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Код решает, LLM помогает: как я строил AI-тренера для бегунов
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Published: 2026-08-07 12:02:52 | Created: 2026-08-07 12:03:56

Я уже несколько месяцев разрабатываю AI-тренера для бегунов в Telegram — придумал ему имя и образ, Клод де Пейс, — и это ещё далеко не финал. В какой-то момент я дал ему возможность менять расписание по свободной фразе в чате. Первый же реальный тест: пользователь пишет «поменяй мне лёгкую в субботу» — имея в виду «перенеси лёгкую тренировку на субботу».

План действительно поменялся. Не в субботу — в четверг.

Расследование заняло пару минут: в четверг у пользователя стояла лёгкая тренировка, и модель формально нашла в сообщении два признака — easy и Saturday — и уверенно (confidence: 0.92) выбрала тот объект, который был ближе, а не тот, который имел в виду человек. С точки зрения классификации всё было сделано правильно. С точки зрения пользователя — совсем не то, о чём он просил.

Именно в этот момент сложился принцип, вокруг которого сейчас построена вся система: модель не обязана знать, какие ограничения являются бизнес-инвариантами продукта, если я сам не превратил их в явные правила. Код обязан это знать. Модель — нет.

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‘It might be one of the most unpopular tunes ever written!’: kids’ TV composers tell all
Published: 2026-08-07 12:00:17 | Created: 2026-08-07 12:03:56

Big cheques, standing ovations, irate adults – there are surprising sides to composing a children’s TV theme tune. From Bluey to Byker Grove, the creators of the best reveal the secrets

How do you write TV theme music for children? Does it make you mega-rich? And does the tune itself eventually drive you (and parents everywhere) nuts?

We tracked down the creators of half-a-dozen of TV’s greatest children’s show themes in order to find out. As Bluey’s Joff Bush told us: “The key lesson is that if you’re going to write a theme tune, make sure you really like it because you’re going to hear it a helluva lot!”

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‘It’s a Pan-African story’: the artists telling the amazing true tale of Zambia’s mission to reach space
Published: 2026-08-07 12:00:17 | Created: 2026-08-07 12:03:56

The nation’s audacious 1960s rocket programme was met with ridicule. Now, more than 60 years on, this curious episode is inspiring film-makers, playwrights and a circus show at the fringe

In February 1960, Harold Macmillan, the UK’s Conservative prime minister, gave his seminal “wind of change” address to the Parliament of South Africa in Cape Town, announcing the end of the age of colonial rule on the African continent. He had given the same speech in Ghana a month earlier but the South Africa speech received significantly more press attention because of its perceived confrontation with the apartheid regime. The speech began a chain reaction: four years later, the British Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland was dissolved, establishing a newly independent Zambia.

Amid the hopeful energy of the nation’s birth emerged Edward Mukuka Nkoloso, the father of the Zambia National Academy of Science, Space Research and Philosophy, with an announcement that the young country would officially join the space race.

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Iran plots to deal Trump a blow in midterms by keeping him entangled in war
Published: 2026-08-07 11:47:24 | Created: 2026-08-07 12:03:56

By dragging out talks, Tehran aims to damage the US president politically – but some fear a bruised and weakened Trump could lash back

Tehran has set out a protracted negotiating timetable designed to keep Donald Trump embroiled in the Iran conflict until the midterm elections, in the hope of inflicting the same ruinous blow on his presidency as Jimmy Carter suffered over the 1979-81 US embassy hostage crisis.

For many inside Iran, inflicting meaningful revenge on Trump is a legitimate and self-standing war aim, reflected in the mood of those attending the funeral of the supreme leader Ali Khamenei where demands for retribution were ubiquitous.

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Global food prices at three-year high as heatwaves and wars push up crop costs
Published: 2026-08-07 11:47:51 | Created: 2026-08-07 12:03:55

UN index says weather is affecting wheat yields while conflicts in Ukraine and Iran hit exports and drive up prices

Global food prices have hit their highest level in three and a half years, as summer heatwaves and conflict in Ukraine and the Middle East push up crop costs.

The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) index of food commodity prices rose last month to its highest level since January 2023, after a jump in prices for cereals, sugar and vegetable oil.

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Trump Targets 'Birth Tourism' With Two New Executive Orders
Published: 2026-08-07 11:26:10 | Created: 2026-08-07 12:01:56
President Donald Trump is once again trying to restrict birthright citizenship, signing two executive orders that aim to crack down on “birth tourism.” The Supreme Court already blocked a previous effort by the president to limit the constitutional right and critics believe this order will meet the same fate. NBC’s Garrett Haake reports for TODAY.
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Are Budget Cuts Behind Recent Outbreaks in Foodborne Illnesses?
Published: 2026-08-07 11:21:42 | Created: 2026-08-07 12:01:56
The CDC and the FDA are saying the tainted lettuce and jalapeños linked to contaminated food illnesses have been traced to Mexico where 63% of all vegetables imported to the United States are grown. Now, some experts are saying recent budget cuts by the Trump administration could have played a role in the outbreak of those illnesses. NBC’s Anne Thompson reports for TODAY.
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Iran Says Hormuz Deal is Close; Trump Denies Munitions Shortage
Published: 2026-08-07 11:24:46 | Created: 2026-08-07 12:01:56
Iran and Oman are negotiating on the future control of the Strait of Hormuz, but Iran continues to deny having any recent direct talks with the United States. Meanwhile, President Donald Trump is insisting the U.S. has the capability to return to sustained combat, despite reports of dwindling stockpiles of some key munitions. NBC’s Keir Simmons reports for TODAY.
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Семь примеров самого странного применения баз данных в мире
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Published: 2026-08-07 11:59:40 | Created: 2026-08-07 12:00:56

и почему это всё равно лучше, чем Excel

Когда говорят о базах данных, большинство людей представляет себе что-то скучное вроде таблиц Excel, индексов, SELECT * FROM и разработчика, который спорит с DBA о нормализации. Но на практике базы данных живут куда более разнообразной и интересной жизнью. Например, они управляют коровами, пишут музыку, отслеживают космический мусор и даже помогают археологам восстанавливать древние цивилизации.

Команда Т1 Облако собрала интересные примеры использования баз данных — от реально полезных до почти абсурдных, но весьма необычных. Что интересно, почти все они используют те же самые движки, которые стоят у нас в облаке.

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ICE will release body camera video only when in the agency’s ‘best interests’: policy
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Published: 2026-08-07 12:18:03 | Created: 2026-08-07 11:56:56
Immigration and Customs Enforcement is moving to equip officers with body cameras in the next two months but the public should not expect to quickly see footage of every critical incident
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1,1 млрд рублей и год — или 8 миллионов и два месяца: два способа испытать авиадвигатель
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Published: 2026-08-07 11:53:23 | Created: 2026-08-07 11:54:56

Оба числа - про одно и то же испытание двигателя ПД-8. Разница в том, где оно проходило.

Испытания двигателя ПД-8 в АО «ОДК-Сатурн». Натурный эксперимент: оценочно 1,1 млрд рублей и около года с учётом изготовления опытных образцов, монтажа и подготовки к испытаниям. То же самое на комплексных инженерных моделях: 8 миллионов рублей и два месяца. Плюс к этому в цифре удалось оптимизировать конструкцию двигателя и поднять его характеристики.

Разница в 137 раз по деньгам и в шесть раз по срокам - это не эффект удачно купленного софта. Это эффект того, что гипотезу проверили до того, как она превратилась в металл. И дальше я хочу объяснить, почему такая разница возникает закономерно, а не как счастливое исключение.

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Саудовская Аравия, Турция и Пакистан подписали соглашение в сфере обороны
Published: 2026-08-07 12:45:44 | Created: 2026-08-07 11:54:55
Саудовская Аравия, Турция и Пакистан заключили совместное оборонное соглашение на фоне войны между США и Ираном. Министерство иностранных дел Пакистана заявило, что в его рамках нападение на любое из трех государств «будет рассматриваться как нападение на всех участников соглашения».
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«Террор гражданского населения». Российские войска все чаще атакуют Харьков FPV-дронами. Что будет с городом дальше?
Published: 2026-08-06 14:35:01 | Created: 2026-08-07 11:53:55
Уже более трех месяцев россияне атакуют Харьков FPV-дронами, постоянно наращивая количество таких ударов. В июле на них пришлась почти половина всех обстрелов города. Харьковчане все чаще присматриваются к опыту Херсона и городов Донецкой области, где мирные жители ежедневно рискуют стать жертвами охоты на людей.
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Iran plots to deal Trump a blow in midterms by keeping him entangled in war
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Published: 2026-08-07 11:47:24 | Created: 2026-08-07 11:52:57

By dragging out talks, Tehran aims to damage the US president politically – but some fear a bruised and weakened Trump could lash back

Tehran has set out a protracted negotiating timetable designed to keep Donald Trump embroiled in the Iran conflict until the midterm elections, in the hope of inflicting the same ruinous blow on his presidency as Jimmy Carter suffered over the 1979-81 US embassy hostage crisis.

For many inside Iran, inflicting meaningful revenge on Trump is a legitimate and self-standing war aim, reflected in the mood of those attending the funeral of the supreme leader Ali Khamenei where demands for retribution were ubiquitous.

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Тихо неправильные данные хуже упавшего скрипта
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Published: 2026-08-07 11:51:05 | Created: 2026-08-07 11:52:55

Скрипт, который упал, вы почините за пять минут. Скрипт, который отработал молча и выдал неправильный ответ, вы не почините никогда, потому что не узнаете, что он сломан.

В работе с FASTA и FASTQ таких мест неприлично много. Почти все они когда‑то были задуманы как удобство.

Вот три, с которыми я сталкивался чаще всего.

Первое. Инструмент пишет FASTQ, а качества у записи нет. Вместо ошибки он подставляет строку из I. Файл получается валидный, парсер доволен, а фильтр по качеству дальше по пайплайну видит идеальные риды и пропускает всё подряд.

Второе. R1 и R2 разъехались: один файл отфильтровали, второй забыли. На выходе абсолютно корректный FASTQ, просто риды спарены не с теми. Формат не нарушен ни в одном байте. Ни один валидатор не возразит.

Третье. Определение Phred‑кодировки по образцу, который одинаково хорошо подходит и под Phred+33, и под Phred+64. Инструмент молча выбирает вариант. Иногда правильный.

Общее у всех трёх одно: вместо ошибки вы получаете правдоподобный результат. И это худший из возможных исходов, потому что ошибку вы бы заметили.

Полгода назад я начал писать fastx, библиотеку и CLI для FASTA/FASTQ на Rust. Основное решение в ней сформулировано так: там, где можно либо угадать, либо признать неоднозначность, признавать неоднозначность.

Как это устроено
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Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan Sign Joint Defense Pact
Published: 2026-08-07 16:29:25 | Created: 2026-08-07 11:47:55
The agreement treats an attack on any of the countries as an attack on all, but in a region of volatile rivalries, it was unclear how it would work in practice.
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Trump denies US weapons shortage and says information 'leakers' being 'hunted down'
Published: 2026-08-06 18:53:51 | Created: 2026-08-07 11:42:58
While precise data is classified, publicly available information suggests the US has used up many difficult-to-manufacture weapons.
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Trump administration to pay German firm $1.2bn to halt US wind projects
Published: 2026-08-07 13:32:41 | Created: 2026-08-07 11:42:58
The RWE payout is the latest in a string of deals cancelling wind energy projects, a power source long derided by Trump.
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Spokane Wildfire Suspect Confesses to Setting Dozens of Fires
Published: 2026-08-07 11:27:21 | Created: 2026-08-07 11:42:56
Aaron Farinacci, the man charged with setting one of the most destructive fires in the history of Washington state, appeared in court on Thursday for his arraignment. According to court documents, detectives say Farinacci confessed to using a weather app to wait for a dry and windy day before starting the fire. Farinacci also claims he ignited 25 other fires near his home between July and August of 2025. NBC’s Morgan Chesky reports for TODAY.
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A new vaccine could vanquish a major cause of deadly diarrheal disease
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Published: 2026-08-07 11:36:33 | Created: 2026-08-07 11:41:57
A medical illustration depicts the Shigella bacteria, a leading cause of diarrheal disease.

Over 1 million people a year die from diarrheal disease. Nearly half are kids under age 5. A new vaccine in trials offers great hope.

(Image credit: Smith Collection)

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Girl, 11, found dead after search at Midlothian beauty spot
Published: 2026-08-07 16:48:56 | Created: 2026-08-07 11:40:57
Emergency crews were called to Gore Water in Midlothian after the alarm was raised on Thursday afternoon.
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Man charged with attempted murder in alleged lobster diving incident speaks out
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Published: 2026-08-07 13:11:54 | Created: 2026-08-07 11:40:56
A former Florida boating safety task force member is speaking out after he was charged with attempted second-degree murder.
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New Mexico court orders Meta to pay additional $567M in child safety case
Published: 2026-08-07 11:40:37 | Created: 2026-08-07 11:40:54
Meta's total fine has racked up to $942 million in this case.
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Assistant referee Massey-Ellis retires to take FA role
Published: 2026-08-07 11:26:23 | Created: 2026-08-07 11:37:57
Assistant referee Sian Massey‑Ellis announces her retirement from officiating to take up a position with the Football Association.
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Data breach investigation into Minnie Merriman's medical records
Published: 2026-08-07 09:59:23 | Created: 2026-08-07 11:36:58
Minnie Merriman, from West Yorkshire, died after being found seriously injured at an industrial estate in Arbroath.
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Вышел Cozystack 1.6: Talos на рабочих узлах, SSO для тенантов, Security Groups и иерархические квоты
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Published: 2026-08-07 11:35:51 | Created: 2026-08-07 11:36:57

Вышел Cozystack v1.6.0. Релиз опубликован 22 июля 2026 года и включает все исправления, ранее вышедшие в патч-релизах v1.5.1–v1.5.3. Ниже — перевод официального анонса, дополненный главными исправлениями из патч-релиза v1.6.1 от 5 августа.

В этом выпуске изменилось несколько важных частей платформы. Рабочие узлы тенантных кластеров Kubernetes теперь работают на Talos Linux вместо Ubuntu, тенанты могут включать аутентификацию OIDC для Kubernetes и Grafana, а новый API SecurityGroup даёт более безопасный интерфейс для управления сетевыми политиками приложений.

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The 5 Best Laptop Power Banks I've Personally Tested (2026)
Published: 2026-08-07 11:30:00 | Created: 2026-08-07 11:35:57
These powerful, high-capacity portable batteries are the best ones when laptop charging is a priority. All have at least 20,000 mAh, enough to charge most laptops twice.
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Best Webcams (2026): My Honest Take After Testing the Best
Published: 2026-08-07 11:32:00 | Created: 2026-08-07 11:35:57
I tested the best webcams across various prices to find the top option. Here’s what I learned.
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Пишем Zero‑Allocation конвейер обработки G‑кода на C# (.NET 10): как выжать максимум из железа без GC‑пауз
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Published: 2026-08-07 11:33:55 | Created: 2026-08-07 11:35:56

Если в современных реалиях у разработчика возникает необходимость собрать надежное решение для обработки G‑кода, он обычно смотрит в сторону готовых вариантов (GRBL/FluidNC/Linux‑CNC), либо пишет свой кастомный парсер на С/С++ или Rust и для таких проектов вариант реализации на.NET даже не рассматривается ввиду того, что платформа является управляемой и потому недостаточно надежной (заслуженно или нет — разберем далее).

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Feds could scrap rules requiring airlines to disclose airfares in full
Published: 2026-08-07 11:38:14 | Created: 2026-08-07 11:34:55
A Transportation Department proposal could obscure the cost of a plane ticket, aviation experts warn. Here's what to know.
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I was standing in front of my teacher when she was shot, Thai pupil says
Published: 2026-08-07 14:20:27 | Created: 2026-08-07 11:33:56
The student says she feared never seeing her mother again after the attack killed five teachers.
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Cambridge to review process for hiring senior academics after Jason Arday resignation
Published: 2026-08-07 17:09:32 | Created: 2026-08-07 11:33:56
Prof Priyamvada Gopal, who is part of the group, says Cambridge should not be "marking its own homework".
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«Все сдавали всех». Как закончилось дело издательства «Эксмо»
Published: 2026-08-07 11:31:38 | Created: 2026-08-07 11:33:55
Русская служба Би-би-си рассказывает о главных действующих лицах этого дела и объясняет, при чем здесь помощник президента по вопросам истории и культуры Владимир Мединский.
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Senate votes to confirm Todd Blanche as attorney general
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Published: 2026-08-08 14:27:18 | Created: 2026-08-07 11:32:56
The Senate narrowly confirmed Todd Blanche to be Attorney General by a vote of 50-49 early this morning.
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Panthers rally past Cardinals behind undrafted rookie QB in NFL preseason opener
Published: 2026-08-07 11:26:33 | Created: 2026-08-07 11:32:56
  • Rookie Haynes King caps comeback in 33-30 win

  • Arizona’s Carson Beck also impresses on debut

  • Hall of Fame game opens 2026 NFL preseason

Maybe a team should’ve drafted Haynes King.

The rookie quarterback ran in from the five-yard line on the final play to give the Carolina Panthers a 33-30 victory over the Arizona Cardinals in the Hall of Fame game that kicked off the NFL preseason on Thursday night.

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Fast fashion is terrible for the planet. Can wardrobe cataloging apps help?
Published: 2026-08-07 11:30:00 | Created: 2026-08-07 11:31:59
On an illustrated blue background, a robot holds a pile of folded clothes ready for a woman preening in the mirror.
The tech that wants to help you get dressed. | CreativaImages/Getty Images

The influencers have started to promise me that they know how to get me to stop shopping: I just have to enter every garment of clothing I own into an app, one by one. “I digitally cataloged my ENTIRE wardrobe,” they swear on videos, routinely pulling in hundreds of thousands of views. 

The selling point of these apps (Indyx, Whering, ACloset, OpenWardrobe, and many more) is seductive; they promise to help users understand exactly what they already own so that they shop less. In theory, that means saving money — and slowing the steady damage the fashion industry is wrecking on our planet.

“Collectively, we are buying and then throwing away more than ever before,” Indyx warned on its website, before reciting dire statistics about how many clothes are produced now and how many of them end up in landfills. Luckily, it said, “We’re here to break the cycle.” 

That idea appealed to me. I am not a fashionista, but I enjoy clothes enough to buy more than I really need, despite what I know about fashion’s impact on the planet. My intellectual understanding of climate change can’t always stop me from clicking “add to cart” when I see a dashing pair of wide-legged trousers, even though there’s a hard limit on the number of times a person can wear wide-legged trousers in one week. 

Still, to make these apps work, you have to individually enter photos of everything you own now and everything you buy in the future, which sounds like a tedious, laborious process. (You can take the photos yourself or hunt down product pictures from the brand.) And because so many influencers are pushing this, it’s hard to tell how life-changing it really is and how much is just marketing speak and hype. So, I decided to test one of these apps — Indyx — for you. I also talked to wardrobe cataloging enthusiasts and experts on sustainable consumption to see what I could learn from them. I wanted to know: Could cataloging our wardrobes actually make us shop less? And, if it can, would it be worth the effort? 

Key takeaways

  • Experts estimate the fashion industry accounts for between 2 to 10 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions.
  • Wardrobe cataloging apps are presented as a strategy for buying fewer clothes, helping to minimize fashion’s impact on the planet.
  • Some people find these apps to be a constructive way to redirect their shopping energy. 
  • But the initial setup process for the apps is highly labor intensive, and they require constant tending over time. 
  • Wardrobe apps may be right for you if you find yourself reflexively browsing clothes in your spare time, and you want to direct that impulse elsewhere. 
  • They may be wrong for you if the idea of photographing everything you own individually fills you with a powerful dread. 

“There’s only one solution to the mess that we find ourselves in: buying less”

Wardrobe cataloging apps did not always advertise themselves as being good for the planet. 

In 2023, the journalist Avery Trufelman investigated the nascent wardrobe cataloging app industry for her podcast series Articles of Interest. She found that a lot of the apps flopped. The issue was the business model, which was based on revenue generated from affiliate links. The idea was that people would click to purchase items they saw within the apps, and the company would take a cut of each sale. But when the apps were well designed, Trufelman reported, users felt less of a need to buy more clothes.

The current generation of wardrobe cataloging app developers has turned this from a bug into a feature. They now market their wares as the solution to overshopping, and they make their money by charging for either the app itself or for its extra content. (Indyx itself is free, but you have to pay a $75 yearly subscription for its enhanced features.)

What the marketing gets right is that the fast fashion problem is real. “Anywhere from two to 10 percent of our global greenhouse gas emissions are associated with fashion,” said Brie Berry, assistant professor of environment and sustainability at Ursinus College in Pennsylvania.

Fashion’s emissions are generated by the factories that manufacture clothing (the water and the fertilizers for growing cotton, the oil for developing synthetics) and the consumers who wear these garments (the slow shed of microplastics from yoga pants, the water and the energy consumed by washing and drying). When we get rid of old clothes, much of it ends up in landfills or incinerated. By some estimates, the fashion industry contributes more to climate change than the aviation industry. 

“There’s only one solution to the mess that we find ourselves in: buying less,” said Katia Dayan Vladimirova, a researcher whose consulting firm Post Growth Fashion focuses on alternatives to growth in the fashion system. 

To buy less, it helps most people to know what they already own, said Alyssa Beltempo, a slow-fashion content creator and educator. Beltempo makes videos guiding viewers through the process of “shopping their own closets” to help them buy less stuff, but she’s found in her work that a lot of people aren’t clear on the contents of those closets. Because of that confusion, they end up buying stuff they don’t need.

That’s where cataloging can be helpful, Beltempo said. “These apps reduce that hurdle of not seeing the clothes you have,” she said.

Personally, what I was looking for wasn’t enhanced clarity so much as a barrier. I wanted to erect a wall between my desire to own a new piece of clothing and the click of the buy button. A searchable, scannable lookbook of everything I owned, I thought, might well do the trick. 

How to catalog every piece of clothing you own

A photo of a black t-shirt with the phrase BOURGEOISIE SAUVAGE written in yellow print.A black sweatshirt with text saying BOMIRGEOISIE SAUMA8E.A black sweatshirt saying BOURGEOISIE SAUVAGE in white text.

Indyx has been hyping up its new AI feature, which transforms a picture of a garment hanging limply off a hanger into a neat flat lay photo. It sped the process up, but it was also buggy; it garbled text on the front of T-shirts, misread colors, and had a tendency to interpret loose threads as ornamental bows while leaving wrinkles (I am not an ironer) untouched. 

I was also concerned that the process inserted AI, with its insatiable need for water and energy, into a project sold as a way of reducing my environmental impact. But the sustainability experts I spoke to were both skeptical that this sort of light AI use was such a big deal. 

“Taking photos and then asking an app to think about how to arrange your clothing into outfits is probably one of the lighter uses of AI that I could imagine,” Berry said. Vladimirova agreed that using AI for this task is unlikely to be as bad for the planet as buying even one new garment. “But then, there is also no proven causality between using this app and reducing overconsumption,” she added as a caveat.

It’s possible to input your clothes into Indyx without using the AI feature, but the truth is: I don’t know that I could have made myself go through with the whole rigamarole without it. I ran out of free AI processing about 80 percent of the way through and, overwhelmed at the thought of having to do my own flat lays, paid $75 to buy more without hesitating.

All told, it took me about five hours and many old episodes of Top Chef to photograph my summer clothes, not including shoes, jewelry, or accessories. My time spent cataloging did not include the process of entering additional data about each garment (including its initial cost, its fiber composition, where I bought it), a herculean task that I have been tackling much more slowly than the initial entry process.

Doing the shoot properly would have taken longer. Angela Goodman, a 51-year-old marketer from Seattle with a background in product photography, says she ran her own cataloging session like a pro shoot, using art lights and folding and refolding each garment to lie perfectly. It took her 10 hours spread out over multiple weeks. 

As an exercise, photographing every piece of clothing I owned was clarifying, although not significantly more clarifying than going through it Marie Kondo-style. It left me with a small donation pile of items I no longer wanted and a fretful awareness that I own too many white T-shirts. In theory, that’s the kind of insight a wardrobe cataloging app produces by the spade.

“I’m not shopping. I’m building.”

Vladimirova, the sustainability consultant, said that, even though she has a better idea than most of how destructive the fashion industry is, she struggles with over-shopping. She thinks a lot about why people buy so many clothes; her best guess is that it’s a way to self-soothe. 

“A lot of consumption happens in the evening when we feel vulnerable and tired, and we’re trying to reward ourselves with this shot of dopamine,” she said. For some people, these apps can replace the dopamine hit that comes from scrolling through other people’s outfit photos with the dopamine hit of scrolling through your own clothes, neatly folded and filtered until they look like aspirational fashion inspo. 

Two charts appear above each other. The first shows a wardrobe broken down by type of garment. The second shows a wardrobe broken down by color of garment.

Part of the satisfaction here is the infographics. After you’ve given Indyx all your fashion data, the app crunches your numbers and tells users how much you’ve bought new versus secondhand, as well as the share of natural fibers as opposed to synthetics in your closet, so that you can track the environmental impact of your shopping habits. (Synthetics tend to have a higher carbon footprint than natural fibers.) It tells you what their cost per wear is on each item to help you track which expensive garment was worth the splurge and which was a waste of money. Users can also plan outfits. You can share your wardrobe with stylists who will plan the outfits for you (on Indyx, the service ranges from $25 a month to “the low hundreds”). It’s like playing paper dolls with your own wardrobe. 

For Goodman, the former product photographer, all this data takes the place of recreational shopping. She describes getting a marketing email from one of her favorite brands about a sale. After a quick scroll through their offerings, she found that she felt no urge to buy. 

“I was like, ‘I do not need more clothes. I’m going to go update my Indyx, because I’m a couple of weeks behind,’” she said. She started inputting the last few outfits she’d worn into one of the Indyx services that is supposed to allow users to track their patterns and see which clothes they actually wear and what they like in an outfit. “I’m playing with clothes,” she said. “But, like, I’m not shopping. I’m, you know, building.”

Over time, all this data is supposed to inform future shopping choices. “There is something very clear about seeing two pieces that you’ve owned for the same amount of time — one that you’ve worn 57 times and one that you’ve worn twice,” said Alexandra, a 29-year-old consultant in Northern Virginia who requested her last name be withheld. She thinks tracking her clothes has given her “a little bit less buyer’s remorse.”

Cataloging your wardrobe can’t prevent a compulsive need to buy, though.

“I don’t think it cured me of my undiagnosed shopping addiction,” Alexandra said. “You can very quickly go from ‘I’m cataloging what I have’ to ‘I’m seeing a bunch of gaps in my wardrobe that I should fill immediately.’” 

“There just wasn’t incentive anymore”

The main question I had about these apps was whether, with such a labor-intensive process, there comes a time when the juice is no longer worth the squeeze. 

Alexandra says that she gradually stopped using her wardrobe app last year, after she moved out of her own apartment and back into her family’s suburban house in the midst of a career transition. 

“I was separated from a lot of my belongings for a very long time, and then, as I started to get things back, it didn’t feel worth the effort anymore,” she said. Who was she going to see in one of her curated outfits? “My job’s on a computer. When I leave the house, I go to the grocery store and the pharmacy and the bookstore,” she said. “There just wasn’t incentive anymore, compared to when I was closer to the city and doing things more regularly.”

Beltempo, the slow fashion content creator, said she doesn’t bother to add every new purchase to her own catalog. 

“I really use it more for my packing,” she said. Before she travels, she makes a list of likely candidates for her suitcase and enters them into the app. “And then, I’ll play, and I’ll make outfits,” she says. 

Vladimirova, the sustainable consumption researcher struggling with overshopping, gave the apps a spin. She tried three of them and found that she was only able to stick with each one for a matter of months. “In the beginning, when the novelty of the app is there, it’s very satisfying,” she said. “It records your outfits in vivid colors. It can crop out the ugly background and keep it very neat, create fancy capsules. They look so lovely.”

But over time, they all began to bore her. “And now, I forget to update when I buy something new — usually from secondhand sources — and it kind of lost its meaning for me,” she said. “But the premise is good!” 

My own experience seems to be closest to Vladimirova’s. I keep having to remind myself to enter my outfits into Indyx. Every time I put on a piece of clothing, I think with dread, “Oh god, if I don’t look up how much I paid for this, I’ll never know my cost per wear and, then, what’s the point?” I keep giving my shoes guilty looks and thinking about how I should really photograph and catalog them — if I’m doing this right. 

“It’s a project,” said Lauren Ludwig, a 41-year-old who has been using her wardrobe apps for the past three years. “But it’s a fun one for someone who enjoys clothing.”

Indyx and its brethren are slick, and their infographics are beautiful. For dedicated wardrobe hobbyists, they’re probably a great option. But for most people who just want to cut down on their clothes shopping, it’s hard to say that the $75 annual subscription is worth it. The free version will give you the same paper doll effect if you are willing to do your own flat lays, or you can recreate it by dragging phone camera pictures of your clothes onto a Google Slides deck. 

If you find, as Vladimirova theorized, that you shop when you don’t feel good, you can try replacing that habit with a “dopamine menu” of small acts that bring you joy, like hugging a pet, doing a puzzle, or going for a walk. And if your closet is filled with brand new clothes you never wear, you’re racking up debt buying clothes, or you just have the nagging sense that your shopping has spiraled completely out of control, therapy is not a bad idea

Personally, I found that Indyx could not give me what I really crave when I want to play with clothes: the understanding of the way fabric drapes against my body, the knowledge of its texture against my skin. There is no substitution for the slow analog process of walking into my closet, touching my clothes with my human hands, and learning with my five senses that what I have is already enough.

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