Austin ᯅ
@ozten.com
Living in the future. Developing spatial computing and games. Seattle IRL. Former Mozilla, Amazon, various startups.
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I knew it would take less than a day for a tiktok dj to make something.
November 5, 2025 at 12:13 PM
I knew it would take less than a day for a tiktok dj to make something.
Cold Plunge! While it's still legal.
October 24, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Cold Plunge! While it's still legal.
I built an Oscilloscope! A big stretch for my soldering, replicad, and electronics skills. From the Labrador Oscilloscope ($29!) board I exposed 2 channels, 4.5V - 12V Power, and 2 channel Logic Analyzer.
October 23, 2025 at 8:58 PM
I built an Oscilloscope! A big stretch for my soldering, replicad, and electronics skills. From the Labrador Oscilloscope ($29!) board I exposed 2 channels, 4.5V - 12V Power, and 2 channel Logic Analyzer.
3D printing and replicad project #2. A holder for our label printer in the kitchen.
October 23, 2025 at 12:34 AM
3D printing and replicad project #2. A holder for our label printer in the kitchen.
My role in coding is now to tell Claude to edit the file directly, instead of using sed. The jagged edge of intelligence.
October 10, 2025 at 7:55 PM
My role in coding is now to tell Claude to edit the file directly, instead of using sed. The jagged edge of intelligence.
Playing with Rust and a ESP32 (C6) board. It blows my mind that these things are so darn cheap.
October 4, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Playing with Rust and a ESP32 (C6) board. It blows my mind that these things are so darn cheap.
Watch the "Total Trust" documentary. Eye-opening.
October 2, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Watch the "Total Trust" documentary. Eye-opening.
Every day we have a choice. Do we put our electricity and GPUs to work for the Sora social app or Periodic Labs automating scientific discovery? Do we climb into the narcissistic mirror and bask in Dunning-Krugerverse, or do we make the world a better place for all species?
October 1, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Every day we have a choice. Do we put our electricity and GPUs to work for the Sora social app or Periodic Labs automating scientific discovery? Do we climb into the narcissistic mirror and bask in Dunning-Krugerverse, or do we make the world a better place for all species?
Sora by OpenAI app resembles the aftermath of a dead internet apocalypse event we've all been waiting for.
September 30, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Sora by OpenAI app resembles the aftermath of a dead internet apocalypse event we've all been waiting for.
ChatGPT Pulse (Phone App only) is a great product. I've wanted to build this myself, but never got around to it. The first day was very useful. I'm hoping it works well long term.
September 26, 2025 at 4:44 PM
ChatGPT Pulse (Phone App only) is a great product. I've wanted to build this myself, but never got around to it. The first day was very useful. I'm hoping it works well long term.
Not quite the dukes of hazard, but I'll take it
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
Dashcam footage shows viral video of driver jumping the University Bridge
Seattle police is still looking for the driver of a stolen Audi Q5 who evaded officers by jumping the open University Bridge last week.
www.seattletimes.com
September 23, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Not quite the dukes of hazard, but I'll take it
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...
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i don’t think people on bluesky understand the severity of this situation.
i woke up to literally hundreds of texts from friends and family thinking about either moving back home to india or applying to other countries for jobs. this includes me.
i woke up to literally hundreds of texts from friends and family thinking about either moving back home to india or applying to other countries for jobs. this includes me.
Those on an H1B cannot return to the US from tomorrow (Sunday) unless paying $100K. This is an out-of-the blue presidential action. We’ll see software engineers stranded abroad.
One easy to predict outcome: those on US visas will travel less… for work, for conferences etc.
One easy to predict outcome: those on US visas will travel less… for work, for conferences etc.
September 20, 2025 at 12:20 PM
i don’t think people on bluesky understand the severity of this situation.
i woke up to literally hundreds of texts from friends and family thinking about either moving back home to india or applying to other countries for jobs. this includes me.
i woke up to literally hundreds of texts from friends and family thinking about either moving back home to india or applying to other countries for jobs. this includes me.
Cancelling our Hulu subscription. #BoycottDisney #freespeech
September 18, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Cancelling our Hulu subscription. #BoycottDisney #freespeech
Learned some and used some OpenSCAD this weekend. So cool! The main weakness is tweaking and playing with different configurations. That's so easy in Blender or Unity editor. OpenSCAD editor has properties, but those don't have a slider UI and don't update in real-time.
September 15, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Learned some and used some OpenSCAD this weekend. So cool! The main weakness is tweaking and playing with different configurations. That's so easy in Blender or Unity editor. OpenSCAD editor has properties, but those don't have a slider UI and don't update in real-time.
Cannonball Arts is now open in downtown Seattle in the old Bed, Bath, & Beyond building. Great shows, go check it out! cannonballarts.com
Cannonball Arts
A new contemporary art center in the heart of downtown Seattle.
cannonballarts.com
August 30, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Cannonball Arts is now open in downtown Seattle in the old Bed, Bath, & Beyond building. Great shows, go check it out! cannonballarts.com
Putting a freeze on my credit at the three major bureaus. 300 million American's info that is useful for opening new credit cards and other identify fraud are likely rapidly swimming around the internets.
August 28, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Putting a freeze on my credit at the three major bureaus. 300 million American's info that is useful for opening new credit cards and other identify fraud are likely rapidly swimming around the internets.
The DEVO documentary on Netflix is really great.
August 24, 2025 at 5:40 PM
The DEVO documentary on Netflix is really great.
Seattle Indies... looks like Health care premiums might be 19% higher next year. Oof
www.seattletimes.com/business/wa-...
www.seattletimes.com/business/wa-...
Big changes could be coming for WA individual buyers of health insurance
Health insurance plans stand to jump significantly in 2026, driven by higher costs and loss of subsidies.
www.seattletimes.com
August 2, 2025 at 12:00 AM
Seattle Indies... looks like Health care premiums might be 19% higher next year. Oof
www.seattletimes.com/business/wa-...
www.seattletimes.com/business/wa-...
I spent 2 days on a crazy experiment. Could I go from pointing Deep Research at a very long Hacker News discussion to automatically producing a compelling video.
youtu.be/kTvBLTeCktY
See the video description for a long post documenting the process.
#Steam #Itch #Veo3 #Imagen4
youtu.be/kTvBLTeCktY
See the video description for a long post documenting the process.
#Steam #Itch #Veo3 #Imagen4
Should Steam Deplatform Some Games
YouTube video by Austin King
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July 31, 2025 at 9:55 PM
I spent 2 days on a crazy experiment. Could I go from pointing Deep Research at a very long Hacker News discussion to automatically producing a compelling video.
youtu.be/kTvBLTeCktY
See the video description for a long post documenting the process.
#Steam #Itch #Veo3 #Imagen4
youtu.be/kTvBLTeCktY
See the video description for a long post documenting the process.
#Steam #Itch #Veo3 #Imagen4
Can't wait for the new Foundation episode tomorrow.
July 31, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Can't wait for the new Foundation episode tomorrow.
Adopting git worktrees to use multiple gemini CLIs. Wish me luck.
July 25, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Adopting git worktrees to use multiple gemini CLIs. Wish me luck.
I like how Gemini Deep Research is like... Hey I formulated this plan 2 hours ago, waiting for you to approve this plan... But Google Jules will wait 60 seconds for approval of a plan and then just get it done.
July 25, 2025 at 2:14 AM
I like how Gemini Deep Research is like... Hey I formulated this plan 2 hours ago, waiting for you to approve this plan... But Google Jules will wait 60 seconds for approval of a plan and then just get it done.
"Every augmentation is an amputation" -- Marshall McLuhan
July 23, 2025 at 5:25 PM
"Every augmentation is an amputation" -- Marshall McLuhan
I spent $0.37 (OpenAI Whisper SDK) and my existing Gemini subscription to get transcripts and insights from a user interview instead of signing up for $20 subscription. #FutureOfSaaS
Gemini was great and caught 90% of the user insights and notable things
Gemini was great and caught 90% of the user insights and notable things
July 16, 2025 at 6:13 PM
I spent $0.37 (OpenAI Whisper SDK) and my existing Gemini subscription to get transcripts and insights from a user interview instead of signing up for $20 subscription. #FutureOfSaaS
Gemini was great and caught 90% of the user insights and notable things
Gemini was great and caught 90% of the user insights and notable things
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Trump Urges Supporters To Move On From Societal Disdain For Pedophilia
Trump Urges Supporters To Move On From Societal Disdain For Pedophilia
WASHINGTON—Facing mounting backlash from his MAGA base over his perceived ties to the Jeffrey Epstein case, President Donald Trump reportedly encouraged his supporters Monday to simply move on from so...
theonion.com
July 14, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Trump Urges Supporters To Move On From Societal Disdain For Pedophilia