Ben Swift - 班班

Evening! We’ve gotten lots of great feedback on the new ChatGPT desktop app (which we didn't get totally quite right on the first try), and as a result, we've made some changes. 1/ ChatGPT conversation history and projects are now visible in the sidebar. Also, your Chat and Work history now sync across web, mobile, and desktop. Local tasks still stay on your computer. 2/ You can now easily switch between Chat and Work modes inside ChatGPT on desktop, which is now also consistent with how it shows on web and mobile. 3/ Nothing is changing for users on Codex mode. It's still the OG and best at what it does. And overall we're continuing to fix paper cuts and improve performance, reliability, and efficiency. Keep up the feedback, hope you like the updates!

Your Codex activity now has a home, and an easier way to share it. Codex profiles show your activity graph, streaks, lifetime tokens, peak daily tokens, and top features like plugins and /fast mode. Private by default. Share a card when you want to.

More of the iOS app loop, now inside Codex. The Build iOS Apps plugin lets Codex view and test your iOS app in the in-app browser, open SwiftUI previews, and hot reload edits without leaving Codex.

Hatch a pet now in a codex app near you. It makes me actually more productive too by having the context follow me around as I multitask. Please no comments on us having too much fun, we are also working on capability maxing 👀

TaiwanSounds is now live! apps.apple.com/us/app/taiwans…

I'm at Day 7 of the experiment to get this project live on the App Store. Yesterday I felt some builder's resistance and questioning my process and whether this is even worth doing. But I'm gonna power through

Beta testing TaiwanSounds with a couple of friends. One thing that has come up that I have been concerned about before is audio quality as I recorded sounds with my phone. For v1, it'll be good

Landing page is live! taiwansounds.com

I'm running a 2 week experiment to get TaiwanSounds on the App Store. So far I'm 3 days in and have built the basic prototype. Need to finish adding some data. Today I'm working on getting a landing page going. Just going to reuse the current web app one with some tweaks

I've wanted a solid morning routine for a while. Not much has worked. I think I finally built it: thebenswift.com/simple-routine…

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Shipped something fun today 🎧 BopoSounds: A Zhuyin soundboard for learning Mandarin phonetics! Check it out: boposounds.com

I recently shipped my first creative project in years, a huge win in the life I'm building. Read about it here: thebenswift.com/i-havent-built…

I asked 195,000 people for the best book they read in 2024. These 14 turned up the most (so they will make for great reading over the holidays):🧵

Building momentum can be challenging but it is so important for making progress towards goals. thebenswift.com/momentum-is-a-…

The future belongs to those who learn more skills and combine them in creative ways.

Join me as I document my learning experiments on X!