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@simone.computer

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Dev in the morning, rollerblader after 5pm ⛸️ Sporadic computer science enthusiast & maker of web stuff. Also, I may have an href hunting problem 📍🇮🇪 && 🇮🇹 🖇️ https://blog.simone.computer

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Simone or /^syx.*$/ @simone.computer · Nov 28

I hacked together a js animation which displays Bluesky firehose in a Matrix style rain: simone.computer/bluerain/
ugly source code available here: github.com/syxanash/blu...
@pfrazee.com 👀

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Simone or /^syx.*$/ @simone.computer · 2d

I started replaying Armagetron Advanced ahead of Tron Ares release, now I feel nostalgic of 2010s

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Simon Willison @simonwillison.net · 2d

Vibe coding is irresponsibly building software through dice rolls, not caring what code is produced

What about when engineers at the top of their game use AI tools responsibly to accelerate their work?

I propose "vibe engineering"!

simonwillison.net/2025/Oct/7/v...

Vibe engineering

I feel like vibe coding is pretty well established now as covering the fast, loose and irresponsible way of building software with AI—entirely prompt-driven, and with no attention paid to …

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Simone or /^syx.*$/ @simone.computer · 2d

holy smoke this is huge, can't wait to see what they've been cooking

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Jeff Geerling @jeffgeerling.com · 2d

Qualcomm is acquiring Arduino, and they're launching a new SBC (Uno Q) combining a Dragonwing SoC with an Arduino microcontroller in the Uno form factor. What implications does this have for makers and education? Quick video covering the news: www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfKX...

Qualcomm just bought Arduino, and they're making a tiny computer

YouTube video by Jeff Geerling

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André Arko @indirect.io · 4d

announcing a new community-focused gem server from the team previously behind rubygems: gem.coop. join us and start using it today!

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Simone or /^syx.*$/ @simone.computer · 4d

Spent two days between figuring out the APIs and styling but I finally have #webmentions on my blog 🖇️

Simone or /^syx.*$/ @simone.computer · 6d

Trying to implement webmention on my blog for the 4,569,834th time

Simone or /^syx.*$/ @simone.computer · 9d

apart from the filming location, which is clearly in the UK, I'm actually enjoying House of Guinness so far!

Simone or /^syx.*$/ @simone.computer · 12d

I second this

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Jordan Mechner @jmechner.bsky.social · 14d

"Which is your favorite/definitive version of the original Prince of Persia?"

💾As promised-- after 35 years, here's a proper blog post with my thoughts, and the story behind Prince of Persia's multiple 1990s ports.

www.jordanmechner.com/en/latest-ne...

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Simone or /^syx.*$/ @simone.computer · 14d

DOS for the nostalgia, SNES for the pixel art, and of course your one and only Apple II version, those are my faves 🤓

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Simone or /^syx.*$/ @simone.computer · 15d

📜 source: github.com/syxanash/max...

GitHub - syxanash/maxheadbox: Tiny voice-activated LLM Agent that runs on a Raspberry Pi

Tiny voice-activated LLM Agent that runs on a Raspberry Pi - syxanash/maxheadbox

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Simone or /^syx.*$/ @simone.computer · 15d

over the past 4 months I built this tiny 100% local agent that runs on a Raspberry Pi 🍓 it was very challenging, but I learned so much, full story: blog.simone.computer/an-agent-des...

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Neal Agarwal @neal.fun · 16d

You can now embed any captcha from I'm Not a Robot onto your site!

use it on your fintech site, b2b saas, edu platform, possibilities are endless

docs: neal.fun/not-a-robot/...

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Ian MacLarty @ianmaclarty.com · 18d

Mars First Logistics 1.0 comes out on Friday! Here are some of my favourite builds from Steam Workshop:

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Simone or /^syx.*$/ @simone.computer · 19d

damn, anthropic's new ad hits really hard with MfDoom samples: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FDNk...

Keep thinking with Claude

YouTube video by Anthropic

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Scifi Art @scifiart.bsky.social · 20d

Art by the great Philippe ‘Manchu’ Bouchet circa 1990s-2000s

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Simone or /^syx.*$/ @simone.computer · 20d

First good result after months of trying latte art on my Sage Bambino Plus ☕️

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Ash @ash2000.bsky.social · 21d

Looks like Apple has broken things again with iOS 26. Does anyone know offhand how to work around the fact that 100vh is no longer 100% of the view height? Is there another unit or something?
#WebDev

The iOS simulator showing an article. The background is 100vh high, and goes most of the way down the screen, but there's maybe a centimetre of black space under the address bar that's not covered.

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Simon Willison @simonwillison.net · 21d

I'm ready to accept a definition of "agent" that I think is widely-enough agreed upon to be useful, at least in the AI engineering space:

An LLM agent runs tools in a loop to achieve a goal

(I've been dismissing the term as hopelessly ambiguous for years) simonwillison.net/2025/Sep/18/...

I think “agent” may finally have a widely enough agreed upon definition to be useful jargon now

I’ve noticed something interesting over the past few weeks: I’ve started using the term “agent” in conversations where I don’t feel the need to then define it, roll my eyes …

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Simone or /^syx.*$/ @simone.computer · 22d

I read this with Vangelis BR soundtrack playing in my head

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Bramus @bram.us · 24d

Viewport behavior in Safari 26 is utterly broken. 🙄😭

Time to get Viewports into #Interop2026 because viewports on iOS have gotten only worse since I did the initial research in, *checks notes*, 2022 — github.com/web-platform...

Screenshot of Safari 26 in "tabs at the top" mode showing a webpage that is set to `viewport-fit=cover` and the dynamic toolbars scrolled away (minimized). The viewport is too short and the safe area insets are all wrong. Device: iPhone 13 Pro.

Screenshot of Safari 26 in "tabs at the top" mode showing a webpage with the dynamic toolbars scrolled away (minimized). The viewport (blue box) is way too short and does not toch the very top of the screen. Device: iPhone 13 Pro.

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Simone or /^syx.*$/ @simone.computer · 23d

great work, the app runs very smoothly!

Simone or /^syx.*$/ @simone.computer · 23d

yo I love your one too! 💚 I was actually working on a left to right version just like yours but then I got lazy and didn't finish it 😂

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Cyberdelia NYC @cyberdelianyc.com · 25d

September 15, 1995.😎
www.cyberdelianyc.com/posts/hacker...

#hackers #hackersmovie #hackersday #hacktheplanet #onthisday

Screencap of opening scene from Hackers (1995) of an airplane flying above clouds, mostly silhouetted as the sun shines a bright orange, peeking, beaming from behind the plane. Large white sans-serif text below the plain caption says: THIRTY YEARS AGO. Edit by Cyberdelia NYC.

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