todd anglin

Vibe coding my way through a dance competition Saturday with VS Code Agent Mode 🔥💻💃

a man in a suit and tie is standing in front of a sign that says channel 4 news team . ALT: a man in a suit and tie is standing in front of a sign that says channel 4 news team .

Every AI dev tool: "I understand the issue."

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March 2025 (version 1.99) Learn what is new in the Visual Studio Code March 2025 Release (1.99)

It's Friday.
It's Microsoft's 50th Anniversary.
And "agent mode" is now GA in @vscode.dev!
Time to vibe code into the weekend...😎

code.visualstudio.com/updates/v1_99

Starting to put my new @bambulabglobal.bsky.social H2D 3D printer through its paces. Right away, the out-of-the-box print quality is WAY better than my experience with Prusa XL (using @polymaker.bsky.social filaments).

I'll be happy to relegate the XL to fewer prints if the H2D is up to the task!

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It is impressively navigating date pickers, custom category drop downs, etc. But it is frustratingly inconsistent. It will nail the date picker 3x in a row, then flub it.

Manual oversight is required.

Once it is reliably consistent, tho, any menial data entry tasks are $200/month ($7/day).

Kicking the tires on OpenAI Operator. Slow, but impressive.

I gave it a CSV of transactions and asked it to add them to my QuickBooks Self Employed register. Two sentence prompt. And it’s methodically adding each transaction.

Add triggers and this could replace a lot of Zapier flows…🤔

So this means that if you use Siri and want better answers, you need to type “chatgpt" at the beginning of every query. You can of course make it grammatical by prepending “Ask ChatGPT ___” but then you have to type even more needless characters, each time.

I see many “business justification” emails in my future for this thing…😇

Bullets in vending machines? 🧐 They better be “El Ammo Bandito” #BioShock

Build Plate needs regular cleaning to remove fingerprints and debris. For the PEI plate, use dish soap with a sponge or brush—alcohol won’t work and just spreads oil. Avoid acetone or ketone-based solvents, as they can damage PEI coating. wiki.bambulab.com/en/filament-acc/acc/pei-plate-clean-guide

I haven't logged-in to the Bsky web app before today (been using iOS app). And, wow. It's a *total* Twitter clone. Right down to the color scheme and rounded buttons.

Good artists copy, great artists steal?

👀

The company making a niche web browser is…[checks notes]…making another, different web browser. 🤔

Just call it what it is: a pivot. 🤷🏼‍♂️

Oof. Not clear how a new CEO is going to fare better. Will be interesting to see Ben Thompson/Stratechery’s analysis this week…

And with Thanksgiving done, it’s a quick sprint to Christmas. 23 days to finish your shopping. 🎁🎄😳

Working with generative AI tools reveals how poor we are at expressing our ideas. With other humans (especially close collaborators), we rely on “do what I mean, not what I say”.

I look forward to a time when ChatGPT and Copilot have the nuanced context and understanding.

Did you know? Black Friday is named in honor of Rebecca Black, who invented Friday in 2011.

In a world full of AI, authenticity will be the most valuable thing in the universe.

Low hanging fruit for growth hacking? 🤔

If you are new to Bluesky and are an AI Enthusiast.

This hand-picked list of AI journalists, writers and experts covers a broad spectrum of insights for you that I highly recommend.

bsky.app/starter-pack...

Star Trek The Next Generation scene. The Enterprise D gang is in Ten Forward standing around a beautifully decorated banquet table adorned with exotic flowers and lots of food. Seems like a fancy party is happening, I'm guessing some light chitter chatter is in the background, dishes and flatware tinkling and clanking, maybe some nice soft harpy music, but this is a picture so it's tough to say. Ok, back to the story, so Captain Picard is carving a large round turkey. Bev Crusher, Geordi, Data, and a very very tall Klingon, all in uniform, stand and observe. Closed caption reads, "I shall try some of your burned, replicated bird meat."

#HappyThanksgiving

Saw #Moana2 last night with the fam. Everyone agrees it doesn’t measure up to the original, but it’s…fine. The kind of movie that would have been straight to VHS when we were kids.

If (when?) they make Moana3, bring back Lin Manuel Miranda.

Pour one out for the poor PMs that have to figure out how to enforce this.

I predict a surge in “over 16” social media users in Australia…

1st: 🥞🥓☕️
2nd: 🍗🍗🍷
3rd: 🥧😴
#HappyThanksgiving

Let’s give this platform another spin. Seems like A LOT more journalists and tech talking heads have finally migrated here…

I just followed a bunch of you’re looking for some more interesting accounts to watch. 👀

Dev Proxy v0.23 with inspecting cloud API requests - Microsoft 365 Developer Blog We’re excited to share a new version of Dev Proxy to help you build robust apps connected to APIs.

If you're integrating APIs with cloud services, you should check out the latest version of #DevProxy (v0.23). It offers great support to understand how the cloud service is calling APIs. Must-have for debugging!

devblogs.microsoft.com/microsoft365...

I do most of my posting on Threads these days, but if that’s not your cuppa, it’s available on the Fediverse: @toddanglin@threads.net