Say hello to Orkit AI’s brand new landing page. Orkit.ai

“I write because I don't know what I think until I read what I say.” —Flannery O'Connor. What a fascinating sentence.

So sad that this platform never took off. I am seeing almost zero posts from anyone I follow.

In software: Why do so many think you can serve either consumers or prosumers? Either workplace or personal? Either enterprise or creator? Either B2B or B2C? I don’t see it. We can build adaptable UIs, UXs, marketing funnels and perspectives. We build cars for everyone too.

Prompt Engineering? Sounds difficult. But most of the time, it’s just about clear communication. And it’s easy once you know a few basics. I’ve learned one thing: average in = average out. Let me show you the most important aspects of my learnings: lnkd.in/euWFRi26

I written up a little piece on how few things we need to know about talking to LLMs.

How to talk to AIs – prompting is a communication skill. A few valuable tips.

(This text is intentionally not passed through Chatty, so excuse my human mistakes) I´ve been using a wide spectrum of AIs for almost two years now, gaining some interesting insights - and lot of prod...

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I written up a little piece on how few things we need to know about talking to LLMs.

How to talk to AIs – prompting is a communication skill. A few valuable tips.

(This text is intentionally not passed through Chatty, so excuse my human mistakes) I´ve been using a wide spectrum of AIs for almost two years now, gaining some interesting insights - and lot of prod...

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Why speaking computers? Conversational AI shines most where natural interaction is needed but simply missing: Rusty chatbots in the bottom right corner Waiting on hold Minutes long phone menus No one answering at all Voicemail Soon, all of these will be a thing of the past.

We have just launched an AI meetup in Hamburg, Germany. No slides, no talks, just interesting conversations with nice people. We call it: The Prompting Club Next round: October 2nd DMs are open if you happen to be in Hamburg and would like to join for inspiring chats about AI.

What of your AI could speak for you? Excited to share my upcoming startup. You are invited to join the waitlist! Orkit.ai

AI doubles its capabilities every 6 mon. And we humans are not wired to grasp exponential functions. 500B are expected to flow into OpenAI’s infra alone over the next 4 years. …Meanwhile, in Europe, we’re busy discussing the next set of regulations after the cookie banner.

Inside OpenAI's Stargate Megafactory with Sam Altman | The Circuit

YouTube video by Bloomberg Originals

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This is a seriously interesting and fascinating outlook into the nearer future. Based on scientific research, it’s been called a paper, but reads almost like a documentary. There’s an audio version, too. Highly recommended 💡🚀. (But not without unthinkable worst case scenarios.) ai-2027.com

AI 2027

A research-backed AI scenario forecast.

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There is a billion dollars per DAY being invested in the AI space today. — Peter Diamandis in his Moonshots podcast, 23. April

The deeper you dive into programming in different languages and domains, the more you realize: Everything in the tech world is a wrapper. Around something that was there before.

Working in Swift can only be loved. Ie. type safety is so much ahead of any other experience I’ve gained. The right balance of {}()_; nightmares. 100 things. Nevertheless, for years it was wondering if Apple works on Xcode. Now this: firebase.studio Seriously worried about Apples edge.

Firebase Studio

Firebase Studio is an entirely web-based workspace for full-stack application development, complete with the latest generative AI from Gemini, and full-fidelity app previews, powered by cloud emulator...

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👩‍🏫👨‍🏫 Learning. Fascinating when you think about it: Teaching and learning historically was in a one-to-one relation. Think master and apprentice, etc. Then came one-to-many. School systems, unis, book and readers. Then many-to-many. The internet. Now: Trend leans towards one-to-one again.

Swift Friends! Honestly, it is simply the most beautiful and solid language to work with. I am now using 4 languages. Swift, TypeScript, Go and Python. Imagine more people outside of the Apple ecosystem would be able to experience the difference.

„Eine Frage der Fragestellung“ is something I found to be an important learning in life. It translates directly to „A question of questioning“ and means „A matter of how you ask the question“. It‘s never been more true than in the AI age. Wrong question, wrong answer…

Swift developers, is anyone using a Vapor server deployed via Fly.io? How‘s it in practice - including over longer periods?

After 15 years of Wacom pen and mouse, I am trying to learn proper 10 finger touch typing. 4 fingers used blindly and a few other key strokes can be fast. But not fast enough. ⌨️ 🐌 Now 10 fingers. Baby steps ahead: www.keybr.com

Domain and SEO experts, what are the dark practices in domain registrations? Is it as I suspect? Do certain domain providers collect domain search inquiries, evaluate interesting ones, and offer them to a select clientele? To buy, park, and resell before the honest market does?​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

🥱 Why are Sign-Ins tiny? What I never understood about current UX practices: Why are so many Sign-IN links so tiny and text-only while the Sign-UP links are big fat red buttons? Is it not worth to present a nice open door for already paying customers?

Both customer and team collab in media-based work remain a total chaos in 2025. Even more so in the age of remote teams, where companies with on-premise infrastructure sadly and slowly begin to fade away. I believe I’ve got solutions. Anyone wants to invest :)? Coming back to this in 2026ff.

Anyone of you working with Adobe products? I’ve been using a lot of them them professionally for more than 15 years. Today, If I were them, I would apologize to my user base. Their strategy to trick customers into a year plan can only cost them a lot of people’s trust. Mine for sure.

Finally, social media that's billionaire-proof. ⚡ Bluesky's first IRL ads spotted in @boston.gov @mbta.com.

Swift friends, has anyone tried Zed yet? How does the experience compare to Cursor?

Zed - The editor for what's next

Zed is a high-performance, multiplayer code editor from the creators of Atom and Tree-sitter.

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Just a little update on my first brand experiments. Even though this image doesn’t reveal much yet, how do you like the style? Does it resonate with you? Stay tuned—exciting things are coming!

Tech we enjoy every morning: Our espresso machine is connected to a HomeKit smart plug. The necessary heating-up phase can starts 20min before I arrive in the kitchen. 🤖 -> ☕️ -> 🥰

Interesting article here by Andrew Chen, talking about the moat of Core Ai models vs. that of the products built around them. andrewchen.substack.com/p/revenge-of...

Revenge of the GPT Wrappers: Defensibility in a world of commoditized AI models

Why network effects and distribution will be king, once more

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How comfortable are you with instruments? In this week's newsletter I share a lesson about performance testing that I learned last week: https://www.donnywals.com/newsletters/fMnm7DmdaEl2YxkRXhogMA/

Donny Wals – The Newsletter

I am a curious, passionate iOS Developer who loves sharing knowledge and learning. My goal is to help you master iOS development using Swift and Xcode through weekly blog posts and quick tips.

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