and that "standards process means that vendors still ship whatever they like, it's not a bug it's a feature"
HN is eating their own (ignorant and intentionally malicious tech bros)
October 12, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Lol. Alex Russel got two of his consecutive comments flagged on HN
He was claiming that Blink is a democratic process and that "standards process means that vendors still ship whatever they like, it's not a bug it's a feature"
HN is eating their own (ignorant and intentionally malicious tech bros)
He was claiming that Blink is a democratic process and that "standards process means that vendors still ship whatever they like, it's not a bug it's a feature"
HN is eating their own (ignorant and intentionally malicious tech bros)
So, OpenAI did what Siri should've been 15 years ago and Google Assistant 10 years ago?
openai.com/index/introd...
openai.com/index/introd...
Introducing apps in ChatGPT and the new Apps SDK
A new generation of apps you can chat with and the tools for developers to build them.
openai.com
October 7, 2025 at 7:47 PM
So, OpenAI did what Siri should've been 15 years ago and Google Assistant 10 years ago?
openai.com/index/introd...
openai.com/index/introd...
We should stop complaining about Apple and Google caving in to whatever demand of whatever government.
After all, they have great examples in Ford, Hugo Boss, Coca-Cola, Audi and BMW, Deutsche Bank, IBM and others in the 1930s-1940s.
They couldn't give two shits about "court of public opinion"
After all, they have great examples in Ford, Hugo Boss, Coca-Cola, Audi and BMW, Deutsche Bank, IBM and others in the 1930s-1940s.
They couldn't give two shits about "court of public opinion"
October 7, 2025 at 12:59 PM
We should stop complaining about Apple and Google caving in to whatever demand of whatever government.
After all, they have great examples in Ford, Hugo Boss, Coca-Cola, Audi and BMW, Deutsche Bank, IBM and others in the 1930s-1940s.
They couldn't give two shits about "court of public opinion"
After all, they have great examples in Ford, Hugo Boss, Coca-Cola, Audi and BMW, Deutsche Bank, IBM and others in the 1930s-1940s.
They couldn't give two shits about "court of public opinion"
Remember Mac ads where they made fun of so many notifications Windows has?
Well, Windows has *nothing* on the amount of notifications you get for every single thing in MacOS (trying to set up Sequoia from scratch)
Well, Windows has *nothing* on the amount of notifications you get for every single thing in MacOS (trying to set up Sequoia from scratch)
October 6, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Remember Mac ads where they made fun of so many notifications Windows has?
Well, Windows has *nothing* on the amount of notifications you get for every single thing in MacOS (trying to set up Sequoia from scratch)
Well, Windows has *nothing* on the amount of notifications you get for every single thing in MacOS (trying to set up Sequoia from scratch)
Next low into the saga and disgrace that is @discord
Looks like they no longer let you select images and demand you give them full access to all your photos, unconditionally
Looks like they no longer let you select images and demand you give them full access to all your photos, unconditionally
September 28, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Next low into the saga and disgrace that is @discord
Looks like they no longer let you select images and demand you give them full access to all your photos, unconditionally
Looks like they no longer let you select images and demand you give them full access to all your photos, unconditionally
"We never had autism in my time"!
Meanwhile, Clifford D. Simak in 1965:
Meanwhile, Clifford D. Simak in 1965:
September 25, 2025 at 3:51 PM
"We never had autism in my time"!
Meanwhile, Clifford D. Simak in 1965:
Meanwhile, Clifford D. Simak in 1965:
I used to defend Safari. It was a good fast no nonsense browser.
Now it's dog slow on most websites. If you leave it open, it becomes more and more slow (e.g. on X). Latest update made even address bar autocomplete nearly unusable due to subtle behaviour changes.
wtf
Now it's dog slow on most websites. If you leave it open, it becomes more and more slow (e.g. on X). Latest update made even address bar autocomplete nearly unusable due to subtle behaviour changes.
wtf
September 23, 2025 at 9:30 AM
I used to defend Safari. It was a good fast no nonsense browser.
Now it's dog slow on most websites. If you leave it open, it becomes more and more slow (e.g. on X). Latest update made even address bar autocomplete nearly unusable due to subtle behaviour changes.
wtf
Now it's dog slow on most websites. If you leave it open, it becomes more and more slow (e.g. on X). Latest update made even address bar autocomplete nearly unusable due to subtle behaviour changes.
wtf
So, on Omarchy. Plex and VLC couldn't properly play media from my home Plex server, but mpv can. mpv needs a direct URL to the file, so I needed a tool to browse UPnP devices and shares.
So yeah, this is a 100% vibe-coded tool to do just that.
github.com/dmitriid/mop
So yeah, this is a 100% vibe-coded tool to do just that.
github.com/dmitriid/mop
September 11, 2025 at 5:36 PM
So, on Omarchy. Plex and VLC couldn't properly play media from my home Plex server, but mpv can. mpv needs a direct URL to the file, so I needed a tool to browse UPnP devices and shares.
So yeah, this is a 100% vibe-coded tool to do just that.
github.com/dmitriid/mop
So yeah, this is a 100% vibe-coded tool to do just that.
github.com/dmitriid/mop
After 18 years being an all-Apple guy:
It's my fifth or sixth year in a row that I don't watch Apple keynotes as they stream.
It's my second year of not even skimming through them the day after.
It's a nothingburger fest of meh-ness. Watching paint dry is more rewarding.
It's my fifth or sixth year in a row that I don't watch Apple keynotes as they stream.
It's my second year of not even skimming through them the day after.
It's a nothingburger fest of meh-ness. Watching paint dry is more rewarding.
September 10, 2025 at 6:01 AM
After 18 years being an all-Apple guy:
It's my fifth or sixth year in a row that I don't watch Apple keynotes as they stream.
It's my second year of not even skimming through them the day after.
It's a nothingburger fest of meh-ness. Watching paint dry is more rewarding.
It's my fifth or sixth year in a row that I don't watch Apple keynotes as they stream.
It's my second year of not even skimming through them the day after.
It's a nothingburger fest of meh-ness. Watching paint dry is more rewarding.
Well, cursor_ai used to be a decent editor. No it's enshittified to be needy and greedy.
You closed the agent sidebar? Within three seconds you get a popup telling you to open the agent. The agent does that even if you're directly in the window? Here's a mandatory notification to return to Cursor
You closed the agent sidebar? Within three seconds you get a popup telling you to open the agent. The agent does that even if you're directly in the window? Here's a mandatory notification to return to Cursor
September 6, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Well, cursor_ai used to be a decent editor. No it's enshittified to be needy and greedy.
You closed the agent sidebar? Within three seconds you get a popup telling you to open the agent. The agent does that even if you're directly in the window? Here's a mandatory notification to return to Cursor
You closed the agent sidebar? Within three seconds you get a popup telling you to open the agent. The agent does that even if you're directly in the window? Here's a mandatory notification to return to Cursor
Yes, @1Password This is an entirely new device (my one and only phone I've had for over a year) from a completely different location (same location for 99% of logins in the past year)
August 18, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Yes, @1Password This is an entirely new device (my one and only phone I've had for over a year) from a completely different location (same location for 99% of logins in the past year)
Isn't this the whole point, @googlephotos that the search results are effing relevant to my search terms?
If the only ones relevant are those four you show with "more", what are the rest? Irrelevant?
If the only ones relevant are those four you show with "more", what are the rest? Irrelevant?
August 16, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Isn't this the whole point, @googlephotos that the search results are effing relevant to my search terms?
If the only ones relevant are those four you show with "more", what are the rest? Irrelevant?
If the only ones relevant are those four you show with "more", what are the rest? Irrelevant?
The amazing world of Facebook's "professional profiles" they force-migrated people to a few weeks back
August 16, 2025 at 4:12 PM
The amazing world of Facebook's "professional profiles" they force-migrated people to a few weeks back
Can anyone explain the idiocy in some IDEs (VS Code, Xcode) with "temporary throwaway tabs". You open a file, it opens in a tab. You open the next file... the first file is thrown away and replaced with the new file.
Who in their right mind thought this is a good *default* behaviour?
Who in their right mind thought this is a good *default* behaviour?
August 10, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Can anyone explain the idiocy in some IDEs (VS Code, Xcode) with "temporary throwaway tabs". You open a file, it opens in a tab. You open the next file... the first file is thrown away and replaced with the new file.
Who in their right mind thought this is a good *default* behaviour?
Who in their right mind thought this is a good *default* behaviour?
What I love about this era of AI is the unlimited creative choices and potential for websites. Just look at this amazing diversity in website design over at @lovable_dev and @v0
August 8, 2025 at 9:29 AM
What I love about this era of AI is the unlimited creative choices and potential for websites. Just look at this amazing diversity in website design over at @lovable_dev and @v0
If only there was some space left at the top in that horizontal bar at the top for the huge amount of 4 icons that we now have to cram into their own vertical toolbar on the left @Fastmail
August 7, 2025 at 12:57 PM
If only there was some space left at the top in that horizontal bar at the top for the huge amount of 4 icons that we now have to cram into their own vertical toolbar on the left @Fastmail
All billionaires are both cowards *and* enjoy licking the boots of wannabe dictators.
Apple in the EU: we're gonna fight your rather reasonable regulations with all the power we can muster
Apple in the US: www.theverge.com/news/737757/...
Apple in the EU: we're gonna fight your rather reasonable regulations with all the power we can muster
Apple in the US: www.theverge.com/news/737757/...
Apple made a 24k gold and glass statue for Donald Trump
Another tactic from Tim Cook to charm the president.
www.theverge.com
August 7, 2025 at 7:16 AM
All billionaires are both cowards *and* enjoy licking the boots of wannabe dictators.
Apple in the EU: we're gonna fight your rather reasonable regulations with all the power we can muster
Apple in the US: www.theverge.com/news/737757/...
Apple in the EU: we're gonna fight your rather reasonable regulations with all the power we can muster
Apple in the US: www.theverge.com/news/737757/...
MacOS is worse than Linux now.
Updated from .6 to .7, and it stopped recognising the external monitor it's connected to.
(Also, of course the display I connected my laptop to is "extended". Who would *ever* think that a huge external 4K monitor could be main by default?)
Updated from .6 to .7, and it stopped recognising the external monitor it's connected to.
(Also, of course the display I connected my laptop to is "extended". Who would *ever* think that a huge external 4K monitor could be main by default?)
August 6, 2025 at 9:26 AM
MacOS is worse than Linux now.
Updated from .6 to .7, and it stopped recognising the external monitor it's connected to.
(Also, of course the display I connected my laptop to is "extended". Who would *ever* think that a huge external 4K monitor could be main by default?)
Updated from .6 to .7, and it stopped recognising the external monitor it's connected to.
(Also, of course the display I connected my laptop to is "extended". Who would *ever* think that a huge external 4K monitor could be main by default?)