This is a personal day-to-day setup: I do a lot of heavy product design (Figma) at home along with Xcode and some LLM tools on Studio Display with MacBook Pro 16 in clamshell. On the go, I use my machine more lightly with little design/photo editing.
Which direction would you choose?
Posts by Austin Soares
Thinking about upgrading from my 16 inch MacBook Pro with M1 Max and I have a few ideas. All options are under my budget and I have a studio display at home I use primarily.
- Mac Mini (M4 Pro) + Neo - $2,898
- Mac Studio (M4 Max) + Neo - $3,298
- MacBook Pro (16, M5 Pro) - $3,099
Using Claude for all the right reasons.
New devlog is up, big thanks to @austinsoar.es for his input!
youtu.be/Ip5i2FjIBGY
Five playing cards stacked adding up to winning 21 in blackjack.
My best/wildest hand in a game of blackjack with friends.
A few months ago, I switched to the Pixel 10 Pro XL – the first android phone for me in over a decade.
It's a fantastic phone and Gemini sprinkled throughout the day-to-day experience is far superior to Siri. Really the only thing I miss about iOS is the dynamic island and live activities.
Btw, this shirt and this message is very strong. Thank you @jay.bsky.team and the team.
Screenshot of overlapping user interface elements like buttons labels and colors
Day 1. We’ll get there… eventually.
In town for Friends of @figma.com Boston #Config2025 watch party at MassArt. If you're a designer or dev going tonight, come find me. I'll be wearing a Red Sox cap. Can't miss me! Want to join? friends.figma.com/events/detai...
Breaking and entering - Blue Prince
Billions of dollars went into the development of Meta AI to tell me the price of cognac on a meme.
This was my favorite track of Justice's latest Hyperdrama. Afterlook feat. RIMON #musicvideo www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4gN...
A Boston terrier seated and looking up in between legs with jeans and white shoes on a grassy field. His expression is delight and his mouth is open. Shot in first-person perspective.
Walks with this little gremlin, Copley always make for a good day.
A woman with dark hair, glasses and jeans holding up a hand-written sign in poster that reads “I’m sorry your outie is making you do this” on a sidewalk.
Didn’t see many signs on assignment for the Boston Marathon, but this one was well-played. #severence #bostonmarathon
Buys regular set, offered precision set. I guess I'm starting up an electronics repair shop then!
Man sprinting from right to left with a white wall backdrop. Caption above reads: Artists: Gen Al is bad and it's really bad! Also artists: omg an Al version of me as an action figure that was trained on other artists work!
You know who you are. #aiart #actionfiguretrend
Shoot, you’re absolutely right. These are Bernese Mountain dogs. Thank you for clarifying!
Siblings tussle. Australian Shepherd puppies at puppy yoga - Somerville, MA #puppy #australianshepherd
https://puppies-yoga.com/products/boston-cambridge1
I for one am sick of all of these 'once-in-a-generation' economic crises.
Some context, I only follow friends and I have a very limited number because I want to keep in touch with people who can catch up like we spoke yesterday.
Reaching the end of my Facebook feed is something I didn't expect. No footer found though.
An ai-generated image of two men in a plane cockpit flying towards a dark city at dusk in the rain. There's a headset on the man on the left and the other is adjusting controls above his head.
Been using 4o image generation and described some Blade Runner inspired images. After two generations and a little bit of adjustments in Photoshop, this looks really nice. I'm impressed and this may become a series.
A Porsche compact SUV in gray parked in a space. Sleek lines and great stance.
First Macan EV spotted in the wild for me. I think Porsche is onto something with this one.
The torque! The slippage! #AustralianGP
Hadjar devastated walking back. Difficult to see. #AustralianGP
#AustralianGP Formula 1 is back. With an aborted start. And a rookie in the wall. On the formation lap.