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Shifting the Vibes Again

How Replaced devs fixed lore display bloat with a stylish gadget

The team behind Replaced wanted a convenient way to display lore entries without having to animate every item. This led to a stylish gadget.

I don't like LLMs

a short post

What does it really mean to have a moment of insight? | Psyche Notes to Self

From art to science to love, the moment of insight happens when we see a likeness between different things

Jim's TrueType QR Code Font

This is a real TrueType/OpenType font that turns bracketed text into QR codes during text shaping. There is no separate image generation or preprocessing step: type text like [hello], apply the font, and the font's built-in OpenType rules render the QR code.

B-Sides: Permissioned data is a love triangle - Nick's Blog

This is a B-sides post with unpolished thoughts that didn’t make it into the main article.

#nowplaying

your playlist is on the horizon...

Their Bionic Eyes Are Now Obsolete and Unsupported

These early adopters found out what happened when a cutting-edge marvel became an obsolete gadget... inside their bodies.

at://2048

2048 on the AT Protocol. Your games, your data, your AT Protocol.

What We're Working On | Prime Radiant

So, I guess this is the first post on the corporate blog. It's probably about time for me to introduce myself.

AT Moderation Architecture | bryan newbold (⛱️ sabbatical mode)

The AT network is becoming more heterogeneous in practice, with independent PDS hosts, apps, and alternative bsky AppViews establishing themselves. This means that more complex inter-service moderation scenarios are starting to get attention. While the labeling system was released all the way back i...

Parseword - A tricky wordplay game

Transform phrases through wordplay to solve cryptic crossword puzzles.

smash the looms

This week I was on a bus behind a young couple and the guy was boring the girl to tears talking about the Very Exciting News that chatgpt-5 had been...