Enshittification aside, any new technologies you find yourself relying on/using regularly?

This can be anywhere from hardware or software/apps.

I recently started up a CalDav/CardDav service (radicale, think like your own private Google Calendar and Google Tasks that can also be synced on multiple devices) on a VPS. One step closer to degoogling myself.

  • ravenaspiring@sh.itjust.works
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    4 hours ago

    I do all the time as well. Has changed my life in a very useful way. But as you said, knowing what it’s place is, how to use it, and what it’s limitations are (as well as my own) are key. I have solved many many problems I’ve been working on for years on in the digital world.

    I also sympathize with the AI hate, and really struggle with the energy usage as well as the bubble. It has power and capability, but not what the “public” think it does.

    I just deal with the online hate as it’s not shit people says to my face, and it’s driven of ignorance like much is these days.

    And as you said there are development in the pipe which will further change our lives. Knowing how it works and why, as in using the critical thinking in synthesis with an LLM and what comes next is going to be valuable.