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Re: Software for One

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Post by tptacek »

what wrote: post #29
JeffRosenberg wrote: post #27

This was really interesting, but I admit I bumped on this throwaway detail: > Our sleep consultant's plan arrived as a PDF full of conditional logic: wake windows, nap caps, what to do when a nap fails Every so often, you get a glimpse into a whole world you never knew existed.

This person seems insane. You don’t need to pay a “sleep consultant” to make a plan for your child’s nap times. It’s really not that complicated.

Have you raised kids? This is the least shocking expenditure I've heard of; if this had existed when my kids were born I might have shelled out for it.

Re: Software for One

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Post by whateveracct »

what wrote: post #29
JeffRosenberg wrote: post #27

This was really interesting, but I admit I bumped on this throwaway detail: > Our sleep consultant's plan arrived as a PDF full of conditional logic: wake windows, nap caps, what to do when a nap fails Every so often, you get a glimpse into a whole world you never knew existed.

This person seems insane. You don’t need to pay a “sleep consultant” to make a plan for your child’s nap times. It’s really not that complicated.

it's sleep training

it is insane and unnatural but it is also common

fundamentally capitalist concept

contact napping to beyond 1yo is deeply natural and special

Re: Software for One

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Post by altmanaltman »

botiomez wrote: post #20

Yup! Can confirm, I wanted to blog, but I wanted it to work in a certain way to let me focusing on writing that no single system had, or cost too much. Now I'm actually doing it. I've had an idea for how I want to be social with friends and family (a website, but setup within my vision). Now it's done Could I have done all of these things on my own or just paid for existing services? Yes But now AI can do it for me w…

I get it but just a word of advice - also look at industry standards like how SEO works as well. Otherwise your blog or content wouldn't even be discoverable.

But isn't it like super cheap to host a website in 2026? A lot of those builders are actual better if you just want to write. Otherwise you will have to maintain your website and also focus on writing, which would not allow you to just focus on writing.

I am not saying this out of my behind. I have done the exact same thing and ran into issues. If you just want to focus on content, building and maintain your own website can be a big distraction

Re: Software for One

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Post by cure_42 »

tptacek wrote: post #39
keiferski wrote: post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If it includes all ingredients, cooking method, and weight in exact grams, it’s probably reasonably accurate.

For basically anything but chicken I give exact gram weights of proteins and of any fats or carbs. I generally don't give it any precision about vegetables that won't drive protein, fat, or carbs. Most meal components aren't going to meaningfully change the macro breakdown except for fiber, which I don't care enough about to track.

You should care more about fiber than any of the others if health is your goal.

Re: Software for One

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Post by tonyedgecombe »

what wrote: post #29
JeffRosenberg wrote: post #27

This was really interesting, but I admit I bumped on this throwaway detail: > Our sleep consultant's plan arrived as a PDF full of conditional logic: wake windows, nap caps, what to do when a nap fails Every so often, you get a glimpse into a whole world you never knew existed.

This person seems insane. You don’t need to pay a “sleep consultant” to make a plan for your child’s nap times. It’s really not that complicated.

I suppose there are babies with some kind of pathology in this area although I'm not convinced that is what this is.

Re: Software for One

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Post by wojciii »

JeffRosenberg wrote: post #27

This was really interesting, but I admit I bumped on this throwaway detail: > Our sleep consultant's plan arrived as a PDF full of conditional logic: wake windows, nap caps, what to do when a nap fails Every so often, you get a glimpse into a whole world you never knew existed.

> Every so often, you get a glimpse into a whole world you never knew existed.

I had no idea that people did this. This sounds expensive.

Just like other people have no idea that we (Scandinavia) let babies sleep outside in a baby carriage wrapped in a tiny sleeping bag. Fresh air is awesome. Cold air is even better.

This works for some babies and is not universal in any way.

Re: Software for One

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Post by jedbrooke »

tptacek wrote: post #15

Things I've built in the last month or so: * A personal music player for Apple Music with an embedded agent loop, so I can say things like "I'm going to work in the wood shop, play woodworking-appropriate music and keep the playlist full and non-repeating indefinitely". * A calorie/protein tracker that takes 1-liner summaries of meals, resolves them to macros with GPT5 calls, and tracks them in SQLite. * A macOS menu…

> A personal music player for Apple Music with an embedded agent loop, so I can say things like "I'm going to work in the wood shop, play woodworking-appropriate music and keep the playlist full and non-repeating indefinitely".

how is AI (or a human for that matter) supposed to know what “woodworking-appropriate music is”? I had the same thoughts when spotify released their “let AI make a playlist for you”. Like, we already have recommender algorithms, why do we need to get a LLM involved?Maybe I just don’t understand woodworking and the connection it has to music though (I’m also the kind of person who’s had the same playlist for like the past 4 years)

But, I do want to say, personal app built just the way you like it, an alternative front end to a closed source ecosystem even, is super cool, and has been one of the things that AI coding has really enabled.

I’ve done a few project where I just give claude a har file and tell it to reverse engineer a cli from some web interface and it’s so powerful to be able to do stuff like that now

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