Working more on Micro.blog 4.0 for Mac. Got a chance to rewrite all the old sidebar code, moving it from a very cluttered XIB to Obj-C code. Now feels more at home with other modern Mac apps.

Getting almost too late to turn this narrative around, but OpenAI tries to make the case for data centers in a new video about Abilene.

Demolition continues on 51st street.

Kath Korevec, who works at OpenAI, in a post on X:

Devs do a lot more than “just coding.” They write docs, design apps, design architecture, manage devops, work with data, etc. It’s no wonder codex is so good at “all the things.” It’s because we built it for developers.

Steve Troughton-Smith in a Mastodon post:

The best kind of WWDC is the WWDC that gives me a big grab-bag of tools to make my apps better along several axes, and doesn’t burden me with a huge amount of needless churn just to tread water.

A year ago I experimented with running local AI models inside Micro.blog for Mac. I did a bunch of work on this and then threw all of the code out. It wasn’t good enough.

I’ve now come back to it. With data center backlash, I think people want options that reduce our dependence on cloud models.

It’s wild that the corgi correctly predicted every game in the western conference finals. That’s a good dog. 🏀

Anthropic submits draft to go public:

Today, Anthropic, PBC confidentially submitted a draft registration statement on Form S-1 to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for a proposed initial public offering of our common stock. This gives us the option to go public after the SEC completes its review. The proposed initial public offering will depend on market conditions and other factors.

Something I learned over the weekend: Anthropic’s run-rate projections count token usage, not just subscriptions. Their revenue is probably not as stable as a normal SaaS company.

Reflecting on how WWDC has changed, I still like my blog post from 2014. I could update it for the modern era, but I’m not inspired to do so. In a way, the best of WWDC will always be captured in those great moments from a decade ago, or even farther back. Perhaps it’s part of getting older.