One major problem is that people tend to make extremely bloated, 2-3 gb files for 100 slides and things freeze up, underperform, etc.

Working with AI I wrote a command line tool that replaces the file name with .zip, extracts the content and then run a series of resize, compressions on images and videos. Once done it simply packages back the zip and renames it back to pptx. Files drop by 70-80% in size on average with no visible loss of quality.

This command line tool was made in less than 30 minutes and the conversion was less than 10 messages back and forth.

Then i just continue from there or simply use this as a seed in another fresh chat.

I have a background in marketing and HR in large company, this is my first venture into programming after learning to code on my own (VBA -> Automate the boring stuff -> coursera -> React & a lot of help debugging from a very generous friend.)

Releasing a full working product was a great milestone, but so far market fit is still quite unclear.

What I understand is that a mini program needs to be "packaged" and shipped to WeChat as a bundle. The size of the bundle is relatively small. (~10mb ?)

Of course you can load some content from outside, not everything is within those 10mb, but I think it's still relatively limited. Calling it apps within apps is a stretch.

I don't understand why someone buying a high end e-reader like this one should be charged for basic cloud connectivity, so I'm really happy to have it for free.

This simply creates a very blurry line between spared spaces. It's not surprising that e-scooters simply ride on the sidewalk and are a hasard, when the motorcycles themselves also do.

The other problem is the streets are old and often have brick sections. ok if you're a car, annoying on a bike, almost unbearable with the small wheels of the scooters. Often they ride on the sidewalk with is a but less bumpy.

I read somewhere that Thomas Midgley Jr could be considered, in modern history, to be the organism with highest impactful on earth with his invention of Chlorofurocarbons and their impact on the ozone layers.

Source: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lead%E2%80%93crime_hypothesi...

Of course video and images can be hosted externally, but it still forces companies who develop these mini programs to pay a minimum of attention to keeping their functionality relatively simple.

Ever since reading this book, I've noticed patterns in the way apps are developed.

Candy crush and other similar game apps are a bit obvious, but for me the most sticking one for me is the facebook app. They introduced a few years back these emoji that flash in the screen when you received a hearth or a smiley face in the chat. This is almost a direct copy of a technique used by the gambling industry where they flash coins in the screen of a gambling machine. In the book, I believed they explained that by making positive results / feeling of result stronger, you can trigger more deep rooted habits.