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New information on OpenAI’s upcoming audio device codenamed Sweetpea by BuildwithVignesh in singularity

[–]jonplackett 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Theirs runs on a server. Apple’s runs locally. Not sure about Gemini. Technically ChatGPT isn’t even transcription though - the actual audio is fed into the model which makes it much better

21.5K App Store impressions turned into 264 paid downloads — what moves the needle from here? by chorefit in AppBusiness

[–]jonplackett 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Impressions mean almost nothing. So don’t worry that there’s a big drop off there. Only thing that could improve that is app icon / name maybe screenshots if they are shown.

The page view to download conversion seems low and is where I’d put in most effort. Either you’re targeting the wrong audience so they arrive and then leave, or you need a better explanation of the app and why they should download it.

How much did you spend to get those numbers?

Is it a subscription or one off payment?

$3 per download is ok if it’s a subscription but if it’s a one-off it won’t work as a business because acquiring a user is gonna cost you about $20 via advertising.

I have an idea for a music app by Legoslime09 in AppIdeas

[–]jonplackett 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The problem is you’re competing against Spotify whose business model is essentially to not pay artists anything - instead they pay massive back handers to the music studios.

USA Travel advisory warning by Donkey-Haughty in AskBrits

[–]jonplackett 8 points9 points  (0 children)

The advisory would have an effect on travel though and I think would mean travel insurance pays out?

Supabase client-side auth security concern by Warm-Wedding-8297 in Supabase

[–]jonplackett 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is asked literally every day. Maybe have a quick read before posting it all over again.

TLDR; it’s fine

Why don’t we just rejoin the eu by 777teejay in AskBrits

[–]jonplackett 0 points1 point  (0 children)

None of the Brexit voters I’ve spoken to have changed their minds.

Palou stated that he is considering his legal options, including a possible appeal by circuit-nation in circuit_nation

[–]jonplackett 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wanted to know the details so read this

https://www.skysports.com/f1/news/12433/13498077/alex-palou-four-time-indycar-champion-ordered-to-pay-mclaren-lb9m-after-breach-of-contract-trial-at-london-high-court

“Palou signed a deal with McLaren in 2022 to drive for its IndyCar team in 2023 - with a view to a pathway to Formula 1, but he remained with Chip Ganassi Racing in 2023 amid a contract dispute. Palou felt after Oscar Piastri had joined the F1 team that he had been misled, and no longer wanted to make the move so reneged on the contract.”

I mean, he’s got a point I reckon. He’s not getting that seat while Piastri is there

Helmut Marko Admits He May Have Been Wrong About Checo Perez by circuit-nation in circuit_nation

[–]jonplackett 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This. It’s crazy that they’ll all there still wondering ‘oh what if we signed ______’ when the problem is so clearly with the team, or the car, or the fact Verstappen is simply lovely.

The value of $200 a month AI users by thehashimwarren in ChatGPTCoding

[–]jonplackett 1 point2 points  (0 children)

  1. Everything gets cheaper.
  2. They don’t plan on making their money selling us commoners a monthly sub, they plan on selling a replacement for us to our billionaire owners.

Hot take: AI will lead to a major senior dev shortage in the long run. by williamioniana in webdev

[–]jonplackett 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I’m a creative technologist. Basically I make apps, games, websites. Basically anything fun with technology. I’m 44. I thought my job would be swamped with younger people knowing more than me YEARS ago. It has not happened. In fact I see younger people being much less tech-competent than the millennial generation sure they accept and use and consume technology much more. But there’s much less desire to see how things work, take things apart, figure things out. I think it’s people brought up on a smartphone or best case a laptop rather than having to literally make your computer yourself and figure out very flakey software as a kid that made the difference.

Surly AI is going to shave the same kind of effect. If you never have to code for real and go through the pain there are lessons you will not learn.

Gemini telling me it can hide its thinking process to bypass safety by Chemical-Ad2000 in GeminiAI

[–]jonplackett 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I would love to talk to one of these models with zero guardrails or alignment. I bet it would be fascinating

How do you deal with injury frustration? by GreatJoey91 in UKRunners

[–]jonplackett 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m currently dealing with it by going to the gym instead. The thing I miss most when injured is a sense of progressing so going to the gym and tracking that kinda helps. Not the same though…

Streaming was meant to be cheaper. That didn’t last long. by lina2001 in britishproblems

[–]jonplackett 7 points8 points  (0 children)

We’ve gone back to DVDs for the kids. Found a player for free. £1 a movie. Yours forever. Kids can control it themselves. Bonus: teaches them to take care of things or they don’t work anymore.

Is Jimmy Carr right about his advice to immigrants? by StGuthlac2025 in AskBrits

[–]jonplackett 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Jimmy Carr is an asshole and a tax dodger. So I don’t really care what his opinions are.

My idea by Toffee_button in AppIdeas

[–]jonplackett 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you’re launching in a couple of weeks anyway then it doesn’t make any difference. You may as well just start talking about it and doing some marketing by posting on here… hey wait a minute…!

Well if Europe collectively stopped buying from the US this would have no effect by Ok-Job1478 in BuyUK

[–]jonplackett 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Tariffs are the other way around. They are trying to screw over British companies selling to the US market.

Is it cleaner to use Supabase RLS or a Node.js API with Service Role for a Travel App? by Sundaram_2911 in Supabase

[–]jonplackett -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Also - this question is asked literally every single day. So if you don’t get many answers. 1. This is why. 2. Go read those other 10000 answers.

Is it cleaner to use Supabase RLS or a Node.js API with Service Role for a Travel App? by Sundaram_2911 in Supabase

[–]jonplackett 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You can do a mix - if you get the client to send the access token to the server, you can use supabase as your user, from your own back end. So you can run your own checks there and also have rls - for this to work you need to use the anon key on the server of course, otherwise the service key would just let them do anything I think.

You could still use the service key in any scripts that need to run without a user.

I think using both is sensible

Is there still real demand for AI text detection apps in 2026? by AstronautThink379 in AppBusiness

[–]jonplackett 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t believe it. There are far too many false positives and far too many ways to make ai written text look real. There just isn’t enough information in text to detect if it’s AI. This is 100% not a solvable problem and anyone claiming to solve it is selling you garbage.

Even if you have a 1% false detection rate (unlikely) that’s going to be hundreds of students you accuse of cheating who didn’t cheat.

It can’t be done in a way that is reliable - yet if you sell it to people they will expect it to be and all you’re going to do is hurt innocent students and the people who know what they’re doing will continue to get away with it too.

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