Eshu Marneedi
@eshumarneedi.com
Technology blogger, unskilled jester, raconteur. Writer of stories long and short. Pastry connoisseur. https://eshumarneedi.com
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Eshu Marneedi
@eshumarneedi.com
· Oct 6
iPhone 17 Pro Review: Walking Lines in Parallel
Design doesn’t have to be beautiful
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After many hours of writing, my iPhone 17 Pro review is finally here. The iPhone has not changed significantly this year, but that’s intentional, and the strategy works. The new design, while a downgrade in many ways, is popular. But overall, it’s just a great phone, and I wrote about why.
Man, Opus 4.5 thinks a *lot* longer than Sonnet 4.5.
November 25, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Man, Opus 4.5 thinks a *lot* longer than Sonnet 4.5.
I really don't understand how anyone uses Gmail's default email filtering:
- "Important" emails are unimportant half of the time
- There's no category for newsletters, but there is one for "Social" (???)
- You can't refine the filters in any relevant way
This is the same company that makes Gemini.
- "Important" emails are unimportant half of the time
- There's no category for newsletters, but there is one for "Social" (???)
- You can't refine the filters in any relevant way
This is the same company that makes Gemini.
November 23, 2025 at 10:05 AM
I really don't understand how anyone uses Gmail's default email filtering:
- "Important" emails are unimportant half of the time
- There's no category for newsletters, but there is one for "Social" (???)
- You can't refine the filters in any relevant way
This is the same company that makes Gemini.
- "Important" emails are unimportant half of the time
- There's no category for newsletters, but there is one for "Social" (???)
- You can't refine the filters in any relevant way
This is the same company that makes Gemini.
Looks like Eric Migicovsky's "everything is mine" attitude extends beyond multi-trillion-dollar corporations. 512pixels.net/2025/11/throwin...
Throwing Stones - 512 Pixels
There is drama brewing in the world of Pebble, the back-from-the-dead smartwatch. To understand what’s going on now, we need start in the past. Pebble was a Kickstarter hit way back in 2012. The smartwatch was a true glimpse of the future, but the company didn’t last. In December 2016, Fitbit bought Pebble for (reportedly) […]
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November 23, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Looks like Eric Migicovsky's "everything is mine" attitude extends beyond multi-trillion-dollar corporations. 512pixels.net/2025/11/throwin...
I'm sure I've said this before but Yuki is proof that Max's dominance cannot be attributed to the car he's in
November 23, 2025 at 4:13 AM
I'm sure I've said this before but Yuki is proof that Max's dominance cannot be attributed to the car he's in
"Max Verstappen overtakes Lando Norris taking P1!"
November 23, 2025 at 4:07 AM
"Max Verstappen overtakes Lando Norris taking P1!"
We got Marjorie Taylor Greene retiring before GTA 6
November 22, 2025 at 7:37 AM
We got Marjorie Taylor Greene retiring before GTA 6
Absolute gold of a press conference. It is impossible to dislike this person.
Q: would you feel comfortable living in NYC under a Mamdani administration ?
TRUMP: I would. I really would.
TRUMP: I would. I really would.
November 21, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Absolute gold of a press conference. It is impossible to dislike this person.
I wrote this one fast because I have things to do that aren’t analyzing two companies fighting with each other.
This Android AirDrop thing isn’t going to last, but I thought about how it’ll end. Will it turn into a PR battle? Legal? Or will Google and Apple’s interdependence force them to fess up?
This Android AirDrop thing isn’t going to last, but I thought about how it’ll end. Will it turn into a PR battle? Legal? Or will Google and Apple’s interdependence force them to fess up?
Google Somehow Reverse-Engineers AirDrop and Adds Android Support
Allison Johnson, reporting for The Verge: Google just announced some unexpected and welcome news: Pixel 10 owners can now send and receive files with Apple devices over AirDrop.
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November 20, 2025 at 8:47 PM
I wrote this one fast because I have things to do that aren’t analyzing two companies fighting with each other.
This Android AirDrop thing isn’t going to last, but I thought about how it’ll end. Will it turn into a PR battle? Legal? Or will Google and Apple’s interdependence force them to fess up?
This Android AirDrop thing isn’t going to last, but I thought about how it’ll end. Will it turn into a PR battle? Legal? Or will Google and Apple’s interdependence force them to fess up?
Question: "What's the easiest way to compile C/C++ files in VS Code?" (i hate VS Code)
ChatGPT: Tells me to write some crap in tasks.json or something for every single project (???).
Gemini: "Install Code Runner, a third-party extension, if you have LLDB already on your computer :)"
agi is here
ChatGPT: Tells me to write some crap in tasks.json or something for every single project (???).
Gemini: "Install Code Runner, a third-party extension, if you have LLDB already on your computer :)"
agi is here
November 20, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Question: "What's the easiest way to compile C/C++ files in VS Code?" (i hate VS Code)
ChatGPT: Tells me to write some crap in tasks.json or something for every single project (???).
Gemini: "Install Code Runner, a third-party extension, if you have LLDB already on your computer :)"
agi is here
ChatGPT: Tells me to write some crap in tasks.json or something for every single project (???).
Gemini: "Install Code Runner, a third-party extension, if you have LLDB already on your computer :)"
agi is here
I can't believe Google hasn't marketed Gemini as "Google Search but way, way better." That's probably because it isn't, but it would be an interesting approach that would distinguish Gemini from ChatGPT.
November 20, 2025 at 1:53 AM
I can't believe Google hasn't marketed Gemini as "Google Search but way, way better." That's probably because it isn't, but it would be an interesting approach that would distinguish Gemini from ChatGPT.
I highly recommend reading this essay, regardless of if you care about college admissions or not. I don't think I agree with the overall premise entirely — I think the SAT needs to be reworked to test skill, not how good one is at the SAT — but nevertheless it is well-written. www.theargumentmag.com
When grades stop meaning anything
The UC San Diego math scandal is a warning
www.theargumentmag.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:22 AM
I highly recommend reading this essay, regardless of if you care about college admissions or not. I don't think I agree with the overall premise entirely — I think the SAT needs to be reworked to test skill, not how good one is at the SAT — but nevertheless it is well-written. www.theargumentmag.com
Welcome to the AI Wars. You are here [Gemini is the world’s best model].
I wrote about Gemini 3 Pro, how it stacks up to its peers, and what I’m using LLMs for these days:
I wrote about Gemini 3 Pro, how it stacks up to its peers, and what I’m using LLMs for these days:
Google Launches Gemini 3, the Smartest Model for the Next 10 Weeks
Remember when GPT-5 was the smartest model?
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November 19, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Welcome to the AI Wars. You are here [Gemini is the world’s best model].
I wrote about Gemini 3 Pro, how it stacks up to its peers, and what I’m using LLMs for these days:
I wrote about Gemini 3 Pro, how it stacks up to its peers, and what I’m using LLMs for these days:
Current text editors I have installed:
- IDEs: IntelliJ, Eclipse, Xcode
- Electron Slop™: Cursor, Antigravity
- Text editors: BBEdit (my beloved), TextMate, CodeEdit (beta)
I have resisted VSCode in principle for years. Now I have two copies of it installed. Great!
- IDEs: IntelliJ, Eclipse, Xcode
- Electron Slop™: Cursor, Antigravity
- Text editors: BBEdit (my beloved), TextMate, CodeEdit (beta)
I have resisted VSCode in principle for years. Now I have two copies of it installed. Great!
November 19, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Current text editors I have installed:
- IDEs: IntelliJ, Eclipse, Xcode
- Electron Slop™: Cursor, Antigravity
- Text editors: BBEdit (my beloved), TextMate, CodeEdit (beta)
I have resisted VSCode in principle for years. Now I have two copies of it installed. Great!
- IDEs: IntelliJ, Eclipse, Xcode
- Electron Slop™: Cursor, Antigravity
- Text editors: BBEdit (my beloved), TextMate, CodeEdit (beta)
I have resisted VSCode in principle for years. Now I have two copies of it installed. Great!
still no Gemini 3 in the iOS app :(
November 18, 2025 at 8:24 PM
still no Gemini 3 in the iOS app :(
Antigravity, the Google IDE, is just Cursor sans OpenAI frontier models. Literally. It's a VSCode fork. Does that mean Cursor is cooked? Probably.
November 18, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Antigravity, the Google IDE, is just Cursor sans OpenAI frontier models. Literally. It's a VSCode fork. Does that mean Cursor is cooked? Probably.
Gemini 3, the world's smartest model for the next 10 weeks.
In all seriousness, the model looks incredibly capable. I'm quite impressed.
In all seriousness, the model looks incredibly capable. I'm quite impressed.
November 18, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Gemini 3, the world's smartest model for the next 10 weeks.
In all seriousness, the model looks incredibly capable. I'm quite impressed.
In all seriousness, the model looks incredibly capable. I'm quite impressed.
i hate recursion i hate recursion i hate recursion i hate recursion (Claude is very good at programming, who knew, also i hate recursion)
November 18, 2025 at 6:31 AM
i hate recursion i hate recursion i hate recursion i hate recursion (Claude is very good at programming, who knew, also i hate recursion)
They won't do this, but I hope they make this accessible via a public API. I'd love to have this in Carrot Weather or something. www.theverge.com/news/822489/...
Google updates its weather forecasts with a new AI model
It says its experimental models are ready for prime time.
www.theverge.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:10 PM
They won't do this, but I hope they make this accessible via a public API. I'd love to have this in Carrot Weather or something. www.theverge.com/news/822489/...
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Trump un-endorses Marjorie Taylor Greene
November 15, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Trump un-endorses Marjorie Taylor Greene
I rarely write about video games, but I wanted to take a second and talk about why I think the Steam Machine is one of the most compelling modern consoles (and why the VR headset is the opposite). eshumarneedi.com/2025/11/13/v...
Valve Announces the Steam Machine and Steam Frame
Jay Peters, reporting for The Verge: The new headset is called the Steam Frame, and it’s trying to do several things at once. It’s a standalone VR headset with a smartphone-caliber Arm chip inside tha...
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November 14, 2025 at 8:35 PM
I rarely write about video games, but I wanted to take a second and talk about why I think the Steam Machine is one of the most compelling modern consoles (and why the VR headset is the opposite). eshumarneedi.com/2025/11/13/v...
I wrote about GPT-5.1, why I think its personality updates are regressive, and why OpenAI might have chosen this approach to safety. eshumarneedi.com/2025/11/13/o...
OpenAI Releases GPT-5.1, a Regressive Personality Update to GPT-5
Hayden Field and Tom Warren, reporting, reporting for The Verge: OpenAI is releasing GPT-5.1 today, an update to the flagship model it released in August. OpenAI calls it an “upgrade” to GPT-5 that “m...
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November 13, 2025 at 9:25 PM
I wrote about GPT-5.1, why I think its personality updates are regressive, and why OpenAI might have chosen this approach to safety. eshumarneedi.com/2025/11/13/o...
How is it legal that Google doesn't sell replacement chime connectors for Nest doorbells? I don't want anything for free, just sell me a replacement. Haven't right to repair laws guaranteed this stuff?
November 13, 2025 at 12:38 AM
How is it legal that Google doesn't sell replacement chime connectors for Nest doorbells? I don't want anything for free, just sell me a replacement. Haven't right to repair laws guaranteed this stuff?
Having AI in apps like Craft, Notion, and Xcode/Cursor is probably one of the killer user cases of AI. Broad personal assistants like the "more personalized Siri" are great, but specialized AI tools feel like the future.
November 12, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Having AI in apps like Craft, Notion, and Xcode/Cursor is probably one of the killer user cases of AI. Broad personal assistants like the "more personalized Siri" are great, but specialized AI tools feel like the future.
very jealous of those seeing the northern lights tonight
November 12, 2025 at 5:12 AM
very jealous of those seeing the northern lights tonight
I wrote about OLED screens and why touchscreens on Mac laptops are a terrible idea. I will forever be staunchly against this. eshumarneedi.com/2025/11/10/m...
MacBooks Pro Expected to Receive OLED Touchscreens in 2026
Mark Gurman, reporting mid-October for Bloomberg: Apple Inc. is preparing to finally launch a touch-screen version of its Mac computer, reversing course on a stance that dates back to co-founder Steve...
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November 11, 2025 at 8:06 PM
I wrote about OLED screens and why touchscreens on Mac laptops are a terrible idea. I will forever be staunchly against this. eshumarneedi.com/2025/11/10/m...