November 15, 2023

544: Microsoft Already Did It

40 minutes

Yet another thing Microsoft was early to, and still somehow missed the boat.

Plus, building a PC is rare; it's a solved problem. If AI tools excel as expected, will coding face a similar fate?

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Apple Gets 36% of Google Revenue From Search Deal, Witness Says

— Revenue sharing amount was supposed to remain confidential

Alderon Matt on X

— Apple needs to stop breaking games in macOS Operating System Updates. Imagine writing code that works for a decade and in a macOS update having it throw a NSInternalInconsistencyException. This is going to break thousands of Unreal Engine and other games on Steam.

A Coder Considers the Waning Days of the Craft | The New Yorker

— Coding has always felt to me like an endlessly deep and rich domain. Now I find myself wanting to write a eulogy for it.

OM on X

— Can you hear the air leaking from the "App Store" ecosystem? #OpenAIDevDay

OpenAI announces platform for making custom ChatGPTs

— The GPT platform is a no-code way to make custom AI agents for all sorts of tasks, and it’s available exclusively for ChatGPT Plus subscribers.

Nick St. Pierre on X

— You'll soon be able to get PAID for building GPTs!!! 🔥

Announcing Grok

— Grok is designed to answer questions with a bit of wit and has a rebellious streak, so please don’t use it if you hate humor!

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