Hugo Hamel
@hugohamel.com
🧑💻 Fractional CTO/COO (vanilla PHP/JS)
🧱 Pixel Builder since 2005
🛠️ AI, Automation, SaaS & Tools
🇫🇷🇨🇦➧🇵🇹
🔨 Working on: http://llmoverwatch.com 🆕
+10 other startups & tools
🧱 Pixel Builder since 2005
🛠️ AI, Automation, SaaS & Tools
🇫🇷🇨🇦➧🇵🇹
🔨 Working on: http://llmoverwatch.com 🆕
+10 other startups & tools
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Hugo Hamel
@hugohamel.com
· Nov 26
Thought I'd (re)introduce myself 👋
I'm Hugo, and I've been a digital bricklayer (aka pixel builder) since 2005, at 13. I've come a long way from taking screenshots of stacked images in a Word document to make what I considered designing.
... continue 🧵
I'm Hugo, and I've been a digital bricklayer (aka pixel builder) since 2005, at 13. I've come a long way from taking screenshots of stacked images in a Word document to make what I considered designing.
... continue 🧵
Anyone going to the Web Summit next week?
November 4, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Anyone going to the Web Summit next week?
73 days ago, I was hoping to celebrate 1.5K users
Then a massive drop happened...
Today I am celebrating 2K users 🎉
The secret:
- Stop obsessing over the metrics to avoid negative energy
- Focus on continuously improving the Cursor Usage extension
- Share the improvements
Then a massive drop happened...
Today I am celebrating 2K users 🎉
The secret:
- Stop obsessing over the metrics to avoid negative energy
- Focus on continuously improving the Cursor Usage extension
- Share the improvements
November 3, 2025 at 12:20 PM
73 days ago, I was hoping to celebrate 1.5K users
Then a massive drop happened...
Today I am celebrating 2K users 🎉
The secret:
- Stop obsessing over the metrics to avoid negative energy
- Focus on continuously improving the Cursor Usage extension
- Share the improvements
Then a massive drop happened...
Today I am celebrating 2K users 🎉
The secret:
- Stop obsessing over the metrics to avoid negative energy
- Focus on continuously improving the Cursor Usage extension
- Share the improvements
You know you made it when a recruiter has to say:
"Please do not use AI tools during the interviews such as Cluely for instance as we have the possibility to detect it ;)"
Cluely was only founded in April 2025
Since then they:
- Raised $15 million
- Advertised in Time Square
"Please do not use AI tools during the interviews such as Cluely for instance as we have the possibility to detect it ;)"
Cluely was only founded in April 2025
Since then they:
- Raised $15 million
- Advertised in Time Square
October 7, 2025 at 2:57 PM
You know you made it when a recruiter has to say:
"Please do not use AI tools during the interviews such as Cluely for instance as we have the possibility to detect it ;)"
Cluely was only founded in April 2025
Since then they:
- Raised $15 million
- Advertised in Time Square
"Please do not use AI tools during the interviews such as Cluely for instance as we have the possibility to detect it ;)"
Cluely was only founded in April 2025
Since then they:
- Raised $15 million
- Advertised in Time Square
OMG, [insert new AI model] just one shot my new website 🤯
AI is coming for our jobs!!!
/s
AI is coming for our jobs!!!
/s
October 3, 2025 at 9:46 AM
OMG, [insert new AI model] just one shot my new website 🤯
AI is coming for our jobs!!!
/s
AI is coming for our jobs!!!
/s
Will coding change to have frameworks that are AI friendly rather than have knowledge of it?
September 30, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Will coding change to have frameworks that are AI friendly rather than have knowledge of it?
This is the beginning of having AI in our pocket as a global standard.
September 30, 2025 at 10:38 AM
This is the beginning of having AI in our pocket as a global standard.
This is next level!
Can't wait for procedural 3D generation video games!
Tiny Glade + Sim City = iCity 3D 🤞
Now I want to be an architect and play with iCity in Blender...
Can't wait for procedural 3D generation video games!
Tiny Glade + Sim City = iCity 3D 🤞
Now I want to be an architect and play with iCity in Blender...
September 29, 2025 at 5:07 PM
This is next level!
Can't wait for procedural 3D generation video games!
Tiny Glade + Sim City = iCity 3D 🤞
Now I want to be an architect and play with iCity in Blender...
Can't wait for procedural 3D generation video games!
Tiny Glade + Sim City = iCity 3D 🤞
Now I want to be an architect and play with iCity in Blender...
Today is the day I discovered:
AnythingLLM Desktop 🤯
- Run LLMs locally
- Chat with documents
- Al Agents built in
- Open-source
- Private by default
- No setup required
It's like LM Studio but on steroid!
AnythingLLM Desktop 🤯
- Run LLMs locally
- Chat with documents
- Al Agents built in
- Open-source
- Private by default
- No setup required
It's like LM Studio but on steroid!
September 28, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Today is the day I discovered:
AnythingLLM Desktop 🤯
- Run LLMs locally
- Chat with documents
- Al Agents built in
- Open-source
- Private by default
- No setup required
It's like LM Studio but on steroid!
AnythingLLM Desktop 🤯
- Run LLMs locally
- Chat with documents
- Al Agents built in
- Open-source
- Private by default
- No setup required
It's like LM Studio but on steroid!
Just added Grok to LLM Overwatch ✅
September 22, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Just added Grok to LLM Overwatch ✅
Cursor is expelling thousands of users from their Student Program
Using SheerID as third party to validate students, it is unable to validate anyone's ID
They only onboard .edu emails (which is a reserved domain for the US schools)
Using SheerID as third party to validate students, it is unable to validate anyone's ID
They only onboard .edu emails (which is a reserved domain for the US schools)
September 21, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Cursor is expelling thousands of users from their Student Program
Using SheerID as third party to validate students, it is unable to validate anyone's ID
They only onboard .edu emails (which is a reserved domain for the US schools)
Using SheerID as third party to validate students, it is unable to validate anyone's ID
They only onboard .edu emails (which is a reserved domain for the US schools)
Any SEO expert can explain this?
- No change was done on my end in the last days
- Impressions went down
- Position went up
If position goes up, then impressions should increase, no?
- No change was done on my end in the last days
- Impressions went down
- Position went up
If position goes up, then impressions should increase, no?
September 21, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Any SEO expert can explain this?
- No change was done on my end in the last days
- Impressions went down
- Position went up
If position goes up, then impressions should increase, no?
- No change was done on my end in the last days
- Impressions went down
- Position went up
If position goes up, then impressions should increase, no?
Real talk: I've been a ChatGPT ride-or-die since day one.
But lately?
I've been leaning more and more towards Gemini
Google is absolutely catching up to the AI game
And honestly, it's quite good!
Anyone else doing the same?
But lately?
I've been leaning more and more towards Gemini
Google is absolutely catching up to the AI game
And honestly, it's quite good!
Anyone else doing the same?
September 9, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Real talk: I've been a ChatGPT ride-or-die since day one.
But lately?
I've been leaning more and more towards Gemini
Google is absolutely catching up to the AI game
And honestly, it's quite good!
Anyone else doing the same?
But lately?
I've been leaning more and more towards Gemini
Google is absolutely catching up to the AI game
And honestly, it's quite good!
Anyone else doing the same?
What if governments allow individuals to deduct essential expenses (eg. rent, groceries, etc.) on their tax report at the end of the year?
Exactly like businesses do, allowing them to pay less taxes.
Shouldn't what counts be what is left in your pocket at the end?
Exactly like businesses do, allowing them to pay less taxes.
Shouldn't what counts be what is left in your pocket at the end?
September 7, 2025 at 10:14 AM
What if governments allow individuals to deduct essential expenses (eg. rent, groceries, etc.) on their tax report at the end of the year?
Exactly like businesses do, allowing them to pay less taxes.
Shouldn't what counts be what is left in your pocket at the end?
Exactly like businesses do, allowing them to pay less taxes.
Shouldn't what counts be what is left in your pocket at the end?
Just added 10+ new tools to Toolbox Space 🙌
Have close to 50 more in the pipeline
(just need to finish them 😅)
Have close to 50 more in the pipeline
(just need to finish them 😅)
August 29, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Just added 10+ new tools to Toolbox Space 🙌
Have close to 50 more in the pipeline
(just need to finish them 😅)
Have close to 50 more in the pipeline
(just need to finish them 😅)
The best sponsorship... or the best subtitles to F1.
Either way, it's genius!
Either way, it's genius!
August 28, 2025 at 11:57 AM
The best sponsorship... or the best subtitles to F1.
Either way, it's genius!
Either way, it's genius!
Cursor Rules were the best things that happened with AI.
It forced us all to create our own set of parameters that worked best for us and represented our coding style.
Now, I can use it in any other IDE than Cursor without issues.
It forced us all to create our own set of parameters that worked best for us and represented our coding style.
Now, I can use it in any other IDE than Cursor without issues.
August 28, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Cursor Rules were the best things that happened with AI.
It forced us all to create our own set of parameters that worked best for us and represented our coding style.
Now, I can use it in any other IDE than Cursor without issues.
It forced us all to create our own set of parameters that worked best for us and represented our coding style.
Now, I can use it in any other IDE than Cursor without issues.
While Microsoft is innovating like a European
I'm installing these self-hosted open source solutions:
- Plausible
- Uptime Kuama
Next will probably be OpenReplay on its own VPS.
I'm installing these self-hosted open source solutions:
- Plausible
- Uptime Kuama
Next will probably be OpenReplay on its own VPS.
August 27, 2025 at 2:12 PM
While Microsoft is innovating like a European
I'm installing these self-hosted open source solutions:
- Plausible
- Uptime Kuama
Next will probably be OpenReplay on its own VPS.
I'm installing these self-hosted open source solutions:
- Plausible
- Uptime Kuama
Next will probably be OpenReplay on its own VPS.
EU should have required all browsers to have predefined cookie settings:
You could decide which type of cookies the browser automatically accept or refuse.
THAT would have been MUCH more useful than cookie banners.
Sadly, it seems EU prefers to target individuals each time....
You could decide which type of cookies the browser automatically accept or refuse.
THAT would have been MUCH more useful than cookie banners.
Sadly, it seems EU prefers to target individuals each time....
August 27, 2025 at 9:50 AM
EU should have required all browsers to have predefined cookie settings:
You could decide which type of cookies the browser automatically accept or refuse.
THAT would have been MUCH more useful than cookie banners.
Sadly, it seems EU prefers to target individuals each time....
You could decide which type of cookies the browser automatically accept or refuse.
THAT would have been MUCH more useful than cookie banners.
Sadly, it seems EU prefers to target individuals each time....
Google just released their new image model: Gemini 2.5 Flash Image (aka nano-banana)
The most impressive part of it is how well it can maintain context.
It can blend multiple images into a single image while keeping character details consistently.
The most impressive part of it is how well it can maintain context.
It can blend multiple images into a single image while keeping character details consistently.
August 26, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Google just released their new image model: Gemini 2.5 Flash Image (aka nano-banana)
The most impressive part of it is how well it can maintain context.
It can blend multiple images into a single image while keeping character details consistently.
The most impressive part of it is how well it can maintain context.
It can blend multiple images into a single image while keeping character details consistently.
People have been "demonizing" new technology
Each time people say things like:
We used to say the same thing about computers, the Internet and smartphones.
The truth is, it's not about the one thing, but about the whole of it.
Each time people say things like:
We used to say the same thing about computers, the Internet and smartphones.
The truth is, it's not about the one thing, but about the whole of it.
August 25, 2025 at 10:26 AM
People have been "demonizing" new technology
Each time people say things like:
We used to say the same thing about computers, the Internet and smartphones.
The truth is, it's not about the one thing, but about the whole of it.
Each time people say things like:
We used to say the same thing about computers, the Internet and smartphones.
The truth is, it's not about the one thing, but about the whole of it.
How often do you entertain negative comments?
Thinking of starting a new thing
Instead of "Blocked for AI reply"
Would do a "Blocked for negative reply"
No one should tolerate toxic people in their life
Thinking of starting a new thing
Instead of "Blocked for AI reply"
Would do a "Blocked for negative reply"
No one should tolerate toxic people in their life
August 24, 2025 at 7:56 PM
How often do you entertain negative comments?
Thinking of starting a new thing
Instead of "Blocked for AI reply"
Would do a "Blocked for negative reply"
No one should tolerate toxic people in their life
Thinking of starting a new thing
Instead of "Blocked for AI reply"
Would do a "Blocked for negative reply"
No one should tolerate toxic people in their life
AI is slowly making us accept mediocrity more and more
It's creating a generation of dopamine addicted users that's can't think by themselves
Creativity and resourcefulness outside of AI will take a toll
People with the drive of being tenacious will become a rare thing
It's creating a generation of dopamine addicted users that's can't think by themselves
Creativity and resourcefulness outside of AI will take a toll
People with the drive of being tenacious will become a rare thing
August 24, 2025 at 1:58 PM
AI is slowly making us accept mediocrity more and more
It's creating a generation of dopamine addicted users that's can't think by themselves
Creativity and resourcefulness outside of AI will take a toll
People with the drive of being tenacious will become a rare thing
It's creating a generation of dopamine addicted users that's can't think by themselves
Creativity and resourcefulness outside of AI will take a toll
People with the drive of being tenacious will become a rare thing
Life goal: Master "unconventional" wind instruments on top of playing the handpan
August 22, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Life goal: Master "unconventional" wind instruments on top of playing the handpan