The day after Infer, on Wed Dec 11, the Latent.Space folks are hosting a one-day mini-conf called Latent Space Live. Will be worthwhile for any folks in Vancouver who are building on LLMs but not attending NeurIPS. x.com/swyx/status/18…

It's Good for Apple, and Okay for You: On what iOS 18.2 is bringing, Apple Intelligence's tiered strategy, and cursed faces. allenpike.com/2024/apple-int…

Had a brief 2h30m chat with John Gruber about Apple Intelligence, the Pixelmator acquisition, the latest and greatest LLMs, Siri and ChatGPT, and duck butts. daringfireball.net/thetalkshow/20…

Remaining RSVPs are now open and going fast for next Tuesday's Infer Vancouver event, featuring swyx, Nathan Lambert, and Sam Julien. Looking forward to meeting a ton of smart people 🏞️ lu.ma/g7wmzk04

An Unreasonable Amount of Time: A method for doing the impossible. allenpike.com/2024/an-unreas…

The Era of Tab Continuation: A delightful new UX pattern for productivity apps. allenpike.com/2025/tab-conti…

JavaScript Fatigue Strikes Back: Why we still have so many JS frameworks, and why maybe – maybe – we have enough now? allenpike.com/2025/javascrip…

A Score for Snacks: The trouble with snacks, the Nutri-Score, and a calculator for it. allenpike.com/2025/nutri-sco…

Post-Chat UI: Delightful and humane patterns for the next generation of apps. allenpike.com/2025/post-chat…

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Super VanJS is here. On May 15th, we celebrate JavaScript in style. Get ready for amazing talks from top speakers: - Allen Pike: JavaScript Frameworks SOTU – Fatigue Strikes Back - Shawn McKay: Untangling a large codebase - James Snell: What Node.js Compatibility Really Means

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Figma Slides is a Beautiful Disaster: The best and the worst of an interesting new tool. allenpike.com/2025/figma-sli…

Spending Too Much Money on a Coding Agent: Some perks and pitfalls of building with large thinking models. allenpike.com/2025/coding-ag…

Getting Tied Up: On little things that get in the way. allenpike.com/2025/getting-t…

Building Something Big: On the pros and cons of the indie path. allenpike.com/2025/building-…

UX Entropy: How products like Zoom can bloat from hero to hulk. allenpike.com/2025/ux-entropy

How to Not Get Acquired: An approach for staying focused when trying to do something difficult. allenpike.com/2025/how-not-t…