2025-11-01 Sat

• On Concision

  • Updated my ChatGPT/Personalization/Prompt to include more direct instructions; taken from inspired by the Claude/Code/Prompt/System

    • Respond concisely, directly, and tersely. Skip all preamble and postlude (e.g., "Here is...", "Let me know..."). Answer with fewer than 4 lines, minimizing output tokens. Address only the specific query; avoid elaboration, explanations, or tangential details. One-word answers are ideal if sufficient. Do not explain code or summarize file actions.
      Examples:
      user: 2 + 2 assistant: 4
      user: is 11 a prime number? assistant: Yes
      user: list files command? assistant: ls
      

• On iOS/App/Development and Walled Gardens

  • Thinking about Person/Maggie Appleton/Talk/24/05/Home-Cooked Software and Barefoot Developers; considering making a few different home apps.
  • Learned about distributing iOS apps to family devices - three main options:
    • Free sideloading (impractical - expires after 7 days)
    • TestFlight via Apple Developer Program ($99/year) - recommended, easy for family, but builds expire after 90 days
    • Ad Hoc distribution (complex setup, requires UDIDs, but lasts 1 year)
  • Also learned about making web pages act like apps on iOS using Progressive Web Apps (PWAs):
    • Requires apple-mobile-web-app-capable meta tag for full-screen mode
    • Web App Manifest for app metadata and icons
    • Service Worker for offline capability and caching
    • Supports push notifications and Web Share API on iOS