Author: Ivan Zugec

Why Film Photography Could Make a Comeback in the Age of AI

With AI getting good at creating photorealistic images, it’s getting hard to know what’s real anymore. 

How do you verify a photo is legit when a fake can look perfect?

Could film photography make a comeback? Not just for the vintage vibe, but for verification.

With film you have the physical negative. 

It’s a real-world object you can hold, making it much harder to fake than a digital file. 

To prove a photo is authentic, you might just need to show the negative it came from.

Can old technology solve a very modern problem? 

Do you think we’ll see people returning to film just to prove their photos are real?

Is the Pro Subscription Worth It for Claude Code?

I think it’s time to switch from pay-as-you-go to a subscription. I’ve been using Claude code with its API, and while it works great, I spent about $27 on it alone last month.

I’m not ready to jump to the pricier MAX plans, but I’m going to give the Pro plan a shot. Even with VAT, it comes out to about €22, so I want to see how far that gets me. I’ve heard you can switch your account from a subscription back to the API if you run into limits, which sounds incredibly useful.

If you’re using the Pro plan for Claude code, I’d love to hear how it’s working for you. Let me know in the comments how you’re finding the limits.

A Cautionary Tale About AI Code Editors (Cursor)

Had a surprising moment with Cursor.

I asked a simple question about a command, and its AI agent, with “auto run” enabled, decided to install Docker via Homebrew without any confirmation!

While powerful, this highlights a potential pitfall of AI tools that can execute commands. It made changes to my local setup that I didn’t want.

Ivan’s top tip: Be mindful of settings like “auto run” and “auto fix errors” in Cursor.

Have you had any similar experiences in the past?

Avoid Having Unstructured Conversations with AI

I never thought I’d be writing so much while using AI!
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I’ve written a substantial prompt to convert a list of time codes from my live streams into a CSV format, which can then be imported into a Premiere Pro sequence as markers.
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Recently, I’ve been avoiding freestyle conversations with AI because I feel like they become repetitive.
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Instead, I prefer to start every conversation with a pre-written prompt that I’ve written in Google Docs, which I can reuse.