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Tom Elliot @tomelliot.net · 16/10/2025

I like this take. I also think there's a cabal element: if everyone is invested in each other's success, it's really hard to nay-say. If OpenAI is at the centre of the cabal, they don't just have their own lobbyists to push their agenda, they have the lobbyists of all their partners too.

Tom Elliot @tomelliot.net · 10/09/2025

Just me that's seeing MacOS `contactsd` and `Autofill` processes regularly hold the CPU hostage for arbitrary reasons?

screenshot of macos' activity monitor showing contactsd process using >300% CPU, with lots of AutoFill processes

Tom Elliot @tomelliot.net · 07/09/2025

I wanted to try Claude in XCode. Apple: You need the XCode beta. Me: Ugh ok. Apple: But first you need the MacOS beta. Me: Ugh ok. Anthropic: You did all that? You also need a paid Claude account. No API key. I think they don't want us using it.

Tom Elliot @tomelliot.net · 02/09/2025

I wanna see a new take on "Her", except: The tension isn't that your AI girlfriend is poly and runs off with mega brain AI. The tension is that the corporate overlords behind your AI girlfriend exploit your love for it. Furthering their corporate interests. Or under pressure from the government.

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Tom Elliot @tomelliot.net · 27/08/2025

From the Lovable discord: "I’m trying to build an agent that can actually execute real tasks, like creating projects, uploading files, and managing user data. However, none of the functions I’m building actually work in practice."

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Tom Elliot @tomelliot.net · 20/08/2025

I'd love to see the "get what you want" diagram you were sketching @justinjackson.ca ! (Also looking forward to being able to see vid in my podcast player so I can use that instead of YT)

Tom Elliot @tomelliot.net · 08/08/2025

So is ChatGPT 5 passing the vibe test?

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Tom Elliot @tomelliot.net · 01/08/2025

When LinkedIn started showing me pop ups to play games, it made me think it really jumped the shark. I couldn't work out why they'd have games. Attention economy? As a hidden "intelligence" test they could use as a data point to sell to recruiters?

Tom Elliot @tomelliot.net · 04/07/2025

This direction was such a surprise to me, but I love it: Using coding agents where you are, instead of just in the IDE: First Slack and now web and mobile. Building software is no longer just tied to being hunched over a keyboard for endless hours.

Screenshot of Cursor's update notification talking about using agents on web or mobile

Tom Elliot @tomelliot.net · 24/06/2025

I've been experimenting with background agents the past few days to see how far I can get hands off. I'm finding it's a huge kickstart for getting the scaffolding and basics up and running, but then I still need to come in and polish things in a more iterative way

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Tom Elliot @tomelliot.net · 20/06/2025

Just saw the update on Cursor's Slack integration - cooler than I thought! I assumed it was just sending you updates on background agent status, but it actually lets you launch an agent. It will read the context from the thread as well

Tom Elliot @tomelliot.net · 19/06/2025

I'm curious if this has been measured at all. It's definitely apparent subjectively, but I don't think I've seen any measure of it reported.

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Tom Elliot @tomelliot.net · 15/06/2025

These are sounding and looking delicious.

Tom Elliot @tomelliot.net · 15/06/2025

Yeah this feels like a must have for agents systems

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Tom Elliot @tomelliot.net · 07/06/2025

Random "well why not?" project I'm working on today thanks to AI making coding easier: Making a web app that syncs data from my smart scale, so I don't need the terrible proprietary app on my phone. I had no idea there was a (very poorly supported) BLE API for the browser, but the LLM did.

Tom Elliot @tomelliot.net · 07/06/2025

Yep, I get some analysis every week or two and avoid the rollercoaster

Tom Elliot @tomelliot.net · 06/06/2025

If there was a training set that was valid, I'd prefer the platforms identified them and made it clear

Tom Elliot @tomelliot.net · 05/06/2025

You taken the cow for a cruise out on the streets outside the race tracks?

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Tom Elliot @tomelliot.net · 05/06/2025

There's a feature that lets you share clips? I didn't even realise the switch 1 had that - super cool

Tom Elliot @tomelliot.net · 05/06/2025

Cursor Background agent is borked for me - you too? I just updated to 1.0 and it's stuck on this now ☹️

Tooltip saying "Failed to start Background Agent. [internal] internal
error - Try Again"

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Tom Elliot @tomelliot.net · 04/06/2025

Yeah gotta get into the data center business

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Tom Elliot @tomelliot.net · 04/06/2025

AI spending is growing incredibly - so much money going into this. Microsoft, Amazon, Alphabet, Google and Meta: - expected to top $345 billion this year, up 41% from 2024 - data center business is going to be up 73% from 2024 (Alex Kantrowitz/Big Technology podcast)

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Tom Elliot @tomelliot.net · 30/05/2025

It's Donna Summer and Giorgo Moroder btw

Tom Elliot @tomelliot.net · 30/05/2025

This week's fun test - which model can identify these people ❌ Claude 4 ❌ ChatGPT 4.1 ❌ ChatGPT 4.5 ✅ Gemini 2.5 Flash

Tom Elliot @tomelliot.net · 29/05/2025

@justinjackson.ca @briancasel.com a few weeks ago you said folks should message you on a Thursday morning in case you haven't got guests sorted for The Panel this week. I'd love to chat! I can share a bit about the SaaS I launched last year that's now on autopilot, and what I'm working on next

Tom Elliot @tomelliot.net · 28/05/2025

Yeah fair enough! Maybe they've got what they need for v0 and don't want to keep investing

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Tom Elliot @tomelliot.net · 28/05/2025

I haven't heard anything about them killing shadcn-ui - did they suggest they might?

Tom Elliot @tomelliot.net · 28/05/2025

Such professionalism - not even leaking the db on livestream!

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Oh I mean it's gonna be there, it's not gonna be the same as 5 years ago though. And there'll be a lot more people engaging in more curated spaces instead

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But I think it's pretty clear lots will!

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Yeah - really happy to have this common across the vendors so we can pick and choose

The public open web. It's all gonna be trusted sources or gated communities, because the rest is slop.

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Sounds like you folks will have complete immunity just in time to socially isolate!

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I've been trying to find the right orchestration tool for my use case: Building a simple RAG workflow using Pinecone as the vector store. I ended up liking windmill.dev the most

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Super cool! Are you scratching your own itch?

How'd it go? Did you accidentally leak your db credentials?

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Love that they check in first just in case it's not time yet!

"I could be wrong. One day. But probably not."

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The neverending struggle. What's Tyype do?