Advanced Geekery with David Gewirtz

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Claude Code vs. Codex in-depth
Plus, coffee increases testosterone, a new David video, Claude Code's Record-a-Skill, Linus on Linux speed, and how to protect your AI conversations
My favorite voice dictation tool, a legendary free course taught by AI pioneers, and I get a new toy
Plus, a deep dive into how Google fixes Chrome bugs, a tiny hidden diorama, a strange Apple movie, why you should buy broken GPUs, and more science on…
Did my zombies break Google Earth? Also, my Bambu Lab A2L first impressions video
Plus, deep dives into rogue AIs, honeycomb patterns on the surface of Mars, and amazing rope jumping acrobatics.
I cloned the Codex keyboard, how to pick Claude tools, coffee is healthy
Plus, my latest preview video, Claude 5 is live, my RAM woes, easy box joints, too many Legos, and our cyclops ancestor.
OpenAI gutted its desktop app, new ChatGPT Work, 1Password in Claude
Plus, Bill Shatner's heavy metal band (for reals), protect yourself from QR code scams, get ready for more Trek coming this week, and I have merchy…
Hands-on Claude Cowork, GPT-5.6, I review the Kobra X, and I say no to Fable 5
Plus, a great way to lube your 3D printers, a wind-up go-cart, Marques Brownlee on Apple's AI race, and Mary Poppins meets Google Translate.
My plastic R2-D2, how to tame your OpenAI budget, I fought the spammers and my code won
Plus, a truly nasty (but wonderfully powerful) adhesive, Linux problems, gross drain clogs, 3D printing tips, Lincoln's undercroft, and why desert trees…
Gmail giveth and taketh away, Claude Tag, and another preview of my app
Plus, a screw counting machine, Windows 10 isn't dead yet, OpenAI gives a plant brains, and astronaut out-of-body experiences.
My app sneak preview, more on Fable, and an AI search engine
Plus, a goat-powered AI in Age of Empires, how to know if you're being monitored, my wire shelf drawer project continues, and Siri AI might not suck.
Inside the wacky Claude Fable saga, ChatGPT's problematic memory, and my food planner
Plus, the cloud vs clouded leopard, a COBOL FPS, spy turtles, dark Gilligan, and I get a rivet gun.
I test Claude's honesty, using AI to hack PDF pages, Microsoft's Work IQ
Plus, Stargate dead again, a giant insect, re-engineering logs, a giant robot-controlled ware house, and Ed Bott is not impressed
I turned to AI to fix my glasses prescription, Claude gets more honest, and a new video
Plus, stopping bugs before they ship, why car windows have dots on them, inside the old Longaberger building, DNS sinkholes, and a right-angle chisel.
Google’s creepy video clones, OpenAI’s un-strippable watermarks, and why traditional app security is dead.
Plus, a very cool lift device, a waterlogged Egyptian tomb, how Cuban mechanics keep those 1950s cars going, and what email felt like in the 1980s.
Stop signing unfair contracts, AI analyzes video, free Anthropic training courses
Plus, badass Swedish King Gustav, how we spend our free time, switching to plug-in solar power, and written English made it to Europe centuries earlier…
Advanced Geekery with David Gewirtz
Advanced Geekery with David Gewirtz
My name is David Gewirtz and you're looking into my geek brain. Read on for geeky, cool, fun, fascinating, and sometimes freaky stories, videos, links, and more. Plus, there might be puppy pictures.
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