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  • Apple's redesign ¨, trouble with coding LLMs ¨¨, DTC startup realities ¨

    From TLDR@VERT to All on Tuesday, May 27, 2025 10:40:46
    Apple plans to introduce a design overhaul for all of its operating
    systems at WWDC. The updated interface is codenamed
    'Solarium'


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    TLDR 2025-05-27

    APPLE IS COMING FOR THE SMART HOME Ä AND FAST (SPONSOR) [4]

    Apple's rumored Face-ID door lock and smart display are more than
    just products..

    They signal a major push into the $158B smart home market, _growing
    23% annually._

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    company and acquisition target, following in the footsteps of Google
    (acquired Nest, $3.2B) and Amazon (acquired Ring, $1.2B).

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    BIG TECH & STARTUPS

    APPLE TO UNVEIL 'SOLARIUM' UI OVERHAUL FOR ALL DEVICES AT WWDC (2
    MINUTE READ) [5]

    Apple plans to introduce a design overhaul for all of its operating
    systems at WWDC. The updated interface, codenamed 'Solarium', will
    give the operating systems a more slick and modern appearance. It
    borrows a lot of elements from visionOS. The UI overhaul will be the
    biggest for iPhones since iOS 7 in 2013 and for Macs since macOS Big
    Sur in 2020.

    SPACEX PUSHES TO GET STARSHIP ROCKET READY FOR MARS BY NEXT YEAR (5
    MINUTE READ) [6]

    SpaceX has been moving more employees into Starship roles in recent
    months. The space company has also been making big investments in its
    complex in Texas for the vehicle and has similar plans for Florida. It
    is behind schedule on a variant of Starship for a NASA mission to the
    moon currently set for 2027. SpaceX has been struggling this year,
    with back-to-back Starship flight tests that ended in explosions.

    ¨

    SCIENCE & FUTURISTIC TECHNOLOGY

    SHOULD EVERYONE BE TAKING OZEMPIC? DOCTORS SAY MORE PEOPLE COULD
    BENEFIT (8 MINUTE READ) [7]

    The number of diseases that the GLP-1 category of drugs seems to be
    effective in treating is expanding rapidly. The drug could be
    beneficial to a third to a majority of adults. Many of the proven and
    potential benefits of the drugs cascade from their effect on obesity,
    but some are independent of weight loss, possibly from the
    anti-inflammatory effects of the drugs.

    TSMC BETS ON UNORTHODOX OPTICAL TECH (3 MINUTE READ) [8]

    TSMC is working with startup Avicena to produce microLED-based
    interconnects. The technology is designed to meet the high needs of communication among an increasing number of GPUs in a low-cost, energy-efficient way. AI clusters are facing unprecedented
    requirements - sooner or later, the copper wires that connect
    processors and memory within a single AI data rack will have to be
    replaced with optics. Avicena's approach is very unorthodox, but it is
    ideal for these short-distance applications.

    ¨

    PROGRAMMING, DESIGN & DATA SCIENCE

    HOW DELVE GENERATED $1M IN PIPELINE FROM JUST 4 TLDR NEWSLETTER ADS
    (SPONSOR) [9]

    Delve ran 4 placements across 2 TLDR newsletters and brought in 66
    leads, with a meaningful chunk from enterprise. The result: $1M in
    attributed pipeline and a 52x ROI.

    The case study breaks down their strategy, results, and example ads.

    Read the Delve case study. [9]

    ASK HN: ANYONE STRUGGLING TO GET VALUE OUT OF CODING LLMS? (HACKER
    NEWS THREAD) [10]

    While some engineers can't seem to stop raving about how much of a
    superpower large language models are for coding, others find it to be
    an extremely finicky process that requires an extreme amount of
    coddling to get average results at best. This could be because of the
    type of work the engineers are doing - AI seems to be productive for
    greenfield work, but it is pretty useless when it comes to maintaining
    existing systems, adding more complicated features, or needing to know
    business domain details. Some engineers find it much quicker and
    easier to just write code themselves as they always do a better job in
    the end.

    I THINK IT'S TIME TO GIVE NIX A CHANCE (16 MINUTE READ) [11]

    Nix was designed to solve the lack of true reproducibility in
    software development. While it has been around for two decades, Nix
    has largely flown under the radar of mainstream development. This is
    likely due to its steep learning curve. However, the tooling around
    Nix has matured significantly, so it's now worth giving it a try.

    ¨

    MISCELLANEOUS

    BIG BANKS EXPLORE VENTURING INTO CRYPTO WORLD TOGETHER WITH JOINT
    STABLECOIN (4 MINUTE READ) [12]

    The biggest banks in the US are in discussions about whether to team
    up and issue a joint stablecoin. The talks are in early stages and any
    final decision would depend on how stablecoins will be legislated.
    Banks have been bracing for the possibility that stablecoins could
    become widely adopted under President Trump. Stablecoins could speed
    up more routine transactions, but there is still some skepticism about
    the security of the technology and the regulatory implications of
    getting involved with digital assets.

    $1M REVENUE, $0 PROFIT: OUR D2C REALITY CHECK (10 MINUTE READ) [13]

    Kodgem built its business around a device that helped people with
    their posture. Despite the company's growth to $1 million in revenue,
    there was zero profit for its founders due to several mistakes,
    including inventory planning disasters, no real financial management,
    and failed marketplace partnerships. The founders never paid
    themselves, causing them to almost burn out completely multiple times.
    They had gotten caught up in the growth story and forgotten the most
    basic rule of business: you need to make more money than you spend.

    ¨

    QUICK LINKS

    YOU CAN CHOOSE TOOLS THAT MAKE YOU HAPPY (2 MINUTE READ) [14]

    People make technical decisions, in part, because the technology
    feels good, comfortable, or familiar - and that's fine.

    ON THE OBJECTIVITY OF DATA-DRIVEN DECISIONS (2 MINUTE READ) [15]

    People use data to make decisions because they think that data is the
    truest form of objectivity, but bias isn't something that can be
    easily removed - it's important to remember that data isn't any more
    objective than we are.

    THE COPILOT DELUSION (12 MINUTE READ) [16]

    We're building a world where curiosity gets lobotomized at the door -
    the industry is going to be filled with people who think they're good
    because of their bots, while people who put in the effort will get
    chewed up by a system that doesn't value understanding anymore.

    LOSSLESS VIDEO COMPRESSION USING RATIONAL BLOOM FILTERS (4 MINUTE
    READ) [17]

    This article discusses an approach to lossless video compression that
    involves repurposing Bloom filters and requires no external data for decompression.

    CRACKING THE DAVE & BUSTER'S ANOMALY (7 MINUTE READ) [18]

    The Dave & Buster's anomaly demonstrates how Apple's BlastDoor
    mechanism, which was designed to thwart hacking attempts, works as
    designed.

    CREATING DEBIAN PACKAGES FROM UPSTREAM GIT (25 MINUTE READ) [19]

    This post demonstrates the optimal flow for creating new Debian
    packages.

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