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Chris Pirillo @chrispirillo.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 7h

Vibe Coding & AI News to Use: October 26, 2026… Kashkeshet 0.1.0 adds agent chat over MCP. github.com/sam-mfb/kashkeshet/relea… Hob 0.2.1 updates its local, open-source AI desktop. github.com/FrigadeHQ/hob/releases/t… […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Chris Pirillo bricklaying a little engine that hums to life. End-grain mosaic illustration.

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Chris Pirillo @chrispirillo.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 9h

One of the biggest surprises that came out of the recent ctrl-alt-create live event for May, sponsored by Every.io, as it has been for the past six months here in Seattle, showing technical and non-technical users how to vibe code, was demonstrating not just […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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Chris Pirillo @chrispirillo.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 12h

On this day in 2012, Windows 8 went on sale worldwide, the Windows Store opened, and more than 1,000 certified PCs and tablets arrived, Surface among them. One interface for every screen. Your non-touch desktop had opinions. (Source: Microsoft Blog) #OnThisDay #Windows8 #TechHistory

A Polaroid of Microsoft's October 25, 2012 blog post "It's Here...Windows 8!", a Samsung tablet showing the Windows 8 Start screen, dated Oct 26, 2012 on its bottom strip.

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Chris Pirillo @chrispirillo.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 15h

Today is National Pumpkin Day - 3 Facts! • The US grows about 1.5 billion pounds of pumpkins a year, and Illinois grows the most. • A Connecticut grower's pumpkin topped one ton at the 2019 Topsfield Fair and won $8,000. • Calling a carved pumpkin or turnip […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Illustration of Chris Pirillo in context for Today is National Pumpkin Day: the US grows about 1.5 billion pounds of pumpkins a year, a fair pumpkin topped one ton in 2019, and a carved pumpkin was first called a 'jack-o'-lantern' in 1837.

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Chris Pirillo @chrispirillo.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 16h

On this day in 2011, I put the iPhone 4S camera up against the iPhone 4: 8 megapixels, a fifth lens, and depth-of-field shots you could actually see. Today Apple announced a $699 OLED iPad mini. Same question, fifteen years on: what does the new one actually […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

A still from Chris Pirillo's 2011 video “iPhone 4 Vs. iPhone 4S - Still Photos”

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Chris Pirillo @chrispirillo.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 17h

It's missing a LiDAR scanner. It's not just a, ooh, the screen folds and now it's a bigger screen. It's not just that. There's a trade-off. #iPhoneDuo #Apple #iPhone #Foldables youtu.be/U_8UBzKkOuI

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Chris Pirillo @chrispirillo.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 18h

iPhone Duo inner screen repair costs $999, so if you preorder one anyway, buy AppleCare+... iPhone Duo preorders opened October 16, and the number I'd look at before the $1,999 starting price is $999. That's Apple's estimated fee to repair the Duo's folding […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Spray-paint mural: Chris winces at a folding phone open like a book with a cracked inner screen, a dollar price tag hanging from its hinge.

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Chris Pirillo @chrispirillo.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/10/2026

On this day in 2012, I asked whether you should wait for Windows 8. My answer: get it if you have a touchscreen PC, and if Windows runs fine for you now, don't feel you have to upgrade. Look how many people were still on XP. #Windows8 #WindowsXP #RetroTech […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

A still from Chris Pirillo's 2012 video “Wait for Windows 8 - or Not?”

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Chris Pirillo @chrispirillo.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/10/2026

Today is World Pasta Day - 3 Facts! • Thomas Jefferson sketched a pasta machine around 1787. • His papers now sit in the Library of Congress's Manuscript Division. • There are about 350 types of pasta. (Sources: Library of Congress, National Today) #WorldPastaDay #Pasta #FoodHistory

Illustration of Chris Pirillo in context for World Pasta Day, October 25.

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Chris Pirillo @chrispirillo.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/10/2026

The most expensive iPhone Apple has ever sold, $2,000 plus. Hardware Zone did the math out loud. For that money, you could get an iPhone 18 Pro and an iPad Mini with change to spare. #iPhoneDuo #Apple #iPhone youtu.be/psxoH6ZQfBY

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Chris Pirillo @chrispirillo.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/10/2026

Getting feedback, getting bug reports is kind of exciting in the age of AI, and I can't believe I'm gonna say that. I copy and paste the feedback and let it go. Do a little bit of QA, and then I'm good to go. I re-upload the file through my process. It backs […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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Chris Pirillo @chrispirillo.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/10/2026

The Verge said: expensive, full of compromises, and switching back to a normal phone feels like a relief. For a phone whose own reviewers keep using the same word: compromise. #iPhoneDuo #Apple #iPhone youtu.be/psxoH6ZQfBY

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Chris Pirillo @chrispirillo.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/10/2026

On this day in 2010, I said the internet needed a picture of Han Solo's blaster drawn in Microsoft Paint, and FuggedabouditNL drew it. I could barely draw a circle with the circle tool. Guess it's not about the tool. #MicrosoftPaint #StarWars #RetroTech www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DsmvPnyEv0

A still from Chris Pirillo's 2010 video “Microsoft Paint Art”

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Chris Pirillo @chrispirillo.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/10/2026

Today is United Nations Day - 3 Facts! • The UN Charter took effect on October 24, 1945. • That's the day the UN officially came into existence. • Representatives of 50 countries drew up the Charter in San Francisco. (Source: United Nations) #UNDay

Illustration of Chris Pirillo in context for United Nations Day: October 24, the day the UN Charter entered into force in 1945

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Chris Pirillo @chrispirillo.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/10/2026

We built an app to help people decide what kind of coffee order they want. I realized, oh, maybe I can do the same thing with Star Wars. So it kind of breaks down the fandom into various groupings and then through a wizard based interface. #StarWars #VibeCoding #AI #WebDev

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Chris Pirillo @chrispirillo.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/10/2026

Withings wants about $100 a year to sync your scale with Apple Health... Anyone who creates a Withings account on October 13 or later needs a Withings+ subscription for automatic syncing to Apple Health, MacRumors reported, at $99.50 a year in the U.S. Tech […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Egyptian wall painting: Chris eyes a padlocked coin box that the cable from his bathroom scale to his phone runs through.

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Chris Pirillo @chrispirillo.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 24/10/2026

Meta opened up Muse Spark, and it takes two Mac Studios to run it at home... Meta released Muse Spark Open on October 15, a model with 816 billion parameters, 42 billion of them active. MacRumors reports it's free to download under a license that allows […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Blacklight poster: Chris gapes at a giant glowing brain resting on two small desktop computers, the desk bowing under it.

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Chris Pirillo @chrispirillo.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/10/2026

I asked Android users what's stopping them from getting an iPhone... I asked Android users in a YouTube poll on October 2 what's stopping them from getting an iPhone, and most of the people who answered just like Android more. That was 61% of the first 93 […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Delft tile painting: Chris smiles at a huge heap of heart cards around one phone, while a second phone at the far end of the table has only three.

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Chris Pirillo @chrispirillo.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/10/2026

Google's Playground lets anyone make a game, one token at a time... Google opened Playground on October 7, an experimental site where you describe a game and its AI builds it. It launched for people 18 and older in the U.S. Playing the games is free, and […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Felt appliqué: Chris winces as a little game character falls short of its platform, a jar of tokens nearly empty beside the screen.

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Chris Pirillo @chrispirillo.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/10/2026

Today is Mole Day - 4 Facts! • It runs from 6:02 a.m. to 6:02 p.m. on October 23. • It honors Avogadro's Number, 6.02 x 10^23. • One mole of water weighs 18 grams. • Amedeo Avogadro first linked a mole to that number, and got credit for it after his death […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Illustration of Chris Pirillo in context for Mole Day: October 23, from 6:02 a.m. to 6:02 p.m., for Avogadro's Number

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Chris Pirillo @chrispirillo.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/10/2026

On this day in 2012, Apple announced the iPad mini, and I said on camera that if Apple really wanted to slap Google and Amazon, it had to start at $249. It started at $329. #Apple #RetroTech www.youtube.com/watch?v=JP-A3ISYJRc

A still from Chris Pirillo's 2012 video “iPad mini (2012) Announcement - Unboxing & Review Coming Soon!”

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Chris Pirillo @chrispirillo.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/10/2026

Another reason you may not want to get iPhone Duo is that it looks incredibly unbalanced. And I don't just mean the hardware. That would be a massive turn off to me. Not just because of the hardware incongruency, but specifically the software incongruency […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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Chris Pirillo @chrispirillo.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/10/2026

Full Disk Access is the most dangerous setting on my Mac... On October 2, Apple told Mac developers it will add new controls to Full Disk Access, so that granting it takes "very explicit user action." Apple's reason is AI agents: as they get more capable and […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Gold-ruled page: Chris peers from behind a round vault door drawn as a settings window while a small robot walks out carrying an envelope.

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Chris Pirillo @chrispirillo.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/10/2026

On this day in 2001, Apple announced the iPod: 5GB, up to 1,000 CD-quality songs, 6.5 ounces and $399. Steve Jobs said listening to music would never be the same again. He wasn't wrong. #Apple #iPod #RetroTech

Early-2000s silhouette dance poster of Chris Pirillo in context for October 23, 2001: Apple announced the iPod

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Chris Pirillo @chrispirillo.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/10/2026

Apple Intelligence is coming to China without the new Siri... Tim Cook told The Paper, a state-backed Chinese outlet, that Apple Intelligence has been approved in China and that a test version is due later in October, Reuters reported. That test version gets […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Chris looks puzzled at two identical phones, a round teal helper inside one screen and a gold star helper inside the other.

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Chris Pirillo @chrispirillo.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/10/2026

I hate buying cars and leasing cars. Even in the negotiation process for these cars, or I should say car, I'm only getting one, at least I hope, I'm in control. I'm guiding the conversation. #Meta #AI #Cars youtu.be/XZd419-DCEU

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Chris Pirillo @chrispirillo.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 23/10/2026

A fake South Park episode on torrent sites was a 118 KB program wrapped in 886 MB of junk... A self-hoster who blogs as Thereallo found a new South Park episode stuck in his media server's queue, and it wasn't an episode at all. The file was named "South […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Rubber-hose cartoon: Chris gapes into a cracked box, packing peanuts bursting out and one tiny glowing chip at the bottom.

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Chris Pirillo @chrispirillo.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/10/2026

The leap second is over, and the world's clocks may now drift up to an hour from the sky... The world's timekeepers have decided to stop adding leap seconds: Resolution 5 of the 28th General Conference on Weights and Measures says "continuous UTC will become […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Art Deco poster: Chris looks up with raised eyebrows, a gold pocket watch in his hand beside a small spinning Earth.

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Chris Pirillo @chrispirillo.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/10/2026

Another reason that you may not want to get an iPhone Duo is that you, may not be happy with the way your hands work. So if you're left-handed, maybe you're going to be holding it wrong. #iPhoneDuo #Apple #iPhone #Foldables youtu.be/U_8UBzKkOuI

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Chris Pirillo @chrispirillo.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/10/2026

On this day in 2013, I was live for Apple's iPad Air and Retina iPad mini event. When OS X Mavericks turned out to be a free update, I lost it: "Free Mavericks. Free Mavericks." #Apple #RetroTech www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqiI4L9aVI4

A still from Chris Pirillo's 2013 video “LIVE: Apple Announcements: iPad Air, Retina iPad mini, Mac Pro”

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Chris Pirillo @chrispirillo.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/10/2026

Today is International Caps Lock Day - 4 Facts! • Derek Arnold started this parody holiday in October 2000. • The typewriter shift lock held the typebars shifted for you. • Chromebooks swapped Caps Lock for a Search key. • A Mac can make Caps Lock act as […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Illustration of Chris Pirillo in context for International Caps Lock Day: a parody holiday for the key under your pinky, and the day to remap it

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Chris Pirillo @chrispirillo.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/10/2026

Apple ran a graphite pipe through the iPhone Duo's hinge to cool it... Apple's first foldable has the heat problem every foldable has: it's thin when it's open, and its thickness doubles when you close it. Apple's engineers told PCMag that their fix was to […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Thermal-camera colours: Chris smiles beside a half-open folding phone with a white-hot line down its hinge.

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Chris Pirillo @chrispirillo.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/10/2026

Today is Count Your Buttons Day - 1 Facts! • Count Your Buttons Day lands on October 21 every year, and even National Today says it is unclear what its unknown creators intended, so count what tech left you: shirt cuffs, the remote, and the one surviving headphone button. (Source: National Today)

Illustration of Chris Pirillo in context for Count Your Buttons Day: tech took your buttons away one update at a time, so today, count what's left

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Chris Pirillo @chrispirillo.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/10/2026

On this day in 2015, Marty McFly arrived in the future, and the whole world celebrated Back to the Future Day. We are now eleven years deeper into the future than the future was. Still no hoverboards. #BackToTheFutureDay #BackToTheFuture #Movies

Airbrushed 1980s science-fiction paperback cover art of Chris Pirillo in context for Back to the Future Day: today is the date Marty McFly arrived in the future (October 21, 2015), and we are now 11 years deeper into the future than the future was

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Chris Pirillo @chrispirillo.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/10/2026

On this day in 2010, I posted my iMovie '11 screencast. The audio editing additions were enough for me to call it worth the upgrade, and iMovie was still simple to use. #iMovie #VideoEditing #Apple www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtHdCZxs-aY

A still from Chris Pirillo's 2010 video “iMovie '11 - iLife '11 Review”

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Chris Pirillo @chrispirillo.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 21/10/2026

But now, with the iPhone Duo, it's powered by Side Touch ID. If you can live without Face ID, fine. Maybe you're so used to it, you're going to have to untrain yourself to not just stare at your phone. Well, I mean, to unlock it, that is. #iPhoneDuo #Apple […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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Chris Pirillo @chrispirillo.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 21/10/2026

Vibe Coding & AI News to Use: October 20, 2026… Claude Code v2.1.305 fixes tool-search failures and resumes workflows without rerunning completed agents. github.com/anthropics/claude-code/r… GitHub Copilot CLI v1.0.101 adds […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Chris Pirillo dictating into a microphone while a nearby printer produces a paper transcript. Flooded royal-icing transcription relief illustration.

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Chris Pirillo @chrispirillo.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 21/10/2026

Tiny Little Office puts the document inside its own link... Paul Ford's company Aboard just put out Tiny Little Office, ten free office apps where the web address is the file. Copy the link, paste it into a chat, and Ford says everybody in that chat now has […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Chris and a friend at a dinner table each hold a phone showing the same bill split, with a link bubble between them.

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Chris Pirillo @chrispirillo.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 21/10/2026

1980: a whopping 10 megabytes of hard drive cost $3,495 — and that was the factory rebuilt one. Brand new? $4,495. Plus $1,495 for the controller. Sold separately, of course. Today, one terabyte — 100,000× the storage — fits on a card the size of a […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

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Chris Pirillo @chrispirillo.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 21/10/2026

Meta's Muse is exactly what Google's Gemini and Apple's Siri should have been all along. I didn't know what I wanted to get. It told me exactly what I needed to get. #Meta #AI #Shopping youtu.be/XZd419-DCEU

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Chris Pirillo @chrispirillo.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/10/2026

1980: "10 Megabyte Hard Disk - $3,495*" *Factory rebuilt. A brand-new one was $4,495. The controller to actually use it: another $1,495. Today a 1TB microSD the size of a fingernail holds 100,000x more and costs about $75. That's $349.50 per megabyte then. $0.000075 per megabyte now.

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Chris Pirillo @chrispirillo.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/10/2026

i thought we'd finally be getting a pure black / oled mode in the new #mastodon. but we didn't. so i quickly created a google chrome extension that does it with my selected accent color. much better. might have to add a collapsible sidebar while i'm at it? #darkmode

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Chris Pirillo @chrispirillo.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/10/2026

19 years ago today on October 20, 2007, I uploaded Unpacking a New PSP Slim. I loved the PSP screen, used it to watch movies when I traveled back then, and as a casual gamer it fit my needs well. #PSP #PSPSlim #PlayStation #HandheldGaming www.youtube.com/watch?v=E5De1EeW4vQ

A still from Chris Pirillo's 2007 video “Unpacking a New PSP Slim”

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Chris Pirillo @chrispirillo.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/10/2026

22 years ago today on October 20, 2004, Canonical announced Ubuntu 4.10, Warty Warthog, as the first official Ubuntu release on the Ubuntu announce list. In my September 5, 2007 Installing Ubuntu video, that single Ubuntu CD gave a wiped PC a working desktop […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Hand-pulled gelatin monotype in warm earth inks of Chris Pirillo in context for Ubuntu 4.10, codenamed Warty Warthog, was announced as the first final Ubuntu release on October 20, 2004.

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Chris Pirillo @chrispirillo.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/10/2026

Today is National Day on Writing - 2 Facts! • The National Council of Teachers of English established the October 20 observance in 2009 to celebrate composition in all forms. • NCTE's 2026 observance opens 2027 student nominations for Promising Young Writers […] [Original post on mastodon.social]

Illustration of Chris Pirillo in context for National Day on Writing

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Chris Pirillo @chrispirillo.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 20/10/2026

There's no dedicated telephoto lens. And if zooming in is your thing, that's a huge caveat. You can't tack it on. #iPhoneDuo #Apple #iPhone #Foldables youtu.be/U_8UBzKkOuI

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