Richard Gill
@richardgill.org
Building llm-ui.com and limitphone.com.
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Took the plunge to learn Nix and configure a mini-pc with it.
github.com/richardgill/...
Definitely learned a thing or two about Linux along the way!
github.com/richardgill/...
Definitely learned a thing or two about Linux along the way!
October 27, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Took the plunge to learn Nix and configure a mini-pc with it.
github.com/richardgill/...
Definitely learned a thing or two about Linux along the way!
github.com/richardgill/...
Definitely learned a thing or two about Linux along the way!
LLMs are currently kind of slow.
OpenAI's new gpt-oss 120b is a pretty capable model in the benchmarks (maybe ~1 year behind the state of the art)
If you run it on Cerebras you can glimpse the speed improvements that are coming.
OpenAI's new gpt-oss 120b is a pretty capable model in the benchmarks (maybe ~1 year behind the state of the art)
If you run it on Cerebras you can glimpse the speed improvements that are coming.
August 7, 2025 at 5:49 PM
LLMs are currently kind of slow.
OpenAI's new gpt-oss 120b is a pretty capable model in the benchmarks (maybe ~1 year behind the state of the art)
If you run it on Cerebras you can glimpse the speed improvements that are coming.
OpenAI's new gpt-oss 120b is a pretty capable model in the benchmarks (maybe ~1 year behind the state of the art)
If you run it on Cerebras you can glimpse the speed improvements that are coming.
Dev tooling often behaves differently if you set CI=true
We're going to need AI=true so that dev tools can behave differently when called by an AI agent:
- Non-interactive (like CI=true)
- Less logging to preserve context
- Tell the agent what commands it could run next based on what happened
We're going to need AI=true so that dev tools can behave differently when called by an AI agent:
- Non-interactive (like CI=true)
- Less logging to preserve context
- Tell the agent what commands it could run next based on what happened
August 3, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Dev tooling often behaves differently if you set CI=true
We're going to need AI=true so that dev tools can behave differently when called by an AI agent:
- Non-interactive (like CI=true)
- Less logging to preserve context
- Tell the agent what commands it could run next based on what happened
We're going to need AI=true so that dev tools can behave differently when called by an AI agent:
- Non-interactive (like CI=true)
- Less logging to preserve context
- Tell the agent what commands it could run next based on what happened
When you use claude code a lot, it feels obvious that coding with agents on mobile makes sense.
Seems likely >20% of 'coding' will happen on mobile within 5 years (presumably from ~0% today!)
Seems likely >20% of 'coding' will happen on mobile within 5 years (presumably from ~0% today!)
July 20, 2025 at 2:08 PM
When you use claude code a lot, it feels obvious that coding with agents on mobile makes sense.
Seems likely >20% of 'coding' will happen on mobile within 5 years (presumably from ~0% today!)
Seems likely >20% of 'coding' will happen on mobile within 5 years (presumably from ~0% today!)
If you have a social media app where the DMs are important but you want to stop being exposed to the feed. e.g. LinkedIn or Twitter
You can use beeper.com which aggregates chats across multiple platforms.
Then block/uninstall the original app.
You can use beeper.com which aggregates chats across multiple platforms.
Then block/uninstall the original app.
July 19, 2025 at 11:11 AM
If you have a social media app where the DMs are important but you want to stop being exposed to the feed. e.g. LinkedIn or Twitter
You can use beeper.com which aggregates chats across multiple platforms.
Then block/uninstall the original app.
You can use beeper.com which aggregates chats across multiple platforms.
Then block/uninstall the original app.
Was explaining agentic coding to my mum yesterday and found myself saying:
"My job used to be typey typey, and now it's chatty chatty"
Kind of sums it up nicely.
"My job used to be typey typey, and now it's chatty chatty"
Kind of sums it up nicely.
July 13, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Was explaining agentic coding to my mum yesterday and found myself saying:
"My job used to be typey typey, and now it's chatty chatty"
Kind of sums it up nicely.
"My job used to be typey typey, and now it's chatty chatty"
Kind of sums it up nicely.
With Claude Code you can bring it up to speed on a PR by doing this incantation:
git fetch origin refs/heads/main:refs/remotes/origin/main && git diff "$(git merge-base --fork-point origin/main HEAD)"
Which calculates the PR diff to main, like you'd see on Github.
git fetch origin refs/heads/main:refs/remotes/origin/main && git diff "$(git merge-base --fork-point origin/main HEAD)"
Which calculates the PR diff to main, like you'd see on Github.
July 10, 2025 at 5:49 PM
With Claude Code you can bring it up to speed on a PR by doing this incantation:
git fetch origin refs/heads/main:refs/remotes/origin/main && git diff "$(git merge-base --fork-point origin/main HEAD)"
Which calculates the PR diff to main, like you'd see on Github.
git fetch origin refs/heads/main:refs/remotes/origin/main && git diff "$(git merge-base --fork-point origin/main HEAD)"
Which calculates the PR diff to main, like you'd see on Github.
Freshened up limitphone.com (again!)
✅ Visual refresh
✅ Landing pages for parents, gambling and porn
✅ New main video + videos for parents, gambling and porn.
✅ Positioning v5!
✅ Visual refresh
✅ Landing pages for parents, gambling and porn
✅ New main video + videos for parents, gambling and porn.
✅ Positioning v5!
June 29, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Freshened up limitphone.com (again!)
✅ Visual refresh
✅ Landing pages for parents, gambling and porn
✅ New main video + videos for parents, gambling and porn.
✅ Positioning v5!
✅ Visual refresh
✅ Landing pages for parents, gambling and porn
✅ New main video + videos for parents, gambling and porn.
✅ Positioning v5!
Using Claude Code on the Max plan feels a bit like fast-forwarding 2 years in the software engineering industry. It's equal parts exciting and scary.
June 25, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Using Claude Code on the Max plan feels a bit like fast-forwarding 2 years in the software engineering industry. It's equal parts exciting and scary.
LLMs do markdown code blocks way better if you ask them to put it in quadruple backticks.
June 15, 2025 at 2:08 PM
LLMs do markdown code blocks way better if you ask them to put it in quadruple backticks.
Something I've learned about myself in the past few years is to trust my 'spidy senses' on complex problems.
They turn out to be right 95%+ of the time but come with 0 rational explanation I can pass on to others. Usually takes a couple days for my brain to catch up.
They turn out to be right 95%+ of the time but come with 0 rational explanation I can pass on to others. Usually takes a couple days for my brain to catch up.
June 12, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Something I've learned about myself in the past few years is to trust my 'spidy senses' on complex problems.
They turn out to be right 95%+ of the time but come with 0 rational explanation I can pass on to others. Usually takes a couple days for my brain to catch up.
They turn out to be right 95%+ of the time but come with 0 rational explanation I can pass on to others. Usually takes a couple days for my brain to catch up.
I'm internally conflicted about using AI tools to code.
I want it to be good! But I keep trying claude code in good faith but remain pretty unconvinced.
I'm slowly diverging from quite a few of my friends and colleagues who seem are all increasing vibing.
I want it to be good! But I keep trying claude code in good faith but remain pretty unconvinced.
I'm slowly diverging from quite a few of my friends and colleagues who seem are all increasing vibing.
June 11, 2025 at 6:04 PM
I'm internally conflicted about using AI tools to code.
I want it to be good! But I keep trying claude code in good faith but remain pretty unconvinced.
I'm slowly diverging from quite a few of my friends and colleagues who seem are all increasing vibing.
I want it to be good! But I keep trying claude code in good faith but remain pretty unconvinced.
I'm slowly diverging from quite a few of my friends and colleagues who seem are all increasing vibing.
I've recently been working on my computer ALOT and I've been pleasantly surprised how much better my body feels doing it with a split keyboard.
Still better to probably spend less hours on my computer though!
Still better to probably spend less hours on my computer though!
June 9, 2025 at 5:46 PM
I've recently been working on my computer ALOT and I've been pleasantly surprised how much better my body feels doing it with a split keyboard.
Still better to probably spend less hours on my computer though!
Still better to probably spend less hours on my computer though!
llm-ui.com hits 1k stars! No matter how you're counting.
June 3, 2025 at 4:54 PM
llm-ui.com hits 1k stars! No matter how you're counting.
Limit now has a safe search option.
Forces safe search on in Google and other search engines.
Search engines without safe search are blocked.
Forces safe search on in Google and other search engines.
Search engines without safe search are blocked.
June 2, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Limit now has a safe search option.
Forces safe search on in Google and other search engines.
Search engines without safe search are blocked.
Forces safe search on in Google and other search engines.
Search engines without safe search are blocked.
llm-ui.com got picked up by daily.dev and doubled in stars in 2 days. Neat!
app.daily.dev/posts/react-...
app.daily.dev/posts/react-...
June 1, 2025 at 2:08 PM
llm-ui.com got picked up by daily.dev and doubled in stars in 2 days. Neat!
app.daily.dev/posts/react-...
app.daily.dev/posts/react-...
Still a bit sad Slack has won 'company messaging' market.
I feel like it's designed for maximum engagement.
It requires a lot of disapline from me / the people I work with to be productive.
I feel like it's designed for maximum engagement.
It requires a lot of disapline from me / the people I work with to be productive.
May 31, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Still a bit sad Slack has won 'company messaging' market.
I feel like it's designed for maximum engagement.
It requires a lot of disapline from me / the people I work with to be productive.
I feel like it's designed for maximum engagement.
It requires a lot of disapline from me / the people I work with to be productive.
There's no prebuilt of gambling apps,, and the gambling apps are different in every country.
I had to use some smart techniques to build a comprehensive list of ~1500 apps.
The brute force way I did it would have taken months for humans. But cost ~$30 in GPT 4o-mini.
I had to use some smart techniques to build a comprehensive list of ~1500 apps.
The brute force way I did it would have taken months for humans. But cost ~$30 in GPT 4o-mini.
May 30, 2025 at 6:02 PM
There's no prebuilt of gambling apps,, and the gambling apps are different in every country.
I had to use some smart techniques to build a comprehensive list of ~1500 apps.
The brute force way I did it would have taken months for humans. But cost ~$30 in GPT 4o-mini.
I had to use some smart techniques to build a comprehensive list of ~1500 apps.
The brute force way I did it would have taken months for humans. But cost ~$30 in GPT 4o-mini.
Limit now has a Gambling Blocklist. Blocks ~1500 apps and 0.5M websites.
May 29, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Limit now has a Gambling Blocklist. Blocks ~1500 apps and 0.5M websites.
Been using crappy, but functional, dishwasher that came with our house for 4 years. Decided to replace it, new one is arriving today!
Get up this morning and the old one is shorting the electrics (never happened before).
It's making me so uneasy that I can't explain it.
Get up this morning and the old one is shorting the electrics (never happened before).
It's making me so uneasy that I can't explain it.
May 28, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Been using crappy, but functional, dishwasher that came with our house for 4 years. Decided to replace it, new one is arriving today!
Get up this morning and the old one is shorting the electrics (never happened before).
It's making me so uneasy that I can't explain it.
Get up this morning and the old one is shorting the electrics (never happened before).
It's making me so uneasy that I can't explain it.
git commit -m "$(claude -p 'Print a succinct commit message from my diff' "$(git diff --staged)")"
This frees up at least 50% of my brain's cycles...
This frees up at least 50% of my brain's cycles...
May 25, 2025 at 2:08 PM
git commit -m "$(claude -p 'Print a succinct commit message from my diff' "$(git diff --staged)")"
This frees up at least 50% of my brain's cycles...
This frees up at least 50% of my brain's cycles...
Limit Browser can load uBlock origin filter lists.
It checks if a site is blocked in ~5ms, giving the reason if it's blocked.
Performance is important because a nsfw filterlist is a 10MB .txt file!
It checks if a site is blocked in ~5ms, giving the reason if it's blocked.
Performance is important because a nsfw filterlist is a 10MB .txt file!
May 22, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Limit Browser can load uBlock origin filter lists.
It checks if a site is blocked in ~5ms, giving the reason if it's blocked.
Performance is important because a nsfw filterlist is a 10MB .txt file!
It checks if a site is blocked in ~5ms, giving the reason if it's blocked.
Performance is important because a nsfw filterlist is a 10MB .txt file!
Limit now has adult content blocking!
May 21, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Limit now has adult content blocking!
You can now customize how other browsers are blocked by Limit.
All other Browsers were previously unconditionally blocked, but now you can customize them like any other blocklist 🔥.
Shout out to that one insurance app that always opens Chrome no matter what 🙃.
All other Browsers were previously unconditionally blocked, but now you can customize them like any other blocklist 🔥.
Shout out to that one insurance app that always opens Chrome no matter what 🙃.
May 19, 2025 at 5:46 PM
You can now customize how other browsers are blocked by Limit.
All other Browsers were previously unconditionally blocked, but now you can customize them like any other blocklist 🔥.
Shout out to that one insurance app that always opens Chrome no matter what 🙃.
All other Browsers were previously unconditionally blocked, but now you can customize them like any other blocklist 🔥.
Shout out to that one insurance app that always opens Chrome no matter what 🙃.
🚀 Big Limit Browser update is out now:
✅ New Logo
✅ Consistent branding (much less "Firefox" mentions)
✅ New "Blocked by Limit" screen with the reason the page was blocked
✅ Blocking is ⚡ fast.
This lays the foundation for large blocklists which is coming next week.
✅ New Logo
✅ Consistent branding (much less "Firefox" mentions)
✅ New "Blocked by Limit" screen with the reason the page was blocked
✅ Blocking is ⚡ fast.
This lays the foundation for large blocklists which is coming next week.
May 13, 2025 at 4:54 PM
🚀 Big Limit Browser update is out now:
✅ New Logo
✅ Consistent branding (much less "Firefox" mentions)
✅ New "Blocked by Limit" screen with the reason the page was blocked
✅ Blocking is ⚡ fast.
This lays the foundation for large blocklists which is coming next week.
✅ New Logo
✅ Consistent branding (much less "Firefox" mentions)
✅ New "Blocked by Limit" screen with the reason the page was blocked
✅ Blocking is ⚡ fast.
This lays the foundation for large blocklists which is coming next week.