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J. R. Bitner
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Jerad Bitner is a husband, father of four, author and technology professional. A Pennsylvania native now living in Gig Harbor, Washington, Jerad works as a developer specializing in Virtual Reality and AI.
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I'm Jerad. I wrote a memoir about the year my wife had brain surgery, while pregnant, during COVID.

"Learning Your Children's Names Again" is our story of love, fear, and finding miracles in hospital rooms.

Now available on Amazon: www.amazon.com/dp/B0FPB63T63 📚

#BookSky #Memoir #WritingCommunity
Learning Your Children's Names Again: A Memoir of Love, Brain Surgery, and the Miracles in Between
Learning Your Children's Names Again: A Memoir of Love, Brain Surgery, and the Miracles in Between [Bitner, J. R., Golden, Paullett] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Learning Your Children's Names Again: A Memoir of Love, Brain Surgery, and the Miracles in Between
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November 21, 2025 at 2:19 AM
The Threshold #quantum-weave
The meadow exists. Does not exist. Both.
I stand in three places: beneath the silver birch where frost still clings to bark-wounds, at the stream’s edge where mist rises in geometric spirals, and somewhere else—a meadow that was or will be or refuses to decide.
November 9, 2025 at 4:51 PM
QUANTUM WEAVE: Magic as Forgotten Tech⚡
Building a magic system where "spells" are actually nanobot commands executed through:
- Hand gestures: 8 positions that shape quantum fields
- Spoken frequencies: 7 resonance tones, 110-963 Hz
- Mental focus: consciousness collapses quantum probability
October 24, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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One of the new skills required to get the most out of AI-assisted coding tools - Claude Code, Codex CLI, etc - is designing agentic loops: carefully selecting tools to run in a loop to achieve a specified goal. Do this well and you can solve many coding problems with brute force!
Designing agentic loops
Coding agents like Anthropic’s Claude Code and OpenAI’s Codex CLI represent a genuine step change in how useful LLMs can be for producing working code. These agents can now directly …
simonwillison.net
September 30, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Reposted by J. R. Bitner
My notes on OpenAI's gpt-5-codex model, now available via their API - I upgraded my llm-openai-plugin to handle it and had GPT-5-Codex itself implement tool support for that plugin simonwillison.net/2025/Sep/23/...
GPT-5-Codex
OpenAI half-relased this model earlier this month, adding it to their Codex CLI tool but not their API. Today they've fixed that - the new model can now be accessed …
simonwillison.net
September 24, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Reposted by J. R. Bitner
Generative AI isn't a tool I use. It's a place I go to think. A place which stretches and amplifies my thinking and lets me wander where I never would reach alone.
September 7, 2025 at 11:36 PM
15th anniversary coming up. I wrote a poem for Jenney, with decorations I've been sketching from the Book of Kells. Now to look for some crystal on amazon I guess :)
September 21, 2025 at 5:13 PM
#glsl

one of my fav shaders I've worked with

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September 20, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Reposted by J. R. Bitner
Hexagon tile system to create isometric cubes by finding the dot product for each face. #glsl #shader #webgl #hexagon

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September 11, 2025 at 1:36 AM
I'm Jerad. I wrote a memoir about the year my wife had brain surgery, while pregnant, during COVID.

"Learning Your Children's Names Again" is our story of love, fear, and finding miracles in hospital rooms.

Now available on Amazon: www.amazon.com/dp/B0FPB63T63 📚

#BookSky #Memoir #WritingCommunity
Learning Your Children's Names Again: A Memoir of Love, Brain Surgery, and the Miracles in Between
Learning Your Children's Names Again: A Memoir of Love, Brain Surgery, and the Miracles in Between [Bitner, J. R., Golden, Paullett] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Learning Your Children's Names Again: A Memoir of Love, Brain Surgery, and the Miracles in Between
www.amazon.com
September 20, 2025 at 3:47 PM