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After years of wondering what the post-UNIX paradigm of computing could look like, these past few months I've been prototyping a software platform built around capabilities and message passing, targeting Linux and bare-metal RISC-V. The big ideas I'm pursuing is a stackless design running on a flat address space with lightweight processes to minimize message-passing latency, and all the benefits of capabilities so ev…
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I really need to do a write-up. I kinda just whip up the easiest path and do it. For example for the grape, I needed to knock out some tryptophan synthesis genes so I could redirect the bioflux. Problem is that in bakers yeast they have a whole buncha copies of their chromosomes, so I had to knock out one of the genes and replace it with a different gene from grapes. Did that with a quick lil CRISPR switch. Had to el…
How much expensive lab equipment do you need to do something like this? "A quick lil CRISPR switch" sounds like "oh just my homemade fusion reactor hooked up to my kitchen warp drive" to me, yet you make it sound so simple!
As a pathologist and neuro-oncology researcher, to save myself time trying to keep up with scientific literature, I'm working on https://www.summarized.science/ . Based topics of interest (suggestions are more than welcome), the tool queries the scientific literature for each month. Then, by quering some LLMs, it extracts themes and summaries. The tool already saves me time in my day to day life, but still needs a lo…
As a layperson, I find this an approachable way to get an overview of a topic. However, I am only interested in a few select topics, and I was not able to find a way to subscribe to specific ones, such as #insulin-resistance (topic request ;-)
Another thing I really value in science YouTubers (e.g., youtube.com/@Physionic) is the deep dives they offer into the research—highlighting conflicting results, paying special attention to meta-analyses, etc. That would be amazing, although I realize it may be too much to ask.
It helped me stay more consistent with IF - added visual indicator of previous fasts in a little calendar widget on the dashboard so every time I open it, I see my streak visually, which has been a great motivator to continue.
I also added a BMI calculator, as the NHS one I had to enter all my values from scratch each time I went, so got a bit annoyed :)
I think I'm still the only user, but it's given me a lot of value as I beat my plateau!
The original dashboard was written in a hurry. It’s solid and effective, but clunky. It was written in UIKit, and uses the same backend as the main app.
The new app is being done in SwiftUI (with all its strengths and weaknesses), and has a new, streamlined, backend. It’s much faster and simpler than the original one, but will have to give up a couple of features, due to SwiftUI’s limitations (but it also adds one).
This project is also a test of LLM integration into my workflow. So far, it’s been quite helpful.
It looks inside each file to see what it’s about, then suggest the right folder for you.
Everything happens on your Mac, so nothing leaves your computer. No clouds, no servers.
It works in 50 languages (including English, German, French, Spanish, Swedish) and with images (OCR and object recognition), PDFs, Microsoft Office, ePubs, text, Markdown, and many other file types.
Next, rename files based on their content (e.g. 123023dfawjher.pdf → finance_chart_fy26.pdf).
For messy folders anywhere on the Mac, Floxtop can help.
Recently on my blog: https://bryanhogan.com/blog Wrote an introduction to Obsidian referencing other relevant posts, but also keeping it simple. And the post before that was about creating an app using SvelteKit + Capacitor. Currently working on some posts about AI coding and my life in Osaka after 3 months here. Other things I'm working on: - https://dailyselftrack.com/ - Got into working on it again, mainly solving…
Really enjoying reading you blog posts. Currently taking notes into my own Obsidian instance based on your post “Obsidian vault setup tour” Thanks for sharing
Doors - A first person, exploration game/experience that I built from scratch. Doors lets you explore URL addressable 3D rooms that link together seamlessly via portals. The idea is that people would upload rooms to the internet (to github, S3, whatever) and connect them together to form one giant inter-connected space that would be a real trip to explore. Right now rooms consistent of a: - Manifest JSON file that po…
A tiny adventure journal for the outdoors: https://gipfelbuch.org/ * Upload a GPX file -> see the route, map and key stats. * Store every hike, bike ride, walk, or trek in one place. * Think of it as a “personal notebook” for families, not a leaderboard. I built it to keep the stories of my own kids’ adventures. It’s still in early‑stage development - if you’d like to test it out or share ideas, drop me a line!
One suggestion - in the demo mode it would be nice if you provide a sample GPX file which you can try right away.
I'm working on Tech Posts ( https://techposts.eu ), a Hacker News for Europe! Since the last time I posted on HN it's gained a decent amount of traffic and users. I'm particularly happy with the jobs section, which is growing into a high signal-noise source for European tech jobs: https://techposts.eu/jobs The reason I started this website is because so much incredible innovation and growth in Europe flies under the…
EDIT: There is indeed a bug: clicking on a title which is an internal link sends you to the wrong page -- you have to click on the comments count.