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Oops all BK: NYU ITP in June
NYU ITP Summer Camp starts again next week. I'm pondering what sessions I might facilitate.
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Astoria Tech Meetup, late May
Astoria Tech Meetup goings-on. Within is a partial recap of last week's event, as well as links for you to RSVP for our hack session coming up this week.
Val Town Prototype Showcase
I've written about Val Town (a few times before). But it doesn't seem I've ever mentioned that the prototype of Collxn was written as a val. I'm a huge fan of the service for rapid ideation and prototyping. For a hackers-and-painters developer,
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Color Studies Studio
Sharing a few of my favorites from Color Studies Studio
Fitness
The short answer? A lot of bullshit.
Wherein I feel ways about not being able to script through my own health data
Collxn
Collxn
I'm working on something new to help me explore my record collection in new ways. I think other collectors may find it fun too.
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WE HAVE APOSTROPHES Y'ALL
Some updates for Subcurrent, an open source service that creates a stream of content from the Astoria tech community.
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If you didn't have a question, don't subject yourself to an endless stream of answers
With LLMs, looking for the big picture or seeking the pros, cons, and white space in and around my path of inquiry is really all on me as the human.
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No cloud required: local LLMs as a practical app dependency
TL;DR: Ollama on a MacBook Air with M4 is great and it's a taste of the future. Developers should try it now.
Product Management
Gall's law
"A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that worked."
RSS
Subcurrent RSS bot for Discord
Subcurrent now posts RSS updates to Discord. Will it spark discussion around the content?
Social Media
Facebook → /dev/null
Wherein 9 years after I decide to do so, I delete my Facebook account.