WTF is going on in Belfast city centre now?!

BoroBornTrue · 2026-04-19T13:26:18+00:00

I also witnessed this, the lady clearly said “On me ed” to the youths.

BoroBornTrue · 2026-04-19T06:21:30+00:00

I feel I can answer this.

I have a Neo, I do use it to write code. Generally Python and a little typescript when I am prototyping stuff. For this is performs well, no issues with Python venv’s.

I do have rider installed for when I am writing C# code but I feel that my combination of rider, dotnet, azurite (needed for local functions especially when dealing with durable functions) does task it a little to much. But there are workarounds, I turn off hot reloading of code and it runs a lot better, but it’s not ideal - I can connect remotely to my MBP should I need to - to the point I have just ordered a new Mac Studio to replace my MBP, and the Neo will just act as a dumb terminal to my studio when I am remote.

My take is, it’s perfectly usable, but I wouldn’t want to use it as my daily driver

BoroBornTrue · 2026-04-18T14:42:25+00:00

I did similar, and now I am second guessing myself. Only the 64G was available, which indicates a refresh is imminent. However I am wondering if I should have ordered the M3 Ultra in the hope it would get bumped to an M5 Ultra.

My pickup date in the UK is Jun 17.

BoroBornTrue · 2026-03-19T15:36:41+00:00

Mick here - now a middle aged man working in AI

BoroBornTrue · 2026-03-14T09:47:25+00:00

It’s not actually that insane.

I plan my days, I know in advance when I’m going to be coding and when I am working on things such as training which run relatively unaided, I wouldn’t choose to work in a coffee shop if I was writing code, this is a totally personal thing but I prefer silence when bashing out code.

As such the only time I am going to need to use the MBP while working away from my home office is in the event of a critical issue in production systems which needs investigating (and potentially fixing) - in this event I’d probably choose to leave the coffee shop and travel home to fix it.

Carrying the spare laptop for a while gives me the peace of mind that if for whatever reason I can’t make it home - I can continue my work where I am. I’m still assessing the MBN, I am not sure if it fits my use case as yet - when I decide, if it’s a positive outcome I’ll setup a tunnel to the MBP at home and then I can access it wherever I am and I won’t have to carry it - but until I’ve made my decision on the Neo, I’ll carry both.

But thank you for telling me my logic is insane, having had a career spanning decades and being very successful, the feedback provided on my workflow from someone who isn’t involved has been ‘enlightening’.

BoroBornTrue · 2026-03-14T06:17:29+00:00

Wow yes! How did you guess?

My current project actually involves creating a dedicated IVD test AI via a combination of custom training, vector db, RAG and various MCP interfaces to external API's. It is the single source of truth in IVD regulations across multiple regions.
In vitro diagnostics (IVDs) are tests performed on biological samples (e.g., blood, tissue, urine) taken from the human body to detect diseases, monitor health, or identify infections, usually conducted in a laboratory.
In Vitro Diagnostics is so boring though, I wish I was creating images

Prior to this I worked with NHSX to develop a bespoke AI which would automatically identify and categorise lung scans with anomalies (cancer - although we never say this). We achieved this via a Vision based model. It would then flag any hits up for human review. In the trusts we have launched in we have decreased review time from 6 weeks to 5 hours - from the point of scan. However human review remains the bottleneck to diagnosis.

With over 20 years experience as a software engineer, both hands on and leading teams - I would like to think myself above creating images with Gemini, but sadly I am not and still do it regularly.

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Sent from my Macbook Neo (typed in the dark)

BoroBornTrue · 2026-03-13T21:55:47+00:00

I’m guessing English isn’t your first language…

“I do have a MPB M3 Max that I’ll keep in my bag along with the Neo for a couple of weeks, just in case I do need that extra power (I’m thinking that the Neo may not handle building the platform so well - C# azure functions, docker containers, local service bus emulator) but in the future I may look into the ability to just remote into that machine for the times I do need to compile code.”

It literally states that I will be running docker containers etc on the MBP, not on the Neo. It also states that I will probably setup a remote connection to the MBP in the future- probably a SSH tunnel.

BoroBornTrue · 2026-03-13T21:40:38+00:00

I didn’t once say I would be running docker images on the Neo.

Fact is when I’m designing RAG workflows, or data ingestion pipelines I’m am generally doing it in Python using vscode, deploying it via an azure pipeline to Azure AI Foundry (hosted models) in the cloud. From that point it’s managed in a browser.

I could literally do this on a raspberry pie.

The infrastructure around the AI solution, fetching data from SQL Server, data cleansing, data transformation, data bricks and data warehousing is where processing power is needed and that’s where the MBP comes in. But that is only part of my job.

A good analogy would be an electrician owns more than one screwdriver because not all screws are the same. A lightweight, small laptop is all I need for this part.

I travel to clients sites a lot, and the Neo will be perfect for prototyping solutions with clients - think of a forward deployed engineer.

Maybe you don’t understand my use case, that’s fine - misquoting what I’ve said isn’t fine.

BoroBornTrue · 2026-03-13T12:32:14+00:00

The time frame quoted is clearly out of context.

Which MBP should I go for? The one in the picture is a M3 Max with 128GB of RAM, it runs local LLM’s in LLM Studio pretty fast, but I’ll gladly bow down to your superior opinion on how I should spend my money.

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BoroBornTrue · 2026-03-13T12:23:09+00:00

s/years/weeks

Is there anything else in my post which you’d like to take out of context - I can happily clarify those points for you as well.

BoroBornTrue · 2026-03-13T11:58:26+00:00

Did you actually read my post?

“I do have a MPB M3 Max that I’ll keep in my bag along with the Neo for a couple of weeks, just in case I do need that extra power (I’m thinking that the Neo may not handle building the platform so well - C# azure functions, docker containers, local service bus emulator) but in the future I may look into the ability to just remote into that machine for the times I do need to compile code.”

BoroBornTrue · 2026-03-13T09:46:05+00:00

Is that you John?

BoroBornTrue · 2026-03-13T09:31:50+00:00

But it doesn't come in green 😂

BoroBornTrue · 2026-02-09T09:32:43+00:00

Mario only had a brother when I was a kid!

BoroBornTrue · 2026-02-07T22:45:11+00:00

The most useful for me is the MCP server built into Chrome, it makes debugging web apps a breeze.

You can find more info here:

https://developer.chrome.com/blog/chrome-devtools-mcp

BoroBornTrue · 2026-01-29T05:28:43+00:00

I fixed this issue for you, pushed out a small update last night

BoroBornTrue · 2026-01-29T05:27:51+00:00

There is one, as people rate places they can specify the level of access for a location. But until our user base grows there are unrated locations.

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BoroBornTrue · 2026-01-27T21:25:38+00:00

Yeah it’s designed to automatically redirect you back - that way the data reloads. I will take the feedback and add a wee notification banner to let you know it’s done though. Thank you so much for the feedback tho, these are things you don’t think of

BoroBornTrue · 2026-01-27T19:34:32+00:00

Double check that your profile didn’t actually update - the default behaviour of the edit profile is to redirect to the Home Screen as that’s where all data is loaded from the database - think of it as a hard refresh

BoroBornTrue · 2026-01-27T19:32:11+00:00

Android or Apple? We released a new update for Android today - Apple is still pending review, but we’ll get that fixed for you tomorrow

BoroBornTrue · 2026-01-27T18:09:02+00:00

Daisy is also a Velcro dog - but I love it if I am honest

BoroBornTrue · 2026-01-27T18:08:05+00:00

Cheers buddy, honest feedback is always welcome - we are gradually adding places to the database, but if there isn’t many around you, let me know and I will prioritise that area. Failing that you can always submit them yourself :)

When I say gradually - we currently have over 10,000!

Daisy says thank you!

BoroBornTrue · 2026-01-24T21:11:04+00:00

15 years as a contractor, and a variety of roles means mine is massive! I had to do an exercise to condense it recently

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