Alvin Crespo
@alvincrespo.bsky.social
It's dangerous to go alone! Take this 🍗
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I have two amazing boys, and their love for xmas is awesome. Wrapped up their toys last night and I was picturing the big smiles when they open them up. 🥰
December 24, 2025 at 1:51 PM
I have two amazing boys, and their love for xmas is awesome. Wrapped up their toys last night and I was picturing the big smiles when they open them up. 🥰
Damn. That's terrible. He changed the gaming industry multiple times and created so many memorable experiences.
December 22, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Damn. That's terrible. He changed the gaming industry multiple times and created so many memorable experiences.
Who remembers the "Playmates Fun to Drive" toy? Those were so much fun.
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnEZ...
Playmates Fun to Drive Corvette Dashboard (Similar to Tomy Turbo Dashboard)
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December 22, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Who remembers the "Playmates Fun to Drive" toy? Those were so much fun.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnEZ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnEZ...
One Battle After Another is my second favorite film of the year. Absolutely loved it. Picking up the 4k in January for sure.
a woman is boxing with a punching bag in a gym .
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December 22, 2025 at 4:30 PM
One Battle After Another is my second favorite film of the year. Absolutely loved it. Picking up the 4k in January for sure.
Battlefield 6 is just pure fun.
December 21, 2025 at 3:35 AM
Battlefield 6 is just pure fun.
When I started working with the OpenAI API I learned that it doesn't remember anything between API calls. So you need to manually manage the context of the conversation.
I wrote up my learnings on building stateful AI conversations:
alvincrespo.hashnode.dev/managing-con...
I wrote up my learnings on building stateful AI conversations:
alvincrespo.hashnode.dev/managing-con...
alvincrespo.hashnode.dev
November 10, 2025 at 11:28 PM
When I started working with the OpenAI API I learned that it doesn't remember anything between API calls. So you need to manually manage the context of the conversation.
I wrote up my learnings on building stateful AI conversations:
alvincrespo.hashnode.dev/managing-con...
I wrote up my learnings on building stateful AI conversations:
alvincrespo.hashnode.dev/managing-con...
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Then Toad poured a glass of water over his head.
November 1, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Then Toad poured a glass of water over his head.
Using WSL on Windows is pretty amazing.
October 28, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Using WSL on Windows is pretty amazing.
Working with Claude has been a game changer. Highly recommend consistently using AI coding agents to save you time and effort.
October 25, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Working with Claude has been a game changer. Highly recommend consistently using AI coding agents to save you time and effort.
DOOM • Vol. 2 – Heavy Dark Synthwave Inferno (Pixel Wave)
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October 22, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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New post 🎉
Going back to my roots on writing about the inner workings of things, a breakdown of key-value databases and how you might make one from scratch:
nan.fyi/database
Going back to my roots on writing about the inner workings of things, a breakdown of key-value databases and how you might make one from scratch:
nan.fyi/database
October 21, 2025 at 3:00 PM
New post 🎉
Going back to my roots on writing about the inner workings of things, a breakdown of key-value databases and how you might make one from scratch:
nan.fyi/database
Going back to my roots on writing about the inner workings of things, a breakdown of key-value databases and how you might make one from scratch:
nan.fyi/database
Wait. I still have a Gravatar?! Cool.
October 21, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Wait. I still have a Gravatar?! Cool.
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Just released Agent OS v2.1 -- Now supports the new Claude Code Skills!
Plus several other improvements:
- more flexible configs
- subagents are now optional
- improved context efficiency
- improved token efficiency
- a new orchestration mode for large builds.
buildermethods.com/agent-os
Plus several other improvements:
- more flexible configs
- subagents are now optional
- improved context efficiency
- improved token efficiency
- a new orchestration mode for large builds.
buildermethods.com/agent-os
Agent OS | The system for spec-driven development with AI coding agents
Agent OS is a popular system spec-driven development with AI coding agents. It's a free open-source framework from Builder Methods, created by Brian Casel.
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October 21, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Just released Agent OS v2.1 -- Now supports the new Claude Code Skills!
Plus several other improvements:
- more flexible configs
- subagents are now optional
- improved context efficiency
- improved token efficiency
- a new orchestration mode for large builds.
buildermethods.com/agent-os
Plus several other improvements:
- more flexible configs
- subagents are now optional
- improved context efficiency
- improved token efficiency
- a new orchestration mode for large builds.
buildermethods.com/agent-os
I learned this week that a profile picture of you cheering towards the camera with a hard cider was unprofessional.
It blows my mind how boring adults are. Children should be an inspiration of how fun life should be.
It blows my mind how boring adults are. Children should be an inspiration of how fun life should be.
October 21, 2025 at 3:46 PM
I learned this week that a profile picture of you cheering towards the camera with a hard cider was unprofessional.
It blows my mind how boring adults are. Children should be an inspiration of how fun life should be.
It blows my mind how boring adults are. Children should be an inspiration of how fun life should be.
I just realized I've been an Engineering Manager for 5 years. Whoa, I think it's time to level up.
August 13, 2025 at 1:09 AM
I just realized I've been an Engineering Manager for 5 years. Whoa, I think it's time to level up.
Wrote up about mysql query optimization when it comes to JOIN's and Window Functions.
alvincrespo.hashnode.dev/mysql-query-...
alvincrespo.hashnode.dev/mysql-query-...
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August 3, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Wrote up about mysql query optimization when it comes to JOIN's and Window Functions.
alvincrespo.hashnode.dev/mysql-query-...
alvincrespo.hashnode.dev/mysql-query-...
Dope metrics for my blog. Feels good people are checking it out.
August 3, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Dope metrics for my blog. Feels good people are checking it out.
Private Public Transport
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August 1, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Pokémon Red/Blue | Vaporwave OST
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July 25, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Weekend homework. anthropic.skilljar.com/claude-code-...
Claude Code in Action
Integrate Claude Code into your development workflow
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July 18, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Weekend homework. anthropic.skilljar.com/claude-code-...
28 Years Later was a fantastic film and an excellent way to kick off the summer film season. I went to see it opening day and can't stop thinking about how impactful it was for me.
Definitely worth a watch.
Definitely worth a watch.
a group of people are walking through a forest with the words 28 years later on the bottom right
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July 13, 2025 at 5:56 PM
28 Years Later was a fantastic film and an excellent way to kick off the summer film season. I went to see it opening day and can't stop thinking about how impactful it was for me.
Definitely worth a watch.
Definitely worth a watch.
Claude integration with VSCode is amazing. Absolutely game changing.
July 11, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Claude integration with VSCode is amazing. Absolutely game changing.
Adding support for custom urls in the generated sitemap.xml for my bridgetown based blog.
github.com/alvincrespo/...
Hoping to get this merged upstream once I can test it against the latest.
github.com/alvincrespo/...
Hoping to get this merged upstream once I can test it against the latest.
feat: support adding custom urls to sitemap by alvincrespo · Pull Request #1 · alvincrespo/bridgetown-sitemap
This PR adds support for adding custom urls to the sitemap.xml generated by bridgetown-sitemap.
For my usecase, this is to support the migration of my blog to hashnode. My blog is hosted on Render ...
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June 18, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Adding support for custom urls in the generated sitemap.xml for my bridgetown based blog.
github.com/alvincrespo/...
Hoping to get this merged upstream once I can test it against the latest.
github.com/alvincrespo/...
Hoping to get this merged upstream once I can test it against the latest.