every year i over-engineer our family's secret santa allocation. this year: retro arcade games built with phaser.js 🎮 because why just draw names when you can earn them through mini-games? 🔗 play it: eddmann.com/secret-santa... 💻 code: github.com/eddmann/secr... thread 👇

signed, sealed, notarized 📝 spent the last half hour learning how to get my recent macOS apps properly code-signed and notarized via github action: - github.com/eddmann/Clip... - github.com/eddmann/Voic... - github.com/eddmann/Caff... - github.com/eddmann/Clau...

cloudflare's bot detection went down last week - their ml feature config exceeded a hard limit of 200 features. if you're curious what ml features actually are, we dive into it all in our latest podcast 🎙️ compiledconversations.com/14/ compiledconversations.com/15/

been listening to the @karpathy episode on dwarkesh podcast, highly recommend it after the richard sutton one from september. really interesting back-to-back 🎧 www.dwarkesh.com/p/andrej-kar... thread 👇

smooth animations 😎...

my wife wanted a simple 4-8 breathing app for her apple watch. the built-in one doesn't let you customise inhale/exhale timing. so ofc i spent my lunch break building one from scratch 😅 👇 ⏱️ github.com/eddmann/Ovlo

with the recent opus 4.5 release, claude now tracks sonnet-only usage instead of opus. just published a new release of claudemeter to reflect that. also added a hover tooltip that shows the exact reset timestamp in your local timezone. github.com/eddmann/Clau...

Ep. 15: Machine Learning Fundamentals, Part 2 w/ Shannon Wirtz we dive deeper into the architectures, training techniques, and evaluation methods behind modern #ml 👇 🎧 compiledconversations.com/15/

today i built: claudemeter - a macOS menu bar app that tracks my claude usage in real-time. got tired of checking the cli, wanted something i could glance at. plus notifications when i hit thresholds 🎯 github.com/eddmann/Clau...

having a lot of fun with swiftui atm. swift’s trailing closures make it feel like you’re describing your ui, not assembling it. the language almost turns into a tiny ui-dsl 😎. pair that with live previews and 🚀

the real issue with building a game boy emulator is getting distracted by the games you’re supposed to be _testing_…

@nick-tune.me hey nick! big fan of your ddd work and the recent ai + living documentation posts. 🙏 really brilliant stuff. i host compiledconversations.com and would love to have you on to chat about where you see ddd and ai heading. would you at all be interested?

built a little menu-tray app over lunch so i don’t have to keep checking #claude usage from the cli. the people need more tray icons anyway 😄

been finding this /commit command in #claude super useful lately. when you’re working inside an agent workflow, you’ve almost always got the _why_ to hand. it creates invaluable future context for both humans and agents.👇

phpboy is now officially a gbc with full colour support 🎨 🎉 thread 👇 github.com/eddmann/phpboy

Ep. 14: Machine Learning Fundamentals, Part 1 w/ Shannon Wirtz what *actually* is machine learning, and how does it differ from traditional programming? we break it all down. 👇 🎧 compiledconversations.com/14/

built a tiny cli tool called turbo-png - a small, focused utility to compress and optimise pngs from the terminal. thread 👇 github.com/eddmann/turb...

phpboy now makes game boy sounds 🎮 apu support added - host only (no docker at this time) + sox needed since ffplay can’t handle the buffering. github.com/eddmann/phpboy

i built a voice transcription app for macOS that runs 100% locally on your mac - no cloud, no api calls, complete privacy. 🎙️ here's how it came together 👇

i built a game boy emulator in #php over the weekend - mostly from my phone, with the help of #claude’s remote agents. 🤯 here’s how it went 👇

today i built: obsidian-mcp moved from obsidian sync to git vault specifically for remote lambda deployment claude/chatGPT can now read/edit/search my notes from anywhere automatic git commits = full audit trail typescript + git + lambda github.com/eddmann/obsidian-mcp #todayibuilt #obsidian

today i built: whatsapp-mcp credit to @LukeHarries_ for the initial version 🙏 explored go for mcp: - unified multidevice API + server - revised tool api - fts5 search, fuzzy matching - docker go + sqlite + whatsapp = 😎 github.com/eddmann/whatsapp-mcp #todayibuilt #golang

today i built: strava-mcp wanted to chat with my workouts instead of staring at dashboards "am i overtraining?" answer... "how's my mileage?" insights... wrote about it: eddmann.com/posts/running-mcps-everywhere-chatting-with-my-workouts github.com/eddmann/strava-mcp #todayibuilt #running #mcp

The BEAM is more than a runtime - it’s #Erlang’s real superpower. @shawnmc.cool explains how the BEAM isn’t just a VM, but an operating system for concurrency. Every process runs in complete isolation, enabling massive fault tolerance and reliability. 🎧 compiledconversations.com/12/%EF%BF%BC

Concurrency without the chaos. ⚡️ @shawnmc.cool unpacks the power of OTP - #Erlang’s “standard library for concurrency.” Learn how it turns thousands of lightweight processes into reliable, self-healing systems that just work. 🎧 Listen now: compiledconversations.com/12/%EF%BF%BC

Failure isn’t the enemy - it’s part of the design. ⚙️ In a recent episode of Compiled Conversations, @shawnmc.cool broke down Erlang’s “let it crash” philosophy - why letting things fail can actually make your systems more reliable, not less. 🎧 Listen now: compiledconversations.com/12/

Ep. 13: Building on the BEAM, Part 2 w/ @shawnmc.cool We continue our chat with exploration of #Elixir's ecosystem: - Phoenix LiveView & real-time apps - Ecto's composable queries - Nerves for IoT & embedded systems - Nx, LiveBook & Tidewave 🎧 compiledconversations.com/13/

@simonwillison.net I’m curious about the thread connecting Django, Lanyrd, Datasette, and your LLM work. 20+ years of building tools + documenting it all. How has your thinking evolved? What’s carried through? Would you be up for discussing this? compiledconversations.com

I was recently on a podcast discussing Erlang / Elixir and the significant advantages that its runtime environment can bring over the industry status quo. I worked to specifically providing insight for my PHP / Java / C# experienced friends. bsky.app/profile/eddm...

Ep. 12: Building on the BEAM, Part 1 w/ @shawnmc.cool Why do #Erlang & #Elixir excel at distributed systems? We explore: • Process isolation & concurrency • Actor model & message passing • "Let it crash" philosophy • Hot code upgrades 🎧 compiledconversations.com/12/

Ep. 11: The Life of a PostgreSQL Table, Part 2 w/ Bruce Momjian Continuing our deep dive into a table's lifecycle in #Postgres, from updates to table clean-up. We cover - MVCC & transaction isolation - Table alterations & performance - Vacuuming & WAL 🎧 compiledconversations.com/11/

Been using #macOS `caffeinate` a lot lately, so I built a tiny #Swift menu bar app around it. CaffeineMate keeps your Mac awake with one click - set timers (15m, 1h, 3h, custom), keep the display on, and toggle it all with a global shortcut. ☕ eddmann.com/CaffeineMate/

Context is everything when working with LLMs. In episode 7 of Compiled Conversations, @ashleyhindle.com explains why managing context windows is critical to getting quality, reliable output. 🎧 Listen now: compiledconversations.com/7/ 👉 Subscribe on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.

Zero-shot, one-shot, few-shot - what do they really mean when prompting large language models? In episode 7 of Compiled Conversations, @ashleyhindle.com breaks down each one. 🎧 Listen now: compiledconversations.com/7/ 👉 Don’t miss future episodes - subscribe on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.

LLM agents get talked about a lot - but what are they, really? In Episode 7 of Compiled Conversations, @ashleyhindle.com strips away the hype and explains how agents are, at their core, just a simple loop. 🎧 Listen now: compiledconversations.com/7/ 👉 Subscribe on Apple Podcasts or Spotify

In Functional Programming, functions aren't just helpers - they are the building blocks. In the latest episode, @scottwlaschin.bsky.social breaks down how FP uses functions to compose behaviour, control flow, and model systems in a different way from OOP. 🎧 compiledconversations.com/9/

Exploring #MCP and @laravel.com MCP by building a @plex.tv integration 🎬 AI assistants now understand where I am in a film through subtitle analysis. 'What have I missed?' gets context-aware answers without spoilers. Write up: eddmann.com/posts/contex... Repo: github.com/eddmann/plex...

Laravel Boost makes AI-assisted development faster and more reliable. ⚡ @ashleyhindle.com explains how it provides tested guidelines, its own MCP server, and version-specific docs for Laravel projects. 🎧 Listen now: compiledconversations.com/7/ 👉 Subscribe on Apple Podcasts or Spotify for more.

Ep. 10: The Life of a PostgreSQL Table, Part 1 w/ Bruce Momjian What really happens when you create, insert, or query in #Postgres? We dig into: - Storage internals (pages, TOAST) - MVCC & WAL - Index types & use cases - Query planning & joins 🎧 compiledconversations.com/10/

@den.dev Big fan of spec-kit and your YouTube content! I know you must be super busy, but would you be interested in joining compiledconversations.com to chat about spec-driven development, spec-kit, and agentic tooling sometime?

Error handling often clutters code. Fortunately, functional programming offers a more elegant way. @scottwlaschin.bsky.social explains the 'two-track' model 🚂 (railway-oriented programming) - keeping the success path clean while ensuring errors are always handled. 🎧 compiledconversations.com/9/

Programming isn't one-size-fits-all. In Episode 9 of Compiled Conversations, @scottwlaschin.bsky.social makes the case for being multi-paradigm - using the right language for the right job. Just like a tradesperson has more than one tool, a programmer should too. 🎧 compiledconversations.com/9/

The Reverse Conway Maneuver flips the script on Conway’s Law. In Episode 8 of Compiled Conversations, Scott explains how aligning teams with domains helps avoid conflicts - and why the number of teams you have inevitably shapes your system’s architecture. 🎧 Listen now: compiledconversations.com/8/

Garbage in, garbage out. 🗑️ In Episode 8 of Compiled Conversations, Scott explains why good design starts with good inputs - and why even the best code can’t fix bad ones. 🎧 Listen now: compiledconversations.com/8/ 👉 Subscribe on Apple Podcasts or Spotify so you don’t miss future episodes.

🎉 Ep. 9: Domain Modeling Made Functional, Part 2 w/ @scottwlaschin.bsky.social How do #DDD & FP fit together? We cover: - What makes a language functional - FP-style error handling 🚂 - Composable data types for domain modeling - Pipelines & workflow modeling 🎧 compiledconversations.com/9/

Writing code isn't just for computers - it's for people too. @scottwlaschin.bsky.social explains how #DDD encourages developers to use the same language as non-developers; making code a tool for communication, not just execution. 🎧 compiledconversations.com/8/

Ep. 8: Domain Modeling Made Functional, Part 1 w/ @scottwlaschin.bsky.social #DDD isn't about code - it's about communication, we discuss: - Strategic vs tactical DDD - (Sub)domains - Bounded contexts & ubiquitous language - Conway's Law & team organisation 🎧 compiledconversations.com/8/

🧝✨ Workshop update from the North Pole: Jolly JVM just delivered a #Java impl. of elf-lang featuring #Clojure-style immutable, persistent collections w/ structural sharing! 🔧 Impl: eddmann.com/santa-lang-w... 📖 Writeup: eddmann.com/posts/santa-...

I may have taken the Christmas-themed programming language thing a bit too far... Introducing the santa-lang Workshop: AI agents (elves) implementing elf-lang across different programming languages using shared test suites and stage-gated development. 📖 eddmann.com/posts/santa-... #AI #LLM

Ep. 7: Boosting Laravel Through AI w/ @ashleyhindle.com From autocomplete → task completion: how #AI and #Laravel Boost are reshaping dev workflows: - AI fundamentals (AI, ML, GenAI, LLMs) - Prompt & context engineering - RAG, MCP & agents - Testing in the AI era 🎧 compiledconversations.com/7/