January 27, 2025

Testing AI and 'Personal' Computing

Hey friends,

It's almost February? It still feels like we're just rolling out of the holidays...

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Things I Wrote ✍️

Last week I hinted at my feelings about AI. I'm a skeptic. I haven't loved all the effects of this new wave of AI on our digital culture but ignoring it entirely seems foolish.

So when my company, Viget, announced a new AI working group (a employee-led volunteer group to help shape process and policy around a topic) and after several discussions with my peers I figured it was time to give the current tooling a fair shake.

...But I have some boundaries. Read more about over at my blog: Testing AI Value.

🤖🕺🤖

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Interesting Web Bits 🍿

• Tailwind 4.0 is out. We love us some Tailwind at Viget, not because it's THE best, but it's the best for TEAMS.
• Adam Argyle gives us 6 CSS snippets every Front-End Developer should know in 2025.
• The incredibly brave Bryan Huang builds an open source laptop from scratch.
• Speaking of personal computing, Benj Edwards implores us to champion some of our older tech principles, shun the extractive models, and make computing personal again.
• Louie Manta dives deep into the colors of the Mario logos.