Forcing Micro.blog to rebuild the entire website to enable a design change is so slow; close to 30 minutes each time. 😳 One of the challenges is that not all design changes require a full rebuild; some do, some don’t,... blog.numericcitizen.me/2026/04/12/forcing-micro...

Probably one of the coolest images coming from the Artemis II mission. So cool.

Since returning from vacation yesterday, I’ve been using Claude Code for different things, and yes, I can confirm that the credit consumption rate is much higher than it was a few weeks ago. 😳

Trying to Define What is a Blog Home: blog.numericcitizen.me/2026/04/12/trying-to-def...

Announcing a New Blog Design: blog.numericcitizen.me/2026/04/12/announcing-a-...

Today I went ahead and fully migrated “Who Is Numeric Citizen” website to Realmac Software Elements Hosting instead of Chillidog Hosting service. Here’s why: A) Chillidog was recently sold, and people are already complaining ab... meta.numericcitizen.me/2026/04/12/today-i-went-...

This year is an iPhone upgrade year for me; coming from a still-powerful iPhone 15 Pro Max. First time since my current iPhone still feels snappy for 99% of my use. Yet, I’ll move ahead with the upgrade because one of my expectations I have is that the new Siri will be more demanding.

I wonder what would happen if I tried ChatGPT Codex on one of my code base built with Claude Code. Could this bring some unforeseen areas of improvement? Could this be equivalent to human code review?

not hard, really, because I forced it to use my choice.

Coming Soon: meta.numericcitizen.me/2026/04/09/coming-soon.h...

One of the first things I’m going to do when I come back home is to deploy my new blog visual theme built entirely with Claude Code. It’s ready. I’m anxiously awaiting for the moment I put that project behind. Next, I’ll spe...

I’m currently on vacation but I keep an eye on the tech news and commentary landscape. With all the brouhaha surrounding Claude Code spotty performance lately, I’m starting to be wary of resuming my work on some of my projects when I get back home. 😟

I’m taking a quick one-week vacation, hence my silence. 🤫

iPhone 18 Pro Reportedly Won’t Come in Black … iPhone 18 Pro Reportedly Won’t Come in Black — MacRumors Apple offers the iPhone 17 Pro and ‌iPhone 17 Pro‌ Max in just three colors – Silver, Cosmic …

iPhone 18 Pro Reportedly Won’t Come in Black — MacRumors

"Apple offers the iPhone 17 Pro and ‌iPhone 17 Pro‌ Max in just three colors – Silver, Cosmic Orange, and Deep Blue – but notably there’s no black option. Last ... blog.numericcitizen.me/2026/04/02/iphone-pro-re...

📡✨ Emdash: https://blips.numericcitizen.me/post/emdash

Frankly, I don't understand why a cloud services company like CloudFlare is entering the CMS arena. I mean, ok, WordPress is old, and plugins are a mess to manage and not secure, but why is CloudFlare tackling this?

OpenAI against the world: Apple was seen as a … OpenAI against the world: Apple was seen as a laggard in AI development, and in fairness, they clearly saw themselves that way and invested billions in trying …

OpenAI against the world:

"Apple was seen as a laggard in AI development, and in fairness, they clearly saw themselves that way and invested billions in trying to catch up to the likes of OpenAI and Anthropic, but they... blog.numericcitizen.me/2026/04/01/openai-agains...

It’s been a long time since I watched a rocket launch live from NASA. It was a great one 🚀. I didn’t know that two of the main engines are coming from previous space shuttles!! 😳

I’m part of Apple’s 50-year history. Here are some documented proofs.

So, Claude Code source code has leaked, for real? 😳 Or is this a bad April Fool thing? Seems serious if true… how can they cope with this? Why did it leaked and how? It sounds like a disaster for the company.

Happy 50th Anniversary, Apple!: blog.numericcitizen.me/2026/04/01/happy-th-anni...

→ Links 🔗 Apple @ 50: https://blips.numericcitizen.me/post/links-apple-50

I should have prepared a special commemorative blog post for today's Apple anniversary. After all, Apple is turning 50! Parker Ortolani did. Don't miss Apple.com homepage, too, for a special animation.

https://parkerorto

Slash AI:

"Personally, I couldn’t care less what you write on your /ai page. The same way I couldn’t care less if you use em-dashed. Words are cheap, easy to write, and they mean less and less. But your history, all the... blog.numericcitizen.me/2026/04/01/slash-ai-pers...

Business Insider Profiles Fidji Simo, OpenAI’s ‘CEO of Applications’:

"People stay on Facebook and Instagram even as the experiences worsen because everyone they know is also still on those apps. There’s no netwo... blog.numericcitizen.me/2026/03/31/business-insi...

iOS 27 might give iPhone’s keyboard a new autocorrect feature — 9to5Mac

"Apple has explored an updated system keyboard that expands autocorrect by offering alternative words, using an approach that’s similar to tools like Grammarly."

If they can fix Autocorrect once and for all, I’m all in.

I realized I forgot to clearly state the design goals before starting to build this custom theme for Micro.blog. They became clearer as I progressed and explored how Hugo and Micro.blog work, especially with assistance from Cla... meta.numericcitizen.me/2026/03/30/i-realized-i-...

Apple Maps Is Getting Ads. It’s Apple’s Riskiest Bet Yet Oh the humanity On Tuesday, Apple announced updates to its Apple Business program Apple Business isn’t so much a new thing as a consolidation of what used to be two separate products–Apple Business…

Apple Maps Is Getting Ads. It’s Apple’s Riskiest Bet Yet — I might like Apple ads, after all. #not

Everything New in iOS 26.5 Beta 1: iOS 26.5 is … Everything New in iOS 26.5 Beta 1: iOS 26.5 is now available for developers, and while it doesn’t include any new Siri capabilities, there are some major …

Everything New in iOS 26.5 Beta 1:

"iOS 26.5 is now available for developers, and while it doesn’t include any new Siri capabilities, there are some major changes for the European Union, and smaller tweaks for features ava... blog.numericcitizen.me/2026/03/30/everything-ne...

Apple is sure to release iOS 26.5 beta, when is still an unknown, but also unknown is what Apple Intelligence/ Siri new features Apple will want users to test that cannot wait iOS 27. 👀 We shall see very soon.

Who is more fanatical here? The US or Iran?

9to5Mac’s article “Vibe coding could mark the end of the App Store review process as we know it”:

Summary
The rise of AI-powered “agentic coding” has overwhelmed Apple’s App Store review process, with developers re... blog.numericcitizen.me/2026/03/30/tomacs-articl...

→ Links 🔗 Still Passionate?: blips.numericcitizen.me/post/links-still-passion...

I'm unsure if I still stand by what I wrote in 2022 about being passionate about Apple. It seems like many things have changed, or haven't, but should have.

https://numericcitizen.me/the-roots-of-my-passion