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I Let AI Organize 20 Years of Photos and Files on My Mac
How to use on-device AI on macOS to organize decades of photos and files — Apple Photos ML, local LLM batch renaming, Live Text OCR, and semantic file search. All private, all offline.
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Cline and Roo Code: Plan mode as a cheap dry run before committing budget
A field-tested take on plan mode as a cheap dry run before committing budget with Cline and Roo Code: what it rewards, where it breaks, and how to keep the workflow honest.
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iPad as a Full Computer in 2026 – Reality Without Marketing
An honest evaluation of whether iPad can replace a computer in 2026. Cut through Apple's marketing to understand what works, what doesn't, and who should.
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The Last Human Skill: Why Judgment Cannot Be Automated Away
Why genuine judgment — contextual, values-laden decision-making under uncertainty — structurally resists automation in ways that mere pattern matching does not.
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The Raycast AI Workflow That Replaced 5 Mac Apps for Me
How Raycast AI replaced DeepL, Grammarly, TextExpander, a dictionary app, and a summarizer on macOS. Setup walkthrough for custom AI Commands with exact prompts, plus local Ollama integration.
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JetBrains AI Assistant: Using inspections as invisible rails for the agent
A field-tested take on using inspections as invisible rails for the agent with JetBrains AI Assistant: what it rewards, where it breaks, and how to keep the workflow honest.
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What Happens to the Internet When AI-Generated Content Floods It
Explore what happens as AI-generated content overwhelms the internet. Understand the challenges of trust, discovery, and authenticity in a world drowning.
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Why the Next Financial Crisis Will Be Caused by an Algorithm Nobody Understands
Algorithmic trading, AI risk models, and HFT have created systemic financial risks that regulators cannot understand or control before damage is done.
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Apple Intelligence vs. Local LLMs — What Apple Doesn't Tell You
An honest comparison of Apple Intelligence and self-hosted local LLMs on Mac. What runs on-device vs Private Cloud Compute, the 3B model's hard limits, and when to run your own models with Ollama instead.
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Windsurf: Keeping the editor quiet until you ask for help
A field-tested take on keeping the editor quiet until you ask for help with Windsurf: what it rewards, where it breaks, and how to keep the workflow honest.
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M1, M2, M3, M4, M5: Does It Still Make Sense to Chase a New Mac Every Year?
Analyze whether annual Mac upgrades still make sense in the Apple Silicon era. Explore the diminishing returns from M1 to M5 and discover the optimal.
