(Or, Live and Let Learn) I know this isn’t a normal dev blog. I don’t know what a normal dev blog is like, but I know this isn’t it. Yesterday, after exhaustive testing on my Pixel 7 Pro, I released Tailor (Android version) to closed beta testers. I added myself as a closed beta tester … Read more
Today is June 12. I hoped to be in closed, private beta by June 15. That’s looking unlikely now. Why? A few setbacks. First, I had to change my user authentication database. The first provider I tried wasn’t working out, so I rebuilt the entire user database in a new environment. That added days of … Read more
Just an App That Respects Your Brain I got a side of justice sensitivity with my personal blend of ADHD. That means a lot of apps make me angry. Not annoyed. Angry. Angry at the “are you sure?” loops when I try to cancel. Angry at the downgrade button hidden in a menu six layers deep. … Read more
(or, a funny thing happened on the way to the data center) When the Tailor beta launches, the app will use a small model from Arcee AI called Trinity-Mini-Base, a 26B model with a mixture-of-experts layer that helps it work efficiently even at its small size. Why Trinity-Mini? Anyway, I encourage you to read The … Read more
You’re supposed to make a product to solve a pain point for someone somewhere. That’s why they’ll buy your thing in exchange for their cash money. Well, that’s not why I made Tailor. The writing group that changed how I work My writing group: We’d meet at my house every two weeks. Everyone brought their … Read more