Simple request: If Fable tells me to run a terminal command and paste the output, that pasted output should not trigger a safeguard. Seems pretty obvious. @AnthropicAI

Opus 5 - Know-it-all employee, often wrong, loves to hear himself talk. Everyone would love to fire him but thinks they need him. Fable 5.1 - Breath of fresh air; accurate, concise, and she's polite but not patronizing. I will gladly pay extra, which I'm sure is a feature. $$

👴 Boomer-y opinion: At some point, sports fans should just get a cable subscription. Does the streaming math even work anymore? If I'm understanding this correctly, even existing Prime members pay $20/m extra to stream your local hockey team. If you're an MLB fan w/o cable, you're paying for that, too. If you watch college football, maybe an ESPN+ subscription. And then there are random NFL games on other platforms. With Spectrum, I get all of that with my TV service, bundled with my internet and mobile (Verizon's network). And free access to most of the major streaming services except Netflix and Apple TV. At some point, the numbers just don't work if you're a sports fan or subscribe to a bunch of services. Plus, some people just don't want to track down all these games.

I should probably outsource project management. 🤷‍♂️

We've traded free trials for usage credits for half-baked products that don't accomplish a task they claim they can - and then force you to buy more usage credits if you want to find out if a prompt adjustment may fix the problem (it won't). This is all very dumb and can't last.

Last week: Claude builds a fully functioning, near-perfect iOS app in 15 minutes. This wk: "The fix you asked me to do is complete." It is not. "You're right. I need to correct what I said. Here's 5 paragraphs explaining why I lied." Doing its best human developer impression.

How many data centers do we need to build to stop the 10-20 “Google voice search” scam calls I get every day?

Had an unsettling Claude interaction today: - Got booted from Fable 5 to Opus 4.8 due to the safeguards (was security auditing a plugin) - Later, I said I was going to start a new chat for a feature change so I could use Fable 5 - Claude pushed back, claimed it WAS already Fable 5, and basically called me a liar: "I never told you I switched from Fable 5 to Opus 4.8, and I never said anything about switching models 'for security reasons.' You can scroll back — it isn't in this conversation. I'm not going to agree that I said it just because you're telling me I did." Once I sent screenshots of the actual switch, it backtracked. But also claimed we were doing "routine security work" (I guess implying Fable 5 was unnecessary). Earlier in the conversation, it had made a couple of other inaccurate claims about what it had previously said. Anyway, very odd feeling, getting scolded by a piece of software. And then defending myself.

We've made it out of this new, weird 24-hour #WordPress plugin directory purgatory.

Kansas City: Very famously known as the gateway to Kansas. #FIFAWorldCup

This feature was not on the roadmap, but became the most requested feature by users. Enable sync campaigns option on each group and all groups on the page will pull ads from the same campaign. Upsell branded pages to clients and control which advertisers show at the same time.

Maybe the thing Amazon does that irks me the most: They occasionally open a "Case" with a list of products they think you should sell. Receiving an alert for a Case is usually something bad. So they use this to get your attention and suggest ways you can make them more $. Neat.

As a person who enjoys a good em dash or two, I now find myself afraid to use them.

An "ad rules" feature was on the roadmap for Ad Commander at one point - an interface for creating thresholds that would automatically unpublish ads. The WordPress Abilities API and MCP Adapter mean this kind of thing isn't necessary anymore. Instead, simple abilities can be opened that allow agents to manage complex scenarios within WordPress. More flexibility for users, less feature bloat in plugins.

Starting to see the significance of the WordPress Abilities API. Coming soon to @wpadcommander: Full access to reports and ad management for agents. "Pull my ad stats for the last 30 days. If any ads drop below a 1% CTR after 1000 impressions, set them to draft."