Technology

I’m inclined to take a few notes on Eric Bailey’s grand post about the use of inclusive personas in user research. As someone who has been in roles that have both used and created user personas, there’s so much in here What’s the big deal, right? We’re often taught and encouraged to think about users […]

Can We Beat the US Junior Champion?! Bryan Bros Golf had an awesome day teeing off with the US Junior Champion—highlighting some epic shots, friendly competition, and plenty of inside laughs along the way. If you’re vibing with their journey, they’ve got you covered: sign up for the newsletter, join the Discord community, catch them […]

Whether you’re migrating your app to the cloud or updating Java runtime, modernizing legacy applications is rarely simple. Conflicting or deprecated dependencies, antiquated deployment targets, and lingering security vulnerabilities often block smooth progress.   That’s when GitHub Copilot agent mode, paired with the GitHub Copilot app modernization VS Code extension, comes in.  This toolset delivers an […]

It’s been an extremely busy day for team Qwen. Within the last 24 hours (all links to Twitter, which seems to be their preferred platform for these announcements): Here’s the prompt I used, feeding in two separate images. Weirdly it used the edges of the landscape photo to fill in the gaps on the otherwise […]

Looking for a compact keyboard with a unique twist? The Keychron Q1 HE (9/10, WIRED Recommends) is currently marked down over $35 on Amazon, and comes with Hall effect switches, a rare offering that adds a ton of functionality to your keyboard. Photograph: Henri Robbins Think of a keyboard switch like light switches. They have […]

Facebook Dating is getting new AI features to help users avoid “swipe fatigue,” Meta announced today. The new features include a new “dating assistant” AI chatbot that helps you find potential matches as well as a new “Meet Cute” feature that automatically matches you with someone using a “personalized” algorithm. With the dating assistant, you […]