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Oren just defined AI hype in one single sentence.

I had regular airpods for 2-3 years, gave them to my brother, bought airpods pro and have them for 4 years. Bought another pair for my wife as well. None of us ever lost a single one. I don’t know what is with people who constantly lose airpods. I think only worse are the ones who keep losing apple pencil.

The whole premise of business on social media is relying on number of followers/likes/comments equal validation of person/work/idea. Which is why we saw countless times how same people scam, steal and fraud others, even in 2026. The only thing social media validates, partially, is popularity. It’s like one big popularity contest, that has no rules.

Saturday is for fresh seafood, fruits and vegetables market.

Bravo Zvezdoooo!!! #kkcz

I know the workday is over when she comes to close my laptop and use it as a desk for her equipment. She calls this doctor-patient. And it’s not possible to reschedule. 😄

Watching @thenickpattison with @jayneil last night for second time, taking notes, with intruder 🐈‍⬛

Remember how @Apple used to give us stickers when we buy some product? Accidentally found these space grey/silver stickers from old macbook pro 2019. I feel bad to put them on something. White stickers are on my PC case. 😄

There was a huge global merger and some of the biggest agencies fired thousands of people around the world, and still do, since restructuring is in full swing. That left a lot of creatives without many options to choose from. Also, many companies realized that it’s highly beneficial having small teams of highly skilled people in house, and have no problem paying them properly.

I tried Paper, Wonder design and Doop design over the weekend. Here’s my hot take: none of these tools are made for designers. They are made for AI to design for you. And if you want to design, you do it in Figma and then bring those to these tools and let AI continue. These apps feel more like rectangle tool with mcp than a design tool. Except rectangle tool, type tool and in some pen tool, that is all you got. Now, a lot of people swear by these. I honestly feel like those are the first to be replaced fully with Claude or GPT. I also feel that people like these tools because they give them a false sense of doing so much. You iterate so fast, you produce so fast. But with that much speed quality is what suffers. That is why on X all we see is the same thing over and over again, same dashboards, same visuals, same styles, same effects. Everyone talk about taste but that is where it ends. Majority is obsessed with tools, not the design.

It’s quick money grab scheme. I make an app out of feature that already exist somewhere. Hype it on x with bros, sell subscription, and then abandon it after 6 months. This is 90% of vibe coded apps.

Everyone use same tools, same shortcuts and keep copying each other. No surprise. The change will come when we stop promoting tools and outcomes, and start celebrating craft.

The more and more I am convinced that people here, and especially designers, lie so much each time they mention AI. Be careful who you work with and whose products you buy. Don’t cry after because bros have been selling you their success stories just like that. Also nobody is selling stuff for $50 or $200. Now we talk thousands, because everyone know the old game. New game is, we all premium. And it keeps happening. People think big following equals credibility, until they realize too late.

Literally tech bros on X instagram.com/reel/DeuXXEwpX…

Vrlo je bitno da se shvati zašto smo hteli promene. Vrlo je bitno i da se to sada ponavlja ljudima. Hteli smo poštovanje prava, zakona, sistemske promene, borbu protiv korupcije i organizovanog kriminala. Da odgovorni odgovaraju. Da svi budu jednaki pred zakonom. Da nema više povlašćenih, pomilovanih, kumova i braće. Kad je najzad prvi korak napravljen, odjednom se mnogi pretvaraju upravo u one protiv kojih su bili juče. Aha, sad je naš red da divljamo, maltretiramo, da bukvalno kršimo taj isti zakon na koji se pozivamo, ali da se ne primenjuje na našu stranu sada. Pa jel je to promena? Mnogi od njih zaslužuju najgore, ali ako svako uzme sam pravdu u svoje ruke tu nema sistema. To se zove bezakonje. I to je upravo ono na šta prethodna vlast računa. Da se izazovu nemiri, da se pokaže da smo isti. Oni i dalje kontrolišu institucije, nemojte to da zaboravite. Svi ti ljudi su i dalje na svojim pozicijama. I ako dodje to toga, ta policija neće biti na strani studenata. Ne padajte u vatru, čekali smo 14 godina. Sačekaćemo još par nedelja i da onda krenemo da radimo stvari kako treba, najzad. Napravljen je prvi korak, sledeći je drugi, a ne osmi ili petnaesti. Verujte tim ljudima za koje ste juče glasali.

Everyone thought their content was worth paying subscription for. And people were like, mmm nope.

We were always in trust economy. Attention just skewed that picture to fool us into believing that a lot of attention equals trust. We learned the hard way.

In my previous role, we had this issue with external agency work. The fix, instead of marketing person, I was assigned to deal with them. Shoots, feedback, art direction, asset sharing. Results were visible in just one week. It was extra work for me, since I was responsible for 3 brands, but I understood their problems, and was also someone who understood limitations from in house perspective. Now, this is my secret weapon. I know both sides.

After I got pissed I realized I’ll just make my own little app for this. Turned out great. I’ll polish it and share some screenshots. Btw, is it me or opus 5.5 and sonnet 5.5 eat usage at least 30% faster than sol 6.1?

In the era of AI, when everyone called them out that they are ‘behind’ Apple still focuses on human creativity. While at the same time sell the most popular devices for running local AI. They are ‘behind’ what? Who?