Notes along the way
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Building with AI, shipping small things, and figuring it out as I go.
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BGBG on TestFlight with a public weblink
A TestFlight build and weblink for BGBG, the iOS app that frames screenshots with backgrounds and blur.
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When unreliable internet breaks the workflow
Two hours of internet trouble interrupting the workday.
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102 days to 2027
The daily countdown reaches 102 days: a reminder to make the remaining time count.
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Grok and Muse now track website issues in a CSV
Two bots audit four websites daily and prioritize the issues they find by business impact.
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Fixing yesterday’s issues before the bots check again
A daily deadline to resolve flagged issues before the bots review progress at noon.
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Perplexity and the arrival of Grok, Muse, and GPT
A brief observation on Perplexity as competing AI tools emerge around it.
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The Grok bot was quiet because I asked for weekends off
An apparent monitoring glitch turns out to be a bot following its weekday-only notification schedule.
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Watching iPhone settings mirror on macOS
Device appearance and text-size changes on the phone showing up on the Mac.
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Unsplash keeps overwriting my Mac settings
Tracking down a macOS settings issue and offering to help fix the Unsplash app.
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The screenshot editor’s first export
A Sunday sprint produces the first image export, with TestFlight planned next.
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A native calendar with widgets and public schedules
The calendar app takes shape with iOS widgets and schedules readable by people, bots, and agents.
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Building an iOS screenshot background editor
Planning an image editor with background blur, padding, rounded corners, and multiple output ratios.
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Apple TV: the app and the standalone product
A note on Apple TV in India and the distinction between its app and standalone product.
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103 days to 2027
The daily countdown reaches 103 days, with another reminder to use the time ahead.
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A 4.94 GB database copy in 70 seconds
A schema-change workflow hits a snag while copying and verifying an existing database.
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Time blocking, an MCP update, and TestFlight builds
The first of two daily sprints wraps up with MCP changes and iOS apps sent to TestFlight.
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Lessons from the gym on grit and patience
Reflections on the gym, stubbornness, moving calmly, and choosing the weight for a set.
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Who is downloading my npm packages?
Questioning npm download counts while apparently being the only person testing the CLI packages.
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Rust catches bugs early—sometimes too early
A small correction on the appeal and frustration of Rust catching bugs early.
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Saving 100 TB of RAM across a fleet
A quick appreciation of saving 100 TB of RAM across a fleet.
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CLI and MCP tools for expenses and calendars
Two working tools manage personal expenses and calendars, with organizational use planned next.
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A two-hour sprint to ship an MCP
Setting aside two focused hours to deploy a useful MCP tool.
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Finding Notification Centre on iOS 27
The top-left swipe still opens notifications, but makes one-handed use awkward.
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Applying AI until you become ungovernable
A thought on using AI extensively and how much it can help a person achieve.
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Renewing the $200 Codex plan
A welcome surprise: the $200 Codex subscription can be renewed.
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104 days to 2027
The daily countdown reaches 104 days, continuing the reminder to make each day matter.
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There is no free lunch with frontier models
Reflecting on the cost of frontier models and what a $200 subscription should mean.
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AI agents as both makers and checkers
Grok and Muse catch overlooked details and review the previous day’s work.
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Questioning three million requests in a day
Investigating whether excessive crawling or unoptimized network calls explain a surprising request count.
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The corrected Muse conversation screenshot
The correct Muse conversation image, following the earlier bot-audit update.
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What network monitoring found in Grok and Muse
Observations from monitoring the bots’ connections to API, backend, and telemetry endpoints.
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Muse meets the in-person RTO requirement
Testing a Delhi vehicle-name change reveals a remaining requirement to submit documents in person.
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Grok and Muse find their first website issues
The bots identify a copy error and a faulty link during their first platform review.
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The missing ChatGPT mute button in CarPlay
Reporting that the CarPlay mute button disappeared after the iOS 27 update.
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An e-commerce framework built for chat
Developing an e-commerce framework around chat, with MCP and CLI access first.
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A daily platform review with Grok and Muse
Asking both bots to propose one meaningful platform improvement at noon IST.
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Incoming webhooks for the Grok bot
Using events to let a bot track actions and send summaries through a gist.
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43 requests per second and a 341 ms p95
Checking CPU usage, request throughput, and latency as a backend project grows.
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Where Grok, Muse, and a remote Codex bot might lead
Thoughts on competing bot platforms, containers, and the prospect of a remote Codex bot.
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Three million daily requests on my Rust server
Comparing a custom Rust server’s growing request volume with Cloudflare Workers pricing.
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105 days to 2027
The countdown stands at 105 days, with a reminder to keep moving toward the new year.
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Monitoring Grok and Muse on my Mac
Planning a code and network review after earlier concerns about uploads from the Grok CLI.
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Bots generating their own bots
Questions about nested bots, account access inside containers, and parent-account monitoring.
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Muse arrives on macOS
A quick reaction to Muse becoming available for native use on the Mac.
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Rethinking products around MCP, CLI, and webhooks
A shift in product development toward interfaces that agents can use.
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Can MCP connect Zoho to a currency-conversion query?
Exploring whether MCP can help retrieve a precise financial-year conversion amount from Zoho.
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Testing Muse on a Delhi vehicle registration correction
Proposing a real-world test of whether Muse can handle a vehicle-registration name correction.
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Installing Grok Bot on macOS
Trying the desktop bot to explore incoming webhooks and bot resets unavailable on mobile.
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When other bots can see a stuck Grok bot
Noticing that multiple bots can observe the same bot getting stuck.
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Cloudflare makes domain searches feel instant
Comparing Cloudflare’s fast domain availability results with earlier Namecheap searches.
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Wishing for Muse on macOS
Why a mobile-only release limits access, especially where the app is not available.
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Rethinking the Rust and SQLite service architecture
Weighing the current service against a split between API workers and the database layer.
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Getting access to Muse
A short update after receiving access to Muse.
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A 24-hour window for the $200 OpenAI subscription
Suggesting a short subscription window as a way to gauge demand for the product.
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Looking for a Muse invite in India
Seeing others use Muse in India and asking for help getting an invitation.
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When Astra leaves local Git history behind
Frustration with temporary-folder edits and branch pushes that leave the local checkout outdated.
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Is the internet going down, or is it X?
A brief question about whether a connection problem is local or on X.
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When the notification swipe opens Siri instead
A familiar iPhone gesture unexpectedly opens Siri and disrupts muscle memory.
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One backend, two very different project outcomes
Trying to understand why one project works and another fails on the same backend service.
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How did Homer manage without Wispr Flow?
A tongue-in-cheek thought on Homer’s narration and modern voice-dictation tools.
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Grok bot usage after cancelling Grok Heavy
Finding remaining bot usage after cancelling Heavy and wondering if the X subscription explains it.