philip
@heltweg.org
Indie maker & researcher with a doctorate in computer science | Software Engineering • Open Data • Data Science • Startups • esports | Visit https://heltweg.org :)
I have been playing around with knowledge-graphs and ontologies recently, is there software to visualize/query/debug them that is not made for power users and with charm from the 80s? What is the datasette of KGs? #databs
January 15, 2026 at 3:27 PM
I have been playing around with knowledge-graphs and ontologies recently, is there software to visualize/query/debug them that is not made for power users and with charm from the 80s? What is the datasette of KGs? #databs
Last update for Shoreline today, added special missions for new accounts. Instead of having to wait 4h+, new players now get tours from Celine and Marian that take seconds (with some immediate rewards in the form of collection items) ✨. Still far to go, but improving. #gamedev
January 15, 2026 at 3:19 PM
Last update for Shoreline today, added special missions for new accounts. Instead of having to wait 4h+, new players now get tours from Celine and Marian that take seconds (with some immediate rewards in the form of collection items) ✨. Still far to go, but improving. #gamedev
I have become what annoyed me and not optimized images. When you stare long enough into the abyss etc. In any case, Shoreline's images are now a bit better optimized (still could be much improved), speaking speed is doubled, skip speaking to end clickbox is larger, login now has loading animation 🤝
January 15, 2026 at 11:34 AM
I have become what annoyed me and not optimized images. When you stare long enough into the abyss etc. In any case, Shoreline's images are now a bit better optimized (still could be much improved), speaking speed is doubled, skip speaking to end clickbox is larger, login now has loading animation 🤝
Agree that the music on shoreline.apps.heltweg.org is catchy and nice. Its free to use from towball.itch.io/towballs-cro.... I tried it out as a placeholder while prototyping, but I think I will keep it. Happy to make Shorelines lifetime revenue -20€ and reward an artist for their work ☺️. #gamedev
January 15, 2026 at 11:22 AM
Agree that the music on shoreline.apps.heltweg.org is catchy and nice. Its free to use from towball.itch.io/towballs-cro.... I tried it out as a placeholder while prototyping, but I think I will keep it. Happy to make Shorelines lifetime revenue -20€ and reward an artist for their work ☺️. #gamedev
incredible writing, you have to trust me and read it to the end: www.owlposting.com/p/the-truth...
The truth behind the 2026 J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference
2.8k words, 13 minutes reading time
www.owlposting.com
January 14, 2026 at 3:24 PM
incredible writing, you have to trust me and read it to the end: www.owlposting.com/p/the-truth...
whoever made both the snooze and the stop button the same style in the android clock app: what are you going?
January 14, 2026 at 6:46 AM
whoever made both the snooze and the stop button the same style in the android clock app: what are you going?
Working hard on filling up my collection of Celines Critters in shoreline.apps.heltweg.org, just one more rare slot to unlock and some Budhoppers to find 😅. Also, I have to be honest there is not much of a goal right now, but I feel it is still kind of fun.
January 13, 2026 at 11:31 AM
Working hard on filling up my collection of Celines Critters in shoreline.apps.heltweg.org, just one more rare slot to unlock and some Budhoppers to find 😅. Also, I have to be honest there is not much of a goal right now, but I feel it is still kind of fun.
Unexpected challenges in LLM explainability, your agent speaks all the languages.
January 10, 2026 at 11:46 AM
Unexpected challenges in LLM explainability, your agent speaks all the languages.
Reposted by philip
sysadmin hits different now
January 9, 2026 at 12:36 AM
sysadmin hits different now
Email notifications for completed missions 🤝 Next up, random "if I was a worm, would you still go on missions with me?" letters because who is going to stop me?
January 8, 2026 at 11:58 AM
Email notifications for completed missions 🤝 Next up, random "if I was a worm, would you still go on missions with me?" letters because who is going to stop me?
Added email functionality to Shoreline. Tested it with new account creation, but annoying that I need to create a new account on live to test. So instead I added it to mission completion so now I just need to wait 8h to test 🧠
January 7, 2026 at 1:48 PM
Added email functionality to Shoreline. Tested it with new account creation, but annoying that I need to create a new account on live to test. So instead I added it to mission completion so now I just need to wait 8h to test 🧠
Wow, one of my projects URLs was up for renewal and I decided to instead move it to a subdomain of my personal domain... and thanks to Pulumi and my tiny k8s setup I could do a short search&replace + deploy and it actually worked first try. For a project that is a year+ old. What a time to be alive.
January 6, 2026 at 4:46 PM
Wow, one of my projects URLs was up for renewal and I decided to instead move it to a subdomain of my personal domain... and thanks to Pulumi and my tiny k8s setup I could do a short search&replace + deploy and it actually worked first try. For a project that is a year+ old. What a time to be alive.
The year end has been a bad time for managing my weight, but new year, new me?! Still a happy user of my own minimalist weight tracker, weightbook.app/landing 😅. I wrote a about my motivation for writing it back when I released it: www.heltweg.org/posts/weigh....
January 5, 2026 at 9:48 AM
The year end has been a bad time for managing my weight, but new year, new me?! Still a happy user of my own minimalist weight tracker, weightbook.app/landing 😅. I wrote a about my motivation for writing it back when I released it: www.heltweg.org/posts/weigh....
The downside of putting off every todo until Jan 5th because it is after the holidays is that at some point it is Jan 5th 😮.
January 5, 2026 at 8:39 AM
The downside of putting off every todo until Jan 5th because it is after the holidays is that at some point it is Jan 5th 😮.
Look at these cool long-distance train maps of various European countries, great to intuitively understand where you can go: larstransportmaps.com/ :)
lars' transport maps
unofficial transport diagrams
larstransportmaps.com
January 4, 2026 at 6:43 PM
Look at these cool long-distance train maps of various European countries, great to intuitively understand where you can go: larstransportmaps.com/ :)
Interestingly, the negative reactions to AI stealing human work seem much stronger from artists and writers and less from programmers. I wonder if I'm just in the wrong bubble, if consistent OSS culture changes the perception or if programmers just don't consider themselves creatives?
January 4, 2026 at 9:10 AM
Interestingly, the negative reactions to AI stealing human work seem much stronger from artists and writers and less from programmers. I wonder if I'm just in the wrong bubble, if consistent OSS culture changes the perception or if programmers just don't consider themselves creatives?
Interesting read about how to scale oral exams using LLM/Voice agents. I think the takeaways ignore some social problems (I'd assume that good students don't like having to interact with an AI instead of the instructor), but great test: www.behind-the-enemy-lines.com/2025/12/fig...
January 4, 2026 at 8:45 AM
Interesting read about how to scale oral exams using LLM/Voice agents. I think the takeaways ignore some social problems (I'd assume that good students don't like having to interact with an AI instead of the instructor), but great test: www.behind-the-enemy-lines.com/2025/12/fig...
Ah, I have been added to blocklists for my admitted use of AI. Fair enough, there are some strong opinions out there 😅.
January 4, 2026 at 8:00 AM
Ah, I have been added to blocklists for my admitted use of AI. Fair enough, there are some strong opinions out there 😅.
Back from Christmas vacation with a spicy topic: Dialogue system for my browsergame Shoreline and writing them in collaboration with AI?
#screenshotsaturday #gamedev #browsergame #indiedev #game #solarpunk #games #ttrpg #rpg
#screenshotsaturday #gamedev #browsergame #indiedev #game #solarpunk #games #ttrpg #rpg
January 3, 2026 at 12:20 PM
Back from Christmas vacation with a spicy topic: Dialogue system for my browsergame Shoreline and writing them in collaboration with AI?
#screenshotsaturday #gamedev #browsergame #indiedev #game #solarpunk #games #ttrpg #rpg
#screenshotsaturday #gamedev #browsergame #indiedev #game #solarpunk #games #ttrpg #rpg
Also, I added some Nintendo-style typewriter effect to the dialogues because it is the dialogue style of my childhood and why not 🤩 ? Might be a bit fast though?
December 31, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Also, I added some Nintendo-style typewriter effect to the dialogues because it is the dialogue style of my childhood and why not 🤩 ? Might be a bit fast though?
I've been playing the deployed Shoreline at shoreline.apps.heltweg.org. I was aware it looks terrible on mobile, but while wanting to complete a mission on my phone I noticed that is even impossible on small screens 🤦. So, I've spend some time making every page usable on mobile 🎉 .
December 31, 2025 at 11:37 AM
I've been playing the deployed Shoreline at shoreline.apps.heltweg.org. I was aware it looks terrible on mobile, but while wanting to complete a mission on my phone I noticed that is even impossible on small screens 🤦. So, I've spend some time making every page usable on mobile 🎉 .
I am back from Christmas travels and had a go at deploying Shoreline, the hopeful, collaborative browsergame I've prototyped for fun. It's insanely alpha and I'll still reset the data etc, but in case you want to have a look: shoreline.apps.heltweg.org/ #gamedev #indiedev
December 29, 2025 at 5:26 PM
I am back from Christmas travels and had a go at deploying Shoreline, the hopeful, collaborative browsergame I've prototyped for fun. It's insanely alpha and I'll still reset the data etc, but in case you want to have a look: shoreline.apps.heltweg.org/ #gamedev #indiedev
Road closures in Barcelona mean pedestrians reclaiming the street. Ah, how beautiful cities could be without cars. ☺️🚶🎄
December 28, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Road closures in Barcelona mean pedestrians reclaiming the street. Ah, how beautiful cities could be without cars. ☺️🚶🎄
For the first time in a long while I've spend Christmas at a beach. Can recommend it, looks beautiful with the rougher weather 🎄🌊.
December 27, 2025 at 4:57 PM
For the first time in a long while I've spend Christmas at a beach. Can recommend it, looks beautiful with the rougher weather 🎄🌊.
I'm without a PC, visiting family, so for this #screenshotsaturday I'll share the reworked landing screen of a ice-breaker game for large groups that a friend is working on with me: rankmeifyoucan.com Any feedback on the design? I like the background style :)
#gamedev #browsergame #indiedev
#gamedev #browsergame #indiedev
December 20, 2025 at 12:19 PM
I'm without a PC, visiting family, so for this #screenshotsaturday I'll share the reworked landing screen of a ice-breaker game for large groups that a friend is working on with me: rankmeifyoucan.com Any feedback on the design? I like the background style :)
#gamedev #browsergame #indiedev
#gamedev #browsergame #indiedev