Eric James Soltys
@esoltys.dev
Canadian software developer and hobbyist creating art and music in the BC Kootenays
https://esoltys.dev
https://esoltys.dev
Perfect 20th wedding anniversary with my honeybun. My heart expands. 💗 Visited regional art galleries in Castlegar, Trail, and Nelson.
September 17, 2026 at 12:43 AM
Perfect 20th wedding anniversary with my honeybun. My heart expands. 💗 Visited regional art galleries in Castlegar, Trail, and Nelson.
Nighthawk decided our patio railing was a good spot. Ok, then.
September 16, 2026 at 4:42 PM
Nighthawk decided our patio railing was a good spot. Ok, then.
I intially had a heatmap that dev tools or habit tracker apps use, but my wife had never seen them before. So, changed up the 7d/28d/1y personalized music listening streak graphics. #BuildInPublic
September 16, 2026 at 12:39 AM
I intially had a heatmap that dev tools or habit tracker apps use, but my wife had never seen them before. So, changed up the 7d/28d/1y personalized music listening streak graphics. #BuildInPublic
What a cool project! fugleramme is an E-ink bird frame for Raspberry Pi - real-time bird detection by audio, fully local AI, rendered as real, hand-cut 1800s bird illustrations. #Tech
github.com/arnegiacomo/...
github.com/arnegiacomo/...
September 15, 2026 at 10:35 PM
What a cool project! fugleramme is an E-ink bird frame for Raspberry Pi - real-time bird detection by audio, fully local AI, rendered as real, hand-cut 1800s bird illustrations. #Tech
github.com/arnegiacomo/...
github.com/arnegiacomo/...
It's been fun adding these integrations. #BuildInPublic
Let your Discord profile sing. Real-time Rich Presence is coming to Luminous 2.0 #Music
September 14, 2026 at 7:14 AM
It's been fun adding these integrations. #BuildInPublic
I don't know how many people will use Luminous MCP, but I made it because I'd like to:
- provide Pop-Up Video style trivia for the current song
- DJ that speaks to introduces songs or bridges between two songs
#BuildInPublic
- provide Pop-Up Video style trivia for the current song
- DJ that speaks to introduces songs or bridges between two songs
#BuildInPublic
Coming in Luminous 2.0 for power users is the combination of Luminous + Luminous MCP. #Music
- "Any trivia about the current song playing?"
- "Update the artist bio and add official links"
- "Any trivia about the current song playing?"
- "Update the artist bio and add official links"
September 13, 2026 at 7:57 PM
I don't know how many people will use Luminous MCP, but I made it because I'd like to:
- provide Pop-Up Video style trivia for the current song
- DJ that speaks to introduces songs or bridges between two songs
#BuildInPublic
- provide Pop-Up Video style trivia for the current song
- DJ that speaks to introduces songs or bridges between two songs
#BuildInPublic
🎧Listening to "Pure Heroine" (2013) album by Lorde
September 13, 2026 at 7:10 PM
🎧Listening to "Pure Heroine" (2013) album by Lorde
Initializing a new repo #BuildInPublic
September 12, 2026 at 5:42 AM
Initializing a new repo #BuildInPublic
Moving my #music distribution to @landrmusic.bsky.social but their forms insist a song can’t possibly have “Reverb” in the title.
September 12, 2026 at 12:59 AM
Moving my #music distribution to @landrmusic.bsky.social but their forms insist a song can’t possibly have “Reverb” in the title.
Terry Tao “A Severe Misalignment of Al in Mathematics”
terrytao.wordpress.com/2026/09/11/a...
terrytao.wordpress.com/2026/09/11/a...
September 12, 2026 at 12:44 AM
Terry Tao “A Severe Misalignment of Al in Mathematics”
terrytao.wordpress.com/2026/09/11/a...
terrytao.wordpress.com/2026/09/11/a...
Reposted by Eric James Soltys
❤️ Claws up for the weekend! ❤️
September 12, 2026 at 12:10 AM
❤️ Claws up for the weekend! ❤️
Instead of dwelling on #climate doom, local walking tours in Vancouver show that practical solutions already exist right in our neighborhoods, turning eco-anxiety into tangible community action. #science
www.cbc.ca/news/climate...
www.cbc.ca/news/climate...
Why this student offers tours of climate solutions hidden throughout Vancouver | CBC Climate Change News
In this issue of our environmental newsletter, we go on a free public tour of some of the hidden climate solutions in downtown Vancouver; see how wildfire smoke is affecting moths; and find out why th...
www.cbc.ca
September 11, 2026 at 1:47 PM
Instead of dwelling on #climate doom, local walking tours in Vancouver show that practical solutions already exist right in our neighborhoods, turning eco-anxiety into tangible community action. #science
www.cbc.ca/news/climate...
www.cbc.ca/news/climate...
@github.com Projects don't sort milestones with semantic versioning? 🤨
September 11, 2026 at 12:00 AM
@github.com Projects don't sort milestones with semantic versioning? 🤨
Really happy with how this feature came together. Was able to re-use the elliptical gradient background from the immersive view as social sharing backdrops. #BuildInPublic
Luminous 2.0 will make it easy and beautiful to share the #music you're listening to:
September 10, 2026 at 10:49 PM
Really happy with how this feature came together. Was able to re-use the elliptical gradient background from the immersive view as social sharing backdrops. #BuildInPublic
Cool. The Microsoft Store version of Luminous is being used in 37 countries. #BuildInPublic
September 10, 2026 at 9:46 PM
Cool. The Microsoft Store version of Luminous is being used in 37 countries. #BuildInPublic
Reposted by Eric James Soltys
FIRST LOOK: bluesky designs for the upcoming foldable iphone have been leaked
September 9, 2026 at 3:21 PM
FIRST LOOK: bluesky designs for the upcoming foldable iphone have been leaked
I had been using Firefox as my main desktop browser and keeping Safari on my iPhone/iPad, but these past two days with @vivaldi.com has been pretty good. I like the stacking tabs, workspaces, and custom start page. #Tech
September 9, 2026 at 10:41 PM
I had been using Firefox as my main desktop browser and keeping Safari on my iPhone/iPad, but these past two days with @vivaldi.com has been pretty good. I like the stacking tabs, workspaces, and custom start page. #Tech
WebDAV support was interesting to work on. Good stepping stone to supporting more streaming file types in the future too. #BuildInPublic
Coming in Luminous 2.0 is support for WebDAV as requested by a user on Reddit. #Music
September 9, 2026 at 8:27 PM
WebDAV support was interesting to work on. Good stepping stone to supporting more streaming file types in the future too. #BuildInPublic
Personally happy to finally add scrobbling to Luminous #BuildInPublic
So much more coming in Luminous 2.0 for curating your personal music library:
- Enhanced integration with MusicBrainz and CritiqueBrainz
- Scrobble to ListenBrainz
- If you've customized your library with band logos, banners, etc then they will be displayed in Luminous
- Pin to your Home page
- Enhanced integration with MusicBrainz and CritiqueBrainz
- Scrobble to ListenBrainz
- If you've customized your library with band logos, banners, etc then they will be displayed in Luminous
- Pin to your Home page
September 8, 2026 at 10:44 PM
Personally happy to finally add scrobbling to Luminous #BuildInPublic
"Icy Moons are Ocean Worlds" by Maciej Cegłowski mceglowski.substack.com/p/icy-moons-...
Icy Moons are Ocean Worlds
The best ice fishing in the Solar System is worth finding
mceglowski.substack.com
September 8, 2026 at 12:03 PM
"Icy Moons are Ocean Worlds" by Maciej Cegłowski mceglowski.substack.com/p/icy-moons-...
In Nelson for the Kootenay Artisan Fair.
September 6, 2026 at 9:19 PM
In Nelson for the Kootenay Artisan Fair.
Wondering what game to play this long weekend? Automatically categorize games in Heroic Games Launcher using Steam Store genres and community tags github.com/esoltys/hero...
GitHub - esoltys/heroic-categorizer: Automatically categorize games in Heroic Games Launcher using Steam Store genres and community tags
Automatically categorize games in Heroic Games Launcher using Steam Store genres and community tags - esoltys/heroic-categorizer
github.com
September 5, 2026 at 11:07 PM
Wondering what game to play this long weekend? Automatically categorize games in Heroic Games Launcher using Steam Store genres and community tags github.com/esoltys/hero...
