LoriHC @lorihc@qoto.org

The Sora announcement by OpenAI is kinda frightening/exciting and Marques does a really good job discussing the implications of this new technology.

https://youtu.be/NXpdyAWLDas

What's not discussed as much as well is the huge amounts of water and electricity that is required to run this tech.

#OpenAI #Sora #GenerativeAI

Let's talk about data race safety in Swift 6!

The Swift 6 language mode is opt-in; you can continue to use Swift 5 mode with the Swift 6 compiler. You can incrementally refine your code to take advantage of full data isolation at your own pace, module by module. Swift 6 code can depend on libraries using Swift 5 and vice versa.

If you're not familiar with Swift concurrency and data isolation, that's okay! There's no rush, and the language mode will be there when you're ready to take it on.

My incredible, Cupertino-based Evangelism team is hosting 1:1 online consultations on February 22nd and 29th. Apply to hop on a video call with me or one of my amazing colleagues to talk about what's next for your app!

Feb 22nd registration:
https://developer.apple.com/events/view/NA63SY29JN/dashboard

Feb 29th registration:
https://developer.apple.com/events/view/3Q966R575M/dashboard

(And don't forget to check out the AWESOME activities for International Women's Day scheduled in-person on March 5th, all over the world!)
https://developer.apple.com/events/view/upcoming-events?q=a%20force%20together

If you have a max length for a password*, you're probably storing them incorrectly.

But it’s way worse, if you erase the entire sign up form when you give me this error! Thanks for nothing

📣✨ I’m excited to share that I’m working on a new app called Helm, which is designed to make it easier and more enjoyable for users of App Store Connect to ship apps and updates.

The app is focused on providing a fast user experience and will be available for early access later this month.

If you’re interested, sign up here: https://helm-app.com

Please share with your fellow (indie) devs!

The weather is a bit gloomy outside, but I don't care, because I'm spending this weekend blissfully tinkering in a cozy version of the cyberpunk future I liked to read about in the 90s. It's really quite neat.

I'm so impressed with Apple Vision Pro as a debut product, but that Apple took the time and care to build out a full suite of accessibility features is also impressive and laudable: https://support.apple.com/guide/apple-vision-pro/get-started-with-accessibility-features-tan426c48bdc/visionos

Got an email there from Susan Prescott at Apple saying thanks for being there on day one. That's genuinely a really nice touch!

That sounds like a your-investments problem, my dude.

"In the press release, Apple's VP of Wallet and Pay said"

That VP is Jennifer Bailey. Why wasn't she named? She’s named in the press release being quoted.

A paragraph later:

"Goldman Sachs's CEO of Enterprise Partnerships in Platform Solutions, Bill Johnson stated"

Somehow he’s worthy of being named.

https://stocks.apple.com/A5XxWT2J7Tuaj19I4UEW50w

Remember, the Holocaust didn’t start with gas chambers.

It started with politicians dividing the people with “us vs. them”.

It started with intolerance and hate speech.

It started when people stopped caring, became desensitized, and turned a blind eye.

Remember.

Americans: please give us an affordable, practical, small EV with decent range

American car companies: here’s a $70,000 EV truck that weighs 6 tons lol

<zero EV trucks are sold>

American car companies: wow americans aren’t ready for EVs