Writing from Ash Ryan Arnwine.https://www.ashryan.io/en-ushttps://www.ashryan.io/writing/webmcp-browser-agents/https://www.ashryan.io/writing/webmcp-browser-agents/How I added WebMCP tools to a static site, and how to inspect them in Chrome DevTools.Wed, 15 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.ashryan.io/writing/the-human-touch-still-matters-for-api-platforms/https://www.ashryan.io/writing/the-human-touch-still-matters-for-api-platforms/Collxn Pulse worked because a real person at an audio fingerprinting API helped unlock messier record matching.Wed, 01 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.ashryan.io/writing/aligning-coding-agents/https://www.ashryan.io/writing/aligning-coding-agents/Simple strategies for keeping your vibe on the railsSun, 14 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://www.ashryan.io/writing/my-third-year-leading-ai-coding-sessions-at-itp-camp/6a21c3f98fbff300017497c3I guess I can't help myselfThu, 04 Jun 2026 18:40:01 GMThttps://www.ashryan.io/writing/kyoto-tech-meetup-coffee-links-for-may-9/69fe85a829ed2100017ed4d1Links. Just the links.Sat, 09 May 2026 01:43:20 GMThttps://www.ashryan.io/writing/test-for-discord/69ec6d58d48024000104c69bPosting for Kyoto Tech MeetupSat, 25 Apr 2026 07:34:02 GMThttps://www.ashryan.io/writing/help-shape-kyoto-tech-meetup/69ddcb13d3f3c60001a5cf5eA call for organizers to help our meetup grow and evolveTue, 14 Apr 2026 07:14:18 GMThttps://www.ashryan.io/writing/kyoto-tech-meetup-links-for-march-19-2026/69bb304d91aea700019d55f0As a non-large language model, I have no idea how to summarize the sheer breadth of these links.Thu, 19 Mar 2026 01:26:21 GMThttps://www.ashryan.io/writing/kyoto-tech-meetup-links-for-march-14-20206/69b4b40c68dbec00018c8e81MCPs? Skills? Tools? Raw LLM? What's today's AI weather?Sat, 14 Mar 2026 01:43:48 GMThttps://www.ashryan.io/writing/kyoto-tech-meetup-links-for-march-5-2026/69a8c9851f47ac000159a1d2Time management, OpenClaw, cherry blossoms, and moreThu, 05 Mar 2026 02:05:48 GMThttps://www.ashryan.io/writing/february-community-hack-day-wrap-up/69a6013f0b9ed700019969d9A recap of what we built and info on the next hack event in March.Mon, 02 Mar 2026 21:50:50 GMThttps://www.ashryan.io/writing/kyoto-tech-meetup-links-for-february-19-2026/69964e9ff37e170001ebf954"Humans are hard" editionThu, 19 Feb 2026 01:09:43 GMThttps://www.ashryan.io/writing/kyoto-tech-meetup-links-for-feb-14-2026/698fc74489aedc0001210e2dIt's AI all the way down.Sat, 14 Feb 2026 02:27:09 GMThttps://www.ashryan.io/writing/kyoto-tech-meetup-january-2026-wrap-up/6980152b82e86e0001227784Updates from our morning coffee and hack day events last month. Also, this month's schedule.Tue, 03 Feb 2026 00:12:50 GMThttps://www.ashryan.io/writing/how-the-kyoto-tech-meetup-website-works/695792dc5950ec0001c66c40TL;DR: Astro, React, Tailwind, GitHub Actions, GitHub Pages, RSS.Fri, 02 Jan 2026 09:48:16 GMThttps://www.ashryan.io/writing/kyoto-tech-meetup-2025-wrap-up/6949eb987412970001caca27Recapping what the Kyoto Tech Meetup has been up to in 2025.Tue, 23 Dec 2025 02:53:40 GMThttps://www.ashryan.io/writing/kyoto-tech-meetup-dec-11-dec-18/69435de4427dc40001daef46Highlights from the Kyoto Tech Meetup: engineering management books, Supabase, AI stuff, tech career sites in JapanThu, 18 Dec 2025 02:17:51 GMThttps://www.ashryan.io/writing/kyoto-tech-meetup-community-hack-day-wrap-up-for-december/693e3534de8c5c00016f5b37A recap of the December Kyoto Tech Meetup Community Hack Day at FabCafe Kyoto. AI projects, site features, dev tools, and more!Sun, 14 Dec 2025 04:58:16 GMThttps://www.ashryan.io/writing/kyoto-tech-meetup-dec-4-wrap-up/6933cd314e98fb0001b6661eHighlights from this week’s Kyoto Tech Meetup: AI tools for database design, project shares, and more.Sat, 06 Dec 2025 06:50:47 GMThttps://www.ashryan.io/writing/powrss/692e52e63dd6b200011c1ce3ashryan.io is now on RSS feed aggregator powRSS.Tue, 02 Dec 2025 03:01:00 GMThttps://www.ashryan.io/writing/kyoto-tech-meetup-community-hack-day-wrap-up/6922843f1d275e00017295f6Websites, LLMs, RAG systems, databases, and more at our first Community Hack Day.Sun, 23 Nov 2025 04:24:42 GMThttps://www.ashryan.io/writing/kyoto-tech-meetups-first-hack-day/691e7e64f452860001d8ae64The first Kyoto Tech Meetup Community Hack Day is coming up. We've also got a GitHub org and a starter site.Thu, 20 Nov 2025 02:47:57 GMThttps://www.ashryan.io/writing/kyoto-tech-meetup-nov-13-wrap-up/69152b198a9ddc0001203ba6Highlights from the Nov 13 Kyoto Tech Meetup. AI consulting, cybersecurity in Japan, Astro.js, creative side projects, and more.Thu, 13 Nov 2025 01:36:10 GMThttps://www.ashryan.io/writing/quietly-intelligent-app-features-with-openai-agent-builder/69097ae67460f400014b0771How I used OpenAI’s Agent Builder to power an “invisible AI” feature in Collxn. What I learned about LLM reliability, schema design, and control.Tue, 04 Nov 2025 05:51:05 GMThttps://www.ashryan.io/writing/kyoto-tech-meetup-oct-30-wrap-up/6902c18cbb7e210001a5d55cHighlights from the Oct 30 Kyoto Tech Meetup: AI tools, local dev chat, open source picks, and more from Kyoto’s growing tech community.Thu, 30 Oct 2025 02:02:22 GMThttps://www.ashryan.io/writing/kyoto-morning-tech-coffee-october/68f9ad9321a8780001ce6aabThis month's edition of our little morning tech meetup is scheduled.Thu, 23 Oct 2025 04:30:47 GMThttps://www.ashryan.io/writing/taking-control-of-structured-data-in-ghost/68f7262b8b285a0001fdad60Notes on setting up structured data a Ghost theme, including how to handle static and dynamic data.Tue, 21 Oct 2025 08:09:28 GMThttps://www.ashryan.io/writing/just-20-more-minutes/68e36c0f97921800018e7b04On taking notes at the end of workdayMon, 06 Oct 2025 07:21:50 GMThttps://www.ashryan.io/writing/pechakucha-night-kyoto/68d3f2a992dcc60001383cedAfter a decade away, I’m back co-organizing PechaKucha Night Kyoto.Wed, 24 Sep 2025 13:43:10 GMThttps://www.ashryan.io/writing/links-from-the-first-kyoto-tech-meetup/68cb5c5489946b000127cf1fRoundup of links from the first Kyoto Tech Meetup: AI tools, local LLMs, Val Town experiments, and a coffee+vinyl record shop recommendation.Thu, 18 Sep 2025 01:21:08 GMThttps://www.ashryan.io/writing/kyoto-morning-tech-coffee-first-session-is-on/68bfb3775f5d800001f926cfMorning Tech & Coffee launches in Kyoto this month. Software & hardware builders feel free to drop in.Tue, 09 Sep 2025 13:00:30 GMThttps://www.ashryan.io/writing/new-collxn-site-and-blog/68951e62bc45f9000173b7c1Who dis.Thu, 07 Aug 2025 22:02:57 GMThttps://www.ashryan.io/writing/behind-the-drop-collxns-daily-email-stack/689130a0909f0c000197daebHow Collxn’s Daily Drop email works: a simple service stack for fetching, rendering, sending, logging, and running safely in previews.Tue, 05 Aug 2025 10:44:41 GMThttps://www.ashryan.io/writing/my-doc-driven-ai-assisted-product-workflow/688f8a3c8b30d400014bb1abHow I use a simple wiki structure in my monorepo to manage product alongside AI agents in my IDE.Mon, 04 Aug 2025 12:47:58 GMThttps://www.ashryan.io/writing/help-kickstart-the-kyoto-tech-meetup-morning-coffee-edition/688c0387d078a80001247f05Kyoto Tech Meetup launches weekly morning coffee sessions. Connect with local software and hardware builders, share projects, and help select our first cafe.Fri, 01 Aug 2025 12:01:31 GMThttps://www.ashryan.io/writing/new-devrel-portfolio-page/688ba715b6d2c700014a1127A curated portfolio of my work, including talks, writing, open source projects, and conference contributions from 2015 to present.Thu, 31 Jul 2025 17:32:29 GMThttps://www.ashryan.io/writing/aboutideasnow/6889504332ac9400010c6c15Get past context, future explorations, and what I'm focused on today on 3 simple pages.Tue, 29 Jul 2025 23:13:35 GMThttps://www.ashryan.io/writing/nyu-itp-camp-2025-week-1/68459607f79cbb0001986dc9A recap of the sessions I've led at ITP Camp 2025 thus far. AI coding and records, of course.Sun, 08 Jun 2025 14:44:05 GMThttps://www.ashryan.io/writing/your-periodic-reminder-of-the-impermanence-of-all-things/6841b94c3bcb1700013b4a37Don't read this if you plan to live forever.Thu, 05 Jun 2025 16:39:46 GMThttps://www.ashryan.io/writing/oops-all-bk-nyu-itp-in-june/68387b9833d90b0001ce58d3NYU ITP Summer Camp starts again next week. I'm pondering what sessions I might facilitate.Thu, 29 May 2025 16:36:00 GMThttps://www.ashryan.io/writing/astoria-tech-meetup-late-may/683706a30706bf00016df807Astoria 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.Wed, 28 May 2025 13:39:16 GMThttps://www.ashryan.io/writing/val-town-prototype-showcase/682da836c0e36800015bef4dA short note on building the Collxn prototype in Val Town and presenting it at the first Val Town Hall.Wed, 21 May 2025 10:42:04 GMThttps://www.ashryan.io/writing/color-studies-studio/68196ed3e9a19f0001e28f41Sharing a few of my favorites from Color Studies StudioTue, 06 May 2025 12:25:15 GMThttps://www.ashryan.io/writing/the-short-answer-a-lot-of-bullshit/681912a46016dd00013eea7aWherein I feel ways about not being able to script through my own health dataMon, 05 May 2025 20:39:22 GMThttps://www.ashryan.io/writing/collxn/680108cf0183b200013bc311I'm working on something new to help me explore my record collection in new ways. I think other collectors may find it fun too.Thu, 17 Apr 2025 14:11:39 GMThttps://www.ashryan.io/writing/we-have-apostrophes-yall/67fa87011707220001b506e0Some updates for Subcurrent, an open source service that creates a stream of content from the Astoria tech community.Sat, 12 Apr 2025 15:57:41 GMThttps://www.ashryan.io/writing/if-you-didnt-have-a-question-dont-subject-yourself-to-an-endless-stream-of-answers/67f54a40f4b4890001e0696dWith 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.Tue, 08 Apr 2025 16:27:25 GMThttps://www.ashryan.io/writing/no-cloud-required-local-llms-as-a-practical-app-dependency/67f2939f97c9f70001454480TL;DR: Ollama on a MacBook Air with M4 is great and it's a taste of the future. Developers should try it now.Sun, 06 Apr 2025 22:11:45 GMThttps://www.ashryan.io/writing/galls-law/67dd8eebe89be80001e34a14"A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that worked."Fri, 21 Mar 2025 20:44:21 GMThttps://www.ashryan.io/writing/subcurrent-rss-bot-for-discord/67d982a778abe1000179d3f0Subcurrent now posts RSS updates to Discord. Will it spark discussion around the content?Tue, 18 Mar 2025 15:11:17 GMThttps://www.ashryan.io/writing/facebook-dev-null/67d88c8bc5165100010559b5Wherein 9 years after I decide to do so, I delete my Facebook account.Tue, 18 Mar 2025 00:57:08 GMThttps://www.ashryan.io/writing/subcurrent/67d1af60952e960001f9254dSubcurrent brings together content from Astoria Tech community members into a single web page and RSS feed.Wed, 12 Mar 2025 16:34:53 GMThttps://www.ashryan.io/writing/deploy-with-claude-ai-val-town/66df4d9ac0d5140001f15437Today I streamed my first video on Twitch, showing how to use Anthropic's Claude.ai and Val Town to ship a small frontend web app.Mon, 09 Sep 2024 19:45:43 GMThttps://www.ashryan.io/writing/batch-loading-resources-in-embedjs-for-rag/669296f187056f00013a7de2A look at dynamically batch loading RAG resources with EmbedJS.Sat, 13 Jul 2024 15:12:39 GMThttps://www.ashryan.io/writing/ai-powered-fun-in-p5-js/668be805aa1ac100011a2d86Using AI in p5.js by wiring up a sketch to a serverless proxy function on Val Town.Mon, 08 Jul 2024 13:35:30 GMThttps://www.ashryan.io/writing/youre-going-to-val-town/667a41b946ec0f000145034bVal Town's runnable vals (their word for "gists") can be triggered manually, via email, or as an HTTP endpoint or cron job.Tue, 25 Jun 2024 04:35:30 GMThttps://www.ashryan.io/writing/rag-in-node-js-with-embedjs/667894587bba29000126bdc1A look at a Node.js library called EmbedJS for RAG AI applications along with a repo to help you get started.Sun, 23 Jun 2024 22:34:45 GMThttps://www.ashryan.io/writing/nyu-itp-2024-sessions/66620aca9908cf000156474fNYU ITP Camp 2024 is underway. Here's Info on sessions I'm leading during the first week—one around vinyl, the other on AI.Thu, 06 Jun 2024 19:21:26 GMThttps://www.ashryan.io/writing/the-3-cs-of-developer-advocacy/6655f02bab315e0001835182A hiring framework for Developer Advocates focused on coding ability, community stewardship, and content creation.Mon, 03 Jun 2024 20:19:31 GMThttps://www.ashryan.io/writing/devrel-ai-as-department-lead/65c7ecc82775940001b7e4ecReflecting on the past year's journey of integrating AI into our Developer Relations initiatives at Nylas, I'm taking a moment for self-assessment.Sat, 10 Feb 2024 21:54:39 GMThttps://www.ashryan.io/writing/nylas-openai-triage-email/643f5cc26d6b2d003d0042b0Solving email inbox triage with Nylas APIs and OpenAI GPT APIs.Wed, 19 Apr 2023 03:29:12 GMThttps://www.ashryan.io/writing/experimenting-with-ai-in-devrel/6437418186f531004da4a827Using AI tools like ChatGPT and GitHub Copilot to enhance DevRel work, build inspiring code samples, and enhance developer experience.Wed, 12 Apr 2023 23:57:37 GMThttps://www.ashryan.io/writing/create-an-entity-resource-file-for-oas-tools-with-prisma/63692a7539fbe5003dc7369aMake an entity resource file with Prisma that can be used with OAS Tools to generate an Open API document and a Node.js/Express server.Tue, 08 Nov 2022 00:18:28 GMThttps://www.ashryan.io/writing/grpc-for-node-js-developers/60cab399039a40003b337e97Helpful resources and notes from learning gRPC as a Node.js developer, with a focus on practical next steps.Thu, 17 Jun 2021 03:17:57 GMThttps://www.ashryan.io/writing/astoria-tech-meetup-22-containerizing-nodejs-app/5fbbc78f30eefd0039f5fdc3Our next virtual event is this week. We’ll be containerizing the Astoria Digital MuckRock project.Mon, 23 Nov 2020 14:34:21 GMThttps://www.ashryan.io/writing/number-sorting-gotcha-with-javascript/5fba90a430eefd0039f5fdb8Problem: Sorted arrays are coming back in an unexpected order... sometimes. Safari is behaving differently than Chrome and Node.js. Let’s look at what to do.Sun, 22 Nov 2020 16:27:35 GMThttps://www.ashryan.io/writing/id-rather-be-scripting-episode-1/5fb1f8e433acd00039a63eb2Kerri Shotts and I started a little podcast called I'd Rather Be Scripting.Mon, 16 Nov 2020 04:05:01 GMThttps://www.ashryan.io/writing/astoria-tech-meetup-19-streamlining-with-docker-compose/5f39ef9f18342900393e346dA virtual event coming up on Wednesday, August 26 from 6:30pm to 8:00pmMon, 17 Aug 2020 02:52:33 GMThttps://www.ashryan.io/writing/nodejs-express-postgres-server/5f2219f2e454e80038a09596Quick steps to create a Node.js, Express, and Postgres playground.Thu, 30 Jul 2020 01:50:34 GMThttps://www.ashryan.io/writing/muckrock-api/5f1ba532e454e80038a09579Looking at how to analyze basic health metrics of the FOIA request system using the MuckRock API.Sat, 25 Jul 2020 03:27:04 GMThttps://www.ashryan.io/writing/fuzzy-search-with-fuse-js/5f1a591fe454e80038a09544Helping users around spelling errors with fuss-free JavaScript library for fuzzy search.Fri, 24 Jul 2020 03:53:23 GMThttps://www.ashryan.io/writing/astoria-digital-on-computerworld/5f184573934ef100394e3276Our open source Volunteer Dispatch bot is available for use by other organizations.Wed, 22 Jul 2020 14:00:12 GMThttps://www.ashryan.io/writing/finding-and-killing-node-js-processes-on-mac/5f07348d48bba400398bed2aHow to find the process using a busy local port on macOS and kill it so your Node.js dev server can restart.Thu, 09 Jul 2020 15:40:30 GMThttps://www.ashryan.io/writing/first-steps-in-rust/5efaacde2cda8d0039f63a41Getting started with Rust.Tue, 30 Jun 2020 03:16:33 GMThttps://www.ashryan.io/writing/taking-an-in-person-developer-event-online/5ef6bcf04d5fa6003991d603Is online-only the future of events? The good and the difficult in taking a developer event online.Sat, 27 Jun 2020 03:49:01 GMThttps://www.ashryan.io/writing/make-a-micro-repo/5eefc9b78bef6600398e0235How splitting off into a micro repo can speed up your iterations and help you produce better results.Mon, 22 Jun 2020 00:50:01 GMThttps://www.ashryan.io/writing/cloning-dates-in-moment-js/5eed7819c762e900389d8e02Avoiding unexpected date mutations by cloning.Sat, 20 Jun 2020 16:50:25 GMThttps://www.ashryan.io/writing/cli-module-for-node-js/5eec22854713060039077d33My go-to node modules for basic command line argument parsing.Fri, 19 Jun 2020 03:34:18 GMThttps://www.ashryan.io/writing/share-edit-in-lightroom/5eeacd69bee88e0039e7ffaaAnother new thing that came to Lightroom yesterday is the Share Edit (beta) feature.Thu, 18 Jun 2020 02:27:33 GMThttps://www.ashryan.io/writing/lightroom-photoshop-round-trip-on-ipad-is-here/5ee97e558ef5d600392a8087The cross-app workflow sings, and I'm excited to have Photoshop available to me as a companion to Lightroom on iPad.Wed, 17 Jun 2020 03:03:31 GMThttps://www.ashryan.io/writing/shelves-cli/5ee6d9bf6c38060039cbf075So now I've got this little Node.js shelves CLI that I likely will never need again.Mon, 15 Jun 2020 02:34:23 GMThttps://www.ashryan.io/writing/node-module-for-changing-your-mac-address/5deaa65da92984003811cb8eSpoof is a Node.js module that makes it super simple to change your MAC address on the fly. For macOS, Windows, and Linux.Fri, 06 Dec 2019 19:23:01 GMThttps://www.ashryan.io/writing/playball-cli/5de928a62b5f02003805ce54Check out the Playball CLI for watching MLB games in your terminal.Thu, 05 Dec 2019 15:57:09 GMThttps://www.ashryan.io/writing/upstate-bird/5ddd52042ab163003834bc7eA bird photographed on a trail hike in Garrison, New York, with a Fujifilm X-T20 and XF 50-140mm lens.Tue, 26 Nov 2019 19:54:25 GMThttps://www.ashryan.io/writing/bootstrap-an-xd-plugin-with-xdpm/5ddbed712ab163003834bc73A pull request for bootstrapping XD plugins with the xdpm CLI.Mon, 25 Nov 2019 15:07:43 GMThttps://www.ashryan.io/writing/moving-to-zsh-talk-at-macsysadmin-2019/5dd892492ab163003834bc5fCheck out the recording of “Moving to zsh” from MacSysAdmin 2019 if you’re looking for a way in to learning about zsh, the new default shell in macOS.Sat, 23 Nov 2019 02:04:38 GMThttps://www.ashryan.io/writing/ghost-cms/5dd5e3742ab163003834bc4cI’m going with the Ghost CMS for publishing this blog.Thu, 21 Nov 2019 01:12:14 GMThttps://www.ashryan.io/writing/handle-the-exits/5dcf1cd667dffd0044394b59There are multiple ways for a user to exit a modal-based XD plugin, and for your plugin’s code to handle those exits. Let’s take a look.Sat, 16 Nov 2019 00:08:24 GMThttps://www.ashryan.io/writing/prompt-by-panic/5dcdfcf567dffd0044394b4aShelling into a local Mac with Prompt 2 for iOS by Panic, an ssh client for iPhone and iPad.Fri, 15 Nov 2019 01:22:59 GMThttps://www.ashryan.io/writing/finding-out-where-zsh-alias-and-settings-are-defined/5dcc881c67dffd0044394ac7Grepping my zsh setup shows that many of my shell aliases and settings are coming from Oh My Zsh.Thu, 14 Nov 2019 00:09:58 GMThttps://www.ashryan.io/writing/4-tips-for-creating-xd-plugin-modal-ui/5dcb5c6c67dffd0044394a55A few basic points to keep in mind when creating modal dialog UI for XD plugins.Wed, 13 Nov 2019 02:23:25 GMThttps://www.ashryan.io/writing/learning-about-your-zsh-aliases/5dc9e911d544010038fd277fNotes from learning how zsh aliases work, including where they are defined and how Oh My Zsh changes the picture.Tue, 12 Nov 2019 01:18:45 GMThttps://www.ashryan.io/writing/brushing-up-on-zsh/5dc73f62d544010038fd26caSince macOS has now moved from bash to zsh, it seems like a fine time to revisit the basics of my preferred shell.Sun, 10 Nov 2019 22:39:29 GMThttps://www.ashryan.io/writing/restarting/5dc73295d544010038fd2643It's the Saturday after Adobe MAX, coming down from what is a very busy time each year, so I wanted to start somewhere simple: my Terminal.Sat, 09 Nov 2019 22:23:00 GMT