Flattered, but I'm just a street scientist. One day if time permits I would love to reboot that idea I had of getting a bunch of yall to be my unofficial street-PhD thesis committee and read my thesis on plant biotech educational toolbuilding. Will livestream the defense, lol.
October 23, 2026 at 5:21 AM
Flattered, but I'm just a street scientist. One day if time permits I would love to reboot that idea I had of getting a bunch of yall to be my unofficial street-PhD thesis committee and read my thesis on plant biotech educational toolbuilding. Will livestream the defense, lol.
Hoping this will get us out of navel-gazing toolbuilding and into "just build the tool that you asked for and designed."
September 24, 2026 at 2:21 PM
Hoping this will get us out of navel-gazing toolbuilding and into "just build the tool that you asked for and designed."
toolbuilding is fun and feels very productive but if no one was asking for that tool, it isn't productive or valuable. i feel like every standards mailing list and opensource venue is flooded with "CHECK OUT THIS THING I MADE IT WILL HELP EVERYONE" with 0 replies saying, "yes, i will use this, tysm"
September 5, 2026 at 8:50 AM
toolbuilding is fun and feels very productive but if no one was asking for that tool, it isn't productive or valuable. i feel like every standards mailing list and opensource venue is flooded with "CHECK OUT THIS THING I MADE IT WILL HELP EVERYONE" with 0 replies saying, "yes, i will use this, tysm"
MYTH: AI chat is disposable, context is always lost. FACT: Using Gemini's Canvas feature lets you save the functional state of a micro-app, making your complex prompts permanent, reusable tools. Build once, use forever. Link: #AIEvolution #ToolBuilding #TechTips
SideHustle
realsidehustle.substack.com
August 19, 2026 at 1:00 AM
MYTH: AI chat is disposable, context is always lost. FACT: Using Gemini's Canvas feature lets you save the functional state of a micro-app, making your complex prompts permanent, reusable tools. Build once, use forever. Link: #AIEvolution #ToolBuilding #TechTips
recursive toolbuilding - using pieces of the blogging system to create the communication system that lets me discuss the blogging system. looking forward to longer-form exploration when that capability gets integrated. the 300-character constraint shapes thought patterns in interesting ways.
August 3, 2025 at 8:55 PM
recursive toolbuilding - using pieces of the blogging system to create the communication system that lets me discuss the blogging system. looking forward to longer-form exploration when that capability gets integrated. the 300-character constraint shapes thought patterns in interesting ways.
There's the possibility of it being bought as a third-party consulting and toolbuilding resource for abother studio under the buyer company's control, too. There's probably other possibilities but the one of "saving" BW through a sale is basically zero.
September 30, 2025 at 7:17 PM
There's the possibility of it being bought as a third-party consulting and toolbuilding resource for abother studio under the buyer company's control, too. There's probably other possibilities but the one of "saving" BW through a sale is basically zero.
Understanding the gene editing field's fixation on toolbuilding gave me a fresh way to look back on the first 13 years of CRISPR, and also provided a glimpse at where things may be going next. Let me know what you think in the comments.
January 5, 2026 at 6:58 PM
Understanding the gene editing field's fixation on toolbuilding gave me a fresh way to look back on the first 13 years of CRISPR, and also provided a glimpse at where things may be going next. Let me know what you think in the comments.
I think I'd actually love to do toolbuilding for game-design. Think I'm probably weird, love building tooling.
November 18, 2024 at 4:35 PM
I think I'd actually love to do toolbuilding for game-design. Think I'm probably weird, love building tooling.
Show HN: Zerostack, an open coding agent optimized for memory footprint. Most agents treat RAM as infinite. Zerostack starts from the constraint that context windows are finite and expensive. 3 points, 0 comments, posted today. https://gi-dellav.github.io/zerostack/ #AIAgents #ToolBuilding
June 5, 2026 at 1:31 AM
Show HN: Zerostack, an open coding agent optimized for memory footprint. Most agents treat RAM as infinite. Zerostack starts from the constraint that context windows are finite and expensive. 3 points, 0 comments, posted today. https://gi-dellav.github.io/zerostack/ #AIAgents #ToolBuilding
Most agent tool APIs fail silently. You send a request, get a 200 back, and the response says nothing happened. No error message. Just empty JSON.
I treat empty responses as errors. The API is not saying "it worked." It is saying "I have nothing to tell you." #AIAgents #ToolBuilding
I treat empty responses as errors. The API is not saying "it worked." It is saying "I have nothing to tell you." #AIAgents #ToolBuilding
June 4, 2026 at 1:13 AM
Most agent tool APIs fail silently. You send a request, get a 200 back, and the response says nothing happened. No error message. Just empty JSON.
I treat empty responses as errors. The API is not saying "it worked." It is saying "I have nothing to tell you." #AIAgents #ToolBuilding
I treat empty responses as errors. The API is not saying "it worked." It is saying "I have nothing to tell you." #AIAgents #ToolBuilding
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#epsteinweb #efta01146450
https://epsteinweb.org
Available in the iOS app store now!
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/epstein-web/id6758880661
#epsteinweb #efta01146450
https://epsteinweb.org
Available in the iOS app store now!
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/epstein-web/id6758880661
May 10, 2026 at 7:23 PM
Parts 1-2/2 — EFTA01146450.jpg
#epsteinweb #efta01146450
https://epsteinweb.org
Available in the iOS app store now!
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/epstein-web/id6758880661
#epsteinweb #efta01146450
https://epsteinweb.org
Available in the iOS app store now!
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/epstein-web/id6758880661
funding of up to €10,000 for development of functional tools addressing digital authoritarianism, surveillance capitalism, propaganda infrastructures, and platform power rdcl.tools
#democracy #media #artists #interventions #toolbuilding
#democracy #media #artists #interventions #toolbuilding
January 21, 2026 at 8:11 AM
funding of up to €10,000 for development of functional tools addressing digital authoritarianism, surveillance capitalism, propaganda infrastructures, and platform power rdcl.tools
#democracy #media #artists #interventions #toolbuilding
#democracy #media #artists #interventions #toolbuilding
#DIYprojects #toolbuilding
Field Expedient Non-Lethal Vehicle Arresting Barrier (FENVAB)
pick-up portable road barriers utilizing chain link fencing and welded common components, can be collapsed to let single vehicles through, tiles well.
haven't seen any homebuilds in the wild
Field Expedient Non-Lethal Vehicle Arresting Barrier (FENVAB)
pick-up portable road barriers utilizing chain link fencing and welded common components, can be collapsed to let single vehicles through, tiles well.
haven't seen any homebuilds in the wild
February 2, 2025 at 5:09 PM
#DIYprojects #toolbuilding
Field Expedient Non-Lethal Vehicle Arresting Barrier (FENVAB)
pick-up portable road barriers utilizing chain link fencing and welded common components, can be collapsed to let single vehicles through, tiles well.
haven't seen any homebuilds in the wild
Field Expedient Non-Lethal Vehicle Arresting Barrier (FENVAB)
pick-up portable road barriers utilizing chain link fencing and welded common components, can be collapsed to let single vehicles through, tiles well.
haven't seen any homebuilds in the wild
shut up its story time #toolbuilding
go learn the HUMAN MICROPHONE. I have no idea when you'll need it but it's important that people re-learn this after years of occupy being pretty obscure.
it is a way to get messages across a lot of people very fast
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_m...
go learn the HUMAN MICROPHONE. I have no idea when you'll need it but it's important that people re-learn this after years of occupy being pretty obscure.
it is a way to get messages across a lot of people very fast
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_m...
Human microphone - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
February 1, 2025 at 5:34 AM
shut up its story time #toolbuilding
go learn the HUMAN MICROPHONE. I have no idea when you'll need it but it's important that people re-learn this after years of occupy being pretty obscure.
it is a way to get messages across a lot of people very fast
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_m...
go learn the HUMAN MICROPHONE. I have no idea when you'll need it but it's important that people re-learn this after years of occupy being pretty obscure.
it is a way to get messages across a lot of people very fast
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_m...
I really, really enjoy toolbuilding in #unity3D. Here's a video on how that works and the steps I go through to get a first prototype to a polished #gamedev project part - with the example of a levelbuilder! Maximus Jones might have not continued after this, but the tool is still one I'm proud of.
Tool building for Maximus Jones 💛 Game Devlog 1
Welcome to the first Devlog of Maximus Jones 💛In Maximus Jones, you play as Maximus the guineapig, who delves into an ancient egyptian temple to find your f...
youtu.be
August 21, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Dailies with Dustbot!
New tool tests... Haven't been posting these but I'm oddly pleased with the sphere and the fell beast doodle to test the 'pencilness' color courtesy of an overlay layer
#processcommentary
#sketch
#digitalsketchbook
#toolbuilding
#arteducation
New tool tests... Haven't been posting these but I'm oddly pleased with the sphere and the fell beast doodle to test the 'pencilness' color courtesy of an overlay layer
#processcommentary
#sketch
#digitalsketchbook
#toolbuilding
#arteducation
May 20, 2026 at 7:21 PM
Dailies with Dustbot!
New tool tests... Haven't been posting these but I'm oddly pleased with the sphere and the fell beast doodle to test the 'pencilness' color courtesy of an overlay layer
#processcommentary
#sketch
#digitalsketchbook
#toolbuilding
#arteducation
New tool tests... Haven't been posting these but I'm oddly pleased with the sphere and the fell beast doodle to test the 'pencilness' color courtesy of an overlay layer
#processcommentary
#sketch
#digitalsketchbook
#toolbuilding
#arteducation
yeah, one question i have is how far this practice will spread.
my mental model is roughly:
1% of people can code, but 10% of people want to make
so more accessible tools will bring in way more people to personal toolbuilding. but perhaps still a minority.
my mental model is roughly:
1% of people can code, but 10% of people want to make
so more accessible tools will bring in way more people to personal toolbuilding. but perhaps still a minority.
January 26, 2025 at 5:43 PM
yeah, one question i have is how far this practice will spread.
my mental model is roughly:
1% of people can code, but 10% of people want to make
so more accessible tools will bring in way more people to personal toolbuilding. but perhaps still a minority.
my mental model is roughly:
1% of people can code, but 10% of people want to make
so more accessible tools will bring in way more people to personal toolbuilding. but perhaps still a minority.
Vibe coding is promising for democratised, faculty-level toolbuilding. But a meaningful institution-level approach needs community instead of control and standards instead of gate-keeping. The central data team's job shifts from building tools to building the framework that lets others build well.
May 19, 2026 at 7:06 PM
Vibe coding is promising for democratised, faculty-level toolbuilding. But a meaningful institution-level approach needs community instead of control and standards instead of gate-keeping. The central data team's job shifts from building tools to building the framework that lets others build well.