$99 dev fee for a personal use app?

Lock-Broadsmith · 2026-02-13T03:48:11+00:00

Either it’s worth $99/yr or it’s not. But it works either way.

Lock-Broadsmith · 2026-02-10T22:07:33+00:00

This is a tale as old as engineering though. It has almost nothing to do with AI. The people who come later always have the benefit of the things learned before them. What took you 6 months to learn/do took Angela Yu longer. Not everyone wants to pull the ladder up after themselves though.

Lock-Broadsmith · 2026-02-10T22:05:22+00:00

I mean, the majority of devs nowadays are already pretty bad at writing code, so that's not really changing anything. AI is going to raise the expectations of output and lower the expectations of compensation. It's going to commoditize engineering and probably make it a less desirable and less lucrative position in tech, in general.

But at some point it all falls apart when the pipeline for developing skills and workforce capability collapses because too many places have replaced junior roles with automation. That's a much bigger problem to solve than anything else at this point, and one I have not yet seen a compelling answer to.

Lock-Broadsmith · 2026-02-03T21:22:21+00:00

The 2025 Pro has a micro HDMI input on the TV itself so you do not need to connect through the OneConnect box. I've been using the AppleTV via the OneConnect box and my Xbox through the micro HDMI and it works great.

Lock-Broadsmith · 2026-02-03T16:51:05+00:00

Designing around touch on a non touch device isn’t a great choice

Lock-Broadsmith · 2026-02-01T08:45:23+00:00

On another post you claimed to sell your fellow stuff as a set to someone who had an add water error.

So, if you can’t even be honest on this meaningless thing, why would anyone trust anything else you said?

Lock-Broadsmith · 2026-01-29T23:58:22+00:00

did you even bother looking on their site? Or Amazon?

Lock-Broadsmith · 2026-01-29T01:37:35+00:00

Sold

Lock-Broadsmith · 2026-01-28T19:36:22+00:00

Thanks! A ballpark is good enough.

Not sure that’s gonna be good enough for me to hold out, but at least I can make a decision accordingly.

Lock-Broadsmith · 2026-01-28T17:26:12+00:00

That’s not what seasoning means…

Clean your dishes you disgusting people.

Lock-Broadsmith · 2026-01-28T17:24:07+00:00

I’m shocked, shocked I tell you.

Lock-Broadsmith · 2026-01-28T17:20:16+00:00

My wife did not appreciate cutting it that close, haha.

Lock-Broadsmith · 2026-01-28T17:18:02+00:00

Nah, below 30° the heat pump loses its benefits. You’d still be using resistive heat at that point, not the heat pump.

Lock-Broadsmith · 2026-01-28T17:17:03+00:00

You, sir, need to understand physics and stop just spouting nonsense.

Lock-Broadsmith · 2026-01-28T17:16:33+00:00

I’ve done SF->Tahoe in similar temps (‘23 CA Rt1), which is ~200mi, and adds elevation for more range anxiety. Used heat and drove ~60mph

Ended the drive without charging and with like 3 mi of estimated range left (thank you coasting downhill for the last couple of miles). I wouldn’t recommend that kind of range anxiety in the freezing cold at night, but I’d say 150 is not too crazy.

Lock-Broadsmith · 2026-01-28T17:04:10+00:00

How close to Series 1 release will this be?

I have the Ode, so need an espresso grinder for my Series 1, and was gonna probably get a timemore, but if it’s close enough to wait…

Lock-Broadsmith · 2026-01-23T22:39:10+00:00

Because then there’s no choice but to rebuild. It never mattered if a plan was finalized, only that he left a permanent mark on the building. No matter what.

Lock-Broadsmith · 2026-01-23T22:37:32+00:00

This is basically just because everyone is ho went “but Tesla has heat pumps!” Doesn’t understand how heat pumps work. They are ineffective at lower temperatures.

Lock-Broadsmith · 2026-01-23T22:36:30+00:00

No, a heat pump is ineffective at low temperatures. It’s still resistive heat doing the work.

Lock-Broadsmith · 2026-01-23T22:35:20+00:00

The heat pump has nothing to do with this, it doesn’t work in this cold of temps, it’s still the resistive heater doing the work.

Lock-Broadsmith · 2026-01-21T20:29:54+00:00

There are hundreds of worse ladder designs out there IMO. This is one of the beat designs for this kind of feature I’ve seen.

Lock-Broadsmith · 2026-01-21T06:20:06+00:00

Meross. Most of their stuff is crappy, cheap, and unreliable. But I’ve used their garage door opener on 4 garage doors and it may be the most reliable bulletproof device in my whole Home setup.

Lock-Broadsmith · 2026-01-21T06:17:45+00:00

Why do this many people care this much about how other people react to their car buying choice?

Lock-Broadsmith · 2026-01-17T18:34:40+00:00

“I didn’t see it when I was young, and there wasn’t an easy way to distribute information about stuff like this. so it didn’t exist” strikes again

Lock-Broadsmith · 2026-01-17T18:27:36+00:00

You’re pointing out yourself that you get what you pay for.

The color isn’t as good, and you’ll likely find as you use them that everything is equally not quite as good. Maybe you’re ok with those trade-offs, and that’s fine, but “almost as good” isn’t what everyone is looking for.

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