Truls Aagedal
@aagedal.me
Norwegian photojournalist and tech enthusiast. Worried about how AI will change society.
Currently working for TV 2 Norway.
Currently working for TV 2 Norway.
Version 3 of my FFMPEG front end written in SwiftUI is now released. Many new features and improvements. Still free and open source. github.com/aagedal/Aage...
Release Aagedal Media Converter v.3.0 · aagedal/Aagedal-Media-Converter · GitHub
Big new release
VLCKit Fallback player
Previously all files not supported natively by Apple native APIs (AVPlayer) fell back to a FFMPEG powered chunk based rendering. This worked, but could often ...
github.com
December 17, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Version 3 of my FFMPEG front end written in SwiftUI is now released. Many new features and improvements. Still free and open source. github.com/aagedal/Aage...
GPT 5.2 finally fixed a bug in three attempts/feedback loops, that Opus 4.5 and Gemini 3 Pro got 15+ attempts/feedback loops to fix, but failed. This bug has haunted me for a month now, glad it is gone.
December 15, 2025 at 10:54 PM
GPT 5.2 finally fixed a bug in three attempts/feedback loops, that Opus 4.5 and Gemini 3 Pro got 15+ attempts/feedback loops to fix, but failed. This bug has haunted me for a month now, glad it is gone.
Btw if you want to take a look, my Media Encoder macOS app is here. Free and open source FFMPEG front end, written in Swift/SwiftUI. Version 3 is likely live before Christmas.
github.com/aagedal/Aage...
github.com/aagedal/Aage...
GitHub - aagedal/Aagedal-Media-Converter: A minimalist frontend for FFMPEG written in Swift and SwiftUI. Supporting batch conversion, watch folder, and custom presets. Targeting macOS 15 or newer running on Apple Silicon.
A minimalist frontend for FFMPEG written in Swift and SwiftUI. Supporting batch conversion, watch folder, and custom presets. Targeting macOS 15 or newer running on Apple Silicon. - aagedal/Aagedal...
github.com
December 8, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Btw if you want to take a look, my Media Encoder macOS app is here. Free and open source FFMPEG front end, written in Swift/SwiftUI. Version 3 is likely live before Christmas.
github.com/aagedal/Aage...
github.com/aagedal/Aage...
After trying for several days to make Claude Sonnet/Opus 4.5 fix an issue with UI cropping video with non-square pixel aspect ratios in my Media Encoder app (ffmpeg GUI), I have new respect for programmers working on professional video editing software, having to support a lot of different formats.
December 8, 2025 at 10:58 PM
After trying for several days to make Claude Sonnet/Opus 4.5 fix an issue with UI cropping video with non-square pixel aspect ratios in my Media Encoder app (ffmpeg GUI), I have new respect for programmers working on professional video editing software, having to support a lot of different formats.
It’s not a completely clean upgrade, but I am considering selling my Sony A1 and buying a A7 V. Overall it may fit my needs better.
December 3, 2025 at 12:02 AM
It’s not a completely clean upgrade, but I am considering selling my Sony A1 and buying a A7 V. Overall it may fit my needs better.
Like modern reasoning LLMs I realize I have a lot of internal thinking "tokens"/steps that arrive at the wrong conclusion, but I correct my mistake before outputting/speaking/writing. Whenever I try to reduce response time, and thereby reduce thinking steps, the error rate of my output increases.
November 14, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Like modern reasoning LLMs I realize I have a lot of internal thinking "tokens"/steps that arrive at the wrong conclusion, but I correct my mistake before outputting/speaking/writing. Whenever I try to reduce response time, and thereby reduce thinking steps, the error rate of my output increases.
Even if AI has become more general, its inconsistent quality and lack of integration cause it to remain narrow in utility.
Browser and OS integration will be a huge step to solve the integration problem. But more integration likely increases the privacy and security problem.
Browser and OS integration will be a huge step to solve the integration problem. But more integration likely increases the privacy and security problem.
October 25, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Even if AI has become more general, its inconsistent quality and lack of integration cause it to remain narrow in utility.
Browser and OS integration will be a huge step to solve the integration problem. But more integration likely increases the privacy and security problem.
Browser and OS integration will be a huge step to solve the integration problem. But more integration likely increases the privacy and security problem.
Had a weird dream where Vladimir Putin and Ronald Reagan were working together to save the United States. I was invited to join a secret mission. When returning from the mission with the objective, there was a malfunction with the plane and we all died while trying to land in a tunnel under water.
October 22, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Had a weird dream where Vladimir Putin and Ronald Reagan were working together to save the United States. I was invited to join a secret mission. When returning from the mission with the objective, there was a malfunction with the plane and we all died while trying to land in a tunnel under water.
I feel like the recent Apple TV+ rebrand to Apple TV is just one example of the general trend in tech to increase naming ambiguity. (OpenAI Codex is another example) essentially the name is no longer a concrete product, but rather a concept that encompasses a range of products.
October 13, 2025 at 10:45 PM
I feel like the recent Apple TV+ rebrand to Apple TV is just one example of the general trend in tech to increase naming ambiguity. (OpenAI Codex is another example) essentially the name is no longer a concrete product, but rather a concept that encompasses a range of products.
With increased frequency of online age verification; will decentralized unregulated networks get a permanent/temporary surge? Will most people forget about the issue and call online ID verification normal in a few years?
October 13, 2025 at 9:41 AM
With increased frequency of online age verification; will decentralized unregulated networks get a permanent/temporary surge? Will most people forget about the issue and call online ID verification normal in a few years?
10/10 correct on today’s real or render challenge. A few were hard. But then again, it is easier when you know one is fake and one is real. It’s harder to tell if you don’t know that you need to look for a fake one. I also wanted to mark both as fake once.
real-or-render.com/game/2025-10...
real-or-render.com/game/2025-10...
October 12, 2025 at 11:40 AM
10/10 correct on today’s real or render challenge. A few were hard. But then again, it is easier when you know one is fake and one is real. It’s harder to tell if you don’t know that you need to look for a fake one. I also wanted to mark both as fake once.
real-or-render.com/game/2025-10...
real-or-render.com/game/2025-10...
The natural evolution of FOMO targeting is FOMOO. Fear of missing out overload. Essentially attention grows to a point and then it becomes too much to pay attention to and it feels natural to just disconnect from everything. At least for some people. Available attention is not unlimited.
October 10, 2025 at 11:12 PM
The natural evolution of FOMO targeting is FOMOO. Fear of missing out overload. Essentially attention grows to a point and then it becomes too much to pay attention to and it feels natural to just disconnect from everything. At least for some people. Available attention is not unlimited.
I just want to say that ‘1984’ is a good book.
October 7, 2025 at 8:15 AM
I just want to say that ‘1984’ is a good book.
I just want to say that ‘1984’ is a good book.
September 24, 2025 at 5:29 AM
I just want to say that ‘1984’ is a good book.
Arc browser is until this day still my favorite browser, but I am more and more considering switching to Helium/Zen.
Mostly because I’ve had more issues with Arc lately. Downloads not completing for instance. If it weren’t for the issues I would likely still use Arc.
Mostly because I’ve had more issues with Arc lately. Downloads not completing for instance. If it weren’t for the issues I would likely still use Arc.
September 23, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Arc browser is until this day still my favorite browser, but I am more and more considering switching to Helium/Zen.
Mostly because I’ve had more issues with Arc lately. Downloads not completing for instance. If it weren’t for the issues I would likely still use Arc.
Mostly because I’ve had more issues with Arc lately. Downloads not completing for instance. If it weren’t for the issues I would likely still use Arc.
Det irriterer meg litt at man ikke kan være kunde i DNB og Sbanken samtidig. Ja, jeg er typen som bruker flere banker. Det går helt fint med andre banker, men det er visst ikke teknisk mulig med akkurat disse to bank(konseptene).
September 16, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Det irriterer meg litt at man ikke kan være kunde i DNB og Sbanken samtidig. Ja, jeg er typen som bruker flere banker. Det går helt fint med andre banker, men det er visst ikke teknisk mulig med akkurat disse to bank(konseptene).
I suspect that AI is most often used —not because it’s better or more efficient for that task— but because humans are lazy, and it is fascinating to see what a machine can accomplish.
July 31, 2025 at 11:47 AM
I suspect that AI is most often used —not because it’s better or more efficient for that task— but because humans are lazy, and it is fascinating to see what a machine can accomplish.
I just binged 8 episodes of Murderbot without a break, even if I only planned to try one episode.
The short episode structure and a cliffhanger every single episode made it too easy to binge. The only reason I didn’t watch more was because there weren’t any more.
The short episode structure and a cliffhanger every single episode made it too easy to binge. The only reason I didn’t watch more was because there weren’t any more.
July 2, 2025 at 4:14 PM
I just binged 8 episodes of Murderbot without a break, even if I only planned to try one episode.
The short episode structure and a cliffhanger every single episode made it too easy to binge. The only reason I didn’t watch more was because there weren’t any more.
The short episode structure and a cliffhanger every single episode made it too easy to binge. The only reason I didn’t watch more was because there weren’t any more.
Sorry about all the Apple tech stuff these days. I just find it interesting. Just saw the session about the new open source Containerization tool. Probably didn’t understand it completely, but it seemed like a performant alternative to Docker images. And _sort of_ support for EXT4 in macOS?
June 11, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Sorry about all the Apple tech stuff these days. I just find it interesting. Just saw the session about the new open source Containerization tool. Probably didn’t understand it completely, but it seemed like a performant alternative to Docker images. And _sort of_ support for EXT4 in macOS?
I don’t see it in the beta, but according to the Safari/Webkit WWDC Safari finally supports rendering HDR still images. Also included new CSS tags to let web devs more easily match SDR and HDR images side by side. Firefox is still the odd one out, not supporting HDR images or tonemapping of them.
June 10, 2025 at 8:36 PM
I don’t see it in the beta, but according to the Safari/Webkit WWDC Safari finally supports rendering HDR still images. Also included new CSS tags to let web devs more easily match SDR and HDR images side by side. Firefox is still the odd one out, not supporting HDR images or tonemapping of them.
Just testing the new Spotlight in macOS 26 Tahoe, to see how it reacts if I send an email that is waaaaayy too long. The answer is that it will clip outside the display rather than creating a scrollable window. It does expand both the top and the bottom of the original Spotlight field automatically.
June 10, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Just testing the new Spotlight in macOS 26 Tahoe, to see how it reacts if I send an email that is waaaaayy too long. The answer is that it will clip outside the display rather than creating a scrollable window. It does expand both the top and the bottom of the original Spotlight field automatically.
Apple confirmed in the State of the Union stream that macOS 26 Tahoe will be the last to support Intel Macs (x86).
June 9, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Apple confirmed in the State of the Union stream that macOS 26 Tahoe will be the last to support Intel Macs (x86).
The new iPadOS 26 actually seems like a great update, making it closer than ever to a full desktop style OS. May even be capable enough for me to daily drive.
Also interesting that Spotlight search in macOS 26 is copying a lot from Raycast.
Really like the new Liquid Glass design.
Also interesting that Spotlight search in macOS 26 is copying a lot from Raycast.
Really like the new Liquid Glass design.
June 9, 2025 at 6:29 PM
The new iPadOS 26 actually seems like a great update, making it closer than ever to a full desktop style OS. May even be capable enough for me to daily drive.
Also interesting that Spotlight search in macOS 26 is copying a lot from Raycast.
Really like the new Liquid Glass design.
Also interesting that Spotlight search in macOS 26 is copying a lot from Raycast.
Really like the new Liquid Glass design.
I like thinking. So much in fact that I think I can be considered addicted to processing information.
At the same time I am aware that it is when I am thinking the least (meditation and sleeping) that I have experienced the best existential comfort.
(I really should be sleeping now.)
At the same time I am aware that it is when I am thinking the least (meditation and sleeping) that I have experienced the best existential comfort.
(I really should be sleeping now.)
June 7, 2025 at 11:00 PM
I like thinking. So much in fact that I think I can be considered addicted to processing information.
At the same time I am aware that it is when I am thinking the least (meditation and sleeping) that I have experienced the best existential comfort.
(I really should be sleeping now.)
At the same time I am aware that it is when I am thinking the least (meditation and sleeping) that I have experienced the best existential comfort.
(I really should be sleeping now.)
This week’s random philosophical thought: What if space and time expand at equal (fixed ratio) speeds, and the expansion happens because of entropy, rather than entropy existing within time and space? Is entropy interconnected with spacetime?Entropy -> Big Bang?
June 7, 2025 at 10:16 PM
This week’s random philosophical thought: What if space and time expand at equal (fixed ratio) speeds, and the expansion happens because of entropy, rather than entropy existing within time and space? Is entropy interconnected with spacetime?Entropy -> Big Bang?