Eric James Soltys
@kootenay-eric.bsky.social
I’m a Canadian software developer and a hobbyist creating art and music in the BC Kootenays.
https://esoltys.github.io/
https://esoltys.github.io/
I'm enjoying following threads on generative music this morning. Tero Parviainen's interactive presentation "How Generative Music Works" is delightful.
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How Generative Music Works
teropa.info
December 2, 2025 at 4:26 PM
I'm enjoying following threads on generative music this morning. Tero Parviainen's interactive presentation "How Generative Music Works" is delightful.
teropa.info/loop/#/title
teropa.info/loop/#/title
Lovely interactive article about "How Brian Eno Created Ambient 1: Music for Airports". I didn't know he created his own notation.
reverbmachine.com/blog/deconst...
reverbmachine.com/blog/deconst...
December 2, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Lovely interactive article about "How Brian Eno Created Ambient 1: Music for Airports". I didn't know he created his own notation.
reverbmachine.com/blog/deconst...
reverbmachine.com/blog/deconst...
I don't have many listeners on Apple Music, but I'm happy Montréal is my Top City for 2025. I'm especially curious about people using Shazam to find my music because where are they hearing it?
December 2, 2025 at 3:39 PM
I don't have many listeners on Apple Music, but I'm happy Montréal is my Top City for 2025. I'm especially curious about people using Shazam to find my music because where are they hearing it?
Instead of a Christmas single I wrote a Winter Solstice song for my witchy friends and family ❄️
We are gathered in the turning
Where the year bends back to light
Every flame and every yearning
Pulls the sun across the night
#kootenays #indiemusic
We are gathered in the turning
Where the year bends back to light
Every flame and every yearning
Pulls the sun across the night
#kootenays #indiemusic
December 1, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Instead of a Christmas single I wrote a Winter Solstice song for my witchy friends and family ❄️
We are gathered in the turning
Where the year bends back to light
Every flame and every yearning
Pulls the sun across the night
#kootenays #indiemusic
We are gathered in the turning
Where the year bends back to light
Every flame and every yearning
Pulls the sun across the night
#kootenays #indiemusic
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This is my sister, Sheri-Lynn Bissonnette. If you know anything at all, please contact me here or the RCMP.
This is extremely out of character and everyone is worried sick.
cfjctoday.com/2025/11/27/k...
#kamloops #missing
This is extremely out of character and everyone is worried sick.
cfjctoday.com/2025/11/27/k...
#kamloops #missing
Kamloops RCMP searching for missing 57-year-old woman
KAMLOOPS - Police in Kamloops are asking for help in locating a missing 57-year-old woman, who hasn't been see...
cfjctoday.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:37 PM
This is my sister, Sheri-Lynn Bissonnette. If you know anything at all, please contact me here or the RCMP.
This is extremely out of character and everyone is worried sick.
cfjctoday.com/2025/11/27/k...
#kamloops #missing
This is extremely out of character and everyone is worried sick.
cfjctoday.com/2025/11/27/k...
#kamloops #missing
Added a new 5-track lo-fi chill example to my Contour project (music composition as code). Includes playback and exporting as midi or wav.
esoltys.github.io/contour-2.0/
esoltys.github.io/contour-2.0/
November 27, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Added a new 5-track lo-fi chill example to my Contour project (music composition as code). Includes playback and exporting as midi or wav.
esoltys.github.io/contour-2.0/
esoltys.github.io/contour-2.0/
Quanta Magazine: "Descriptive set theorists study the niche mathematics of infinity. Now, they’ve shown that their problems can be rewritten in the concrete language of algorithms."
www.quantamagazine.org/a-new-bridge...
www.quantamagazine.org/a-new-bridge...
A New Bridge Links the Strange Math of Infinity to Computer Science | Quanta Magazine
Descriptive set theorists study the niche mathematics of infinity. Now, they’ve shown that their problems can be rewritten in the concrete language of algorithms.
www.quantamagazine.org
November 26, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Quanta Magazine: "Descriptive set theorists study the niche mathematics of infinity. Now, they’ve shown that their problems can be rewritten in the concrete language of algorithms."
www.quantamagazine.org/a-new-bridge...
www.quantamagazine.org/a-new-bridge...
Contour, my music composition as code Typescript framework, now has two MCP servers to help Claude Code or Github Copilot with music theory and pattern visualization.
esoltys.github.io/contour-2.0/...
esoltys.github.io/contour-2.0/...
November 25, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Contour, my music composition as code Typescript framework, now has two MCP servers to help Claude Code or Github Copilot with music theory and pattern visualization.
esoltys.github.io/contour-2.0/...
esoltys.github.io/contour-2.0/...
New features added to Contour my music composition as TypeScript code project. github.com/esoltys/cont...
November 20, 2025 at 7:23 PM
New features added to Contour my music composition as TypeScript code project. github.com/esoltys/cont...
Trying out the new #GoogleAntigravity agentic dev environment with Gemini 3 Pro. First impressions are good as it's fast and I really like the Implementation Plan and Walkthrough documents it produces.
antigravity.google
antigravity.google
Google Antigravity
Google Antigravity - Build the new way
antigravity.google
November 18, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Trying out the new #GoogleAntigravity agentic dev environment with Gemini 3 Pro. First impressions are good as it's fast and I really like the Implementation Plan and Walkthrough documents it produces.
antigravity.google
antigravity.google
Not sure if there's interest, but the first public release of Contour: A TypeScript-first framework for algorithmic and procedural generative music. Build compositions using functional patterns, explore music theory, and create music impossible on physical instruments.
esoltys.github.io/contour-2.0/
esoltys.github.io/contour-2.0/
November 14, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Not sure if there's interest, but the first public release of Contour: A TypeScript-first framework for algorithmic and procedural generative music. Build compositions using functional patterns, explore music theory, and create music impossible on physical instruments.
esoltys.github.io/contour-2.0/
esoltys.github.io/contour-2.0/
So happy to be reading a new Joe Abercrombie novel. "The Devils" is his first in a few years. He's such a visual and dynamic writer that each chapter is like bingeing and hitting "Next Episode".
November 14, 2025 at 4:31 PM
So happy to be reading a new Joe Abercrombie novel. "The Devils" is his first in a few years. He's such a visual and dynamic writer that each chapter is like bingeing and hitting "Next Episode".
#PredatorBadlands was metal AF 🤘 So fun. Great soundtrack by Sarah Schachner & Benjamin Wallfisch
music.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
music.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Predator: Badlands (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) - Album by Sarah Schachner
Listen to Predator: Badlands (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) by Sarah Schachner and Benjamin Wallfisch on YouTube Music - a dedicated music app with official songs, music videos, remixes, covers,...
music.youtube.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:26 AM
#PredatorBadlands was metal AF 🤘 So fun. Great soundtrack by Sarah Schachner & Benjamin Wallfisch
music.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
music.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
PWHL Vancouver Goldeneyes 🤔 I like the colour scheme and glad it's not more blue and green. Don't know why they chose a duck that most don't know or associate with Vancouver. www.thepwhl.com/en/teams/van...
November 10, 2025 at 9:32 PM
PWHL Vancouver Goldeneyes 🤔 I like the colour scheme and glad it's not more blue and green. Don't know why they chose a duck that most don't know or associate with Vancouver. www.thepwhl.com/en/teams/van...
Enjoyed seeing #BlackPhone2 tonight. Different film than the first: dreamy ghost story with artistic visuals and score. Re-uses some tropes but still satisfying.
November 6, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Enjoyed seeing #BlackPhone2 tonight. Different film than the first: dreamy ghost story with artistic visuals and score. Re-uses some tropes but still satisfying.
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November 5, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Experimenting with #ClaudeCode for Web/iOS. I like the interface. Surprised it didn't have access to `gh` to retrieve pr comments and the like. "Open in CLI" teleport is cool but got an error related to a malformed conversation history. I'm still thinking/working sequentially when I don't need to.
November 5, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Experimenting with #ClaudeCode for Web/iOS. I like the interface. Surprised it didn't have access to `gh` to retrieve pr comments and the like. "Open in CLI" teleport is cool but got an error related to a malformed conversation history. I'm still thinking/working sequentially when I don't need to.
🎨 Bought a couple prints from local artists at Rambling Rose in #WinlawBC yesterday. They have a great little store packed with goodies. "Forest Floor" by arthermit.ca (left) and "Indian Paintbrush" by Vanessa Bate
November 3, 2025 at 7:22 PM
🎨 Bought a couple prints from local artists at Rambling Rose in #WinlawBC yesterday. They have a great little store packed with goodies. "Forest Floor" by arthermit.ca (left) and "Indian Paintbrush" by Vanessa Bate
Beautiful misty sunrise this morning #kootenays #castlegarbc
October 31, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Beautiful misty sunrise this morning #kootenays #castlegarbc
Happy Halloween! 🤘
October 31, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Happy Halloween! 🤘
Finished season 3 of Foundation. Lee Pace's best Cleon yet and a banger of a finale.
October 28, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Finished season 3 of Foundation. Lee Pace's best Cleon yet and a banger of a finale.
Woah 🤩 "War of Lights" animation by A.Shipwright
youtu.be/z0AUrwl3-DI
youtu.be/z0AUrwl3-DI
War of Lights
YouTube video by DoodletmeGO
youtu.be
October 27, 2025 at 4:19 AM
Woah 🤩 "War of Lights" animation by A.Shipwright
youtu.be/z0AUrwl3-DI
youtu.be/z0AUrwl3-DI
Instead of a Christmas song I've been working on a Solstice song today. #MusicSky #indiemusic
Chorus:
We are gathered in the turning
Where the year bends back to light
Every flame and every yearning
Pulls the sun across the night
Chorus:
We are gathered in the turning
Where the year bends back to light
Every flame and every yearning
Pulls the sun across the night
October 25, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Instead of a Christmas song I've been working on a Solstice song today. #MusicSky #indiemusic
Chorus:
We are gathered in the turning
Where the year bends back to light
Every flame and every yearning
Pulls the sun across the night
Chorus:
We are gathered in the turning
Where the year bends back to light
Every flame and every yearning
Pulls the sun across the night
ShruggingFace: The System Skill Pattern. “When you give Claude the handles to operate a system—a CLI to run commands, a database to remember things, and a tutorial on how it all works—something shifts.”
www.shruggingface.com/blog/the-sys...
www.shruggingface.com/blog/the-sys...
The System Skill Pattern
Give Claude a CLI, a SKILL.md, and a SQLite database. Then watch it turn the crank and animate your data to life.
www.shruggingface.com
October 23, 2025 at 3:17 PM
ShruggingFace: The System Skill Pattern. “When you give Claude the handles to operate a system—a CLI to run commands, a database to remember things, and a tutorial on how it all works—something shifts.”
www.shruggingface.com/blog/the-sys...
www.shruggingface.com/blog/the-sys...