The reason is simple: because you can. M1 or later Macs with 16GB of RAM or more are powerful enough to run useful models on device without sending any data…
How to Use AI LLMs to Improve Your LinkedIn Profile & CV
In today’s competitive job market, your digital presence is often your first impression. With recruiters spending just 6 seconds reviewing profiles and 740 million professionals competing on LinkedIn, strategic optimization…
Securely Expose Your Ollama Server: A macOS Guide with Caddy and Bearer Tokens
Running Ollama locally is straightforward: visit http://localhost:11434 and connect from your Python scripts or other tools. If you plan to expose your machine to the internet, though, you should add basic protections…
How to use multiple browsers effectively on MacOS with Finicky
https://github.com/johnste/finickyhttps://www.johanbleuzen.fr/blog/open-right-browser-url-with-finickyhttps://dev.to/oliverburn/using-finicky-to-handle-urls-8bo I use several web browsers on my Mac. Safari is my primary, trusted browser. It’s generally faster and lighter on memory than Chrome or other Chromium-based browsers on macOS…
Will Adobe respond with a free tier for all apps? Or just keep losing market share to freemium + SaaS alternatives?
https://www.affinity.studio/graphic-design-softwarehttps://www.howtogeek.com/this-newly-free-photoshop-alternative-convinced-me-to-cancel-adobe/ Adobe can’t buy Canva. They have been trying to release various lite versions of their apps over the years to keep user upsell flow to Creative Cloud suite. Graphics…
AirPods Pro 3 is a great upgrade, much better noise cancelling and microphone.
https://www.soundguys.com/apple-airpods-pro-3-vs-airpods-pro-2-145016https://www.zdnet.com/article/i-replaced-my-airpods-max-with-the-airpods-pro-3-for-flights-and-its-been-a-game-changer/ SoundGuys.com did a great technical review of the new AirPods Pro 3 vs AirPods 2 and other top earbuds. “The AirPods Pro 3 offer the best ANC performance we’ve…
OpenAI will be the ultimate winner of AI race?
https://www.wsj.com/business/openai-oracle-sign-300-billion-computing-deal-among-biggest-in-history-ff27c8fehttps://nvidianews.nvidia.com/news/openai-and-nvidia-announce-strategic-partnership-to-deploy-10gw-of-nvidia-systemshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bircUYzIlMg OpenAI is still trying to maintain its lead in the AI sector. It recently partnered with Oracle on a multibillion-dollar deal and secured a substantial investment from Nvidia. Yet…
600GB, 10 Hours, and 0 Clarity: My Worst iPhone Upgrade Yet
It’s been a few years since I had such a frustrating experience upgrading my iPhone. I’ve been doing this for 17 years, and usually, it’s a smooth process. But this…
How to use AppleScript to copy and paste between Numbers spreadsheets
I am just too lazy to move my Numbers spreadsheet to Excel. So it is harder to automate.Here is an AppleScript snippet that can help with copy and pasting data…
Useful scripts for my WordPress sites
To reset the tags of my posts in a particular category:
Finally copied all my tweets to WordPress
Been wanting to move all my old tweets over to this site for a while. Ever since X stopped their free API access, been too lazy to process the data…
How to Fix a HomePod Mini Stuck in Reset Loop From a Faulty Touch Panel
Recently had this problem with my HomePod, it started playing music randomly and then get stuck on the reset loop after I tried to unplug and plug it back in….