Maggie Appleton
@maggieappleton.com
Design engineer playing with AI and hacky prototypes @githubnext.com
Adores digital gardening, end-user development, and embodied cognition. Makes visual essays about design, programming, and anthropology.
📍 London
🌱 maggieappleton.com
Adores digital gardening, end-user development, and embodied cognition. Makes visual essays about design, programming, and anthropology.
📍 London
🌱 maggieappleton.com
This was all part of Ted’s grand plan
October 22, 2025 at 7:35 AM
This was all part of Ted’s grand plan
I'd like to hope we can still salvage LLMs for intellectual goodness. The current implementations are fairly misguided and harmful to crit thought, but it's still very early days and perhaps in ~10-20+ years we'll be able to turn the ship around.
October 12, 2025 at 7:10 AM
I'd like to hope we can still salvage LLMs for intellectual goodness. The current implementations are fairly misguided and harmful to crit thought, but it's still very early days and perhaps in ~10-20+ years we'll be able to turn the ship around.
I agree the current data around AI usage and critical thinking is pretty dire 😞 but many of the studies (e.g. the MIT brain-scanning one) have sus methodologies and sensationalist conclusions that make the situation seem worse than it is....
October 12, 2025 at 7:10 AM
I agree the current data around AI usage and critical thinking is pretty dire 😞 but many of the studies (e.g. the MIT brain-scanning one) have sus methodologies and sensationalist conclusions that make the situation seem worse than it is....
Ha! Of course she already beat me to this idea. This one looks prettier. I've gotta revise the default GPT-5 design choices on mine ✨
September 23, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Ha! Of course she already beat me to this idea. This one looks prettier. I've gotta revise the default GPT-5 design choices on mine ✨
True, others could use Notion. I didn't realise they'd added maps.
Another sad fact of London house hunting is it's often a 6-12+ month process so a monthly sub to another service would add up, assuming we need access to it that whole time.
Another sad fact of London house hunting is it's often a 6-12+ month process so a monthly sub to another service would add up, assuming we need access to it that whole time.
September 22, 2025 at 3:23 PM
True, others could use Notion. I didn't realise they'd added maps.
Another sad fact of London house hunting is it's often a 6-12+ month process so a monthly sub to another service would add up, assuming we need access to it that whole time.
Another sad fact of London house hunting is it's often a 6-12+ month process so a monthly sub to another service would add up, assuming we need access to it that whole time.
The code is on Github if anyone else is house hunting in South London: github.com/MaggieApplet...
When I say vibe coded I truly do mean it; use at your own risk. I paid minimal attention to code quality. The design choices in this aren't "choices" as much as statistical outputs.
When I say vibe coded I truly do mean it; use at your own risk. I paid minimal attention to code quality. The design choices in this aren't "choices" as much as statistical outputs.
GitHub - MaggieAppleton/home-hunter: A vibe coded tool for house hunting in South London
A vibe coded tool for house hunting in South London - MaggieAppleton/home-hunter
github.com
September 22, 2025 at 3:22 PM
The code is on Github if anyone else is house hunting in South London: github.com/MaggieApplet...
When I say vibe coded I truly do mean it; use at your own risk. I paid minimal attention to code quality. The design choices in this aren't "choices" as much as statistical outputs.
When I say vibe coded I truly do mean it; use at your own risk. I paid minimal attention to code quality. The design choices in this aren't "choices" as much as statistical outputs.
About the same price per month to use Notion ($20/£16) on a tier that would allow map integrations as to pay for Cursor for a month and build my own tool exactly how I want it and then be able to own and control it forever 🤷♀️
September 22, 2025 at 3:20 PM
About the same price per month to use Notion ($20/£16) on a tier that would allow map integrations as to pay for Cursor for a month and build my own tool exactly how I want it and then be able to own and control it forever 🤷♀️
Yeah exactly. We don't have Zillow here. Only Rightmove and Zoopla which have comically un-useable websites. The market is complex and there is tons of supply. It's super hard to stay on top of what's available, changing prices, and track the details and trade-offs of each place.
September 22, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Yeah exactly. We don't have Zillow here. Only Rightmove and Zoopla which have comically un-useable websites. The market is complex and there is tons of supply. It's super hard to stay on top of what's available, changing prices, and track the details and trade-offs of each place.
Good thing my Cursor subscription is only $20/month and I've managed to build 3 other elaborate personal tools over the last few weeks and still stay within my usage limits.
September 22, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Good thing my Cursor subscription is only $20/month and I've managed to build 3 other elaborate personal tools over the last few weeks and still stay within my usage limits.
Ha! They are much more aggressive on the scrapers now. Zoopla blocks everything I try to scrape. Fair enough...
September 22, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Ha! They are much more aggressive on the scrapers now. Zoopla blocks everything I try to scrape. Fair enough...
All yours to use: github.com/MaggieApplet...
But at your own peril too. Still super messy and undesigned in places. Will keep cleaning it up over the following week as I use it.
But at your own peril too. Still super messy and undesigned in places. Will keep cleaning it up over the following week as I use it.
GitHub - MaggieAppleton/home-hunter: A vibe coded tool for house hunting in South London
A vibe coded tool for house hunting in South London - MaggieAppleton/home-hunter
github.com
September 22, 2025 at 3:13 PM
All yours to use: github.com/MaggieApplet...
But at your own peril too. Still super messy and undesigned in places. Will keep cleaning it up over the following week as I use it.
But at your own peril too. Still super messy and undesigned in places. Will keep cleaning it up over the following week as I use it.
Done! github.com/MaggieApplet...
It all still feels a bit messy at the moment (e.g. design decisions made by GPT-5) but I'll keep cleaning it up as I use and build it.
It all still feels a bit messy at the moment (e.g. design decisions made by GPT-5) but I'll keep cleaning it up as I use and build it.
GitHub - MaggieAppleton/home-hunter: A vibe coded tool for house hunting in South London
A vibe coded tool for house hunting in South London - MaggieAppleton/home-hunter
github.com
September 22, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Done! github.com/MaggieApplet...
It all still feels a bit messy at the moment (e.g. design decisions made by GPT-5) but I'll keep cleaning it up as I use and build it.
It all still feels a bit messy at the moment (e.g. design decisions made by GPT-5) but I'll keep cleaning it up as I use and build it.
Also I cannot be the first person to need good software to manage the overwhelming task of finding a house to buy. Spreadsheets don't cut it because seeing the location on a map and pics are critical to remembering which house is which.
What in the world have other people been using for this??
What in the world have other people been using for this??
September 22, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Also I cannot be the first person to need good software to manage the overwhelming task of finding a house to buy. Spreadsheets don't cut it because seeing the location on a map and pics are critical to remembering which house is which.
What in the world have other people been using for this??
What in the world have other people been using for this??
There's the added benefit that I can tailor this app to my specific need: tracking exorbitantly priced London houses that I'd like to bury myself in debt for.
Added some handy calculations like nearest train stations with walking time, nearby schools and their ratings. Can't do that in Airtable.
Added some handy calculations like nearest train stations with walking time, nearby schools and their ratings. Can't do that in Airtable.
September 22, 2025 at 2:36 PM
There's the added benefit that I can tailor this app to my specific need: tracking exorbitantly priced London houses that I'd like to bury myself in debt for.
Added some handy calculations like nearest train stations with walking time, nearby schools and their ratings. Can't do that in Airtable.
Added some handy calculations like nearest train stations with walking time, nearby schools and their ratings. Can't do that in Airtable.
They do have a culture section and you can personalise the feed to what you're interested in. They could certainly expand how much control users have over topics and sources here, but it's a decent start.
September 11, 2025 at 3:52 PM
They do have a culture section and you can personalise the feed to what you're interested in. They could certainly expand how much control users have over topics and sources here, but it's a decent start.
Kitty and I are very much on the same wavelength
September 11, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Kitty and I are very much on the same wavelength
Was thrilled to see this because I've been exploring LMs as personal filters for feeds recently.
Been building a small aggregator of HN, BSky, and Reddit that filters and ranks content based on a set of "research statements" I've written about what I'm interested in. Still WIP but promising!
Been building a small aggregator of HN, BSky, and Reddit that filters and ranks content based on a set of "research statements" I've written about what I'm interested in. Still WIP but promising!
September 11, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Was thrilled to see this because I've been exploring LMs as personal filters for feeds recently.
Been building a small aggregator of HN, BSky, and Reddit that filters and ranks content based on a set of "research statements" I've written about what I'm interested in. Still WIP but promising!
Been building a small aggregator of HN, BSky, and Reddit that filters and ranks content based on a set of "research statements" I've written about what I'm interested in. Still WIP but promising!
Feels like the news (mostly) sans short-term, small scale, sensationalist distractions.
I wish the filtering & ranking system was more transparent re: how the system decides what ranks high/low.
There's a write up on the about page (newsminimalist.com/about), but it should be clear in the main UI.
I wish the filtering & ranking system was more transparent re: how the system decides what ranks high/low.
There's a write up on the about page (newsminimalist.com/about), but it should be clear in the main UI.
September 11, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Feels like the news (mostly) sans short-term, small scale, sensationalist distractions.
I wish the filtering & ranking system was more transparent re: how the system decides what ranks high/low.
There's a write up on the about page (newsminimalist.com/about), but it should be clear in the main UI.
I wish the filtering & ranking system was more transparent re: how the system decides what ranks high/low.
There's a write up on the about page (newsminimalist.com/about), but it should be clear in the main UI.
Of course! Always
September 7, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Of course! Always
Happily crushing digestive biscuits in my mid-thirties and thriving.
September 7, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Happily crushing digestive biscuits in my mid-thirties and thriving.
Classics: The Cove, Free Solo, The Fog of War, China Love, Blind Ambition, Fyre
More recent: Social Studies, Won't You Be My Neighbor?
More recent: Social Studies, Won't You Be My Neighbor?
August 27, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Classics: The Cove, Free Solo, The Fog of War, China Love, Blind Ambition, Fyre
More recent: Social Studies, Won't You Be My Neighbor?
More recent: Social Studies, Won't You Be My Neighbor?