Ilja Panic
@iljapanic.com
Information Ecologist. Currently building http://resolve.global. Personal musings at https://iljapanic.com
Congratulations! Excited for my copy to arrive soon.
December 1, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Congratulations! Excited for my copy to arrive soon.
How well does it work with Notion databases? Would love to migrate those as well.
November 12, 2025 at 8:46 PM
How well does it work with Notion databases? Would love to migrate those as well.
This is amazing! I have had hundreds of records locked in Airtable for years now. I have mostly written them off. I’m glad I can migrate them to Obsidian now.
November 12, 2025 at 8:46 PM
This is amazing! I have had hundreds of records locked in Airtable for years now. I have mostly written them off. I’m glad I can migrate them to Obsidian now.
Looking forward to try this out. Thank you for sharing! Also, super curious to learn more about lifelong kindergartens.
October 15, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Looking forward to try this out. Thank you for sharing! Also, super curious to learn more about lifelong kindergartens.
The “wireheading with extra steps” is an apt comparison… Unfortunately, last time I tried smaller local models they were just not up to the standard I got used to with frontier models. We need a much stronger push towards open source to realize the full emancipatory potential of these technologies.
October 12, 2025 at 3:43 PM
The “wireheading with extra steps” is an apt comparison… Unfortunately, last time I tried smaller local models they were just not up to the standard I got used to with frontier models. We need a much stronger push towards open source to realize the full emancipatory potential of these technologies.
I’ve seen the largest gains in making software. I’m still hesitant to dump my Obsidian journals in there and let the agents roll. I understand that it’s probably irrational, but emotionally it seems like I would be crossing a metaphorical chasm that I’m not sure I want to cross just yet.
October 12, 2025 at 8:02 AM
I’ve seen the largest gains in making software. I’m still hesitant to dump my Obsidian journals in there and let the agents roll. I understand that it’s probably irrational, but emotionally it seems like I would be crossing a metaphorical chasm that I’m not sure I want to cross just yet.
Had no idea. Thank you for flagging this. I’ve been eying Render and Railway for a while. It’s time to take a plunge and switch.
September 30, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Had no idea. Thank you for flagging this. I’ve been eying Render and Railway for a while. It’s time to take a plunge and switch.
I think Vercel might be the most difficult to wean off for me professionally. I’m hosting a few tiny projects on a VPS with Coolify on top. But I would not trust myself to handle larger projects on it. Is there anything in particular about Netlify that makes it more ethical than Vercel?
September 30, 2025 at 10:42 AM
I think Vercel might be the most difficult to wean off for me professionally. I’m hosting a few tiny projects on a VPS with Coolify on top. But I would not trust myself to handle larger projects on it. Is there anything in particular about Netlify that makes it more ethical than Vercel?
Too bad that posting this to a company Slack is also probably not a good idea…
September 25, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Too bad that posting this to a company Slack is also probably not a good idea…
Thanks for sharing. Will give Renovate a try.
September 12, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Thanks for sharing. Will give Renovate a try.
Would you say Renovate provides a better DX than Dependabot? Dependabot feels clunky at times but comes built in with GitHub. I’m curious to hear your opinion.
September 11, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Would you say Renovate provides a better DX than Dependabot? Dependabot feels clunky at times but comes built in with GitHub. I’m curious to hear your opinion.
I just spent a whole afternoon pruning our npm dependencies. Your piece is super helpful. Excited to adopt some of your approaches. Thank you for sharing.
September 11, 2025 at 6:24 PM
I just spent a whole afternoon pruning our npm dependencies. Your piece is super helpful. Excited to adopt some of your approaches. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you for a hearty recommendation. I look forward to digging deeper into it.
September 6, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Thank you for a hearty recommendation. I look forward to digging deeper into it.
I have always wondered to what degree this is a result of corporate compliance and design incompetence versus just the sheer complexity of integrating a disparate network of legacy systems into something that resembles a cohesive experience.
August 23, 2025 at 11:14 AM
I have always wondered to what degree this is a result of corporate compliance and design incompetence versus just the sheer complexity of integrating a disparate network of legacy systems into something that resembles a cohesive experience.
Thank you for sharing. I relate to many of the insights. My mindset around PKM has improved significantly after I gave up on optimizing my systems and simply do things that feel intuitive at any given moment.
July 9, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Thank you for sharing. I relate to many of the insights. My mindset around PKM has improved significantly after I gave up on optimizing my systems and simply do things that feel intuitive at any given moment.
From Critical Path: “It is now highly feasible to take care of everybody on Earth at a “higher standard of living than any have ever known.” It no longer has to be you or me. Selfishness is unnecessary and hence-forth unrationalizable as mandated by survival. War is obsolete.”
June 6, 2025 at 6:04 PM
From Critical Path: “It is now highly feasible to take care of everybody on Earth at a “higher standard of living than any have ever known.” It no longer has to be you or me. Selfishness is unnecessary and hence-forth unrationalizable as mandated by survival. War is obsolete.”
I think B. Fuller had similar sentiments in the 70s already. It could be argued that it was still aspirational back then. I think there is no doubt that this is true today.
June 6, 2025 at 5:58 PM
I think B. Fuller had similar sentiments in the 70s already. It could be argued that it was still aspirational back then. I think there is no doubt that this is true today.
7/ Overall, this was a really fun experiment. Looking forward to creating more micro-tools in the future and seeing what others come up with. The dawn of truly personalized computing is upon us.
June 4, 2025 at 11:48 AM
7/ Overall, this was a really fun experiment. Looking forward to creating more micro-tools in the future and seeing what others come up with. The dawn of truly personalized computing is upon us.
6/ We seem to be at an inflection point where tech-savvy professionals can quickly create disposable, purpose-built software for specific, small problems. More complex applications still have some way to go, but the space is evolving at an incredible pace.
June 4, 2025 at 11:48 AM
6/ We seem to be at an inflection point where tech-savvy professionals can quickly create disposable, purpose-built software for specific, small problems. More complex applications still have some way to go, but the space is evolving at an incredible pace.
5/ This feels like a huge unlock for senior developers who have been around for a while and know their way around software. There still seems to be quite a few friction points and a steep learning curve for newcomers and non-technical roles.
June 4, 2025 at 11:48 AM
5/ This feels like a huge unlock for senior developers who have been around for a while and know their way around software. There still seems to be quite a few friction points and a steep learning curve for newcomers and non-technical roles.
4/ I managed to do this quickly because I'm well-versed in frontend lore, have been debugging for over 15 years, and follow the field closely. I used precise wording and pointed the agent in the right direction, so errors got ironed out easily.
June 4, 2025 at 11:48 AM
4/ I managed to do this quickly because I'm well-versed in frontend lore, have been debugging for over 15 years, and follow the field closely. I used precise wording and pointed the agent in the right direction, so errors got ironed out easily.