Daily Kickoff

Up to seven things a day for people building with AI. Fewer when there aren't seven.

  1. ChatGPT’s Computer History tracks your clicks and keystrokes

    OpenAI's ChatGPT desktop app for macOS now includes Computer History, an opt-in feature that logs on-device activity as events rather than screenshots and uses it to build a timeline ChatGPT and Codex can reference. OpenAI says it automatically excludes incognito and private browser tabs, and users can exclude specific apps or delete entries.

    The Verge AI developer experience

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  2. Presentation: From Thousands to One: Building LLM-Powered Selection Systems

    In an InfoQ presentation, Jendrik Jördening lays out engineering strategies for putting LLMs into production pipelines: constraining schemas, separating semantic text extraction from deterministic code, and validating choices with discriminator models. He frames the approach as an MVC pattern for LLMs, aimed at database integrity, observability, and system reliability.

    InfoQ AI/ML developer experience

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  3. What happens when a kid’s robot best friend dies?

    When Xander first met Moxie, she taught him that when he was anxious, he could calm down by exhaling through his lips so that he buzzed like a bee. They practiced breathing like dragons to manage feeling mad and sniffing like bunnies to boost his energy.

    MIT Technology Review AI

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  4. Podcast: Founders, Friction, and Focus: Building Engineering Teams at Early-Stage Startups

    Shane Hastie talks with David Gudeman about early-stage startup engineering culture, founder quirks that derail teams, and how engineers build influence without formal authority.

    InfoQ Culture & Methods engineering leadership

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