Moomins are an essential part of any infrastructure

will def keep you posted! it was some conversations I had at Careful Industries' RAI unconference in Salford (almost a year ago, gosh!) that kicked a lot of synapses on the way to this

Shoutouts here to @wesleygoatley.bsky.social for chats along the way and @rachelcoldicutt.bsky.social for prompting chunks of the thinking.

Right now I'm just excited that it works :)

Proper writeup coming soon; it's the product of a few lines of thought about how monstrous datacentres aren't the only way of having access to useful AI, and how we don't necessarily have to contribute to someone else's growth strategy by using it.

Also the fans spin up while it’s thinking, which is pleasing. Also also any data getting processed remains under my desk and isn’t getting sent off to giant tech companies.

also I have been digging www.minutecryptic.com on days when my brain feels clever enough

recreation of the OG (pre-NYT) version of wordle here, with bonus infinite archive: mikhad.github.io/wordle/#daily

like you, this has been a cast-iron, unswerving principle of my internet life since the forum + usenet days

“Peripheral spotting” is the subject of an ongoing message thread between me & riwsa

aw, thanks! would have been good to see you too, another day!

heh, I did think that might be one of the options

yes! Also, the fundamental problem that the thing that you need to diagnose the problem is the thing that isn’t working properly in the first place 🧠