Alex Manarpies

I develop software for Apple's platforms, mainly iOS, iPadOS, and tvOS. I love thinking about software development best practices and how teams can work better.

[Alex Manarpies @alex_mnps]

The Coming Loop | Armin Ronacher's Thoughts and Writings https://t.co/HAPXz9DJjg

[Alex Manarpies @alex_mnps]

Is Fable 5 back? https://t.co/CImnPUHpGn

[Pablo Fredrikson @PeladoNerd]

https://t.co/zfFpPnJbdr

[Alex Manarpies @alex_mnps]

The best climate news all year https://t.co/kO0yVPqjHQ

[ririe @ririezyy]

Wow

[Geek @geekbb]

像极了我用 AI 做的程序，虽有bug，但能运行就不要管它。

[Alex Manarpies @alex_mnps]

Who else excited for the iPhold 🧌

[禿道道🐟 @dearemon]

My Apple Car.

[Alex Manarpies @alex_mnps]

🎧 https://t.co/uyV2Tx5SDp

[Alex Manarpies @alex_mnps]

Interesting — Anthropic Serif
Attention to detail 🤩

[Alex Manarpies @alex_mnps]

I wonder if they’re still powering the Colossus datacenter with GAS POWERED GENERATORS 🤔
@AnthropicAI Do you know?

[Alex Manarpies @alex_mnps]

Higher usage limits for Claude and a compute deal with SpaceX \ Anthropic https://t.co/8ihLtGycjW

[Alex Manarpies @alex_mnps]

Higher usage limits for Claude and a compute deal with SpaceX \ Anthropic https://t.co/8ihLtGycjW

[Cormac @cormachayden_]

software engineers before vs after agents

[Aaron @aaronp613]

Apple accidentally left Claude.md files in today's Apple Support app update (v5.13)

[Alex Manarpies @alex_mnps]

Oh.. interesting!!!

[itshan @itshanrw]

We've Just Open-sourced Baguette — a single Swift CLI for headless iOS 26 simulators.

• Boot / shutdown without Simulator app • 60 fps MJPEG or H.264/AVCC streaming
• Host-HID taps, swipes, multi-finger pinch, scroll
• Web UI on localhost with DeviceKit bezels

Apache-2.0
Welcome PR and Stars
https://t.co/4U9CO2KeAb

[austin petersmith @awwstn]

i made a chrome extension that removes the AI slop from my linkedin feed

[Alex Manarpies @alex_mnps]

2026 and my most-used Mac app is the terminal (more specifically Ghostty of late)

[Thariq @trq212]

https://t.co/Ljzw0lmvao

[Om Patel @om_patel5]

OPUS 4.6 WAS NERFED DUE TO DEMAND BUT OPUS 4.5 DOES NOT SEEM TO BE HIT

this guy ran the same test on both models.

Opus 4.6 fails consistently but Opus 4.5 passes every time

he switched back to Opus 4.5 on Claude Code and said "what a difference, feels like i got Opus back finally"

he is now using this test as a "quantization canary" that runs it at the start of every session before doing real work. if it fails, the model is degraded.

five Opus 4.6 windows in a row failed

the untransparent nerfing is pushing people to cancel their Max plans

if you've been feeling like Opus got dumber lately, you're not imagining it

i'd suggest switching to Opus 4.5 to see the difference for yourself

[NASA @NASA]

It’s not a straight shot to the far side of the Moon! 🌕

Over approximately 10 days, the Artemis II astronauts will orbit Earth twice before looping around the far side of the Moon in a figure eight and returning home.