PW 3.0.262 – Core updates

[ryan]

This week on the dev branch we have around 35 commits that cover mostly minor bug fixes. Most of them were submitted by @adrian and several others were found by Claude and GPT 5.5 Codex using the WireTests framework. Claude and Codex seem to work well together, each having different strengths, and they are always complimenting one another. Codex seems to be more accurate with the technical stuff, so is reviewing everything before it gets committed, often finding and fixing details along the way. Claude usually writes better commit messages, so Claude is handling most of the commits. A couple new API.md files were added this week also: WireCache ($cache) and WireMail ($mail). We're getting close to having all the API variables covered, and all the Fieldtype modules have already been covered. Some new tests were added and updated in the WireTests module as well. WireTests has also been updated with the ability to support external tests. This enables you to specify a different directory or php file to run for tests, rather than the default. This will come in handy as we start moving the test files into the core. But the majority of this week was actually spent setting up a new computer. I got a M5 Macbook Air to replace my 2017 iMac, and it's taken most of the week to get things setup the way I want, and I'm still working on the details. It's been so long since I've had a new computer that I forgot how much work it is to get things just right. 🙂 Thanks for reading and have a great weekend!

[Peter Knight]

2017? That IMac has certainly earned its keep by now 🙂 

Did you copy everything manually or use Time Machine?

[ryan]

@Peter Knight The iMac still runs great, and it's 27" 5k screen is hard to be beat. The problem is that because of its age I can't upgrade past Ventura. And they are no longer even making security updates for Ventura. So I didn't think upgrading was optional anymore. I had wanted to get a Mac Mini, but those are impossible to get right now, plus they don't even make a Mac Mini with the M5 chip yet. Whereas the Macbook Air seems to be on sale everywhere, and it seemed like the best option available at this time. I'm basically using it as a desktop computer (external monitors, keyboard, mouse). My old iMac has quite a bit of memory in it, and still "feels" fast in everyday use, so I'm going to keep to keep it around to experiment with local LLMs, slowly. 

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Did you copy everything manually or use Time Machine?

I have always started fresh when it comes to new computers. That's probably why it takes me so long to get it set up. 🙂

 

[AndZyk]

I can recommend OpenCore Legacy Patcher for upgrading macOS on older Macs. You could upgrade your iMac to Sonoma with it. 😉

Edited 11 hours ago by AndZyk

[Jonathan Lahijani]

5 hours ago, ryan said:

so I'm going to keep to keep it around to experiment with local LLMs, slowly.

How much RAM does your new M5 Mac have? Hopefully you got 96 or 128GB if you're looking to run local LLMs. A lot is happening in this space; see DwarfStar 4: https://github.com/antirez/ds4