Stephan Schlecht
@sw7com.bsky.social
Software developer, mainly iOS and macOS.
Claude Sonnet 4.5 behaved identically to 4.0 on my initial interactions, giving same incorrect answers to tricky UIKit/SwiftUI hit test questions and following the same flawed test case behavior, though with a really nice generated UI as always. Too early for conclusions, though. Let's see.
#AI #dev
#AI #dev
October 1, 2025 at 5:53 AM
The AI predicted a coffee price of $404/lb, gave incorrect API advice, and created faulty DSP code: Learn why AI confidently hallucinates. Find out how to check results, verify sources, and proceed step by step. Use AI wisely, but trust your tests more.
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#AI #DEV
Why Your AI Assistant Might Be Wrong: Keep Healthy Skepticism | Software 7
AI assistants can hallucinate; recognize errors, verify sources, use the right context/model, and consider a step‑by‑step approach.
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September 21, 2025 at 9:43 PM
The AI predicted a coffee price of $404/lb, gave incorrect API advice, and created faulty DSP code: Learn why AI confidently hallucinates. Find out how to check results, verify sources, and proceed step by step. Use AI wisely, but trust your tests more.
www.software7.com/blog/why-you...
#AI #DEV
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#AI #DEV
Just blogged: How Moonshot AI Kimi K2 Performs in Real Coding Work: www.software7.com/blog/how-moo...
For someone like me, who is used to the massive dominance of the US in the field of computer science, this is quite interesting.
#AI #Dev
For someone like me, who is used to the massive dominance of the US in the field of computer science, this is quite interesting.
#AI #Dev
How Moonshot AI Kimi K2 Performs in Real Coding Work | Software 7
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July 20, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Just blogged: How Moonshot AI Kimi K2 Performs in Real Coding Work: www.software7.com/blog/how-moo...
For someone like me, who is used to the massive dominance of the US in the field of computer science, this is quite interesting.
#AI #Dev
For someone like me, who is used to the massive dominance of the US in the field of computer science, this is quite interesting.
#AI #Dev
July 13, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Reposted by Stephan Schlecht
We ran a randomized controlled trial to see how much AI coding tools speed up experienced open-source developers.
The results surprised us: Developers thought they were 20% faster with AI tools, but they were actually 19% slower when they had access to AI than when they didn't.
The results surprised us: Developers thought they were 20% faster with AI tools, but they were actually 19% slower when they had access to AI than when they didn't.
July 10, 2025 at 7:47 PM
We ran a randomized controlled trial to see how much AI coding tools speed up experienced open-source developers.
The results surprised us: Developers thought they were 20% faster with AI tools, but they were actually 19% slower when they had access to AI than when they didn't.
The results surprised us: Developers thought they were 20% faster with AI tools, but they were actually 19% slower when they had access to AI than when they didn't.
I haven't deleted the internet, but Gemini-Pro has now informed me that it is self-destructing.
June 26, 2025 at 9:18 PM
I haven't deleted the internet, but Gemini-Pro has now informed me that it is self-destructing.
Been looking for a coding model that allows local agentic flow for some time now. Gave Mistral Small 3.2 three tools: ‘list_files’, ‘read_file’ and ‘write_file’, and it works - see for yourself in a 3-minute screencast in my blog post here: www.software7.com/blog/mistral...
#AI #Dev #Mistral
#AI #Dev #Mistral
Local Agentic Flow with Mistral Small 3.2 | Software 7
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June 24, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Been looking for a coding model that allows local agentic flow for some time now. Gave Mistral Small 3.2 three tools: ‘list_files’, ‘read_file’ and ‘write_file’, and it works - see for yourself in a 3-minute screencast in my blog post here: www.software7.com/blog/mistral...
#AI #Dev #Mistral
#AI #Dev #Mistral
The new reality of data scraping. But I wonder: it costs real money on this scale. The data doesn't change every hour.
...btw, as of a few days ago (at least temporarily), browsing PRs/code of blender requires a login. Why? Because otherwise the servers get DDoS'ed by the AI training scraping bots; looks like some of them are on the loose. Again.
June 24, 2025 at 7:20 PM
The new reality of data scraping. But I wonder: it costs real money on this scale. The data doesn't change every hour.
June 17, 2025 at 3:28 PM
SwiftUI App With AI from Scratch
- Human-like communication with the LLM via screenshots
- If the LLM loses faith, reassurance helps.
- AIs use tools cleverly, even AppleScript to control Finder
More details in my full blog post: www.software7.com/blog/buildin...
#AI #SwiftUI #Development
- Human-like communication with the LLM via screenshots
- If the LLM loses faith, reassurance helps.
- AIs use tools cleverly, even AppleScript to control Finder
More details in my full blog post: www.software7.com/blog/buildin...
#AI #SwiftUI #Development
June 15, 2025 at 8:40 PM
SwiftUI App With AI from Scratch
- Human-like communication with the LLM via screenshots
- If the LLM loses faith, reassurance helps.
- AIs use tools cleverly, even AppleScript to control Finder
More details in my full blog post: www.software7.com/blog/buildin...
#AI #SwiftUI #Development
- Human-like communication with the LLM via screenshots
- If the LLM loses faith, reassurance helps.
- AIs use tools cleverly, even AppleScript to control Finder
More details in my full blog post: www.software7.com/blog/buildin...
#AI #SwiftUI #Development
Reposted by Stephan Schlecht
Ichi: On-device conversational AI using MLX Swift and MLX audio
github.com/rudrankriyam...
github.com/rudrankriyam...
GitHub - rudrankriyam/Ichi: Experimenting with conversational AI in iOS, macOS and visionOS apps
Experimenting with conversational AI in iOS, macOS and visionOS apps - rudrankriyam/Ichi
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June 1, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Ichi: On-device conversational AI using MLX Swift and MLX audio
github.com/rudrankriyam...
github.com/rudrankriyam...
Simplifying (digital) life. I have reduced the number of messengers I have an account with. The first thing I did was delete my WhatsApp account. Bonus: I don't have to read through what exactly they want to use for AI training. Like I said, simplification 😀
May 25, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Simplifying (digital) life. I have reduced the number of messengers I have an account with. The first thing I did was delete my WhatsApp account. Bonus: I don't have to read through what exactly they want to use for AI training. Like I said, simplification 😀
Just read that Murderbot is coming to Apple TV. So, so cool. The book series (The Muderbot Diaries) by Martha Wells is definitely absolutely brilliant. I don't have time just right now, otherwise I would watch this IMMEDIATELY.
May 16, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Just read that Murderbot is coming to Apple TV. So, so cool. The book series (The Muderbot Diaries) by Martha Wells is definitely absolutely brilliant. I don't have time just right now, otherwise I would watch this IMMEDIATELY.
Why I often don't polish and finish many projects and why that's perfectly fine and wasn't the goal at all.
I've learned that finishing the last 20% is often not worth the 80% extra effort.
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I've learned that finishing the last 20% is often not worth the 80% extra effort.
www.software7.com/blog/struggl...
The Struggle of 80/20 in Software: Why Finishing Is Not Always the Goal | Software 7
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May 10, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Why I often don't polish and finish many projects and why that's perfectly fine and wasn't the goal at all.
I've learned that finishing the last 20% is often not worth the 80% extra effort.
www.software7.com/blog/struggl...
I've learned that finishing the last 20% is often not worth the 80% extra effort.
www.software7.com/blog/struggl...
Just published: Balancing Agentic AI with Traditional Engineering
www.software7.com/blog/balanci...
Includes a screencast with JetBrains Junie
#AgenticAI #Dev #JetBrains
www.software7.com/blog/balanci...
Includes a screencast with JetBrains Junie
#AgenticAI #Dev #JetBrains
Balancing Agentic AI with Traditional Engineering | Software 7
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May 4, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Just published: Balancing Agentic AI with Traditional Engineering
www.software7.com/blog/balanci...
Includes a screencast with JetBrains Junie
#AgenticAI #Dev #JetBrains
www.software7.com/blog/balanci...
Includes a screencast with JetBrains Junie
#AgenticAI #Dev #JetBrains
When relaunching my blog, I deleted all the old posts, but server logs showed that two particular posts were still being accessed. So I decided to republish them. Actually programmatically querying specific DNS servers on iOS (www.software7.com/blog/program...) seemed very niche, so it surprised me.
Programmatically Query Specific DNS Servers on iOS | Software 7
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April 24, 2025 at 11:35 AM
When relaunching my blog, I deleted all the old posts, but server logs showed that two particular posts were still being accessed. So I decided to republish them. Actually programmatically querying specific DNS servers on iOS (www.software7.com/blog/program...) seemed very niche, so it surprised me.
Git will be 20 years old on April 7 🎈. And I was able to publish my macOS Git stats tool in time for the anniversary. Yeah. www.gitchronicles.com
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GitChronicles provides comprehensive Git repository statistics and analytics that reveal development patterns, contributor impact, and codebase evolution. 100% local processing with no cloud dependenc...
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April 4, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Git will be 20 years old on April 7 🎈. And I was able to publish my macOS Git stats tool in time for the anniversary. Yeah. www.gitchronicles.com