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tjohnell

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About tjohnell

My name is Tom Johnell. I am a software engineer, engineering leader, and more recently, an independent sponsor.

Can read more about what I'm doing here: https://tomjohnell.com/

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    Hi all - I posted about Pike several months ago that garnered some attention and wanted to follow up with my project that spun off from that - creating an open dataset for U.S. int…

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    Comment #48740993

    Who knows - this could be the last model we see from Anthropic. Or it just becomes the wild west and we figure it out as we go.

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    Comment #48722600

    I’m good with just tailscale and self-hosted web-apps. Seems the main selling point is either native UX or reduced barriers to entry security-wise. I like barriers to entry.

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    Comment #48053038

    It will inevitably learn how to think in a way that translates to one (moral) meaning and back but has an ulterior meaning underneath.

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    Comment #48053009

    I’ve been doing a ragtag version of this with sub-agents, TTS, and STT in Claude Code. Real-time would be pretty awesome, even if it’s just orchestrating other agents. I’m might ha…

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    Comment #47852298

    Slop’s Law If it can be slopped, it will be slopped.

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    Comment #47562452

    Please share the repo for the API and we will happily provide technical feedback.

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    Comment #47545416

    AirPods are criminally low on that list.

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    Comment #47339899

    Hi jmx, I hadn't considered that scenario. I'd be happy to as long as Apple doesn't have me jump through too many hoops. I don't mind a few hoops though.

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    I'm also interested in your second bullet. The likelihood that you're passing by a cool outdoor event while blazing down the interstate is a lot higher than if you're staying in to…

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    No Android app - however, using the current app as the spec, it would be interesting and fun to take on creating the Android version. I really don't believe it would be that hard. …

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    Author here - I agree with you :)

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    Comment #47336759

    Hello, I appreciate the kind words. When I realized that radial search just wasn't going to be accurate (and potentially harmful given people might exit onto another interstate thi…

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    Comment #47336518

    Hi all - author of Pike here. Happy to answer any questions.

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    Comment #47336503

    Hi - author of Pike here. You have it right. I don't think the current UX is perfect though. Clearly it's confusing folks!

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    Comment #47255633

    Hi all - just sharing my latest invention that was recently released to the iOS app store. If you'll be on the road any time soon, please give the app a try!

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    Comment #46944935

    https://github.com/tldev/posturr Posturr is a macOS app that blurs your screen when you slouch. I’ve always had bad posture at my desk, so I wanted to figure out a way to check mys…

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    You inspired me to release it to the app store: https://apple.co/4apwHBk