The harness/UI that claude code brought was the thing that stole developer mindshare. Thats when people stopped coding in IDEs. Nothing to do with the underlying model.
That doesn't sound right. I have them on my desk. Don't even know where the bra case is. I use and charge them only once in a blue moon, perhaps every 2 months, and the battery does not die. I don't lay them flat or anything either.
> Why shouldn't you be able to install a linux distro and turn your old iPhone or iPad into a really power-efficient home server-type appliance, if you want to? My old MacBook is doing exactly this.
I don't wholly disagree, but there are good reasons.
1. Warranty and repair:
I once went to the Genius Bar because the speakers on my iPhone 6 were crackling and popping. I expected them to do an in-warranty repair or swap. Nope. They told me that they couldn't help because I had a developer beta of iOS installed. They recommended I go home and downgrade to a GA build and see if the problem persists. It was very wise of them not to help me do that, because I had compatibility issues with my backups and lost a bunch of data, but lo and behold, the downgrade fixed my speaker problem.
Software updates can brick phones, such as in Apple's own [Error 53](https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT205628). This is actually really prevalent in home-brew/jailbreak installs. I'd bricked a couple Xboxen myself, and didn't dare seek help via Microsoft, but others surely have.
Keeping a lithium-ion battery at 100% is not the best for it's health, so now most Apple OSs will try reach a peak battery charge just as you will likely begin using it, and normally holds at 3/4 capacity or so.
Software can cause permanent hardware problems, or ones that neither you nor support are equipped to fix. It can exponentially increase complexity on support staff to try. Replacement would affect their bottom line, so they need to then find a way to see if you tampered with the software and deny support or replacement, but what if you did this and then sold it? This all gets complicated, unfriendly, and costly quick.
2. "It just works"
This idea that Apple products "Just Work" is core to their marketing. I've used hackintoshes for years, and know there are many, many things that "Just Won't Work" (one of those things is power management). Maybe you're willing to take a chance on a linux distro anyway. There is still an outward impression others can glean while noticing you using a product. This is why franchises have standards. They want to maintain a level of quality for those that may patronize or even glance at the product.
To Apple, the business works better if they force a single, well supported experience.
Yeah I am curious to see how well this works in practice. Resolution and screen size is a delicate balance, and the face-mounted aspect of this throws conventional wisdom of what works well out the window.
3,500 seems SO worth it if this can be used to comfortably replace external displays for long periods of time.
If I don't need external monitors, I don't need my large desk, and I don't need my home office, which adds like 100k to the price of any home I'd consider. I'd just work from a bedroom, a closet, or my deck if I had this.
It would be amazing if I could use this to do more work outside, while benefitting from a larger screen without glare, even though "outside" might be watered down a bit. It would be excellent for nomading or work/entertainment from a hotel room.
This could be a great way to regain some privacy and focus in an open office environment, plus be able to personalize your setup. A digital beach backdrop is better than seeing my coworker scratch his crusty scalp 2 feet in front of me.
The benefits for air travel are obvious. People already swaddle themselves with large noise cancelling headphones and zany neck pillows. I don't think this would be weird plane at all. I'd kill for an immersive 4k display over craning at my phone or relying on flaky seatback entertainment.
I spent a ton of money configuring my home office. Many displays, giant motorized desk, articulating arms, cable management, etc. Easily over $3500, and I still don't feel like it's ergonomically great. It certainly can't be brought anywhere. It occupies a whole room.
Now I am thinking I might not need that bulky stuff at all, and if I don't need the displays and big desk then maybe I don't need the office. If I don't need the home office then maybe I should be shopping a home that's around 75-100k cheaper with one less room.
I've often wanted to work outside from my deck but then I don't have my screen real estate and I get tons of glare. This could solve that.
We've long complained about the degradation of the in-office experience. These days it's all open-floor plans with a fixed monitor set and no privacy. If I could put these on and have a huge display with a beach in the background, I wouldn't as much mind sitting 2 feet away from coworkers.
The benefits of something like this on flights and in airports seems obvious. Its not really weird, considering savvy travelers swaddle themselves in AirPods Max and bizarre neck-sling-pillow apparatuses already.
Mostly agree, though I think some companies do gather and act on feedbacks that they get over and over. I'd give real feedback if it's innocuous and positive:
"It would be cool if we had more social events!"
"I liked working with product and I wish there was better collaboration between product and engineering orgs."
But I stay away from criticizing individuals or the company at large. Nothing to gain at this stage.
There’s a lot of configuration to understand with k8s and even GKE. Badly configured probes, resource budgets, pod disruption budgets, node affinities etc. can have disastrous effects. I’m pushing my teams more towards serverless since it takes out nearly all ops/scaling/rollout complexities. Right now we’re seeing our serverless apps on GCF, GAE and cloud run outperform our GKE apps easily in scaling, reliability, and simplicity (configuration and time spent getting it deployed in a satisfactory manner)
Always be marketing what you can/will/have done for the company to bring value, not what the company can do for you.