Apple Upgrade trade-in is the backup for the lease deal. just see what the market is paying for this via ebay, Swappa or other Trade-in. if it's higher - purchase and sell the laptop, or do the apple trade-in, or keep it as a server or a spare. I have so many spares.
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Apple Upgrade via Klarna is an insane deal for AI Devs that are making money. 0% interest, no fees, all lease payments go to purchase at the end. Didn't make sense to wait when a beefier machine was available for less than 1 consulting hour / mo and lack of space cost me > 1 hr.
Last night I ordered a new MacBook Pro, 64GB, 2TB SSD. Was having to clean up SSD space every week from dozens of worktrees taking up so much space. Although I've cleaned that up too. Also so much digital hoarding i do.
Personal Rule - Don't buy Gen 1 gear from @apple. Touchscreen MacBook Pro. iPhone Duo. Let others beta test.
my first ethical VM restart is underway. agents let the other know in very nice terms that it was going to be restarted and picard let the restarting agent know how Picard's team wanted to be restarted.
this is the future.
OpenAI will sell you an instant reset now. @thsottiaux ❤️ Saw it for $25, it also resets your reset time.
My friend, Neal Caren, featured in the Atlantic. Very cool research into our boring Friday Nights
theatlantic.com/family/2026/…
I think all those hours of watching tv are finally paying off. @Steve_Yegge Adding a new cast to my company.
here's a nice thing if you've got 2 dozen terminals open at once, color the background. i do it based on the starting working directory but you can do whatever.
Tell your AI: "make it so when I start my session, you change the background of the session. Create a map and ask me to approve the colors. give me a picker in html. thx"











