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notnotamber.bsky.social
Amber Williams
@notnotamber.bsky.social
London-based software engineer.

Writings - amberwilliams.io
Building -
QuesoBookmarks.com - read it later app
FluentCheese.com - language learning app
There's a proposal to standardize how websites give LLMs instructions on how to use their site via an llms.txt file.

I noticed a popular library called MUI is using it already. Here's an example of Claude interacting with MUI's llms.txt

See llmstxt.org for more on the proposal
September 18, 2025 at 5:55 PM
I have yet to see a nicer looking bookmark manager that's able to be self-hosted
August 31, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Nuts that AWS Amplify with Next.js considers 20 minutes an acceptable build time.

This is from my blog's build with a few pages.
August 23, 2025 at 6:07 PM
AI may not make you a 10x engineer, but understanding how to use AI assisted coding frameworks can cost 20x less.

Diagram shows an experiment by @jovaneyck.bsky.social using MCPs with Claude Code vs without MCPs
August 15, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Free GPT-5 use all today through Cursor IDE
August 12, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Fluentcheese.com just added Hebrew and Catalan. What language should we add next?
August 12, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Queso, a web clippings & bookmarks manager, now has a Bookmarks page!

chromewebstore.google.com/detail/queso...
August 11, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Had to rebrand Ricotta thanks to domain squatters...

Say hello to FluentCheese.com : )
August 11, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Just released my open-source advanced bookmark management browser extension called Queso. It's available in Chrome's extension store.
chromewebstore.google.com/detail/queso...
August 11, 2025 at 10:18 PM
"Agents are models using tools in a loop," — Hannah Moran (Anthropic)
August 11, 2025 at 10:16 PM
My blog post made it to the frontpage of @hackernews recently.

Easy to build stuff these days, harder to write about it all!
August 11, 2025 at 10:15 PM
As they say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery! @directus.io
August 11, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Built an open-source embedded SQL database for Hackernew's monthly hiring thread. Nearly 1000 users monthly.

amber-williams.github.io/hackernews-w...
HN Who's Hiring Database
Query the latest Hacker News 'Who's Hiring' job postings using SQL. A live database updated regularly for easy job searching and trend analysis.
amber-williams.github.io
August 11, 2025 at 10:11 PM