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In my previous post, I poked fun at people who don't understand what developers do and want to loudly proclaim that AI has already replaced, or is months away from replacing us. I still think that's completely ridiculous, and honestly it would be amusing if it didn't betray just how little some people know about Software Development. Now you might have read that post and decided "Old Man Rusty…
Ok, I've had enough. The hype train around AI is just writing cheques the technology simply cannot cash. I'm not saying it doesn't have its uses, it does. Please don't read this post and hear things I'm not saying. I'm just fed up with the "AI is inevitable, developers are out of jobs in 2026" crowd. I didn't jump up and down saying all lawyers were out of jobs when an LLM passed the bar exam. I…
We just released our Vocoder plugin, Robot Rocket to the world. TL;DR: you can download it here. For a slightly lengthier introduction about what we did and why, Marc Edwards and I gave a talk at Dev World 2025 about it, which you can watch here on YouTube. If you're at all into audio plugins or just want to support us, please, check it out and consider buying it. It's a once off purchase for…
I've owned quite a few EVs, starting with a Tesla Model S I bought in 2018, back when it was that or an imported Nissan Leaf as your choice of EVs in Australia. Then my wife got a Polestar 2 and I later downsized to a Model 3 when that became available. As a Tesla owner back then all I kept hearing was about how superior Tesla's were, how they were 10 years ahead and "legacy automakers" would…
In the Year of Our Lord™ 2025, I finally moved my blog off of WordPress. It's now on GitHub Pages. I'm sure you're just as excited about that as I am! Now, to answer your super important questions! Does this mean you'll be blogging again? Dunno. What was it like to not post for 2 years?! 🤷♂️ Did you just put an emoji into a blog post? What are you, 50? Not yet! What happened to your very chique…
Around 6 months ago I posted about the shortcomings of the Polestar 2 App and what I felt needed to be improved about it. I thought it would be interesting to take another look 6 months later and see what if anything has changed. Improvements I use the app fairly regularly, and I've noticed a few improvements! Firstly the reliability of the data updating is way better. Now when I open the app, I…
For the three of you that read this blog, you'll know I've had an interest in renewable energy for a while now. From setting up solar on my roof, to adding battery storage to switching to an electric car. Each step in that journey I've learnt so much and I hope I've managed to share some of it here with you all. After adding battery storage to my solar setup, one thing always annoyed me, I had no…
One of the most surprising things to me about owning a modern car with its own cell radio built in, is how this opens up opportunities for useful and interesting things car makers can do in their apps. Where on earth did I park my car? My kid needs to get their jacket from the boot. How fast is my car charging and when will it be done? It's sooo hot, I should turn on the air con before we head…
Before I start this post, Rusty Junior would like to point out that he grew up in a housing trust house, on school card, barely able to afford shoes from Kmart and regular meals. It's not relevant to you, per se, but he feels this is required to alleviate the Weird Guilt™ inherent in writing a post like this. Thanks for your time. As you were. A few weeks ago our family went all electric. My wife…
I haven't updated this site in a bit, which I know will greatly upset the 3 people that read it and have just now realised they haven't seen my posts in a while! Anyway thought I'd try something new and post a few things too small for a blog on Twitter instead. My motivation in doing so was to try and encourage the people who follow me (and have the means) to consider going electric with their…