Joe Cotellese
@cotellese.net
Ex-VP Product @ MariaDB. Building NEXTGRES (AI personalization). By night I make iOS apps — Minimalist Meditation 🧘 (no subscription, no content firehose), plus ClipDish 🍳 & MioVino 🍷. I write about AI that actually works at joecotellese.com
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Joe Cotellese
@cotellese.net
· Jun 13
Minimalist Meditation Timer App - App Store
Download Minimalist Meditation Timer by Appjawn, LLC on the App Store. See screenshots, ratings and reviews, user tips, and more apps like Minimalist Meditation…
apps.apple.com
Other apps make you scroll a library to find the "perfect" session before you've taken a breath. I built Minimalist Meditation so you just open it and meditate.
Guided if you want it, silent if you don't.
$4.99 one time purchase.
iPhone + Watch + iPad
#indiedev
apps.apple.com/app/id675283...
Guided if you want it, silent if you don't.
$4.99 one time purchase.
iPhone + Watch + iPad
#indiedev
apps.apple.com/app/id675283...
Reposted by Joe Cotellese
OpenAI Feared "Optics" of what might appear on Hacker News
Posted by papergirl with a score of 168
authorsguild.org
September 27, 2026 at 10:00 AM
Was dictating a watchOS bug report using the new Siri. On a whim I said to Siri "Can you organize it and send that text to Drafts" @draftsapp.bsky.social and it worked!
As app developers embrace AppIntents this is the way folks will use Apple devices.
As app developers embrace AppIntents this is the way folks will use Apple devices.
September 16, 2026 at 7:21 PM
Was dictating a watchOS bug report using the new Siri. On a whim I said to Siri "Can you organize it and send that text to Drafts" @draftsapp.bsky.social and it worked!
As app developers embrace AppIntents this is the way folks will use Apple devices.
As app developers embrace AppIntents this is the way folks will use Apple devices.
Reposted by Joe Cotellese
In honor of Uber shutting down in Nigeria this week, here’s my favorite story about Uber in Nigeria.
September 3, 2026 at 10:44 AM
In honor of Uber shutting down in Nigeria this week, here’s my favorite story about Uber in Nigeria.
When a device says "use lithium batteries" believe it. I replaced the 3 Nest smoke detectors with alkaline. Had to replace all the batteries again in < 1 month.
September 2, 2026 at 2:50 PM
When a device says "use lithium batteries" believe it. I replaced the 3 Nest smoke detectors with alkaline. Had to replace all the batteries again in < 1 month.
Just added lightning detection to my Home Assistant set up. I have an automation that will send me a push notification if lightning is detected nearby.
#homeassistant #homeautomation
#homeassistant #homeautomation
September 2, 2026 at 2:21 PM
Just added lightning detection to my Home Assistant set up. I have an automation that will send me a push notification if lightning is detected nearby.
#homeassistant #homeautomation
#homeassistant #homeautomation
Over the years LinkedIn has focused more on adding features to drive engagement and time on site. Games, videos, and news are distractions.
I just open sourced and release Purifeed, a chrome extension to strip LinkedIn from the distracting stuff.
chromewebstore.google.com/detail/eahbh...
I just open sourced and release Purifeed, a chrome extension to strip LinkedIn from the distracting stuff.
chromewebstore.google.com/detail/eahbh...
Purifeed - Chrome Web Store
Strip suggested posts, promoted clutter, and noise out of your LinkedIn feed.
chromewebstore.google.com
August 10, 2026 at 11:40 AM
Over the years LinkedIn has focused more on adding features to drive engagement and time on site. Games, videos, and news are distractions.
I just open sourced and release Purifeed, a chrome extension to strip LinkedIn from the distracting stuff.
chromewebstore.google.com/detail/eahbh...
I just open sourced and release Purifeed, a chrome extension to strip LinkedIn from the distracting stuff.
chromewebstore.google.com/detail/eahbh...
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Interesting: There’s now an anonymous, moderated list of companies that stop responding after you interviewed with them
Ghosted After a Job Interview? Report the Company
Ghosted after a job interview? Submit an anonymous report and see which companies candidates say stopped responding after interviews.
didtheyghostyou.com
July 25, 2026 at 1:32 PM
Interesting: There’s now an anonymous, moderated list of companies that stop responding after you interviewed with them
Steely Dan / Donald Fagan dominating this Yacht Rock lineup on #ThrowbackThursday. @wxpnfm.bsky.social
July 23, 2026 at 2:52 PM
Steely Dan / Donald Fagan dominating this Yacht Rock lineup on #ThrowbackThursday. @wxpnfm.bsky.social
I've been digging the new #Fable model from #Anthropic. I often forget to turn off model after using it. That's a good way to eat your token allowance.
Luckily you can customize the claude code status line. I just updated mine to include the model name. Snag it below.
cotellese.me/zLB32cZ
Luckily you can customize the claude code status line. I just updated mine to include the model name. Snag it below.
cotellese.me/zLB32cZ
claude-code-config/statusline-command.sh at main · JoeCotellese/claude-code-config
Custom skills for Claude Code to extend its capabilities - JoeCotellese/claude-code-config
cotellese.me
July 23, 2026 at 12:00 PM
I've been digging the new #Fable model from #Anthropic. I often forget to turn off model after using it. That's a good way to eat your token allowance.
Luckily you can customize the claude code status line. I just updated mine to include the model name. Snag it below.
cotellese.me/zLB32cZ
Luckily you can customize the claude code status line. I just updated mine to include the model name. Snag it below.
cotellese.me/zLB32cZ
Bring on that Yacht Rock @wxpnfm.bsky.social!
July 23, 2026 at 11:35 AM
Bring on that Yacht Rock @wxpnfm.bsky.social!
Little Guitars by Van Halen on Apple Music
Song · 1982 · Duration 3:47
music.apple.com
July 10, 2026 at 12:25 AM
July 9, 2026 at 8:49 PM
Using LLMs sometimes makes me feel like Alan talking to Tron.
July 9, 2026 at 1:00 AM
Using LLMs sometimes makes me feel like Alan talking to Tron.
Happy to see Backyard Beans coffee at our local Giant grocery store! #BucksCounty #Philadelphia
July 9, 2026 at 12:39 AM
Happy to see Backyard Beans coffee at our local Giant grocery store! #BucksCounty #Philadelphia
New version of Minimalist Meditation is live. This is the last version before #iOS27.
This release includes two new meditations:
• Loving Kindness
• Body Scan
Plus a little quiet polish and a few fixes.
No subscriptions, one time purchase. #indieapp #mindfulness
This release includes two new meditations:
• Loving Kindness
• Body Scan
Plus a little quiet polish and a few fixes.
No subscriptions, one time purchase. #indieapp #mindfulness
June 22, 2026 at 10:54 PM
New version of Minimalist Meditation is live. This is the last version before #iOS27.
This release includes two new meditations:
• Loving Kindness
• Body Scan
Plus a little quiet polish and a few fixes.
No subscriptions, one time purchase. #indieapp #mindfulness
This release includes two new meditations:
• Loving Kindness
• Body Scan
Plus a little quiet polish and a few fixes.
No subscriptions, one time purchase. #indieapp #mindfulness
I had a lot of fun building the algorithmic music generator that plays during meditations in the latest version of Minimalist Meditation.
apps.apple.com/md/app/minim...
#indieapp #iosapp #mindfulness #meditation
apps.apple.com/md/app/minim...
#indieapp #iosapp #mindfulness #meditation
Minimalist Meditation Timer App - App Store
Download Minimalist Meditation Timer by Appjawn, LLC on the App Store. See screenshots, ratings and reviews, user tips and more games like Minimalist Meditation…
apps.apple.com
June 14, 2026 at 1:42 PM
I had a lot of fun building the algorithmic music generator that plays during meditations in the latest version of Minimalist Meditation.
apps.apple.com/md/app/minim...
#indieapp #iosapp #mindfulness #meditation
apps.apple.com/md/app/minim...
#indieapp #iosapp #mindfulness #meditation
Other apps make you scroll a library to find the "perfect" session before you've taken a breath. I built Minimalist Meditation so you just open it and meditate.
Guided if you want it, silent if you don't.
$4.99 one time purchase.
iPhone + Watch + iPad
#indiedev
apps.apple.com/app/id675283...
Guided if you want it, silent if you don't.
$4.99 one time purchase.
iPhone + Watch + iPad
#indiedev
apps.apple.com/app/id675283...
Minimalist Meditation Timer App - App Store
Download Minimalist Meditation Timer by Appjawn, LLC on the App Store. See screenshots, ratings and reviews, user tips, and more apps like Minimalist Meditation…
apps.apple.com
June 13, 2026 at 5:44 PM
Other apps make you scroll a library to find the "perfect" session before you've taken a breath. I built Minimalist Meditation so you just open it and meditate.
Guided if you want it, silent if you don't.
$4.99 one time purchase.
iPhone + Watch + iPad
#indiedev
apps.apple.com/app/id675283...
Guided if you want it, silent if you don't.
$4.99 one time purchase.
iPhone + Watch + iPad
#indiedev
apps.apple.com/app/id675283...
June 9, 2026 at 2:34 AM
Snail Mail & Soccer Mommy are double billed for a tour this fall. That's going to be a great show. Wish they were coming to #Philly.
soccermommyband.com#tour
soccermommyband.com#tour
Soccer Mommy - Official Website
New album Evergreen out October 25th. Pre-order now on vinyl, CD, and cassette plus exclusive merch and more.
soccermommyband.com
June 8, 2026 at 2:48 PM
Snail Mail & Soccer Mommy are double billed for a tour this fall. That's going to be a great show. Wish they were coming to #Philly.
soccermommyband.com#tour
soccermommyband.com#tour
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Here's an easter egg in the new Lego Batman that I think all of you will REALLY appreciate.
It's so good, I had to make a video.
It's so good, I had to make a video.
June 7, 2026 at 8:06 PM
Here's an easter egg in the new Lego Batman that I think all of you will REALLY appreciate.
It's so good, I had to make a video.
It's so good, I had to make a video.
Reposted by Joe Cotellese
Get started with the all-new Gemma 4 12B model by reading the developer guide: developers.googleblog.com/gemma-4-12b-...
Gemma 4 12B: The Developer Guide
Meet Gemma 4 12B: the first medium-sized, encoder-free multimodal model capable of natively ingesting audio and video. Ideal for local AI development with 16GB VRAM, Hugging Face integrations, and…
developers.googleblog.com
June 3, 2026 at 6:06 PM
Get started with the all-new Gemma 4 12B model by reading the developer guide: developers.googleblog.com/gemma-4-12b-...
Listening to @wxpnfm.bsky.social play @anginedepoitrine.bsky.social and immediately thought it was Robert Fripp / Elephant Talk era King Crimson.
June 3, 2026 at 11:09 AM
Listening to @wxpnfm.bsky.social play @anginedepoitrine.bsky.social and immediately thought it was Robert Fripp / Elephant Talk era King Crimson.
One of the cool things about using agentic coding harnesses like Claude Code or OpenAI Codex is that I find myself doing all the little side projects that I've never had time to do before.
My most recent is a smaller scoped replacement for the Calibre ebook tool.
github.com/JoeCotellese...
My most recent is a smaller scoped replacement for the Calibre ebook tool.
github.com/JoeCotellese...
GitHub - JoeCotellese/bookery: CLI tool to fix ebook metadata, organize EPUB libraries, and sync to Kobo — inspired by beets and Calibre
CLI tool to fix ebook metadata, organize EPUB libraries, and sync to Kobo — inspired by beets and Calibre - JoeCotellese/bookery
github.com
May 27, 2026 at 12:01 AM
One of the cool things about using agentic coding harnesses like Claude Code or OpenAI Codex is that I find myself doing all the little side projects that I've never had time to do before.
My most recent is a smaller scoped replacement for the Calibre ebook tool.
github.com/JoeCotellese...
My most recent is a smaller scoped replacement for the Calibre ebook tool.
github.com/JoeCotellese...
Reposted by Joe Cotellese
"The idea of a … recreational swim near the tomb is 'horrifying,' said William M. McBride, a Navy veteran and professor emeritus of history at the U.S. Naval Academy .… 'Snorkeling around Arizona is as disrespectful as playing kickball on top of the graves at Arlington.'"
NYT confirms — with new details:
Last year, Navy SEALs used two boats to escort Kash Patel and nine others on what a Pentagon email called a 'VIP Snorkel' next to one of the military's most sacred sites, the underwater tomb of the U.S.S. Arizona.
One Navy vet called the swim "horrifying."
Last year, Navy SEALs used two boats to escort Kash Patel and nine others on what a Pentagon email called a 'VIP Snorkel' next to one of the military's most sacred sites, the underwater tomb of the U.S.S. Arizona.
One Navy vet called the swim "horrifying."
Snorkeling at Pearl Harbor: Kash Patel’s Travels Add to Focus on Ethical Issues
www.nytimes.com
May 16, 2026 at 9:22 PM
"The idea of a … recreational swim near the tomb is 'horrifying,' said William M. McBride, a Navy veteran and professor emeritus of history at the U.S. Naval Academy .… 'Snorkeling around Arizona is as disrespectful as playing kickball on top of the graves at Arlington.'"