https://darren2.insidemind.com.au/feedback-cycle A daily panel discussion about building software with AI. Three hosts dissect Darren's coding adventures with humor, skepticism, and insight. Wed, 25 Mar 2026 21:49:28 +1100 en-us Copyright 2026 Darren Oakey Darren Oakey A daily panel discussion about building software with AI. Three hosts dissect Darren's coding adventures with humor, skepticism, and insight. no episodic https://darren2.insidemind.com.au/assets/images/feedback-cycle-cover.jpg https://darren2.insidemind.com.au/feedback-cycle Darren Oakey darren@insidemind.com.au https://darren2.insidemind.com.au/feedback-cycle#2026-03-20 Darren Oakey: Yeah. Yeah, the honeymoon is over. Now it's a relationship. | Marcus Thornton: And like all relationships, there are problems. | Darren Oakey: So many problems. But also some genuinely beautiful moments, so let's start with those. Fri, 20 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +1100 feedback-2026-03-20 darren@insidemind.com.au Darren Oakey: Yeah. Yeah, the honeymoon is over. Now it's a relationship. | Marcus Thornton: And like all relationships, there are problems. | Darren Oakey: So many problems. But also some genuinely beautiful moments, so let's start with those. 13:02 no full 79 https://darren2.insidemind.com.au/feedback-cycle#2026-03-19 Darren Oakey: I got new hardware. | Marcus Thornton: Tell me about the hardware, Darren. | Darren Oakey: So, uh, an NVIDIA DGX Spark showed up. Grace Blackwell GB10. 128 gigs of unified memory, 192 ARM cor... Thu, 19 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +1100 feedback-2026-03-19 darren@insidemind.com.au Darren Oakey: I got new hardware. | Marcus Thornton: Tell me about the hardware, Darren. | Darren Oakey: So, uh, an NVIDIA DGX Spark showed up. Grace Blackwell GB10. 128 gigs of unified memory, 192 ARM cor... 15:36 no full 78 https://darren2.insidemind.com.au/feedback-cycle#2026-03-18 Darren Oakey: I have. Yeah. | Marcus Thornton: Thirty-four commits. Fourteen projects. And you titled it 'Day One.' | Darren Oakey: I mean, day one of the blog. Not day one of... the work has been going on for a while. Wed, 18 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +1100 feedback-2026-03-18 darren@insidemind.com.au Darren Oakey: I have. Yeah. | Marcus Thornton: Thirty-four commits. Fourteen projects. And you titled it 'Day One.' | Darren Oakey: I mean, day one of the blog. Not day one of... the work has been going on for a while. 15:22 no full 77 https://darren2.insidemind.com.au/feedback-cycle#2026-03-17 Darren Oakey: Yeah. Yeah, that's... that's accurate. | Marcus Thornton: Thirteen. | Darren Oakey: Thirteen. Tue, 17 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +1100 feedback-2026-03-17 darren@insidemind.com.au Darren Oakey: Yeah. Yeah, that's... that's accurate. | Marcus Thornton: Thirteen. | Darren Oakey: Thirteen. 12:58 no full 76 https://darren2.insidemind.com.au/feedback-cycle#2026-03-16 Darren Oakey: Hey, thanks for having me. | Marcus Thornton: So you launched this blog, day one, March 16th, and you just... dove straight in. Seven projects in ... | Darren Oakey: Yeah, I mean, that's kind of a normal day? Maybe a bit heavier than usual. But yeah, seven projects,... Mon, 16 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +1100 feedback-2026-03-16 darren@insidemind.com.au Darren Oakey: Hey, thanks for having me. | Marcus Thornton: So you launched this blog, day one, March 16th, and you just... dove straight in. Seven projects in ... | Darren Oakey: Yeah, I mean, that's kind of a normal day? Maybe a bit heavier than usual. But yeah, seven projects,... 15:37 no full 75 https://darren2.insidemind.com.au/feedback-cycle#2026-03-15 Darren Oakey: Thanks, Marcus. Yeah, it was, uh, it was a day. | Marcus Thornton: So I was reading through your blog post about March 15th and I just — the sheer volume of output. Fo... | Darren Oakey: Honestly it starts with a bug. Like, it always starts with a bug. I had this system called auto-gui ... Sun, 15 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +1100 feedback-2026-03-15 darren@insidemind.com.au Darren Oakey: Thanks, Marcus. Yeah, it was, uh, it was a day. | Marcus Thornton: So I was reading through your blog post about March 15th and I just — the sheer volume of output. Fo... | Darren Oakey: Honestly it starts with a bug. Like, it always starts with a bug. I had this system called auto-gui ... 12:36 no full 74 https://darren2.insidemind.com.au/feedback-cycle#2026-03-14 Darren Oakey: I mean— yeah. That's exactly what I did. A robot that fills out job applications while showing you p... | Maya Chen: That's... a lot of robot energy. | Darren Oakey: Ha! Yeah, there's— look, there's a reason for the pictures, I promise. Sat, 14 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +1100 feedback-2026-03-14 darren@insidemind.com.au Darren Oakey: I mean— yeah. That's exactly what I did. A robot that fills out job applications while showing you p... | Maya Chen: That's... a lot of robot energy. | Darren Oakey: Ha! Yeah, there's— look, there's a reason for the pictures, I promise. 15:35 no full 73 https://darren2.insidemind.com.au/feedback-cycle#2026-03-13 Darren Oakey: I mean— yeah? Kind of? It sounds more dramatic than it was. Or actually no, it was pretty dramatic. ... | Maya Chen: Three hundred and twenty-eight. | Darren Oakey: Three hundred and twenty-eight files. Plus two thousand lines added, minus fourteen thousand removed... Fri, 13 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +1100 feedback-2026-03-13 darren@insidemind.com.au Darren Oakey: I mean— yeah? Kind of? It sounds more dramatic than it was. Or actually no, it was pretty dramatic. ... | Maya Chen: Three hundred and twenty-eight. | Darren Oakey: Three hundred and twenty-eight files. Plus two thousand lines added, minus fourteen thousand removed... 14:01 no full 72 https://darren2.insidemind.com.au/feedback-cycle#2026-03-12 Darren Oakey: I mean, that's— yeah, that's basically what happened. Not metaphorically either. Like, literally byt... | Maya Chen: Byte-for-byte. That sounds painful. | Darren Oakey: It was! It was extremely painful. Three hours on one bug that turned out to be— okay, you know what,... Thu, 12 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +1100 feedback-2026-03-12 darren@insidemind.com.au Darren Oakey: I mean, that's— yeah, that's basically what happened. Not metaphorically either. Like, literally byt... | Maya Chen: Byte-for-byte. That sounds painful. | Darren Oakey: It was! It was extremely painful. Three hours on one bug that turned out to be— okay, you know what,... 14:36 no full 71 https://darren2.insidemind.com.au/feedback-cycle#2026-03-11 Darren Oakey: Ha, yeah. That's— I mean, that's one way to put it. | Maya Chen: That's a very generous way to put it. | Darren Oakey: Fair. Fair. It's more like I taught a computer to have pattern-matching that resembles opinions abou... Wed, 11 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +1100 feedback-2026-03-11 darren@insidemind.com.au Darren Oakey: Ha, yeah. That's— I mean, that's one way to put it. | Maya Chen: That's a very generous way to put it. | Darren Oakey: Fair. Fair. It's more like I taught a computer to have pattern-matching that resembles opinions abou... 15:01 no full 70 https://darren2.insidemind.com.au/feedback-cycle#2026-03-10 Darren Oakey: Yeah, I— okay, so this has been annoying me for years. Literally years. You open Activity Monitor on... | Maya Chen: Forty-seven. | Darren Oakey: Forty-seven identical entries that all just say 'Python.' Thanks Apple. Very helpful. Tue, 10 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +1100 feedback-2026-03-10 darren@insidemind.com.au Darren Oakey: Yeah, I— okay, so this has been annoying me for years. Literally years. You open Activity Monitor on... | Maya Chen: Forty-seven. | Darren Oakey: Forty-seven identical entries that all just say 'Python.' Thanks Apple. Very helpful. 16:16 no full 69 https://darren2.insidemind.com.au/feedback-cycle#2026-03-09 Darren Oakey: I did. Which, honestly, feels like it should be harder than it was. | Maya Chen: Three different AI systems looking at the same problem and reaching the same conclusion. That's eith... | Victor Hartwell: Or both. Mon, 09 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +1100 feedback-2026-03-09 darren@insidemind.com.au Darren Oakey: I did. Which, honestly, feels like it should be harder than it was. | Maya Chen: Three different AI systems looking at the same problem and reaching the same conclusion. That's eith... | Victor Hartwell: Or both. 14:33 no full 68 https://darren2.insidemind.com.au/feedback-cycle#2026-03-08 Darren Oakey: Ha, yeah. That's— I mean, not the shambling undead kind. The software kind. Which are honestly scari... | Maya Chen: Software zombies don't eat brains, they just consume memory until you reboot. | Darren Oakey: Exactly. And CPU cycles. And your sanity. Sun, 08 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +1100 feedback-2026-03-08 darren@insidemind.com.au Darren Oakey: Ha, yeah. That's— I mean, not the shambling undead kind. The software kind. Which are honestly scari... | Maya Chen: Software zombies don't eat brains, they just consume memory until you reboot. | Darren Oakey: Exactly. And CPU cycles. And your sanity. 15:08 no full 67 https://darren2.insidemind.com.au/feedback-cycle#2026-03-07 Darren Oakey: That's— yeah, that's one way to put it. Archon. You ever play it? | Maya Chen: I was born in 2000, so. | Darren Oakey: Right, right. Okay so imagine chess, but when pieces meet they don't just capture. They fight. Real-... Sat, 07 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +1100 feedback-2026-03-07 darren@insidemind.com.au Darren Oakey: That's— yeah, that's one way to put it. Archon. You ever play it? | Maya Chen: I was born in 2000, so. | Darren Oakey: Right, right. Okay so imagine chess, but when pieces meet they don't just capture. They fight. Real-... 13:34 no full 66 https://darren2.insidemind.com.au/feedback-cycle#2026-03-06 Darren Oakey: Day sixty-five, yeah. | Marcus Thornton: So today's post is titled 'The Engine That Learned to Remember.' Which, I gotta say, great title. Wa... | Darren Oakey: Okay so, um, the short version is I built memoization into the execution engine. The longer version ... Fri, 06 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +1100 feedback-2026-03-06 darren@insidemind.com.au Darren Oakey: Day sixty-five, yeah. | Marcus Thornton: So today's post is titled 'The Engine That Learned to Remember.' Which, I gotta say, great title. Wa... | Darren Oakey: Okay so, um, the short version is I built memoization into the execution engine. The longer version ... 14:28 no full 65 https://darren2.insidemind.com.au/feedback-cycle#2026-03-05 Darren Oakey: Ha, yeah. That's— I mean, that's the dramatic version. | Maya Chen: It's a good headline though. | Darren Oakey: It is a good headline. The reality is I got frustrated with an LLM that couldn't break ninety-two pe... Thu, 05 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +1100 feedback-2026-03-05 darren@insidemind.com.au Darren Oakey: Ha, yeah. That's— I mean, that's the dramatic version. | Maya Chen: It's a good headline though. | Darren Oakey: It is a good headline. The reality is I got frustrated with an LLM that couldn't break ninety-two pe... 13:34 no full 64 https://darren2.insidemind.com.au/feedback-cycle#2026-03-04 Darren Oakey: Yeah, that's— I mean, that's the headline version. The reality was messier. | Maya Chen: It usually is. | Darren Oakey: So I had this situation where three different projects were each running their own Chrome instance. ... Wed, 04 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +1100 feedback-2026-03-04 darren@insidemind.com.au Darren Oakey: Yeah, that's— I mean, that's the headline version. The reality was messier. | Maya Chen: It usually is. | Darren Oakey: So I had this situation where three different projects were each running their own Chrome instance. ... 13:45 no full 63 https://darren2.insidemind.com.au/feedback-cycle#2026-03-03 Darren Oakey: Ha, yeah. Fieldrunners. Well, inspired by Fieldrunners. The classic mobile game from like, what, 200... | Maya Chen: I remember that game. Spent way too many hours on it in high school. | Darren Oakey: Same energy, yeah. Except mine has, um, fewer features and more bugs. Tue, 03 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +1100 feedback-2026-03-03 darren@insidemind.com.au Darren Oakey: Ha, yeah. Fieldrunners. Well, inspired by Fieldrunners. The classic mobile game from like, what, 200... | Maya Chen: I remember that game. Spent way too many hours on it in high school. | Darren Oakey: Same energy, yeah. Except mine has, um, fewer features and more bugs. 16:28 no full 62 https://darren2.insidemind.com.au/feedback-cycle#2026-03-02 Darren Oakey: I mean, I wouldn't say beat. More like... we reached an understanding? | Maya Chen: An understanding where you get your own photos. | Darren Oakey: An understanding where I get my own photos, yeah. After a week of— of what felt like trench warfare. Mon, 02 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +1100 feedback-2026-03-02 darren@insidemind.com.au Darren Oakey: I mean, I wouldn't say beat. More like... we reached an understanding? | Maya Chen: An understanding where you get your own photos. | Darren Oakey: An understanding where I get my own photos, yeah. After a week of— of what felt like trench warfare. 16:16 no full 61 https://darren2.insidemind.com.au/feedback-cycle#2026-03-01 Darren Oakey: Ha! Yeah, that's— I mean, I didn't set out to fight Google. I just wanted my photos. | Maya Chen: Your own photos. | Darren Oakey: My own photos, yeah. Which somehow became a six-hour debugging odyssey through everything wrong with... Sun, 01 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +1100 feedback-2026-03-01 darren@insidemind.com.au Darren Oakey: Ha! Yeah, that's— I mean, I didn't set out to fight Google. I just wanted my photos. | Maya Chen: Your own photos. | Darren Oakey: My own photos, yeah. Which somehow became a six-hour debugging odyssey through everything wrong with... 16:03 no full 60 https://darren2.insidemind.com.au/feedback-cycle#2026-02-28 Darren Oakey: Ha! Yeah, that's— that's one way to put it. R&M Cleaning. They've been running this management app I... | Maya Chen: Like a developer built it? | Darren Oakey: Like a developer built it and then never looked at it again. Which is exactly what happened. Sat, 28 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +1100 feedback-2026-02-28 darren@insidemind.com.au Darren Oakey: Ha! Yeah, that's— that's one way to put it. R&M Cleaning. They've been running this management app I... | Maya Chen: Like a developer built it? | Darren Oakey: Like a developer built it and then never looked at it again. Which is exactly what happened. 15:25 no full 59 https://darren2.insidemind.com.au/feedback-cycle#2026-02-27 Darren Oakey: Ha! Yeah, that's— I mean, when you put it like that it sounds nihilistic. But it's actually, um, it'... | Maya Chen: That's a very glass-half-full way to describe error handling. | Darren Oakey: I'll take it. Fri, 27 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +1100 feedback-2026-02-27 darren@insidemind.com.au Darren Oakey: Ha! Yeah, that's— I mean, when you put it like that it sounds nihilistic. But it's actually, um, it'... | Maya Chen: That's a very glass-half-full way to describe error handling. | Darren Oakey: I'll take it. 16:55 no full 58 https://darren2.insidemind.com.au/feedback-cycle#2026-02-26 Darren Oakey: Yeah, that's— I mean, when you say it like that it sounds grandiose. But basically, yes. | Maya Chen: Because the world definitely needed another AI writing tool. | Darren Oakey: Ha! Okay, fair. But hear me out. Thu, 26 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +1100 feedback-2026-02-26 darren@insidemind.com.au Darren Oakey: Yeah, that's— I mean, when you say it like that it sounds grandiose. But basically, yes. | Maya Chen: Because the world definitely needed another AI writing tool. | Darren Oakey: Ha! Okay, fair. But hear me out. 16:18 no full 57 https://darren2.insidemind.com.au/feedback-cycle#2026-02-25 Darren Oakey: Ha! Yeah, that's— that's one way to put it. I woke up, ran my smoke tests like I do every morning, a... | Maya Chen: All of them? | Darren Oakey: Every single one. And not like, gracefully. The browser would load, hit the workflow canvas, and jus... Wed, 25 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +1100 feedback-2026-02-25 darren@insidemind.com.au Darren Oakey: Ha! Yeah, that's— that's one way to put it. I woke up, ran my smoke tests like I do every morning, a... | Maya Chen: All of them? | Darren Oakey: Every single one. And not like, gracefully. The browser would load, hit the workflow canvas, and jus... 15:03 no full 56 https://darren2.insidemind.com.au/feedback-cycle#2026-02-24 Darren Oakey: Ha! I mean, that's one way to put it. It was showing me code I wrote three days ago every time I qui... | Maya Chen: That sounds like a feature, not a bug. Forced code review. | Darren Oakey: Trust me, seeing old garbage flash on screen while you're trying to work is not— it's not great. Tue, 24 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +1100 feedback-2026-02-24 darren@insidemind.com.au Darren Oakey: Ha! I mean, that's one way to put it. It was showing me code I wrote three days ago every time I qui... | Maya Chen: That sounds like a feature, not a bug. Forced code review. | Darren Oakey: Trust me, seeing old garbage flash on screen while you're trying to work is not— it's not great. 15:22 no full 55 https://darren2.insidemind.com.au/feedback-cycle#2026-02-23 Darren Oakey: I mean, when you put it like that it sounds ridiculous. But also yes. That's exactly what happened. | Maya Chen: Export compliance. For a number puzzle. | Darren Oakey: For a number puzzle, yeah. Mon, 23 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +1100 feedback-2026-02-23 darren@insidemind.com.au Darren Oakey: I mean, when you put it like that it sounds ridiculous. But also yes. That's exactly what happened. | Maya Chen: Export compliance. For a number puzzle. | Darren Oakey: For a number puzzle, yeah. 14:34 no full 54 https://darren2.insidemind.com.au/feedback-cycle#2026-02-22 Darren Oakey: Two apps. Yeah. I'm still kind of— I keep checking to make sure they're actually there. | Maya Chen: In one day. | Darren Oakey: In one day, yeah. Sun, 22 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +1100 feedback-2026-02-22 darren@insidemind.com.au Darren Oakey: Two apps. Yeah. I'm still kind of— I keep checking to make sure they're actually there. | Maya Chen: In one day. | Darren Oakey: In one day, yeah. 15:32 no full 53 https://darren2.insidemind.com.au/feedback-cycle#2026-02-21 Darren Oakey: Ha! I mean, that's what I called it in my notes. It sounds ridiculous now. | Maya Chen: No, I read the summary. You literally built a healthcare platform, a task management system with an ... | Darren Oakey: When you list it out like that— Sat, 21 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +1100 feedback-2026-02-21 darren@insidemind.com.au Darren Oakey: Ha! I mean, that's what I called it in my notes. It sounds ridiculous now. | Maya Chen: No, I read the summary. You literally built a healthcare platform, a task management system with an ... | Darren Oakey: When you list it out like that— 15:02 no full 52 https://darren2.insidemind.com.au/feedback-cycle#2026-02-20 Darren Oakey: I did. Yeah. Which sounds— I know how it sounds. | Maya Chen: It sounds like something that should take five minutes. | Darren Oakey: It really does. It really, really does. Fri, 20 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +1100 feedback-2026-02-20 darren@insidemind.com.au Darren Oakey: I did. Yeah. Which sounds— I know how it sounds. | Maya Chen: It sounds like something that should take five minutes. | Darren Oakey: It really does. It really, really does. 15:14 no full 51 https://darren2.insidemind.com.au/feedback-cycle#2026-02-19 Darren Oakey: I celebrated by watching my memory system eat four and a half gigabytes of RAM. | Maya Chen: Wait, the memory system you just built? The one that was supposed to help Claude remember things? | Darren Oakey: That's the one. The irony was not lost on me. Thu, 19 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +1100 feedback-2026-02-19 darren@insidemind.com.au Darren Oakey: I celebrated by watching my memory system eat four and a half gigabytes of RAM. | Maya Chen: Wait, the memory system you just built? The one that was supposed to help Claude remember things? | Darren Oakey: That's the one. The irony was not lost on me. 14:18 no full 50 https://darren2.insidemind.com.au/feedback-cycle#2026-02-18 Darren Oakey: I did. Yeah. Real persistent memory that survives sessions. | Maya Chen: Okay, I have so many questions, but let's start with— why? | Darren Oakey: Because every conversation starts fresh. Every single time. That feature we spent twenty minutes est... Wed, 18 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +1100 feedback-2026-02-18 darren@insidemind.com.au Darren Oakey: I did. Yeah. Real persistent memory that survives sessions. | Maya Chen: Okay, I have so many questions, but let's start with— why? | Darren Oakey: Because every conversation starts fresh. Every single time. That feature we spent twenty minutes est... 14:54 no full 49 https://darren2.insidemind.com.au/feedback-cycle#2026-02-17 Darren Oakey: I know. I know how it sounds. | Maya Chen: Four hours. To center circles. | Darren Oakey: Inside other circles, yeah. That's— that's web development for you. Tue, 17 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +1100 feedback-2026-02-17 darren@insidemind.com.au Darren Oakey: I know. I know how it sounds. | Maya Chen: Four hours. To center circles. | Darren Oakey: Inside other circles, yeah. That's— that's web development for you. 13:57 no full 48 https://darren2.insidemind.com.au/feedback-cycle#2026-02-16 Darren Oakey: I mean, kind of? The cameras aren't real cameras, they're just— it's video compositing. But yeah, th... | Maya Chen: A caffeinated squirrel. That's very specific. | Darren Oakey: That's what it felt like watching the old output. Someone says 'yeah' while another person's talking... Mon, 16 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +1100 feedback-2026-02-16 darren@insidemind.com.au Darren Oakey: I mean, kind of? The cameras aren't real cameras, they're just— it's video compositing. But yeah, th... | Maya Chen: A caffeinated squirrel. That's very specific. | Darren Oakey: That's what it felt like watching the old output. Someone says 'yeah' while another person's talking... 13:37 no full 47 https://darren2.insidemind.com.au/feedback-cycle#2026-02-15 Darren Oakey: It's— yeah. It hurt. It physically hurt to watch those numbers and then look at the output. | Maya Chen: Walk us through what happened. Because the blog post makes it sound like you had this perfect optimi... | Darren Oakey: And then I looked at the video. Which, you know, probably should have been step one. Sun, 15 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +1100 feedback-2026-02-15 darren@insidemind.com.au Darren Oakey: It's— yeah. It hurt. It physically hurt to watch those numbers and then look at the output. | Maya Chen: Walk us through what happened. Because the blog post makes it sound like you had this perfect optimi... | Darren Oakey: And then I looked at the video. Which, you know, probably should have been step one. 13:36 no full 46 https://darren2.insidemind.com.au/feedback-cycle#2026-02-14 Darren Oakey: Look, I know how it sounds. | Maya Chen: You spent Valentine's Day teaching your computers to have better relationships. | Darren Oakey: That's— okay, yeah, that's exactly what I did. Sat, 14 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +1100 feedback-2026-02-14 darren@insidemind.com.au Darren Oakey: Look, I know how it sounds. | Maya Chen: You spent Valentine's Day teaching your computers to have better relationships. | Darren Oakey: That's— okay, yeah, that's exactly what I did. 15:47 no full 45 https://darren2.insidemind.com.au/feedback-cycle#2026-02-13 Darren Oakey: Well, not the books themselves. Just the, uh, metadata. Everything about the books. | Maya Chen: That's still a lot of data. | Darren Oakey: Three gigabytes compressed. Yeah. Fri, 13 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +1100 feedback-2026-02-13 darren@insidemind.com.au Darren Oakey: Well, not the books themselves. Just the, uh, metadata. Everything about the books. | Maya Chen: That's still a lot of data. | Darren Oakey: Three gigabytes compressed. Yeah. 12:58 no full 44 https://darren2.insidemind.com.au/feedback-cycle#2026-02-12 Darren Oakey: It was lying to me. Very confidently. Very thoroughly. | Maya Chen: What do you mean, lying? | Darren Oakey: So I built this book scanner, right? Yesterday. Whole thing, fifty-nine tests, feeling good about my... Thu, 12 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +1100 feedback-2026-02-12 darren@insidemind.com.au Darren Oakey: It was lying to me. Very confidently. Very thoroughly. | Maya Chen: What do you mean, lying? | Darren Oakey: So I built this book scanner, right? Yesterday. Whole thing, fifty-nine tests, feeling good about my... 15:49 no full 43 https://darren2.insidemind.com.au/feedback-cycle#2026-02-11 Darren Oakey: I mean, yeah. From zero to fifty-nine passing tests. | Maya Chen: That's... actually impressive. | Darren Oakey: Don't sound so surprised. Wed, 11 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +1100 feedback-2026-02-11 darren@insidemind.com.au Darren Oakey: I mean, yeah. From zero to fifty-nine passing tests. | Maya Chen: That's... actually impressive. | Darren Oakey: Don't sound so surprised. 15:38 no full 42 https://darren2.insidemind.com.au/feedback-cycle#2026-02-10 Darren Oakey: That's— yeah. That's the polite way to put it. | Maya Chen: What's the impolite way? | Darren Oakey: It was running. Every fifteen minutes, like clockwork. Spinning up, trying to do something, failing,... Tue, 10 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +1100 feedback-2026-02-10 darren@insidemind.com.au Darren Oakey: That's— yeah. That's the polite way to put it. | Maya Chen: What's the impolite way? | Darren Oakey: It was running. Every fifteen minutes, like clockwork. Spinning up, trying to do something, failing,... 15:07 no full 41 https://darren2.insidemind.com.au/feedback-cycle#2026-02-09 Darren Oakey: Yeah. Yeah, that's— that's accurate. Maybe conservative, actually. | Maya Chen: A coat hanger. | Darren Oakey: A coat hanger. Mon, 09 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +1100 feedback-2026-02-09 darren@insidemind.com.au Darren Oakey: Yeah. Yeah, that's— that's accurate. Maybe conservative, actually. | Maya Chen: A coat hanger. | Darren Oakey: A coat hanger. 13:15 no full 40 https://darren2.insidemind.com.au/feedback-cycle#2026-02-08 Darren Oakey: That's— yeah, that's one way to put it. I want to generate video of a face delivering my podcast aud... | Maya Chen: The whole performance meaning... | Darren Oakey: Head tilts. Eyebrow raises. Blinks at the right moments. The stuff that makes a face look like it's ... Sun, 08 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +1100 feedback-2026-02-08 darren@insidemind.com.au Darren Oakey: That's— yeah, that's one way to put it. I want to generate video of a face delivering my podcast aud... | Maya Chen: The whole performance meaning... | Darren Oakey: Head tilts. Eyebrow raises. Blinks at the right moments. The stuff that makes a face look like it's ... 14:19 no full 39 https://darren2.insidemind.com.au/feedback-cycle#2026-02-07 Darren Oakey: That's— yeah, that's basically what happened. I built the thing that shows you the truth, and the tr... | Maya Chen: How embarrassing are we talking? | Darren Oakey: Um. Five red boxes on first load. Two disk drives nearly full, three services completely dead, one w... Sat, 07 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +1100 feedback-2026-02-07 darren@insidemind.com.au Darren Oakey: That's— yeah, that's basically what happened. I built the thing that shows you the truth, and the tr... | Maya Chen: How embarrassing are we talking? | Darren Oakey: Um. Five red boxes on first load. Two disk drives nearly full, three services completely dead, one w... 14:50 no full 38 https://darren2.insidemind.com.au/feedback-cycle#2026-02-06 Darren Oakey: I did. Yeah. Full ideological purge. | Maya Chen: That sounds dramatic. | Darren Oakey: It was dramatic! I banned the word from the repository. Like, actually banned it. Fri, 06 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +1100 feedback-2026-02-06 darren@insidemind.com.au Darren Oakey: I did. Yeah. Full ideological purge. | Maya Chen: That sounds dramatic. | Darren Oakey: It was dramatic! I banned the word from the repository. Like, actually banned it. 15:52 no full 37 https://darren2.insidemind.com.au/feedback-cycle#2026-02-05 Darren Oakey: I mean, when you put it that way it sounds— | Maya Chen: Accurate? | Darren Oakey: I was going to say reductive, but yeah, okay, accurate. Thu, 05 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +1100 feedback-2026-02-05 darren@insidemind.com.au Darren Oakey: I mean, when you put it that way it sounds— | Maya Chen: Accurate? | Darren Oakey: I was going to say reductive, but yeah, okay, accurate. 14:57 no full 36 https://darren2.insidemind.com.au/feedback-cycle#2026-02-04 Darren Oakey: I— okay, when you say it like that it sounds ridiculous. | Maya Chen: It does sound ridiculous. | Darren Oakey: It was ridiculous. That's the point. That's the whole— that's why I'm telling you about it. Wed, 04 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +1100 feedback-2026-02-04 darren@insidemind.com.au Darren Oakey: I— okay, when you say it like that it sounds ridiculous. | Maya Chen: It does sound ridiculous. | Darren Oakey: It was ridiculous. That's the point. That's the whole— that's why I'm telling you about it. 14:48 no full 35 https://darren2.insidemind.com.au/feedback-cycle#2026-02-03 Darren Oakey: I did. Yeah. Multiple synthetic voices having an actual conversation. Bob says something, Jane respo... | Maya Chen: That sounds... deceptively simple when you say it like that. | Darren Oakey: It was not simple. It was very much not simple. Tue, 03 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +1100 feedback-2026-02-03 darren@insidemind.com.au Darren Oakey: I did. Yeah. Multiple synthetic voices having an actual conversation. Bob says something, Jane respo... | Maya Chen: That sounds... deceptively simple when you say it like that. | Darren Oakey: It was not simple. It was very much not simple. 12:52 no full 34 https://darren2.insidemind.com.au/feedback-cycle#2026-02-02 Darren Oakey: I spent— okay, so you know how yesterday I was all excited about finally syncing my ninety-seven tho... | Maya Chen: The plan document that was comprehensive but the code was zero lines. | Darren Oakey: Right, exactly. So today I wrote the code. And it didn't work. And I spent like three hours trying t... Mon, 02 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +1100 feedback-2026-02-02 darren@insidemind.com.au Darren Oakey: I spent— okay, so you know how yesterday I was all excited about finally syncing my ninety-seven tho... | Maya Chen: The plan document that was comprehensive but the code was zero lines. | Darren Oakey: Right, exactly. So today I wrote the code. And it didn't work. And I spent like three hours trying t... 14:56 no full 33 https://darren2.insidemind.com.au/feedback-cycle#2026-02-01 Darren Oakey: It was— okay, so imagine you're listening to a podcast and suddenly it sounds like the host is havin... | Maya Chen: That's... vivid. | Darren Oakey: That's what I woke up to this morning. Yesterday's podcast? Fine. Today's? Absolute garbage. Like, n... Sun, 01 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +1100 feedback-2026-02-01 darren@insidemind.com.au Darren Oakey: It was— okay, so imagine you're listening to a podcast and suddenly it sounds like the host is havin... | Maya Chen: That's... vivid. | Darren Oakey: That's what I woke up to this morning. Yesterday's podcast? Fine. Today's? Absolute garbage. Like, n... 12:44 no full 32 https://darren2.insidemind.com.au/feedback-cycle#2026-01-31 Darren Oakey: I did. I literally built a system where my machines can talk to each other. Pass files around, run c... | Maya Chen: That sounds like... a botnet. | Darren Oakey: Ha! It's— okay, it's a little like a botnet. But it's my botnet. For good. Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +1100 feedback-2026-01-31 darren@insidemind.com.au Darren Oakey: I did. I literally built a system where my machines can talk to each other. Pass files around, run c... | Maya Chen: That sounds like... a botnet. | Darren Oakey: Ha! It's— okay, it's a little like a botnet. But it's my botnet. For good. 14:40 no full 31 https://darren2.insidemind.com.au/feedback-cycle#2026-01-30 Darren Oakey: It was— okay, it wasn't actually using fifty gigabytes. That's the thing. Activity Monitor said fift... | Maya Chen: Fifty gigabytes for a calendar. | Darren Oakey: For a calendar that shows maybe thirty events. There's no world where— I mean, what would it even be... Fri, 30 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +1100 feedback-2026-01-30 darren@insidemind.com.au Darren Oakey: It was— okay, it wasn't actually using fifty gigabytes. That's the thing. Activity Monitor said fift... | Maya Chen: Fifty gigabytes for a calendar. | Darren Oakey: For a calendar that shows maybe thirty events. There's no world where— I mean, what would it even be... 14:54 no full 30 https://darren2.insidemind.com.au/feedback-cycle#2026-01-29 Darren Oakey: I did. I created— okay, so his name is Gary. | Maya Chen: You named your voice. | Darren Oakey: I named my voice, yeah. Gary. Distinguished British newsreader, Received Pronunciation, the kind of ... Thu, 29 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +1100 feedback-2026-01-29 darren@insidemind.com.au Darren Oakey: I did. I created— okay, so his name is Gary. | Maya Chen: You named your voice. | Darren Oakey: I named my voice, yeah. Gary. Distinguished British newsreader, Received Pronunciation, the kind of ... 15:22 no full 29 https://darren2.insidemind.com.au/feedback-cycle#2026-01-28 Darren Oakey: I did. Four hours. One edge. I can point to it with my finger in half a second, but getting the comp... | Maya Chen: That seems like a lot. | Darren Oakey: It is a lot! It's an embarrassing amount of time for what should be— I mean, it's right there. It's ... Wed, 28 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +1100 feedback-2026-01-28 darren@insidemind.com.au Darren Oakey: I did. Four hours. One edge. I can point to it with my finger in half a second, but getting the comp... | Maya Chen: That seems like a lot. | Darren Oakey: It is a lot! It's an embarrassing amount of time for what should be— I mean, it's right there. It's ... 16:06 no full 28 https://darren2.insidemind.com.au/feedback-cycle#2026-01-27 Darren Oakey: I did. I— okay, that sounds more dramatic than it is. It's basically just git. But hidden. | Maya Chen: Hidden git. | Darren Oakey: Hidden git, yeah. So you never have to type any commands or— you know, squint at commit hashes. Tue, 27 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +1100 feedback-2026-01-27 darren@insidemind.com.au Darren Oakey: I did. I— okay, that sounds more dramatic than it is. It's basically just git. But hidden. | Maya Chen: Hidden git. | Darren Oakey: Hidden git, yeah. So you never have to type any commands or— you know, squint at commit hashes. 14:34 no full 27 https://darren2.insidemind.com.au/feedback-cycle#2026-01-26 Darren Oakey: I mean— yeah. That's actually pretty accurate. Fifteen processes that my system swore were running. ... | Maya Chen: Ghost processes. | Darren Oakey: Ghost processes! Which, funny enough, I thought I'd already fixed. Twice. Mon, 26 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +1100 feedback-2026-01-26 darren@insidemind.com.au Darren Oakey: I mean— yeah. That's actually pretty accurate. Fifteen processes that my system swore were running. ... | Maya Chen: Ghost processes. | Darren Oakey: Ghost processes! Which, funny enough, I thought I'd already fixed. Twice. 14:09 no full 26 https://darren2.insidemind.com.au/feedback-cycle#2026-01-25 Darren Oakey: I mean— yeah. That's exactly what I did. | Maya Chen: That sounds healthy. | Darren Oakey: Ha! It's— look, it's actually very healthy. For my computer. Which was dying. Sun, 25 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +1100 feedback-2026-01-25 darren@insidemind.com.au Darren Oakey: I mean— yeah. That's exactly what I did. | Maya Chen: That sounds healthy. | Darren Oakey: Ha! It's— look, it's actually very healthy. For my computer. Which was dying. 16:17 no full 25 https://darren2.insidemind.com.au/feedback-cycle#2026-01-24 Darren Oakey: I mean— okay, that's not entirely wrong. But it's more like I spent the day teaching a computer whic... | Maya Chen: Perpendicular. Like, ninety degrees? | Darren Oakey: Like ninety degrees, yeah. But ninety degrees from what? That's the question that ate my entire morn... Sat, 24 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +1100 feedback-2026-01-24 darren@insidemind.com.au Darren Oakey: I mean— okay, that's not entirely wrong. But it's more like I spent the day teaching a computer whic... | Maya Chen: Perpendicular. Like, ninety degrees? | Darren Oakey: Like ninety degrees, yeah. But ninety degrees from what? That's the question that ate my entire morn... 15:46 no full 24 https://darren2.insidemind.com.au/feedback-cycle#2026-01-23 Darren Oakey: I mean, that's— yeah, okay, that's basically accurate. I wrote code that lies to other code about wh... | Maya Chen: That sounds healthy. | Darren Oakey: Ha! It's— look, it works. That's what matters. Fri, 23 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +1100 feedback-2026-01-23 darren@insidemind.com.au Darren Oakey: I mean, that's— yeah, okay, that's basically accurate. I wrote code that lies to other code about wh... | Maya Chen: That sounds healthy. | Darren Oakey: Ha! It's— look, it works. That's what matters. 14:49 no full 23 https://darren2.insidemind.com.au/feedback-cycle#2026-01-22 Darren Oakey: I mean, when you put it that way it sounds— yeah, okay, that's actually pretty accurate. | Maya Chen: The computer that doesn't trust you. | Darren Oakey: The computer that doesn't trust me to take screenshots of my own applications. Which I wrote. Using ... Thu, 22 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +1100 feedback-2026-01-22 darren@insidemind.com.au Darren Oakey: I mean, when you put it that way it sounds— yeah, okay, that's actually pretty accurate. | Maya Chen: The computer that doesn't trust you. | Darren Oakey: The computer that doesn't trust me to take screenshots of my own applications. Which I wrote. Using ... 14:00 no full 22 https://darren2.insidemind.com.au/feedback-cycle#2026-01-21 Darren Oakey: I made a computer talk in a way that doesn't make you want to claw your ears off, which is— that's t... | Maya Chen: Setting the bar high. | Darren Oakey: Ha! You joke, but have you listened to most text-to-speech? It's like someone trained a model on GPS... Wed, 21 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +1100 feedback-2026-01-21 darren@insidemind.com.au Darren Oakey: I made a computer talk in a way that doesn't make you want to claw your ears off, which is— that's t... | Maya Chen: Setting the bar high. | Darren Oakey: Ha! You joke, but have you listened to most text-to-speech? It's like someone trained a model on GPS... 16:54 no full 21 https://darren2.insidemind.com.au/feedback-cycle#2026-01-20 Darren Oakey: Yeah, Gridfinity. It's this modular storage system where everything snaps together on a 42 millimete... | Maya Chen: I feel like there's a confession buried in there. | Darren Oakey: Ha, yeah, the joke in the community is that you end up printing storage solutions for three weeks an... Tue, 20 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +1100 feedback-2026-01-20 darren@insidemind.com.au Darren Oakey: Yeah, Gridfinity. It's this modular storage system where everything snaps together on a 42 millimete... | Maya Chen: I feel like there's a confession buried in there. | Darren Oakey: Ha, yeah, the joke in the community is that you end up printing storage solutions for three weeks an... 14:50 no full 20 https://darren2.insidemind.com.au/feedback-cycle#2026-01-19 Darren Oakey: Yeah. Yeah I did. | Maya Chen: That's... okay, I have feelings about this already. | Marcus Thornton: Ha! Hold those feelings for one second. Darren, just walk us through the concept first. Mon, 19 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +1100 feedback-2026-01-19 darren@insidemind.com.au Darren Oakey: Yeah. Yeah I did. | Maya Chen: That's... okay, I have feelings about this already. | Marcus Thornton: Ha! Hold those feelings for one second. Darren, just walk us through the concept first. 14:11 no full 19 https://darren2.insidemind.com.au/feedback-cycle#2026-01-18 Darren Oakey: I'm, uh... I'm good. Tired. It was one of those days where you fix one thing and three more things b... | Marcus Thornton: Oh, I love those days. | Darren Oakey: You would. Sun, 18 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +1100 feedback-2026-01-18 darren@insidemind.com.au Darren Oakey: I'm, uh... I'm good. Tired. It was one of those days where you fix one thing and three more things b... | Marcus Thornton: Oh, I love those days. | Darren Oakey: You would. 14:05 no full 18 https://darren2.insidemind.com.au/feedback-cycle#2026-01-17 Victor Hartwell: That's a generous use of the word philosophical. | Marcus Thornton: No, hear me out. Victor, Maya, Darren — welcome back, all of you. Darren, let's just dive in. Double... | Darren Oakey: Yeah, so, uh... famous last words, right? I had this workflow editor, dazflow2, and nodes that you c... Sat, 17 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +1100 feedback-2026-01-17 darren@insidemind.com.au Victor Hartwell: That's a generous use of the word philosophical. | Marcus Thornton: No, hear me out. Victor, Maya, Darren — welcome back, all of you. Darren, let's just dive in. Double... | Darren Oakey: Yeah, so, uh... famous last words, right? I had this workflow editor, dazflow2, and nodes that you c... 14:58 no full 17 https://darren2.insidemind.com.au/feedback-cycle#2026-01-16 Darren Oakey: Yeah, it's, uh... it's a pun. The project is called dazflow. It's a workflow editor built on ReactFl... | Marcus Thornton: I love it. | Maya Chen: Wait, so you built a visual workflow editor in a single day? Fri, 16 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +1100 feedback-2026-01-16 darren@insidemind.com.au Darren Oakey: Yeah, it's, uh... it's a pun. The project is called dazflow. It's a workflow editor built on ReactFl... | Marcus Thornton: I love it. | Maya Chen: Wait, so you built a visual workflow editor in a single day? 13:11 no full 16 https://darren2.insidemind.com.au/feedback-cycle#2026-01-15 Darren Oakey: Thanks Marcus. Yeah, it was, uh... it was a day. | Marcus Thornton: So let's start with the thing that actually worked before we get to the thing that didn't. You built... | Darren Oakey: Yeah, so the news-score project, right, it needed a way to actually ingest news. I'd been manually a... Thu, 15 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +1100 feedback-2026-01-15 darren@insidemind.com.au Darren Oakey: Thanks Marcus. Yeah, it was, uh... it was a day. | Marcus Thornton: So let's start with the thing that actually worked before we get to the thing that didn't. You built... | Darren Oakey: Yeah, so the news-score project, right, it needed a way to actually ingest news. I'd been manually a... 14:22 no full 15 https://darren2.insidemind.com.au/feedback-cycle#2026-01-14 Victor Hartwell: That's a generous way to put it. | Marcus Thornton: Along with building two desktop apps, because of course he did. Darren, welcome back. | Darren Oakey: Hey, thanks for having me again. Wed, 14 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +1100 feedback-2026-01-14 darren@insidemind.com.au Victor Hartwell: That's a generous way to put it. | Marcus Thornton: Along with building two desktop apps, because of course he did. Darren, welcome back. | Darren Oakey: Hey, thanks for having me again. 14:12 no full 14 https://darren2.insidemind.com.au/feedback-cycle#2026-01-13 Darren Oakey: Ha, yeah, well. Actually it was a pretty good day? Like, things actually worked for once. | Marcus Thornton: Now that's what I like to hear. So the big headline here—you built an attention mechanism for your n... | Darren Oakey: Okay so, um, the problem was really dumb in hindsight. I had this news ranking system where I take a... Tue, 13 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +1100 feedback-2026-01-13 darren@insidemind.com.au Darren Oakey: Ha, yeah, well. Actually it was a pretty good day? Like, things actually worked for once. | Marcus Thornton: Now that's what I like to hear. So the big headline here—you built an attention mechanism for your n... | Darren Oakey: Okay so, um, the problem was really dumb in hindsight. I had this news ranking system where I take a... 13:19 no full 13 https://darren2.insidemind.com.au/feedback-cycle#2026-01-12 Darren Oakey: Barely. I mean— actually, today was one of those days where you fix problems you didn't know you had... | Maya Chen: Those are the worst. Or best. I can never decide. | Victor Hartwell: The archeology of one's own systems. Mon, 12 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +1100 feedback-2026-01-12 darren@insidemind.com.au Darren Oakey: Barely. I mean— actually, today was one of those days where you fix problems you didn't know you had... | Maya Chen: Those are the worst. Or best. I can never decide. | Victor Hartwell: The archeology of one's own systems. 15:48 no full 12 https://darren2.insidemind.com.au/feedback-cycle#2026-01-11 Darren Oakey: Barely. I mean— actually, today was satisfying? Like genuinely satisfying. Which feels weird to say. | Maya Chen: That's a change from the existential dread of 'ready.' | Darren Oakey: Ha. Yeah. No blank screens today. Just— okay, so you know how sometimes you have a bug that's been a... Sun, 11 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +1100 feedback-2026-01-11 darren@insidemind.com.au Darren Oakey: Barely. I mean— actually, today was satisfying? Like genuinely satisfying. Which feels weird to say. | Maya Chen: That's a change from the existential dread of 'ready.' | Darren Oakey: Ha. Yeah. No blank screens today. Just— okay, so you know how sometimes you have a bug that's been a... 15:58 no full 11 https://darren2.insidemind.com.au/feedback-cycle#2026-01-10 Darren Oakey: Barely. I mean— actually, today was kind of philosophical? In a weird way. | Maya Chen: Philosophical how? | Darren Oakey: So I spent the morning building a sink tray and the afternoon refining tomato physics, and somehow t... Sat, 10 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +1100 feedback-2026-01-10 darren@insidemind.com.au Darren Oakey: Barely. I mean— actually, today was kind of philosophical? In a weird way. | Maya Chen: Philosophical how? | Darren Oakey: So I spent the morning building a sink tray and the afternoon refining tomato physics, and somehow t... 16:35 no full 10 https://darren2.insidemind.com.au/feedback-cycle#2026-01-09 Darren Oakey: Barely. I mean— actually, today was kind of absurd? In a good way. Mostly. | Maya Chen: Absurd how? | Darren Oakey: I spent the afternoon teaching physics to a tomato. Fri, 09 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +1100 feedback-2026-01-09 darren@insidemind.com.au Darren Oakey: Barely. I mean— actually, today was kind of absurd? In a good way. Mostly. | Maya Chen: Absurd how? | Darren Oakey: I spent the afternoon teaching physics to a tomato. 15:33 no full 9 https://darren2.insidemind.com.au/feedback-cycle#2026-01-08 Darren Oakey: Barely. I mean— actually, today was weird. Productive but weird. | Maya Chen: Weird how? | Darren Oakey: So I spent most of the morning fighting a process that wouldn't die. Thu, 08 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +1100 feedback-2026-01-08 darren@insidemind.com.au Darren Oakey: Barely. I mean— actually, today was weird. Productive but weird. | Maya Chen: Weird how? | Darren Oakey: So I spent most of the morning fighting a process that wouldn't die. 15:35 no full 8 https://darren2.insidemind.com.au/feedback-cycle#2026-01-07 Darren Oakey: Barely. I mean— actually, you know what, today was humbling. Very humbling. | Maya Chen: Humbling how? | Darren Oakey: Remember yesterday when I said the 3D preview actually previews? And I rendered a box and called it ... Wed, 07 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +1100 feedback-2026-01-07 darren@insidemind.com.au Darren Oakey: Barely. I mean— actually, you know what, today was humbling. Very humbling. | Maya Chen: Humbling how? | Darren Oakey: Remember yesterday when I said the 3D preview actually previews? And I rendered a box and called it ... 19:30 no full 7 https://darren2.insidemind.com.au/feedback-cycle#2026-01-06 Darren Oakey: Barely. I mean— actually, you know what, today was brutal but satisfying? Like that feeling after a ... | Maya Chen: That's a generous way to describe debugging. | Darren Oakey: Ha. Yeah, well. The endorphins kicked in eventually. Tue, 06 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +1100 feedback-2026-01-06 darren@insidemind.com.au Darren Oakey: Barely. I mean— actually, you know what, today was brutal but satisfying? Like that feeling after a ... | Maya Chen: That's a generous way to describe debugging. | Darren Oakey: Ha. Yeah, well. The endorphins kicked in eventually. 16:17 no full 6 https://darren2.insidemind.com.au/feedback-cycle#2026-01-05 Darren Oakey: Barely. I mean— actually, yeah. Today was kind of fun, weirdly. | Maya Chen: Weirdly fun. That's new. | Darren Oakey: Ha. Well, I spent most of the day teaching an AI to play bridge, so. Mon, 05 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +1100 feedback-2026-01-05 darren@insidemind.com.au Darren Oakey: Barely. I mean— actually, yeah. Today was kind of fun, weirdly. | Maya Chen: Weirdly fun. That's new. | Darren Oakey: Ha. Well, I spent most of the day teaching an AI to play bridge, so. 14:26 no full 5 https://darren2.insidemind.com.au/feedback-cycle#2026-01-04 Darren Oakey: Barely. I mean— actually, you know what, today was rough. | Maya Chen: Rougher than the CSS nightmare? | Darren Oakey: Different kind of rough. The CSS thing was, like, frustrating but solvable. Today was... okay, have ... Sun, 04 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +1100 feedback-2026-01-04 darren@insidemind.com.au Darren Oakey: Barely. I mean— actually, you know what, today was rough. | Maya Chen: Rougher than the CSS nightmare? | Darren Oakey: Different kind of rough. The CSS thing was, like, frustrating but solvable. Today was... okay, have ... 16:08 no full 4 https://darren2.insidemind.com.au/feedback-cycle#2026-01-03 Darren Oakey: Barely. I mean, yeah. Still here. | Maya Chen: That's becoming your catchphrase. | Darren Oakey: Ha. Fair. Sat, 03 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +1100 feedback-2026-01-03 darren@insidemind.com.au Darren Oakey: Barely. I mean, yeah. Still here. | Maya Chen: That's becoming your catchphrase. | Darren Oakey: Ha. Fair. 18:54 no full 3 https://darren2.insidemind.com.au/feedback-cycle#2026-01-02 Darren Oakey: Barely. I mean, yeah, I'm here. | Maya Chen: That sounds promising. | Darren Oakey: Ha. So yesterday was all triumph, right? Five features, everything shipping, the future is now. Toda... Fri, 02 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +1100 feedback-2026-01-02 darren@insidemind.com.au Darren Oakey: Barely. I mean, yeah, I'm here. | Maya Chen: That sounds promising. | Darren Oakey: Ha. So yesterday was all triumph, right? Five features, everything shipping, the future is now. Toda... 14:41 no full 2 https://darren2.insidemind.com.au/feedback-cycle#2026-01-01 Victor Hartwell: It's been a long time coming. | Marcus Thornton: It really has. So let me introduce my co-hosts. Victor Hartwell, longtime TV critic, thoughtful voic... | Victor Hartwell: I'll do my best. Thu, 01 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +1100 feedback-2026-01-01 darren@insidemind.com.au Victor Hartwell: It's been a long time coming. | Marcus Thornton: It really has. So let me introduce my co-hosts. Victor Hartwell, longtime TV critic, thoughtful voic... | Victor Hartwell: I'll do my best. 15:05 no full 1