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📘 Devlog
Well Read - An Inkwell Client for Android
When Manton mentioned that Inkwell has an API, I… um… may have vibe-coded an Android client. It's called "Well Read", which is not a great name but better than "Inkwell Client" which was the working title. Much like Inkwell, it follows the river approach to RSS. There's a Today tab and Recent tab, each showing a portion of the entries in reverse chronological order. Today shows all the posts from today, plus the last 6 hours of yesterday. Continue reading →
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📘 Devlog
Weiro - Update 6th March 2026
A small update on Weiro. I've been working on it over the past week, trying to get it in a state that is pleasant to use. I'm been trying to get something halfway usable before doubt scuppers my motivation and this project appears on the growing list of aborted attempts at making a CMS. There've been one or two close calls, but it hasn't caused me to stop yet. A large part of that was a feature I knew I wanted but was daunting to implement: uploads. Continue reading →
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📘 Devlog
CSVTool - A Vibe-coded CSV Editor
One of the fun aspects of these new code agents is seeing what they're capable of producing just form the prompt, so called "vibe-coding." There are some that are definitely all in on the concept: I'm thinking of Steve Yeggie and his Gas Town work. As for myself, I still prefer to be a bit more hands on. But it's still amusing to see what these agents are capable of just from the prompt. Continue reading →
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🖼️ Gallery
Newport Workshops Open Day
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PostgreSQL Docker and "No space left on device"
Dealing with PostgreSQL Docker complaining about “No space left on device” Continue reading →
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📘 Devlog
3rd March 2026
This is a crosspost from devlog.lmika.org. I’m going to try and write posts about what I’ve been working on over there, while crossposting them here. Original post was made using Weiro, another attempt at a blogging CMS I’ve been working on. Oof! Everyone’s building blogging CMS’s now, apparently. Since starting work on this project, I saw one other announce their own CMS that was vibe-coded with Claude. No shame in that: making something that works for you is part of the joy of participating in the Indie-web. Continue reading →
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The Colour of Production
On the colour-coding system used for different development environments. Continue reading →
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🦆 Dialogue
LLM Auto-complete Is…
Duck: You writing code? Author: Documentation. Duck: And you're using an… Author: IDE? Yes, I am. Duck: Do you have that… Author: LLM-powered auto complete? I do, yes. And it's fine, although it does seem like the IDE's… Duck: Always trying to finish your sentences? Author: Yes. It can be quite… Duck: Bothersome? Yeah, I can't imagine how that must feel. 😛 Continue reading →
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What to Talk About When You're Talking About Your Side-Business
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80% Done 80% Well
Yeah, this one’s about that “Something Big is Happening” blog post. Continue reading →
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On Post Timestamps
Some thoughts of using dual timestamps for blog posts to differentiate between the publication date and the date of the event, considering the implications for chronological feeds and user experience. Continue reading →
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📘 Devlog
Micro apps - Some Score Cards
In the spirit of maintaining a document of what I’ve been working on, and being somewhat inspired by Matt Birchler’s posts about his micro apps, I’d thought I’d document on some of the small apps I’ve worked on recently. The fact of the matter is that I’ve been building quite a few of these apps over the course of the summer, primarily in response to a specific need I have at the time. Continue reading →
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HV #old Submission
My submission for Hemispheric View’s request for fun and interesting computer peripherals. Continue reading →
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📘 Devlog
Game For Niece — More Art and Cropping Ebitengine Images
Drew some more artwork and started integrating it into the game. Replaced the previous bus image I got from an image search with one I created myself using Affinity Designer: It’s orange, just like the busses round here, although this one has a plainer livery. I’ve not integrated the car just yet: I’m hoping to finish off the animations for the bus first. But I’m so glad I embraced Affinity Designer for this. Continue reading →
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On Apple's Icons for Their Creator Studio Bundle
Apple’s new app icons fail to clearly convey their functions, leaving users confused about their purposes. Continue reading →
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Some More Thoughts on Apple's Ability to Make Vision Pro Content
Apple may struggle to produce the innovative Vision Pro content desired due to its reliance on established production practices and the pressure to justify substantial investments in video production. Continue reading →
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I Heart M Down
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Too Much HTML
Components, reusability, and cues from existing code in an unfamiliar project. Continue reading →
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About The Journey
A preference for the engineering process over the finished product leads to limited use of coding agents for project development. Continue reading →
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2025 Retro
No, not the good retro: the “agile” one. I felt that I didn’t have enough material for a comprehensive “year wrapped” post, but I did want to be a little reflective on what was . So it seemed fitting to use an approach favoured by software teams, where the points are brief, and the action items are never followed up. Keep Doing Public goal keeping: Documenting my goals, and when I achieve them, on this blog was a massive success. Continue reading →
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🖼️ Gallery
Rail Infrastructure Around Taradale
Since I was in the area, I figured I’d take a quick detour to Taradale to check out some of the local rail infrastructure: the closed station and the viaduct. Here are some photos of both. Continue reading →
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📘 Devlog
An API For a Keyframe Animation Package
A Go-based key-frame animator for Ebitengine projects was developed, emphasizing a clear API for animating float values with room for future enhancements. Continue reading →
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Rendering Outlined Text in Ebitengine
A method for rendering outlined text using the Ebitengine and the shapes package by creating a separate image for the text and applying an outline to it. Continue reading →
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2025 Song of the Year
Once again, a need to play something during Christmas Eve Mass has come around, so it’s time to elect 2025’s Song of the Year. No obvious song stood out this year, unlike 2023 and 2024. Looking back on what new music I listened to, it was mainly a lot of Enya and Lee Rosevere, with a bit of Anders Enger Jensen. Near the end of the year I also started listening to Jon Hopkins, in addition to one or two other artists featured in the “medleys” published on Music For Programming. Continue reading →
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🦆 Dialogue
Good Banter Not Found