I think many of us feel this. Even if it is expressed differently.

> The second problem is it can't just work with the file system structure and organization

I presume you know about storage templates and ruled them out.

I’ve preserved all of the tags and albums from my Trovebox library. Had high hopes of integrating it into Western Digital NAS devices but…big co :/

If you’re like me and don’t want to be an “admin for life” then it’s still for you.

What has worked for me for over a decade is to keep the source of my photos in a boring old folder (backed up to my synology and Dropbox). And then layer photo viewing and sharing apps on top.

The day I’m sick of Immich and there’s a better alternative, I switch.

I’ve written about how it works as I’ve gone along. Recommend reading and putting your own twist on it.

https://jaisenmathai.com/articles/my-ridiculously-robust-pho...

https://medium.com/vantage/understanding-my-need-for-an-auto...

What I don’t know yet is if the DIY I’m doing with the help of Claude is going to materialize into a lush lawn.

It has me doing pre-emergent spray, broad leaf weed killers, and moss killer.

It’s a lot of work and I’m sure there is a much better UX than saved chats.

I know it’s not the question you asked but I feel not enough people know about it as an option and it’s really as good as Google Photos.

Then I have it read it to me aloud on my drive.

ChatGPT is too awkward to do that with.

My wife knows about Claude because that's what I use and we pay for. She uses it also as a result. And inevitably she will talk about Claude to her friends.

I also imagine that venture funding rounds have a lower ceiling than the public markets - but at these rounds I'm not so sure!

Weren’t Schmidt’s comments on AI the harsh “truth” from the perspective of someone who directly benefits from the wealth extraction capabilities of AI?

It’s not the only possible truth. And definitely not the one I’m rooting for personally. That’s what you are hearing from the audience of graduates who are probably quite fearful of their future and also prefer another possible truth.

It's a cute thought that big tech wants our help to shape artificial intelligence.

Google doesn't get paid directly for the SEO but they definitely benefit monetarily. Do a recipe search and ask yourself if these are the results the user would like to see. Google benefits by not penalizing sites which litter themselves with ads. It's not that indirect.

The meta point is that advertising has become so ingrained into society it really is difficult to differentiate if a need or desire originated intrinsic or externally. It's really great for companies selling stuff.

1. Automated ingestion of hand-written tuition scholarship applications into Google Sheets. Near flawless OCR to structured spreadsheet ingestion and image extraction.

2. Revamped the website completely from a simple static website to a dynamic one which accepts donations (started with Claude Design, handed off to Claude Code). Old: https://csmforchrist.com --- New: https://stage.csmforchrist.com

3. Included sponsorship applicant pages (from #1) to let supporters read profiles and choose who to support through the website (this used to be a fully phone/email process before)

As an aside, it feels great to use AI for something that improves people's lives today.

I never made that switch. The muscle memory of 2 decades of using a software is under appreciated.

For me, it is about preference for what to optimize for.

Surely she has seen Gemini in Google search but even her use of that is plummeting.

Google has so much revenue that they’ll be around for a long time. But I feel they are fumbling the opportunity with AI. Even in corporate, where we have Gemini. The conversation is fully around Claude. No one talks about Gemini.

Our findings found that gpt-5-mini performed better than gpt-5, sonnet 4 and medgemma.

I think these studies are very hard to accurately score. But in any case, AI seems to do a very good job compared to humans. Unsurprising, really.

This is the approach I used and tried to make a product from. I’m not pursuing that anymore but sharing for folks who want to run wire without dealing with drywall.

https://trywireshark.com

(yes I’m familiar with the other well established Wireshark)