Antonio Zugaldia
@zugaldia.com
Building stuff, one thing at a time. Voice engineering at Mapbox. Former WHO and Silica Labs. Physicist. I have a bad feeling about this mission.
Good move about the camera, bad move about the speaker www.zugaldia.com/notes/smart-...
November 15, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Good move about the camera, bad move about the speaker www.zugaldia.com/notes/smart-...
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October 15, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Love this. It's a win-win, we listeners get no ads and the publisher gets a stickier subscription. If you're looking for another high quality podcast with a similar no ads option check out @latenightlinux.bsky.social .
@8none1.org I just heard your comment about voice being the future of typing in a recent LNL episode. And I agree 100%. That's why I built github.com/zugaldia/spe..., which I've been using daily for most of my typing for months now. Feedback/contributions always welcome.
GitHub - zugaldia/speedofsound: Voice typing for the Linux desktop.
Voice typing for the Linux desktop. Contribute to zugaldia/speedofsound development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
October 12, 2025 at 1:34 PM
@8none1.org I just heard your comment about voice being the future of typing in a recent LNL episode. And I agree 100%. That's why I built github.com/zugaldia/spe..., which I've been using daily for most of my typing for months now. Feedback/contributions always welcome.
DevFestDC is today! Find me to talk AI and @mapbox.com (and, oh yes, we're hiring).
October 3, 2025 at 12:27 PM
DevFestDC is today! Find me to talk AI and @mapbox.com (and, oh yes, we're hiring).
My experience using the Meta Ray-Ban glasses for the last six months or so, where I make the case that audio, not vision, is the current killer feature for smart glasses: www.zugaldia.com/notes/smart-...
Meta Ray-Ban: Great speakers disguised as glasses - Antonio Zugaldia
Homepage and Notes
www.zugaldia.com
September 21, 2025 at 7:14 PM
My experience using the Meta Ray-Ban glasses for the last six months or so, where I make the case that audio, not vision, is the current killer feature for smart glasses: www.zugaldia.com/notes/smart-...
I'm ready to throw some money at whoever is printing t-shirts with that ultrathink design.
September 16, 2025 at 6:00 PM
I'm ready to throw some money at whoever is printing t-shirts with that ultrathink design.
I'll be introducing our new Feedback Agent later today @ 12.30 PST, ping/DM me here if you have any questions!
It’s Day 1 of BUILD with Mapbox! Here’s the full agenda:
Still want to join? Register here: events.zoom.us/ev/AqJYeHLi-...
#BuiltWithMapbox #DeveloperConference
Still want to join? Register here: events.zoom.us/ev/AqJYeHLi-...
#BuiltWithMapbox #DeveloperConference
September 8, 2025 at 3:29 PM
I'll be introducing our new Feedback Agent later today @ 12.30 PST, ping/DM me here if you have any questions!
> and says it has a $5B+ revenue run-rate (Anthropic)
And about half of that is me paying for Claude Code.
And about half of that is me paying for Claude Code.
Anthropic raised a $13B Series F led by Iconiq at a $183B post-money valuation, up from $61.5B in March 2025, and says it has a $5B+ revenue run-rate (Anthropic)
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September 2, 2025 at 7:34 PM
> and says it has a $5B+ revenue run-rate (Anthropic)
And about half of that is me paying for Claude Code.
And about half of that is me paying for Claude Code.
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I designed the biggest binoculars in the world (that you can buy) and they're for looking at outer space 🔭 🌌. Early access is a big step for our nano-scale mom-and-pop business to bring this model to life! www.analogsky.co/bloom
World's Biggest Binocular Telescope Model. 8" / 200mm Binoculars — Analog Sky
Analog Sky Bloom 8" reverse Newtonian binocular telescope gives you the most immersive views of the cosmos. Smart electronics combine with thoughtful design to create a whole new stargazing experience...
www.analogsky.co
August 26, 2025 at 8:19 PM
I designed the biggest binoculars in the world (that you can buy) and they're for looking at outer space 🔭 🌌. Early access is a big step for our nano-scale mom-and-pop business to bring this model to life! www.analogsky.co/bloom
My favorite use case is creating custom map styles, which I'm pretty bad at. “Create a Halloween-themed map. Make it look spooky and fun.”
Now, it’s faster and easier to build with Mapbox by equipping AI coding tools with access to the Mapbox platform.
The Mapbox MCP DevKit provides an interface to help AI assistants like Copilot, Cursor, and Claude Code to understand and streamline the Mapbox development environment: a.mbx.io/45sUFrH
The Mapbox MCP DevKit provides an interface to help AI assistants like Copilot, Cursor, and Claude Code to understand and streamline the Mapbox development environment: a.mbx.io/45sUFrH
August 13, 2025 at 7:38 PM
My favorite use case is creating custom map styles, which I'm pretty bad at. “Create a Halloween-themed map. Make it look spooky and fun.”
Great advice for LLMs in particular and life in general (context: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4488...).
August 13, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Great advice for LLMs in particular and life in general (context: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4488...).
DevFestDC is back! In collaboration with @developers.google.com, this year we're running a one-day event themed around generative AI and emerging technologies. More information about tickets and how to apply to speak on www.devfestdc.org
August 13, 2025 at 10:48 AM
DevFestDC is back! In collaboration with @developers.google.com, this year we're running a one-day event themed around generative AI and emerging technologies. More information about tickets and how to apply to speak on www.devfestdc.org
Clear your LLM context early and often. www.science.org/content/arti...
July 29, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Clear your LLM context early and often. www.science.org/content/arti...
This is very interesting. I particularly like the proposal under the hood for a lightweight mobile MCP implementation that is Android native.
🪿📱Introducing Goose Mobile
An exciting new experimental project in the goose ecosystem!
Goose Mobile is an open agent that runs directly on your Android device, designed to maximize automation of your everyday tasks.
github.com/block/goose-...
An exciting new experimental project in the goose ecosystem!
Goose Mobile is an open agent that runs directly on your Android device, designed to maximize automation of your everyday tasks.
github.com/block/goose-...
July 21, 2025 at 4:25 PM
This is very interesting. I particularly like the proposal under the hood for a lightweight mobile MCP implementation that is Android native.
Reposted by Antonio Zugaldia
I’m still in disbelief that *two-thirds* of the DC Council voted today to fully fund ranked-choice voting in the District beginning in June 2026! What an amazing day for local democracy! And a huge shoutout to every single DC resident who worked toward this moment.
July 14, 2025 at 9:24 PM
I’m still in disbelief that *two-thirds* of the DC Council voted today to fully fund ranked-choice voting in the District beginning in June 2026! What an amazing day for local democracy! And a huge shoutout to every single DC resident who worked toward this moment.
Reposted by Antonio Zugaldia
Turn on the sound — this is how nearly every night sounds for me and my family. Imagine getting used to that, living, working, raising kids. A lesson the world didn’t learn from WW2: when you tolerate and appease evil, it grows stronger, and you won’t notice until it reaches your home.
Russia continues it ongoing campaign of terror against Ukrainian cities.
July 10, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Turn on the sound — this is how nearly every night sounds for me and my family. Imagine getting used to that, living, working, raising kids. A lesson the world didn’t learn from WW2: when you tolerate and appease evil, it grows stronger, and you won’t notice until it reaches your home.
Oh this is gonna be fun. Ordered.
So excited to finally release our first robot today: Reachy Mini
A dream come true: cute and low priced, hackable yet easy to use, powered by open-source and the infinite community.
Read more and order now at huggingface.co/blog/reachy-...
A dream come true: cute and low priced, hackable yet easy to use, powered by open-source and the infinite community.
Read more and order now at huggingface.co/blog/reachy-...
Your open-source companion - Reachy Mini
YouTube video by Pollen Robotics
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July 9, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Oh this is gonna be fun. Ordered.
Love seeing this. There is a lot that can be done to improve the GNOME experience using the latest generative AI. Plenty of good local models to keep everything on device, and also cloud options when the use case requires it.
Something I’ve been looking for! 😍 #GNOME Desktop integration with LLMs through #MCP.
belmoussaoui.com/blog/21-mcp-...
Wouldn’t it be nice to check the possibility of using a different (more “open” and local) #LLM with vLLM or Ollama ?
@gnomefoundation.bsky.social
belmoussaoui.com/blog/21-mcp-...
Wouldn’t it be nice to check the possibility of using a different (more “open” and local) #LLM with vLLM or Ollama ?
@gnomefoundation.bsky.social
Grant the AI octopus access to a portion of your desktop
My blog site.
belmoussaoui.com
July 5, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Love seeing this. There is a lot that can be done to improve the GNOME experience using the latest generative AI. Plenty of good local models to keep everything on device, and also cloud options when the use case requires it.
This one is a no brainer for me, I've been getting value from GNOME for *decades* at this point, and for decades to come I hope.
It has indeed been a difficult year for GNOME, financially. If you benefit from GNOME as a user, we really need your donation:
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June 26, 2025 at 3:44 PM
This one is a no brainer for me, I've been getting value from GNOME for *decades* at this point, and for decades to come I hope.
So Agents success drops with the task length exponentially, like radioactive decay, BUT because of new model improvements, every 7 months the length of tasks AI agents can successfully complete *doubles*. www.tobyord.com/writing/half...
Is there a Half-Life for the Success Rates of AI Agents? — Toby Ord
Building on the recent empirical work of Kwa et al. (2025), I show that within their suite of research-engineering tasks the performance of AI agents on longer-duration tasks can be explained by an ex...
www.tobyord.com
June 18, 2025 at 4:00 PM
So Agents success drops with the task length exponentially, like radioactive decay, BUT because of new model improvements, every 7 months the length of tasks AI agents can successfully complete *doubles*. www.tobyord.com/writing/half...
TIL claude.md redirects to the Claude Code docs. Nice one @anthropic.com.
Claude Code overview - Anthropic
Learn about Claude Code, an agentic coding tool made by Anthropic.
CLAUDE.md
June 12, 2025 at 2:32 PM
TIL claude.md redirects to the Claude Code docs. Nice one @anthropic.com.
Our MCP goes live! Reach out if you try it out and want to share any feedback.
Wish AI agents were better at reading maps? Now they can be! With access to the Mapbox MCP Server, any AI agent can generate maps, get directions, find points of interest, and more… 🤖🗺️💡
github.com/mapbox/mcp-s...
#BuiltWithMapbox #LLM #MCP #AIAssistants #ModelContextProtocol @anthropic.com
github.com/mapbox/mcp-s...
#BuiltWithMapbox #LLM #MCP #AIAssistants #ModelContextProtocol @anthropic.com
June 10, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Our MCP goes live! Reach out if you try it out and want to share any feedback.
TIL YouTube thumbnail designer is a *full-time* job.
Could you design thumbnails for Veritasium? We're looking for a Designer. The role is full-time and fully remote join.com/companies/el...
June 8, 2025 at 3:12 PM
TIL YouTube thumbnail designer is a *full-time* job.
I now have Copilot reviewing Claude Code PRs. What a time to be alive.
June 8, 2025 at 1:07 PM
I now have Copilot reviewing Claude Code PRs. What a time to be alive.
Looks like Anthropic/Claude is giving up on TTS and relying on @elevenlabs.io for their recently announced voice mode. Interestingly, no mention of STT though. Source: app.vanta.com/anthropic/tr...
May 30, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Looks like Anthropic/Claude is giving up on TTS and relying on @elevenlabs.io for their recently announced voice mode. Interestingly, no mention of STT though. Source: app.vanta.com/anthropic/tr...