Lachlan Collyer camped outside Sydney's Apple Store to be first in line for the iPhone 18 Pro launch, but a line-jumper rushed past him claiming to be the world's first owner. Despite the chaos, Collyer was recognized as the genuine first customer and praised Apple's new 2-nanometer chip and camera upgrades under CEO John Ternus.
A developer in Sydney discusses the challenges of building AI orchestrators, focusing on token consumption costs. They describe Wheelhouse, their orchestrator for the video game Wyvern, which runs multiple Claude instances but has become economically unviable due to recent pricing changes, forcing the system into idleness despite improved performance.