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Ben Sandofsky

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<p>Built Halide, Kino, Spectre and more.</p>

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    Isaac Joseph Sandofsky #shotwithhalide

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    In July, I went on parental leave for the birth of my second son, Isaac. Unfortunately, around this time, my dad’s health turn a turn for the worse. In August he entered hospice, and last Saturday passed away. Anyway, I’m going to be fairly offline this week. https://schlossbergchapel.com/obituary/marc-sandofsky/

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    AI is an incredible gift to big companies who need to whitewash their blunders. “Layoffs? It isn’t because we over-hired. AI just made us more efficient!” “React Native? AI just made it cheaper to go fully native.” https://shopify.engineering/back-to-native

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    On the upcoming variable aperture in the iPhone 18 Pro: I will not turn down new capabilities, but this stuff is more nuanced than the initial hot takes. Probably calls for a blog post early next week.

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    #shotwithhalide #fall

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    It took five years to write, but here&amp;#39;s the full story behind Lambda School, Silicon Valley&amp;#39;s disastrous foray into for-profit education. I explain how they burned through $120 million in funding, why Income Share Agreements failed, the crimes committed along the way, and how one developer turned journalist put an end to the fraud. https://www.sandofsky.com/lambda-school/

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    2002: “Organize the world’s information.” 2007: “Connect with all your friends.” 2012: “The Sharing Economy.” 2017: “I don’t know. Chat bots?” 2020: “Ponzi schemes.” 2023: &amp;quot;Trust me, it&amp;#39;s AI.&amp;quot;

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    Security researchers: am I overly cynical, or are all the &amp;quot;content authenticity&amp;quot; initiatives meant to prove a photo is real a giant waste of time? If the photo is cryptographically signed by the camera, the private key will just get pulled from the device. Even if the photos are signed, you can just strip the metadata. Users will default to trust. Even if the photo maintains a chain of trust, you can just fake a photo by taking a photo of a screen. What am I missing?

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    Today at The Met. #shotwithhalide

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    Hello from New York. #shotwithhalide

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    I haven&#39;t followed any conversation about this, but in Xcode 26, it seems like navigation history extends across tabs you&#39;ve navigated to. Example: if switch from tab A to tab B, and then hit &quot;Back&quot;, it just opens tab A again. I&#39;ve given this behavior six months, and it&#39;s just maddening. Is there a way to revert this to the old way?