I find myself more and more reaserching/brainstorming/shopping for DIY electronic projects with/on ChatGPT instead of googling. Wonder how ads will impact that experience.
I actually didn’t mind ads on google for a long while. Then at some point there were no organic results above the fold and the ads were huge and in high quantity. The widgets took over the top result real estate, to show more ads. Then it became obvious the organic results weren’t important to them, getting me to click on an ad was more important. Ads are a sickness fueled by quarterly earnings calls. It will always devolve into just ads.
> Over the past 48 hours, demand has pushed close to the limits of our current capacity. To protect the experience of existing subscribers, we're temporarily pausing new subscriptions and prioritizing compute for current members. Existing subscribed users are not affected.
> We're adding capacity as fast as we can and will reopen new subscription spots in batches.
That might even be a beneficial move, creating (well, actual, not artificial) scarcity works well to draw interest usually. Curious how this one plays out.
Recently, I've been so eager to get new model releases in Codex. I'm hooked. I hope this accelerates development. Shows how dependant I have become to Codex.
I run a SaaS that allows for court bookings. A tennis club has exactly this scenario: club offers 1h, 1.5h and 2h bookings, but 30m start. Since it is a private club and requires a membership, gaming the system is not a real issue. However, they can never be fully booked because of the 30m holes.
They open at 7am so in the mornings bookings are on the hour. Competitive junior athletes start at 2:30pm shifting to half-hour starts in the afternoon. So they mess up their schedule to accomodate them.
The non-optimal solution is to avoid proposing slots that would create 30m holes. For example do not offer 5pm if a booking ends at 4:30pm. We implemented that but it does not solve the fundamental issue. And they don't want to change. Such is life!
What is not demoed are basic AI capabilities I need today to effeciently use my iPhone. Examples:
- Siri, send the latest 20VC podcast to my watch. I'm going jogging.
- Siri, do not start Apple Music. I do not use that app. Start Podcast.
- Spell check and Auto-Correction on iMessage should support French and English. I switch from the 2 all the time.
- Etc...
I came in thinking they would be like PE and just put products on life support sucking all the recurring they can. But it seems they care and improve the products. I think that has merrit.
In my last jobs Jira was used, and despised by all except product managers. It just becomes a mess.
In my startup (now 20 people), we use Trello. Outsiders look at us funny. I respond that its the same company after all...
