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Alasdair McCall

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AI & App hired gun. Currently slinging code in London alasdair.md

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John O'Reilly @johnoreilly.dev · 01/09/2026
Running golf swing analysis on an Android device with a fine-tuned Gemma 4 model johnoreilly.dev/posts/formai... @googlegemma.bsky.social
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Running golf swing analysis on an Android device with a fine-tuned Gemma 4 model
FormAI is a Kotlin Multiplatform app that analyses a video of your golf swing, basketball shot or running form and gives you coaching feedback. Up to now that has always meant uploading the video to G...
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Alasdair McCall @alasdair.md · 28/08/2026
You could fit @genmon.fyi weather app on a single stiffy disk 🤯 apps.apple.com/app/id676809...
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Alasdair McCall @alasdair.md · 08/08/2026
how bizarre, just listened to the This is Love episode in the car with my family thisislovepodcast.com/episode-132-... 🐰 ❤️
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Episode 132: Chloe and the Hare
“It felt like a magical experience. It felt like some sort of spell. I was living a childhood fairytale, of the comings and goings of this extraordinary animal that didn't need me, but seemed to be co...
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Cabel Sasser @cabel.panic.com · 26/07/2026
the temu app will be studied for generations. i opened the app. here’s my unedited, nearly two-minute launch sequence. i was just searching for a bookshelf
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Alasdair McCall @alasdair.md · 23/07/2026
My old domain was alasda.ir but then I decided it might really cost me if I ever wanted to visit the US 😭
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Alasdair McCall @alasdair.md · 22/06/2026
The nice part is you can keep going step by step and ask follow-up questions at any point, even by adding more photos, like I’ve done below. Also, the AI somehow spotted my cat in the photo, which was pretty funny.
The user has taken photos midway through the setup of their inflatable pool. The photos are of the inflatable pool half inflated and the user is asking the AI to confirm whether the pool has been set up correctly. The AI model has accurately consumed the image and is giving advice on what the next steps are.To follow up, the AI has finished with the setup instructions and has noted that there was a cat in the frame of the images and has said, also your cat appears to be conducting a very thorough pre-filled safety inspection.
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Alasdair McCall @alasdair.md · 22/06/2026
A really useful AI task I use: take a photo of hard-to-read or badly worded instructions, then ask the model to turn them into simple step-by-step directions. It’s especially helpful when the text is tiny or unclear — and when your eyesight isn’t quite as good as it used to be 😑
A user has uploaded two text-heavy images showing difficult to read instructions and has asked AI agents to go through those installation instructions and streamline it for them. The agent has responded with what looks like the beginning of simple instructions.
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Alasdair McCall @alasdair.md · 11/06/2026
Installed the #iOS27 beta asap and tested the new Liquid Glass tinting. Lock screen notifications are so much more readable. More please from the Apple team.
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Alasdair McCall @alasdair.md · 11/05/2026
That's two for two.
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Alasdair McCall @alasdair.md · 06/05/2026
Feels so cool to have added something to an app that I use everyday! github.com/steipete/Cod...
Screenshot of Peter Steinberger announcing new version of CodexBar with a new "Copilot multi-account switching" feature.
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Alasdair McCall @alasdair.md · 30/03/2026
Is this a pigeon meme, except the boy, a copilot user,
 is asking if this is what it feels like to be on the max AI subscription.
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Alasdair McCall @alasdair.md · 30/03/2026
Nothing beats that feeling when your weekly Claude session is _about_ to reset and you can finally go nuts with multiple agents on the frontier model. #noMiniForMe
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Alasdair McCall @alasdair.md · 27/03/2026
Funny that I find PlayStore test lanes a frustrating experience. Guess it’s what you know and are used to. Reach out if you need help or what to swop advice.
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Alasdair McCall @alasdair.md · 24/03/2026
Just blows my mind how good @3blue1brown.com is. Another simply sensational video - youtu.be/ldxFjLJ3rVY
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This picture broke my brain
YouTube video by 3Blue1Brown
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Alasdair McCall @alasdair.md · 23/03/2026
🤯 Just discovered that it's Crt+V to paste images into Claude/Copilot CLI. How long have I been dragging screenshots into the terminal because Cmd+V didn't work?
Screenshot of claude help showing showing keyboard ctrl + z to suspend,  ctrl + v to paste images, meta + p to switch model
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Alasdair McCall @alasdair.md · 14/03/2026
And lost the match IMO. Drives me nuts when scorers don’t try to narrow the angle!
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Alasdair McCall @alasdair.md · 08/03/2026
Mine also hates the rain 😃
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Alasdair McCall @alasdair.md · 03/03/2026
@dieworkwear.bsky.social something for you… Japanese rugby squad team in suits looking dapper!
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Alasdair McCall @alasdair.md · 23/02/2026
Thanks Zach, I'm gonna try this. I thought I was losing my cognitive abilities, but I'm really battling this Ian M Banks book. Might just put it down and start another... Ian Banks book 😂
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Alasdair McCall @alasdair.md · 03/02/2026
@americanexpress.bsky.social login issues? Web says password is wrong, app works. Reset on web → app breaks. Reset on app → web breaks. Been stuck in this loop 4 times. Using a password manager, cleared caches, triple-checked passwords. Feels like web/app auth are out of sync. 😤
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Alasdair McCall @alasdair.md · 01/02/2026
Wow is right! I’m setting up one this week but it’ll be a short term experiment. Will I have the heart to pull the plug though once I’m convinced it’s sentient 😦
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Alasdair McCall @alasdair.md · 20/01/2026
Mark Carney just gave the most outstanding speech at Davos. Really potent, spine tingling stuff. I would be so proud to be Canadian right now! #davos #markCarney
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Alasdair McCall @alasdair.md · 17/01/2026
@economist.com is it true that the estimated delivery for your newspaper is between Sat and Tues? My subscription is only valuable if I can read the newspaper over the weekend.
Live chat request where customer is complaining that the Economist hasn’t arrived on timeLive chat shown agent responding saying that the economist estimated delivery is Saturday to Tuesday
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Alasdair McCall @alasdair.md · 26/12/2025
Working hard over Christmas John. Making me feel lazy 😂 (but well done 👏)
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Alasdair McCall @alasdair.md · 10/12/2025
While everything these days appears to be satire, this is probably the most The Onion article I’ve ever read 🫠
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Alasdair McCall @alasdair.md · 17/11/2025
The shirt’s come off… I repeat, the shirt has come off 🥵
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Alasdair McCall @alasdair.md · 17/11/2025
Tbf, he’s polite and moves section when the train arrives at the platform. Pretty cut as well 💪
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Alasdair McCall @alasdair.md · 17/11/2025
There a dude have a literal gym sesh on the train today 😂 #londoncommute
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Alasdair McCall @alasdair.md · 12/11/2025
On “How did you hear about us?” I put you down as a friend 😃 It’s a beautiful and informative app. Well done 👏
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Alasdair McCall @alasdair.md · 19/10/2025
Hey Joe 👋 do you know if/when there’ll be a steam of this talk? Looked through your timeline but haven’t seen it announced. Very keen to watch it and see your Wow with AI
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Alasdair McCall @alasdair.md · 02/10/2025
Lol, I misspoke. It was _iTerm2_ that has a beta web browser. Not sure that will meet your needs. iterm2.com/documentatio...
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Web Browser - Documentation - iTerm2 - macOS Terminal Replacement
iTerm2 is a replacement for Terminal and the successor to iTerm
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Alasdair McCall @alasdair.md · 02/10/2025
Sublime Text has a browser. It’s in beta though
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Alasdair McCall @alasdair.md · 01/10/2025
Unsurprisingly, various AI detection tools confidently suggest that the majority of text is generated. Results from decopy.ai/ai-detector/ app.gptzero.me
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Alasdair McCall @alasdair.md · 29/09/2025
Dang!
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Alasdair McCall @alasdair.md · 25/09/2025
Compare the Lock screen to the Home or App Library screen. The apps and their icons _are_ the content. Here they are vibrant, bold and immediately usable. I suspect in a few releases time, the notifications will revert to solid backgrounds. 🙏
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Alasdair McCall @alasdair.md · 25/09/2025
"Liquid Glass [..] a new way while letting content shine through underneath it." Generally I like LG on iOS26, but it makes the lock screen ugly and unusable. The notifications _are_ the content, yet LG makes them look dark, bland and, worst of all, unreadable. #liquidGlass #iOS26
A iOS26 phone's lock screen showing the new Liquid Glass UI. Notifications are clear with a blur of the lock screen background. The poster believes these are unreadable.
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Molly Knight @mollyknight.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
what a humiliating way for don jr. to find out his dad sends birthday cards.
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Alasdair McCall @alasdair.md · 17/08/2025
This was my first feature request from you Dani. Well done for building in public, I’m inspired
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Alasdair McCall @alasdair.md · 14/08/2025
Yes please! Makes Kotlin code look so much cleaner, especially for Swift devs who expect this 👍
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Alex Hern @hern.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
This matches with my understanding of where LLMs are likely to impact science quickest – bringing techniques that are well-understood to one set of experts, and applying them to questions raised by a different set of experts www.quantamagazine.org/ai-comes-up-...
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AI Comes Up with Bizarre Physics Experiments. But They Work. | Quanta Magazine
Artificial intelligence software is designing novel experimental protocols that improve upon the work of human physicists, although the humans are still “doing a lot of baby-sitting.”
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Alasdair McCall @alasdair.md · 26/06/2025
Still invested in KMP, but I would much prefer writing apps in Swift. Swift Android working group is exciting even if it’s too early to tell #kmp #swift swift.org/android-work...
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Joe Fabisevich @mergesort.me · 26/06/2025
Please, please, Will I Am is so formal. My friends call me Bill I'm.
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Alasdair McCall @alasdair.md · 19/06/2025
“Stop being poor” #notagoodlook
Rug hanging on wall with the words Stop Being Poor
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Peter Steinberger @steipete.me · 18/06/2025
📢 I built a free, open source analytics backend for Sparkle because all existing solutions are ancient. I'll take over hosting cost for other oss Mac apps who value simple, minimal and privacy-first analytics. No login, no tracking, no cookies, no bs. steipete.me/posts/2025/s...
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stats.store: Privacy-First Sparkle Analytics | Peter Steinberger
How curiosity about VibeTunnel users led me to build stats.store - a free, open source analytics backend for Sparkle using AI tools, all while cooking dinner.
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Alasdair McCall @alasdair.md · 13/06/2025
Never thought I see “pavement pizza” in a serious newspaper @economist.com. Not sure how I feel about it 😂 🤢 economist.com/china/2025/0...
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ianVisits @ianvisits.co.uk · 13/06/2025
Help to re-chalk the Uffington White Horse www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/hel... Fancy taking a hammer and smashing a prehistoric monument — and doing so with permission?
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Help to re-chalk the Uffington White Horse
Fancy taking a hammer and smashing a prehistoric monument — and doing so with permission?
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Alasdair McCall @alasdair.md · 12/06/2025
It’s a gorgeous day for sure 👌
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Alasdair McCall @alasdair.md · 12/06/2025
Good luck Dani!
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Alasdair McCall @alasdair.md · 06/06/2025
Could the higher rejection rates be highlighted more clearly if the number of applications rejected vs applied was shown? This graph could suggest that Nigeria simply had 5x as many VISA apps compared to SA - which track their respective pop sizes. Decent revenue stream for someone though ;)
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ianVisits @ianvisits.co.uk · 05/06/2025
Row upon row of purple lavender fill the fields near Croydon, and you will be able to walk through them later this month. www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/may...
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Mayfield lavender farm reopens this month
Row upon row of purple lavender fill the fields near Croydon, and you will be able to walk through them later this month.
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