I think 2ys is the "been here long enough to show commitment and deliver something sizeable, but now ready for something new" period of time. 3yrs seems a little too long to stick at something to signal the above.
- disable iCloud
- disable any apps that sync via iCloud
- backup phone to local machine and enable encryption (doesn't have to be macOS)
- use something like PGP to re-encrypt the encrypted backup file generated
- store encrypted backup file in a way that provides the durability guarantees you want
Boils down to, don't use iCloud - making the assumption that Germany and the rest of the EU countries aren't far behind the UK in authoritarianism and apple will remove ADP from those regions also.
I think it's being overhyped by those who fall into either of these two categories;
- financial incentive to do so
- feel the barrier to entry for "coding" is low enough for them to "build"
Nice, thanks. Making similar strides myself. Moved over to a Framework machine (which has been surprisingly pleasant) with Linux (also not too bad as a desktop OS in 2024) - coming from an M1 Pro. Photo's is my current sticking point though, do I really push everything into Google photos...
I had a R2 also and was thoroughly disappointed with it from an e-reader perspective. Not easy or straightforward getting files on the device and so few file formats supported.
That's interesting, i've just switched to using one and haven't noticed any discomfort, yet.
Are you laying your wrist flat when using it? I could see maintaining a fully pronated posture leading to wrist aches over time. I try and keep my hand as neutral as possible when using it, in realist i'd estimate my wrist angle off the desk to be ~45deg, then I use my middle and ring fingers on the pad.
I fell into the trap of watching some clickbait'y YT videos and this one [1] stood out, with a specific demonstration of solving an AoC problem from the 2023 problem set.
People realise the AI capability is limited by the quality of the data used for training, so work out ways to collect better quality data and keep pushing on the LLM architecture as a path to AGI.
The Wu brothers burned a lot of their credibility by lying over Devin's capabilities. These are smart folks, it's disappointing they were grifting so hard.
I've been thinking about this too, perhaps it's my age (43) and the fact I vividly remember earlier times.
If I were to pick an inflection point, a point at which the internet started going to shit, i'd say it was around 07/08 with the birth of the iPhone and Appstore. That's when "pay to publish" really started to take off.
I sympathise with your predicament. I'm in a similar position facing a somewhat similar quandary.
A question I keep asking myself is, given my age (early 40's), and the greenshoots LLM's actually being useful writing code, should I just stay in my leadership role and grind it out for the rest of my professional working life or try and write code again for a few years?
I've been wrestling with this for the past 12 months and still no further on with my decision.