Why AI Agents Fill Me with Dread

[ace (Adam Engst)]

@pmvtutor

Maybe AI can generate code that compiles, but does this code actually accomplish anything useful?

Sure—check out SetShot. It’s not done or perfect by any stretch, but I think it’s pretty good.

Beta testing SetShot

Hey folks, I’ve written a full-fledged Mac app called SetShot that’s designed to take snapshots of nearly everything you’ve configured in System Settings, after which you can compare any two snapshots to see what has changed. I’ll be writing several articles about it and the process of creating it in TidBITS, but before I release it more broadly, I’m hoping a few people here will be interested in taking a look as a sanity check. Why might you want to take settings snapshots? macOS updates: H…