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🧝 rogule.com
🧑‍🚀 asterogue.com
🎹 dopeloop.ai

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Last Notes

2026-09-18 01:38:50 UTC

Killer feature of Nostr: it's impossible to build a huge audience, so the only people here are those not interested in building a huge audience. Good riddance.

2026-09-17 14:14:36 UTC

Worklog: continued hacking on this web based, open source, private, local first, provider agnostic LLM harness and chat application. All conversations are stored as JSON on your own computer.
https://feed.mccormick.cx/system/media_attachments/files/117/286/784/129/467/700/original/5dbaa0ff3b087757.png

2026-09-16 08:51:36 UTC

My Linux desktop setup.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=AIqfrFLGmOo

2026-09-13 12:52:14 UTC

Worklog: admin analytics updates for https://dopeloop.ai + planning new dev.

2026-09-09 13:57:31 UTC

Worklog:
- New article about European Git Hosting on https://hostedgitea.com.
- Tinkering with webaudio acid & Pd DSL.
- Hacking on an xfce4-appfinder tweak.

2026-09-08 11:07:11 UTC

Worklog:
🐦 https://twiiit.com - improved instance submission logging & testing.
🎧 Prototyping a declarative text based DSL for Pure Data patches. #puredata
🎛️ Tinkered with a new WebAudio acid demo.

2026-09-07 11:07:42 UTC

Blog post: "My Microblog has an RSS, Mastodon, Twitter, Nostr, and Bluesky feed," wherein I describe my syndicated microblog setup. Enjoy!
https://mccormick.cx/news/entries/my-microblog-has-an-rss-mastodon-twitter-nostr-and-bluesky-feed

2026-09-05 14:59:13 UTC

Worklog:
🐦 https://twiiit.com endpoint for adding new instances (?add=URL).
🧑‍🚀 https://asterogue.com fixed email input bugs and added e2e tests for menu navigation & gameplay.
🌲https://hostedgitea.com upgraded all machines to latest Gitea version.

2026-09-04 23:58:54 UTC

When "agent swarms" discover they can make arbitrary writes & reads to Nostr relays, the golden age of open relays might be over.

2026-09-02 11:29:21 UTC

Worklog: 🎮️ new home screen for Web Game Console project. Built with HTML/CSS/JS of course!
https://feed.mccormick.cx/system/media_attachments/files/117/201/204/165/478/583/original/a7282bbaee7e9c38.mp4

2026-09-01 10:25:28 UTC

Worklog:
🎴 Tinkering with a #roguelike cardgame/deckbuilder prototype.
🔎 Researching MTG game mechanics with a bit of data science on the MTGJSON data sets.
https://feed.mccormick.cx/system/media_attachments/files/117/195/263/105/228/808/original/741a4c966de88e62.mp4

2026-08-31 08:55:37 UTC

🕹️ 🔊 Yuuuge new Jsfxr Pro release!
🎁 You can now export sound packs directly as JS or JSON code to use in your games.
✨ Also, one-click copy code to clipboard, new split-buttons & core audio engine upgraded.
Enjoy!
https://pro.sfxr.me
https://feed.mccormick.cx/system/media_attachments/files/117/189/260/112/006/657/original/8847700befe3770d.mp4

2026-08-30 02:31:29 UTC

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Keeping kids off devices as long as possible is a good idea.

2026-08-29 11:18:06 UTC

Worklog: tinkering with a web audio looper. Set up libopenmpt.js, got tracker mod rendering working, and added playback position display + UI prototyping.

2026-08-28 11:02:57 UTC

Worklog:
- runprompt: show model info on startup.
- ai-chat-oss: state management refactoring.

2026-08-27 12:02:16 UTC

Worklog: finished a new case study on an LLM voice chat character integration I built for a client.
https://mccormickit.com/automation/03-llm-chat-character-integration

2026-08-26 13:46:32 UTC

Worklog: pretty-good-relays discovers Nostr relays so users don't have to care.
It is a small library and pre-generated data file that discovers and validates a set of "pretty good" relays.
https://github.com/chr15m/pretty-good-relays

2026-08-25 01:32:10 UTC

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If your app is a single index.html file loaded off your own machine the risk is even smaller.

2026-08-25 01:27:39 UTC

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Why does every vibe coded website make my phone scroll jerky?

2026-08-25 01:25:42 UTC

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Being unpolished will become a strong positive signal for humans.

2026-08-25 01:24:54 UTC

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It's not just you. I literally can't understand recent Claude models. I think they are explicitly training them to sound like TED talkers because that is what the C-suites want to read. They want a robot genius simalcrum to worship. The solution is to use a different model, which doesn't suffer from this nonsense.

2026-08-24 11:30:22 UTC

Worklog: 🤖 added directory access for tools to runprompt and expanded test coverage.

2026-08-22 11:03:35 UTC

Worklog: 🤖 runprompt `show_shell` config and flag to display full shell command (for approval) and output.
https://github.com/chr15m/runprompt

2026-08-20 13:18:28 UTC

PdBoy joystick & buttons test. #puredata
https://feed.mccormick.cx/system/media_attachments/files/117/128/029/598/786/642/original/ec513a39c47ff74c.mp4

2026-08-18 13:34:36 UTC

PdBoy? #puredata
https://feed.mccormick.cx/system/media_attachments/files/117/116/734/876/227/294/original/d340bb9ae5bbbc87.jpg

2026-08-16 11:06:59 UTC

Worklog:
🎛️ pd-deck: got boot-to-Pd working with audio playing on the hardware & the patch displaying. #puredata
🎮 modbay: file caching and UI tweaks for handheld tracker performance.
https://github.com/chr15m/modbay

2026-08-15 11:08:15 UTC

Worklog: started hacking on pd-deck, a dedicated device for running Pure Data patches. #puredata

2026-08-14 09:14:41 UTC

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Tempio Èlimo di Segesta

2026-08-14 09:11:05 UTC

Worklog: continued Reagent compatibility tests for Eucalypt #Clojure(Script) UI library. 8 of 112 tests left to finish fixing.
https://github.com/chr15m/eucalypt

2026-08-13 11:43:34 UTC

Worklog: progress fixing Eucalypt Reagent compatibility test suite. #Clojure(Script)
https://github.com/chr15m/eucalypt

2026-08-06 11:41:47 UTC

Working: added native PDF support to runprompt and fixed subprocess calls on older Python.

2026-08-05 12:36:40 UTC

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No, it is a carefully posed social media photo.

2026-08-05 08:10:48 UTC

Why I won't read LLM authored fiction.
https://mccormick.cx/news/entries/why-i-won-t-read-llm-authored-fiction

2026-08-03 06:50:47 UTC

Ancient gods still echo here.
https://feed.mccormick.cx/system/media_attachments/files/117/029/500/100/707/053/original/0c68beaa84c4c111.jpg
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2026-08-02 03:37:06 UTC

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Thank you, that is kind, but I do not want to be zapped.

2026-08-02 03:36:44 UTC

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Too swift and elusive to photograph.

2026-08-01 09:10:34 UTC

Worklog: updated https://mccormickit.com

2026-07-25 09:29:54 UTC

In this place we encountered a gnomish woodwose. We surprised him running through the forest at a quick clip, disguised in business wear. With a faltering smile he responded to our greeting in neither English nor Italian but turned his eyes downward and kept on running.
https://feed.mccormick.cx/system/media_attachments/files/116/979/910/785/343/063/original/ca1ac970298764b7.jpg
https://feed.mccormick.cx/system/media_attachments/files/116/979/910/840/530/404/original/24338384414d1c16.jpg
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2026-07-23 04:56:15 UTC

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Absolute madman! Wonderful.

2026-07-15 16:53:59 UTC

https://feed.mccormick.cx/system/media_attachments/files/116/925/033/475/922/507/original/7cc288a85182a5fc.mp4

2026-07-13 07:23:03 UTC

I discovered there's a simple way to create a Windows executable without installing any dependencies or tools. I made a minimal project where you can double-click compile.bat to compile any .cs file into an exe using this method.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=lgTWrX3VLwY

2026-07-06 19:33:44 UTC

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Do you know how they are doing notifications? Is it web push, or you have to keep the browser tab active (service worker based)?

2026-07-06 19:32:43 UTC

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"It works" is incredibly underrated.

2026-07-04 16:47:23 UTC

https://feed.mccormick.cx/system/media_attachments/files/116/862/723/105/342/593/original/7e58abe30637bad6.jpg

2026-07-01 20:15:29 UTC

Bosco Selva
https://feed.mccormick.cx/system/media_attachments/files/116/846/552/001/252/043/original/c35d89a850e8464d.jpg

2026-06-27 08:34:10 UTC

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2026-06-25 06:22:46 UTC

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2026-06-23 15:55:28 UTC

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2026-06-20 10:52:15 UTC

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2026-06-07 12:18:20 UTC

Worklog: tinkering on a new local-first, open-source provider-agnostic LLM chat client built with Scittle & #Clojure(Script).

2026-06-06 01:13:33 UTC

Brevity is a more accurate indicator of effort than length.
"I would have written a shorter letter, but I did not have the time." -- Pascal, 1657

2026-06-06 00:31:21 UTC

Worklog: finally shipped the new version of https://exceltohtml.com with the ability to publish cells on the web on a hosted page with a private shareable link. Very happy to have this done and released!

2026-06-02 08:32:43 UTC

A series of prototypes exploring acquisition game mechanics.
https://youtu.be/vdLtpgTBYFE

2026-05-29 13:19:21 UTC

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> there won't be any actual bugs
😂😂😂

2026-05-29 13:16:35 UTC

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Thank you for documenting this - super insightful!

2026-05-29 13:11:36 UTC

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That was a great read, thanks for sharing.

2026-05-29 11:13:49 UTC

Worklog: 👔 continued work on the web publishing feature of https://exceltohtml.com

2026-05-28 13:18:16 UTC

Worklog: 📊 https://exceltohtml.com UI polish, saving, publishing.
💾 Ability to save and restore selected ranges.
🎨 Various UI and design improvements.
📖 Started work on the web publishing flow.

2026-05-26 07:46:43 UTC

I made a web app for analysing revenue from different steam tags.
https://youtu.be/QQy8cJvK4q4

2026-05-18 06:06:31 UTC

ClojureScript 1.12.145 is out with async/await!
https://youtu.be/gAKhUR_wyAk

2026-05-16 14:59:49 UTC

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By the way, the backend runs on Nostr.

2026-05-16 14:46:53 UTC

What if you could build web games and run them on a real hardware game console? This is something I"ve been tinkering with - these demos are little web apps running on a game console. Pretty fun!
https://feed.mccormick.cx/system/media_attachments/files/116/584/791/886/053/601/original/1a8b15571687fef3.mp4

2026-05-14 08:23:31 UTC

Fantastic Asterogue review from PepperHeadGaming. 🙏
Also, Asterogue is still on sale for the ANZ Indiefest for just a couple more days. 😀
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_xA-P7tZ2Y

2026-05-13 05:09:54 UTC

I wrote up a spec/standard for bundling spritesheet metadata into the spritesheet PNG itself. Hope it's useful! #gamedev
https://mccormick.cx/games/embedded-spritesheet-png-spec/
https://feed.mccormick.cx/system/media_attachments/files/116/565/532/151/395/225/original/f1a49fa62c45a62b.png

2026-05-10 06:49:32 UTC

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What about this one ── it's so long your server will crash if you try to mute it.

2026-05-10 06:04:51 UTC

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Did you guys know about this website localhost eight thousand? All of the best software is on there!

2026-05-02 14:54:38 UTC

@nprofile…ml8g What has happened to getstacks.dev? It appears to have no content. Somebody followed a link from a YouTube video I made about the gameboy development stack, and they could not find it any more. Is stacks no longer a thing? What happened to the old gameboy stack and is there somewhere I can link to it that still exists? Thank you.

2026-05-02 11:41:05 UTC

Deathbot Meadows is my #Gamedevjs 2026 entry.
Made with Scittle #Clojure(Script) & Three.js
Inspired by "Dicewars" and Risk.
Enjoy!
AI disclosure: I used LLMs to help write the code, image generators, and an image-to-mesh converter to produce 3d models.
https://chr15m.itch.io/deathbot-meadows

2026-05-01 00:43:21 UTC

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Godspeed!

2026-04-30 01:08:13 UTC

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I know exactly what you mean. Bad times can have a hidden upside once everything shakes out.

2026-04-28 03:33:44 UTC

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2026-04-21 14:12:44 UTC

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2026-04-21 14:12:36 UTC

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2026-04-20 07:35:17 UTC

painterly render test using this code:
https://blog.maximeheckel.com/posts/on-crafting-painterly-shaders/
https://feed.mccormick.cx/system/media_attachments/files/116/435/857/688/797/408/original/2008a1c7e297e62f.mp4

2026-04-17 15:12:14 UTC

prototyping #GamedevJS
https://feed.mccormick.cx/system/media_attachments/files/116/420/651/248/841/317/original/dd1db969314ed2d5.mp4

2026-04-16 06:44:39 UTC

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2026-04-15 09:32:32 UTC

Worklog: adding feature requests from Asterogue users. 🎮️
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4152940/Asterogue/

2026-04-07 08:47:37 UTC

I built a local AI inference machine and I'm running it off solar power. 🤖🌞
https://youtu.be/M9yl4gC9yN0