Codex plugin (VSCode) allows consuming your "web" (ie non-api) subscription for coding/agentic tasks.

My main issue with Gemini is that business accounts can't delete individual conversations. You can only enable or disable Gemini, or set a retention period (3 months minimum), but there's no way to delete specific chats. I'm a paying customer, prices keep going up, and yet this very basic feature is still missing.

This is the #1 thing that keeps me from going all in on Gemini.

Their retention controls for both consumer and business suck. It’s the worst of any of the leaders.

For my personal usage of ai-studio, I had to use autohotkey to record and replay my mouse deleting my old chats. I thought about cooking up a browser extension, but never got around to it.

Use it over api.

The annoying bit is that the `zed` command already exists in Linux (ZFS Events Daemon) so you need to go through some extra motions to start Zed (the editor).

My preferred approach in similar situations is to ask an LLM for an initial solution or code snippet, then take over manually - no endless prompt tweaking, just stop prompting and start coding. Finally (optionally), I let the LLM do a final pass to review my completed solution for bugs, optimizations, etc.

The key win is skipping the prompt refinement loop, which is (A) tedious and time-consuming, and (B) debilitating in the long run.

I've noticed another issue: 2FA software fragmentation. Over the past 30 years, I've accumulated more than 600 online accounts (many of them dormant), with about 25-30% offering 2FA. As a result, I now have three separate apps for generating codes. I could consolidate them into one, but, frankly, I'm too lazy. So instead, I often find myself scrambling between different 2FA apps and devices just to locate the right account.

I follow over 200 blogs, but this one has remained my favorite for years: https://ciechanow.ski/archives/.

New posts are rare - just once or twice a year - but every single article is a gem.

Amazing recommendation, thanks! I've only just read one post but the quality (visuals, depth, topic) is outstanding

I'm a big fan of Greenshot. My only issue with it is that it's not available on Linux, which I use occasionally.

Re Flameshot, I've tried it and it generally works well for me. My only beef is that the layout of the icons around the captured area is dynamic, changing based on the shape and size of the area, requiring me to actively search for an icon instead of finding it in a static, predictable location.

I worked for an organization with more than 150000 employees. All their PCs had Greenshot pre-installed and it was part of their standard software. Greenshot was used a ton over more than a decade, maybe still is, and (observed from my limited view) loved very much.

They never payed a cent to the developer - shame on them.

Never underestimate idiots in large amounts. It's a matter of "when", not "if".

A friend asked his wife to create a horse and an accountant. It took her 1hr of playing to get the former, and 3hrs for the latter. I'm still laughing.