grant
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Slowly going out on a limb. Making experimental creative tools on the web at http://constraint.systems. He/him. grantcuster.com
Ah yea I like tiling so it’s a plus for me. You might be able to config them
all to floating and it’d be close to normal but might be a little fiddly.
all to floating and it’d be close to normal but might be a little fiddly.
January 14, 2026 at 4:07 AM
Ah yea I like tiling so it’s a plus for me. You might be able to config them
all to floating and it’d be close to normal but might be a little fiddly.
all to floating and it’d be close to normal but might be a little fiddly.
Working on connecting webamp.org to my spotify account while cycling through winamp skins - web displayed on a raspberry pi.
January 13, 2026 at 2:19 AM
Working on connecting webamp.org to my spotify account while cycling through winamp skins - web displayed on a raspberry pi.
I think maybe that working with AI can feel so ungrounded that the ties to physical reality help ground it. I imagine it will continue to develop though.
January 13, 2026 at 1:34 AM
I think maybe that working with AI can feel so ungrounded that the ties to physical reality help ground it. I imagine it will continue to develop though.
Sam Lavigne did it once (vaguely remember this) www.theverge.com/2018/6/19/17...
GitHub, Medium, and Twitter take down database of ICE employee LinkedIn accounts
Github and Medium have scrubbed a database of ICE employees off the web, soon after a New York-based artist posted the scraped LinkedIn information.
www.theverge.com
January 13, 2026 at 12:57 AM
Sam Lavigne did it once (vaguely remember this) www.theverge.com/2018/6/19/17...
Thinking about in relation to bsky.app/profile/chri...
The foundation of personal computing is the filesystem.
The foundation of the internet is a networked filesystem.
The foundation of a new social web will likely be a social filesystem. (It remains an ope question if atproto is such a foundation)
The foundation of the internet is a networked filesystem.
The foundation of a new social web will likely be a social filesystem. (It remains an ope question if atproto is such a foundation)
It seems a fork lies ahead, is atproto a portable database for a bunch of apps or a new type of post-app, social filesystem?
January 12, 2026 at 10:38 PM
Thinking about in relation to bsky.app/profile/chri...
Interesting how much Claude Code/Cowork work with folders and files. Makes sense to me as it is a transparent way for the user to manage the context. But I don't know if I would have bet that things would go this way (vs abstracting away folders/files completely).
i think the days of “AI isn’t useful” are going to quickly come to end in a matter of months — Claude Code changed coding forever, and Claude Cowork (or some equivalent) likely will change how everyday average consumers use computers forever
https://claude.com/blog/cowork-research-preview
https://claude.com/blog/cowork-research-preview
January 12, 2026 at 10:28 PM
Interesting how much Claude Code/Cowork work with folders and files. Makes sense to me as it is a transparent way for the user to manage the context. But I don't know if I would have bet that things would go this way (vs abstracting away folders/files completely).
Thinking about something like a system that only boots to picotron (which would be fun anyway) but may end up feeling artificially constrained.
Sitting down together sounds great too of course but want something they can feel like they really 'own'.
Sitting down together sounds great too of course but want something they can feel like they really 'own'.
January 12, 2026 at 3:48 PM
Thinking about something like a system that only boots to picotron (which would be fun anyway) but may end up feeling artificially constrained.
Sitting down together sounds great too of course but want something they can feel like they really 'own'.
Sitting down together sounds great too of course but want something they can feel like they really 'own'.
Nice - I have a two-year-old so am thinking about future possibilities - kind of want to replicate that feeling of computer lab time from my childhood with nothing to do except explore every edge of the system. But I think that's hard to recreate.
January 12, 2026 at 3:48 PM
Nice - I have a two-year-old so am thinking about future possibilities - kind of want to replicate that feeling of computer lab time from my childhood with nothing to do except explore every edge of the system. But I think that's hard to recreate.
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prototyping co-drawing with Gemini Flash 3 at Google
in these demos "thinking" is disabled, which makes the model return tokens very quickly (all videos are realtime), and I find these rapid responses pretty good for the use-cases I'm experimenting with, like:
executing simple diagrams ...
in these demos "thinking" is disabled, which makes the model return tokens very quickly (all videos are realtime), and I find these rapid responses pretty good for the use-cases I'm experimenting with, like:
executing simple diagrams ...
January 12, 2026 at 1:04 PM
prototyping co-drawing with Gemini Flash 3 at Google
in these demos "thinking" is disabled, which makes the model return tokens very quickly (all videos are realtime), and I find these rapid responses pretty good for the use-cases I'm experimenting with, like:
executing simple diagrams ...
in these demos "thinking" is disabled, which makes the model return tokens very quickly (all videos are realtime), and I find these rapid responses pretty good for the use-cases I'm experimenting with, like:
executing simple diagrams ...
Did they end up creating much in pico8?
January 12, 2026 at 3:10 AM
Did they end up creating much in pico8?
🌱 Tabletop: Psalm for the Wild-Built
https://feed.grantcuster.com/post/2026-01-09-16-31-17-psalm-for-the-wild-built
https://feed.grantcuster.com/post/2026-01-09-16-31-17-psalm-for-the-wild-built
January 9, 2026 at 9:32 PM
🌱 Tabletop: Psalm for the Wild-Built
https://feed.grantcuster.com/post/2026-01-09-16-31-17-psalm-for-the-wild-built
https://feed.grantcuster.com/post/2026-01-09-16-31-17-psalm-for-the-wild-built
Probably codeberg.org/gen-ai-trans... is needlessly antagonistic but I think a project of using only software without AI contributions is an interesting one (I use lots of AI stuff). Kind of like a control group, especially as agent use ramps up.
January 9, 2026 at 2:44 PM
Probably codeberg.org/gen-ai-trans... is needlessly antagonistic but I think a project of using only software without AI contributions is an interesting one (I use lots of AI stuff). Kind of like a control group, especially as agent use ramps up.
into the proper neovim split and then run the neovim command (and actually has a fork so it skips that if it's already in neovim rather than an app). it's cool but a little duct-tapey
January 6, 2026 at 7:12 PM
into the proper neovim split and then run the neovim command (and actually has a fork so it skips that if it's already in neovim rather than an app). it's cool but a little duct-tapey
neovim is the source of truth so it mostly just fires off niri commands to match the neovim split layout - there's not really anything outside that needs to know.
the boundaries are still kind of weird - niri handles global shortcuts like tile navigation by moving using the window id to move back
the boundaries are still kind of weird - niri handles global shortcuts like tile navigation by moving using the window id to move back
January 6, 2026 at 7:12 PM
neovim is the source of truth so it mostly just fires off niri commands to match the neovim split layout - there's not really anything outside that needs to know.
the boundaries are still kind of weird - niri handles global shortcuts like tile navigation by moving using the window id to move back
the boundaries are still kind of weird - niri handles global shortcuts like tile navigation by moving using the window id to move back
I recorded a video on my current Neovim-as-window-manager setup. At youtube.com/watch?v=pCbw...
January 6, 2026 at 5:15 PM
I recorded a video on my current Neovim-as-window-manager setup. At youtube.com/watch?v=pCbw...
yea I think the social aspect is where it gets interesting - was also thinking about possible riffs on a jukebox
January 6, 2026 at 2:44 PM
yea I think the social aspect is where it gets interesting - was also thinking about possible riffs on a jukebox
Just signed up for this!
The next book we'll read in the Software Internals Book Club is Operating Systems: Three Easy Pieces.
We'll read it in three chunks. Discussion leaders will be selected only for one chunk at a time and we'll take a few weeks break in between chunks to regroup.
eatonphil.com/2026-ostep.h...
We'll read it in three chunks. Discussion leaders will be selected only for one chunk at a time and we'll take a few weeks break in between chunks to regroup.
eatonphil.com/2026-ostep.h...
January 5, 2026 at 8:38 PM
Just signed up for this!
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✉️ Q4 2025 Newsletter — Independent Consulting, and Interfacing with LLMs
szymonkaliski.com/newsletter/2...
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I'm an independent consultant as of November, currently exploring at Google Creative Lab
reach out if you're interested in working together! [email protected]
szymonkaliski.com/newsletter/2...
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I'm an independent consultant as of November, currently exploring at Google Creative Lab
reach out if you're interested in working together! [email protected]
January 5, 2026 at 8:17 AM
✉️ Q4 2025 Newsletter — Independent Consulting, and Interfacing with LLMs
szymonkaliski.com/newsletter/2...
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I'm an independent consultant as of November, currently exploring at Google Creative Lab
reach out if you're interested in working together! [email protected]
szymonkaliski.com/newsletter/2...
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I'm an independent consultant as of November, currently exploring at Google Creative Lab
reach out if you're interested in working together! [email protected]
Testing out printing little foldable music boxes with the barcodes. Fun to try and decide on dimensions - I really want a spine.
I want to do something more interesting than the cover in a black-and-white. Maybe run a line art filter and then color them in?
feed.grantcuster.com/post/2026-01...
I want to do something more interesting than the cover in a black-and-white. Maybe run a line art filter and then color them in?
feed.grantcuster.com/post/2026-01...
January 4, 2026 at 11:50 PM
Testing out printing little foldable music boxes with the barcodes. Fun to try and decide on dimensions - I really want a spine.
I want to do something more interesting than the cover in a black-and-white. Maybe run a line art filter and then color them in?
feed.grantcuster.com/post/2026-01...
I want to do something more interesting than the cover in a black-and-white. Maybe run a line art filter and then color them in?
feed.grantcuster.com/post/2026-01...
🌱 Making: Barcode experiments
Testing out a barcode scanner as a way to play albums (through Spotify in this case). Wondering if this is a way to bridge from tangibility of physical media to flexibility of digital. feed.grantcuster.com/post/2026-01...
Testing out a barcode scanner as a way to play albums (through Spotify in this case). Wondering if this is a way to bridge from tangibility of physical media to flexibility of digital. feed.grantcuster.com/post/2026-01...
Making : Barcode experiments - Feed
Testing out a barcode scanner as a way to play albums (through Spotify in this case). Wondering if this is a way to bridge from tangibility of physical media to flexibility of digital. <p><video cont...
feed.grantcuster.com
January 3, 2026 at 10:57 PM
🌱 Making: Barcode experiments
Testing out a barcode scanner as a way to play albums (through Spotify in this case). Wondering if this is a way to bridge from tangibility of physical media to flexibility of digital. feed.grantcuster.com/post/2026-01...
Testing out a barcode scanner as a way to play albums (through Spotify in this case). Wondering if this is a way to bridge from tangibility of physical media to flexibility of digital. feed.grantcuster.com/post/2026-01...
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Love this! I actually saw a demo of it around then and forgot directly but must have been lodged in my brain somewhere.
January 2, 2026 at 6:58 PM
Love this! I actually saw a demo of it around then and forgot directly but must have been lodged in my brain somewhere.
🌱 Inspiration: Screenless office
A "artistic operating system" made up of printers and a barcode scanner. http://screenl.es/
I don't see any videos of the full system in action but it's kind of fun/evocative to guess at.
A "artistic operating system" made up of printers and a barcode scanner. http://screenl.es/
I don't see any videos of the full system in action but it's kind of fun/evocative to guess at.
Inspiration : Screenless office - Feed
A "artistic operating system" made up of printers and a barcode scanner. http://screenl.es/ 
feed.grantcuster.com
January 1, 2026 at 9:35 PM
🌱 Inspiration: Screenless office
A "artistic operating system" made up of printers and a barcode scanner. http://screenl.es/
I don't see any videos of the full system in action but it's kind of fun/evocative to guess at.
A "artistic operating system" made up of printers and a barcode scanner. http://screenl.es/
I don't see any videos of the full system in action but it's kind of fun/evocative to guess at.