I thought Gemini 3 was pretty great, but I had no idea how good Claude Code is.

Gemini

• Pro: Free (through work), successfully used it to take a boilerplate Astro install and make it a fairly customised site.
• Con: Constantly disregarded standing instructions (and got all Marvin the Paranoid Android about it when called out). Made assumptions that were all too often not based in fact (example: this is an Astro project, therefore it uses Tailwind - even though GEMINI.md says it does not).

Claude

• Pro: Just gets it right. I spent a couple of hours on this minor redesign and at no point did I have to correct Claude or repeat an instruction to do (or not do) something. By the end I was just hitting yes on proposed code changes - I see how people feel comfortable enabling yolo mode.
• Con: Not free. That’s the whole list.

I should have done this sooner.

Just sayin’.

I hate hot weather. 40 degrees? GTFO.

Traditions are important.

This is my favourite Christmas song - the original is a bit overdone (blasphemy, I know) but Christy Moore’s version is beautiful.

Did anyone at Apple actually test Edge Light with multiple monitors? If you’re using an external camera, the edge light just floats around to whichever screen you happen to be using - and not immediately, on some vague, indeterminate schedule. You can change the color temperature and the brightness, but not attach it to a specific screen. It’s not a bad feature - just seems a bit half-baked… which seems to be a theme, lately.

I cannot possibly tell you just how much you’re welcome to it. Enjoy.

The wonders of free public education, in which year 7 costs parents a measly $2k before grade 6 has even finished.

Can confirm this is 100% accurate. (Archive link here in case it disappears.)

This week’s SNL: cold open was great, Weekend Update excellent as always… and the musical guest gave me time to go get a snack, so that was nice.