Dion Almaer
@almaer.com
Bringing nuance to a knife fight 🔪, surprisingly older than @bgalbs
Past: Ajaxian, Shopify, Google, Mozilla, webOS, and more!
Past: Ajaxian, Shopify, Google, Mozilla, webOS, and more!
After iterating... you end up with a new app at your finger prints. What a time to be alive ;)
October 7, 2025 at 8:57 PM
After iterating... you end up with a new app at your finger prints. What a time to be alive ;)
Step 3: Coded by Jules
Finally, it’s time to build. I setup a repo that contains my spec as a README, and the screens that I want to build which have been downloaded from Stitch.
Finally, it’s time to build. I setup a repo that contains my spec as a README, and the screens that I want to build which have been downloaded from Stitch.
October 7, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Step 3: Coded by Jules
Finally, it’s time to build. I setup a repo that contains my spec as a README, and the screens that I want to build which have been downloaded from Stitch.
Finally, it’s time to build. I setup a repo that contains my spec as a README, and the screens that I want to build which have been downloaded from Stitch.
Step 1: Starting with the Spec
Captures what you are looking to build: it’s design and implementation. Sometimes I work with an AI to go deep on the definition up front, and other times I stay shallower and flush out the spec as I add more features.
Captures what you are looking to build: it’s design and implementation. Sometimes I work with an AI to go deep on the definition up front, and other times I stay shallower and flush out the spec as I add more features.
October 7, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Step 1: Starting with the Spec
Captures what you are looking to build: it’s design and implementation. Sometimes I work with an AI to go deep on the definition up front, and other times I stay shallower and flush out the spec as I add more features.
Captures what you are looking to build: it’s design and implementation. Sometimes I work with an AI to go deep on the definition up front, and other times I stay shallower and flush out the spec as I add more features.
Not a bad start to a Sunday… with the footy on TV and using Jules to build an iOS app that uses it’s new API… designed by Stitch.
stitch.withgoogle.com/projects/272...
stitch.withgoogle.com/projects/272...
October 5, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Not a bad start to a Sunday… with the footy on TV and using Jules to build an iOS app that uses it’s new API… designed by Stitch.
stitch.withgoogle.com/projects/272...
stitch.withgoogle.com/projects/272...
Which group will be the AI and which the humans?
May 25, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Which group will be the AI and which the humans?
Gemini Diffusion!
I love a good zig and zag. We used to be in a world where image generation used diffusion techniques (from noise), and text used autoregresion (next token). ChatGPT added 4o image generation that went the other way and used autoregression …
I love a good zig and zag. We used to be in a world where image generation used diffusion techniques (from noise), and text used autoregresion (next token). ChatGPT added 4o image generation that went the other way and used autoregression …
May 20, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Gemini Diffusion!
I love a good zig and zag. We used to be in a world where image generation used diffusion techniques (from noise), and text used autoregresion (next token). ChatGPT added 4o image generation that went the other way and used autoregression …
I love a good zig and zag. We used to be in a world where image generation used diffusion techniques (from noise), and text used autoregresion (next token). ChatGPT added 4o image generation that went the other way and used autoregression …
% parade list openai
I've been enjoying building simple tools writing a spec and having them generated.
`parade` uses Ink and Vercel's AI SDK to let me explore model names from various providers (because I am using the openai:gpt-4o type URI format in other tools).
github.com/dalmaer/parade
I've been enjoying building simple tools writing a spec and having them generated.
`parade` uses Ink and Vercel's AI SDK to let me explore model names from various providers (because I am using the openai:gpt-4o type URI format in other tools).
github.com/dalmaer/parade
May 7, 2025 at 3:54 PM
% parade list openai
I've been enjoying building simple tools writing a spec and having them generated.
`parade` uses Ink and Vercel's AI SDK to let me explore model names from various providers (because I am using the openai:gpt-4o type URI format in other tools).
github.com/dalmaer/parade
I've been enjoying building simple tools writing a spec and having them generated.
`parade` uses Ink and Vercel's AI SDK to let me explore model names from various providers (because I am using the openai:gpt-4o type URI format in other tools).
github.com/dalmaer/parade
I love being able to create micro apps. I hosted a white elephant party & instead of doing the typical thing and have people pull a number out of a hat, I used Bolt and whipped up a lil app which I projected on the TV in our room and randomized the next person to pick a gift!
bolt.new/~/sb1-hjoqtk
bolt.new/~/sb1-hjoqtk
December 2, 2024 at 3:09 PM
I love being able to create micro apps. I hosted a white elephant party & instead of doing the typical thing and have people pull a number out of a hat, I used Bolt and whipped up a lil app which I projected on the TV in our room and randomized the next person to pick a gift!
bolt.new/~/sb1-hjoqtk
bolt.new/~/sb1-hjoqtk
/dev/agents is a new dream team to build an “OS for AI agents”.
November 26, 2024 at 4:14 PM
/dev/agents is a new dream team to build an “OS for AI agents”.
Hmm, not sure I’m feeling *intense* coding, this morning …
November 4, 2024 at 2:28 PM
Hmm, not sure I’m feeling *intense* coding, this morning …
October 31, 2024 at 3:19 AM
I asked Claude to browse the brand new @augmentcode.bsky.social website that launched today that shows everyone information about our growing product surface.
It shared the top 5 reasons why it's the best coding assistant: 🧵
It shared the top 5 reasons why it's the best coding assistant: 🧵
October 24, 2024 at 3:47 PM
I asked Claude to browse the brand new @augmentcode.bsky.social website that launched today that shows everyone information about our growing product surface.
It shared the top 5 reasons why it's the best coding assistant: 🧵
It shared the top 5 reasons why it's the best coding assistant: 🧵
New game: create a text group which includes one friend with Android to see if anyone isn’t on iOS 8 yet.
October 22, 2024 at 8:31 PM
New game: create a text group which includes one friend with Android to see if anyone isn’t on iOS 8 yet.
“Phfff that LLM is just a junior engineer.”
Even if true, it represents “a junior engineer” who has gone breadth first into the vaste majority of software topics! That’s amazing!
I may be deep in a tiny subset of languages, libraries and platforms.
Even if true, it represents “a junior engineer” who has gone breadth first into the vaste majority of software topics! That’s amazing!
I may be deep in a tiny subset of languages, libraries and platforms.
October 18, 2024 at 11:55 PM
“Phfff that LLM is just a junior engineer.”
Even if true, it represents “a junior engineer” who has gone breadth first into the vaste majority of software topics! That’s amazing!
I may be deep in a tiny subset of languages, libraries and platforms.
Even if true, it represents “a junior engineer” who has gone breadth first into the vaste majority of software topics! That’s amazing!
I may be deep in a tiny subset of languages, libraries and platforms.
Someone drove over our mailbox. We have a new one and I’m waiting for it to set. The postal worker came and didn’t deliver our mail because “the mailbox was too low”. It’s roughly the same height in its temp arrangement but… huh!
June 13, 2023 at 3:37 PM
Someone drove over our mailbox. We have a new one and I’m waiting for it to set. The postal worker came and didn’t deliver our mail because “the mailbox was too low”. It’s roughly the same height in its temp arrangement but… huh!
They know you can update the app right?
May 23, 2023 at 5:56 PM
They know you can update the app right?
★ Building a modern design system in layers ★
I am seeing a new pattern in design systems where the right layering unlocks many more developers and sets you up for a system that can evolve over the long time.
https://blog.almaer.com/building-a-modern-design-system-in-layers/
I am seeing a new pattern in design systems where the right layering unlocks many more developers and sets you up for a system that can evolve over the long time.
https://blog.almaer.com/building-a-modern-design-system-in-layers/
May 15, 2023 at 5:01 PM
★ Building a modern design system in layers ★
I am seeing a new pattern in design systems where the right layering unlocks many more developers and sets you up for a system that can evolve over the long time.
https://blog.almaer.com/building-a-modern-design-system-in-layers/
I am seeing a new pattern in design systems where the right layering unlocks many more developers and sets you up for a system that can evolve over the long time.
https://blog.almaer.com/building-a-modern-design-system-in-layers/
When I saw some of the photos, with high quality, it made me hope that the mystery of grainy past photos and black and white majesty will be gone and instead folks will see it for the cosplay that it is.
May 13, 2023 at 2:43 PM
When I saw some of the photos, with high quality, it made me hope that the mystery of grainy past photos and black and white majesty will be gone and instead folks will see it for the cosplay that it is.
I/O coming in hot with characters and cards! Huh!
May 10, 2023 at 4:16 AM
I/O coming in hot with characters and cards! Huh!
Instead of speed as 1.5x etc, I kinda want “X words per minute”.
May 9, 2023 at 4:11 PM
Instead of speed as 1.5x etc, I kinda want “X words per minute”.
Son: “are you interviewing right away?!?”
Me: “no! It’s my choir performance!”
Me: “no! It’s my choir performance!”
May 9, 2023 at 3:30 AM
Son: “are you interviewing right away?!?”
Me: “no! It’s my choir performance!”
Me: “no! It’s my choir performance!”
My OCD requires me to change the name of this to something that maps to the sheet.
May 5, 2023 at 4:51 PM
My OCD requires me to change the name of this to something that maps to the sheet.
While it does this, it doesn’t show you the voicemail so you are unable to listen to it. 🤦♂️
May 5, 2023 at 2:50 PM
While it does this, it doesn’t show you the voicemail so you are unable to listen to it. 🤦♂️