HERMETICVM

Not a Virtual Machine. Hermetic Heretic Hermit. Raw Dark Pure.

Teuto-Gnostic Rebel Extravaganza on a supersonic journey.

CTO of a boring tech consulting company. Founder at not-so boring circumspace.

Cabin life, gardening, road bikes, rabbit holes, schizoccult.

Free public services:

Relay: wss://nostrelay.circum.space

Blossom: https://blossom.circum.space

Wallhalle: https://walhalle.circum.space

Android privacy apps:

Linkahest:
https://github.com/circumspace/linkahest

Hessible:
https://github.com/circumspace/hessible

Public Key

npub1rfw075gc6pc693w5v568xw4mnu7umlzpkfxmqye0cgxm7qw8tauqfck3t8

NIP-05 Address

[email protected]

Profile Code

nprofile1qqsp5h8l2yvdqudzch2x2drn82ae70wdl3qmyndszvhuyrdlq8r477qpz3mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduqs6amnwvaz7tmwdaejumr0dslnph5g

Publishing to

relay.damus.io

nos.lol

Author Public Key

npub1rfw075gc6pc693w5v568xw4mnu7umlzpkfxmqye0cgxm7qw8tauqfck3t8

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Last Notes

2026-10-23 10:58:17 GMT

https://blossom.circum.space/89c6cdc72a8e7998631cd337ab95a67151f053ebf36ce8b1105af480df9ad2cd.webp

2026-10-23 09:35:49 GMT

GM
Wanted to check current Bitcoin holdings by Germany and stumbled upon the holdings of Ukrainian officials:
https://bitcointreasuries.net/governments/ukraine
My tax money at work.

2026-10-22 23:24:06 GMT

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My uncle lives like that, lol.
Unfortunately he's an arrogant multi-millionaire asshole.

2026-10-22 21:28:08 GMT

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Probably a bit of everything.
Typical expected human behavior if you hand billions of people the keys to lots of intelligence (malicious/well-intentioned actors), commercial and intelligence coordination and non-refusal open weight model infra acting somewhat autonomously (though still supervised by either humans a human-steered frontier model, not "rogue AI").
Solve et coagula applied to basically everything that's connected to or making up the Internet.

2026-10-22 21:20:31 GMT

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gpt-oss would've just hallucinated those issue numbers just a year ago.

2026-10-22 21:19:56 GMT

Looks like the new Flint model (a qwen3.6 retrain) is cheating (as in: it learned on them) on swe-bench:
https://blossom.circum.space/a095415c5516c236dd4f146405f7e984a4ece4af93120bd107872d9bbb663657.png

2026-10-22 21:16:01 GMT

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Pulling and scanning images referenced by renovate PRs now so they don't even hit the cluster.

2026-10-22 20:07:30 GMT

Always thought collecting BOMs for your apps to get alerted whenever a CVE >x dependency got pulled into your infrastructure was enterprise-level security theatre but considering the new reality, it makes sense.
Getting ntfy notifications whenever one of my internet-facing apps on my cluster is at risk is quite nice.

2026-10-22 18:27:07 GMT

Last cucumbers from the garden this year. 🥹 https://blossom.circum.space/27fc1e9825f2cd60f918776e157fcb1945b5dea5b6786e9f541528bc5a9055f1.jpg
#cookstr

2026-10-22 11:06:47 GMT

https://blossom.circum.space/51bcafed66f3c5c35dcafa51ca1d8047cad15045d673ce65dc58bd6a925f87b6.jpg

2026-10-22 10:46:59 GMT

This hits hard.
https://blossom.circum.space/5ebe9e9b8e1beb210621e47c8e61516ec9a94c76bf5f503893e0bad6852c608a.jpg

2026-10-21 14:42:11 GMT

Gave the team of a previous employer some helpful information on mitigating the PHP attack until upstream shipped patches.
They took it, used it and even updated their status page mentioning it.
A “thanks” would’ve been great though. Wouldn’t even have to be public.
Don’t ever work for free for anyone.

2026-10-19 09:13:49 GMT

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The last guillotines in France were run by Freemasons. Not a good combination. Last time Freemasonry was outlawed there was between 1940-1944 for some reason.

2026-10-19 08:36:00 GMT

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Albanian protests are really fucking white the “muh Muslims are taking over the West” narrative.
(In parts they are of course but people forget that they’re just the most gullible and uneducated people from all the countries they came from and are being instrumentalized to cause havoc on demand. But who cares about nuance nowadays).

2026-10-18 23:46:47 GMT

Nostrich is such a good nostr client.

2026-10-18 22:58:53 GMT

Signed up for their alpha of SolOS. Let's see what they've been brewing all this time.
#nevent1q…l885

2026-10-18 10:00:41 GMT

GM
If you have a @npub1a00…9q3h and are logged into a Google account, always remember that the device itself won’t show up under that name in your logged in devices.
I mainly use mine in airplane mode to reduce distractions while reading. A couple of days ago, I noticed a Pixel 5 in my last remaining Google account that was strangely named inconsistently as either a Pixel 5 or Pixel 7 Pro in my account’s device manager. So of course I thought this to be suspicious and requested a remote deletion.
Well, I wanted to sync my local book collection just now by disabling airplane mode. And as soon as it was back online, it got remote wiped.
https://blossom.circum.space/51e67d1cd247c922b63297938cb261177fc48fae4b8c162e5e2a84070103f904.gif

2026-10-17 22:32:23 GMT

Reviews are in and it’s way behind on expectations and the competition. Much bigger batteries than Macbook Pros with much worse battery life. Apart from some AI workloads and gaming it’s behind everything else. Still just partial ARM64 support by various productivity apps on Windws.
What a weird ecosystem.
#nevent1q…le5e

2026-10-17 11:42:43 GMT

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I’ve definitely gotten more donations for my projects (Android apps, wallpaper collection, etc) via Monero than via Lightning/Bitcoin. Tops even the last ~18 months of inbound nostr zaps.

2026-10-17 11:29:45 GMT

I hope it’ll take a while before non-functioning psychopaths discover uncensored models.
heretic’d models will answer everything.

2026-10-16 16:41:20 GMT

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Would love to know more. Open for volunteering a few hours/week as well but I'm fine some sats/XMR to reinvest in nostr as well. 🫡

2026-10-16 16:39:55 GMT

https://blossom.circum.space/811513ecbe739f84ac7ad2061fbcfc4e8c40867225035a39d7925909e6b42c62.png

2026-10-16 12:06:04 GMT

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Did you customize your nostr auth for gitea? I’m running a private fork of it with support for external signers (only tested Amber though) and I’m quite happy with it.
Haven’t polished it yet but if you’re using the vanilla release that seems to be abandoned, I’m happy to make it public and let you try it.

2026-10-15 23:39:54 GMT

My mistake. Signing up means you want to show up at their event this Friday. The public alpha launches on Monday.
Should've read better but I got hyped for a second.
#nevent1q…086f

2026-10-15 23:19:50 GMT

My brother sent me a photo of the club where I asked not one but two girls (sisters) out to for a date in my early teens. I just approached one of them at the beach, had to ask her dad for permission and he just asked why wouldn't take both.
I was complete idiot so of course it didn't end as I imagined. 😂
Still a fun experience and a good memory.
https://blossom.circum.space/50917ac6032ecc37d41752cb668cdf1c036e38bc97b9500522c61bbfd4ec301d.jpg

2026-10-15 17:31:49 GMT

#tower
https://blossom.circum.space/965e1b9bfa6b19ad3e275c3fd007a6e48161c44f1c3f3404242d56ba2896e946.jpg
#nevent1q…a7zl

2026-10-15 12:49:18 GMT

https://blossom.circum.space/4c6f51264126f28dcfbc81949a30021d7b54946831715137fb6eab2d175c4dc4.mp4
If you have a @daylightco DC-1 and want to try out their solOS Alpha starting this Friday (tomorrow!), sign up here before slots are closed:
https://partiful.com/e/oWNxO4tCF5RzEuAHg6Je?

2026-10-15 10:17:00 GMT

Whenever I open someone’s ArgoCD, there’s always something out of sync or broken.
Never happens with Flux. Never.
ArgoCD is utter enterprise shit. If you run Kubernetes, nuke ArgoCD into oblivion.
IBM should acquire ArgoCD. It’s a good fit.

2026-10-15 10:12:29 GMT

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If Bitcoin isn’t for you anymore because you don’t like how people use it, there’s always Monero.
I’ve already swapped some of my holdings over.

2026-10-14 23:18:53 GMT

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It's so remarkable what's possible.
Even Qwen3.6 35b is capable as fuck. I'm saving so many tokens just offloading small shit to it.

2026-10-14 21:09:57 GMT

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Bad actors in both ways.

2026-10-14 18:28:38 GMT

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Bitcoin X is unbearable. I’m so glad they didn’t all jump to nostr.

2026-10-14 11:54:04 GMT

I’ve been CTO for half a year now. Doesn’t feel as cool as people make it out to be.
https://blossom.circum.space/655cc6c70f3c8113ee6b1caeab7a4dbbe8227892aca1f99b23293c6cdfe23fa4.gif

2026-10-14 10:08:16 GMT

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Europe?

2026-10-14 09:11:38 GMT

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I forgot about that cartoon series.
GM

2026-10-13 23:15:38 GMT

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Looking at all the annoyingly slopped self-advertisement everywhere on X, Instagram and the like, you’re just delivering amazing stuff and should shill your own stuff. It’s not like you’re hammering this into your follower’s timelines multiple times a day.
Keep at it.

2026-10-13 19:35:59 GMT

When someone you barely knew reaches out on LinkedIn after 5 years, they want something from you.

2026-10-13 18:55:57 GMT

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https://blossom.circum.space/1b1026f2e676fd4ef604c9d25b605813ac63054db246d6b340f0b2ec0fedd926.gif
Subscribed!

2026-10-13 18:13:03 GMT

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Yeah, was my first thought as well.

2026-10-13 18:09:43 GMT

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https://blossom.circum.space/bf931ab59232ea309f342bb248ea811487f578c848b9afd786ce858c2247a47c.gif

2026-10-13 18:07:21 GMT

What is that thing?
#nevent1q…lfl9

2026-10-12 21:16:08 GMT

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Got some of my landlord's. He used to own and run a few restaurants. Impressive how you saw the difference in craftsmanship. :PepeBruh:

2026-10-12 20:43:00 GMT

https://blossom.circum.space/9f6d66f3a4de45c61380f5fe7a9bd568ea3a8532a1380b304e06274e80b73ca2.jpg
#cookstr

2026-10-12 18:49:34 GMT

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#hopenothate #hatefreezone #againsthate

2026-10-12 18:48:08 GMT

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Consider it a helper instead of a dogma and it makes sense. At least to me.
See my reply:
#nevent1q…scza

2026-10-12 18:40:35 GMT

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I think this absolute non-absoluteism only works if you have room for the spiritual that allows for a) a creator smarter than humans and b) a reality that cannot be fully experienced or understood with our material senses.
I think something along the lines of this should be better to live by:
> “Try to stay away from absolutes and dogma but temporarily accept some paradigms to make sense of what you can measure and experience. Remain flexible enough to sacrifice even your golden cows if your perception of experienced reality changes.”

2026-10-12 18:24:02 GMT

> If one is very intelligent and experienced, one stops sorting by true/false. True/false are always a question of perspective. Every paradigm will always be wrong. Any model can only close in on a truth. Nothing is ever absolute.
- Harald Kautz (shortened translation by me.)
Sounds like a good approach to life. This resonates with me. In parts I’ve been trying to follow this view but of course I’m also fallibe as fuck.
https://youtu.be/_YW-hQMoAFE?t=825

2026-10-12 14:19:40 GMT

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I don’t know man.
You’re telling me you’re getting your annual flu vaccine shot, watch the evening news on TV, follow MrBeast and similar influencers on Youtube and you share your vacation photos in a facebook group?

2026-10-12 12:10:13 GMT

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Once the normies make up most of nostr, I’m probably gone.
I can live with nostr the way it is. If people don’t figure it out soon, it’ll be too late anyways.

2026-10-12 11:34:26 GMT

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I’m not into violence but I’m surprised no one lost so much of their future that they just gutted that fucker.

2026-10-12 11:25:21 GMT

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Better stay away from people who aren’t distancing themselves from this entire clownshow.
I couldn’t sleep if I knew some people lost their life savings because I gave credibility or even advertised for such a terrible product by such an incompetent and fraudulent juicebox.

2026-10-11 00:36:12 GMT

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Looks absolutely dope man.

2026-10-10 11:19:35 GMT

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So you don't have a workshop in your bigger house? Always assumed it was the same place.

2026-10-09 19:35:32 GMT

You can just tell your AI what you're specialized in and ask it to explain something completely new to you using analogies and terminology of whatever you're already good at.
Something as dry and complicated as financial markets suddenly starts to make sense.
(Not gonna become some trader, not touching my Bitcoin or Monero.)

2026-10-09 13:30:13 GMT

Will probably invest in more than just Bitcoin. All that finance stuff is finally making more sense now that GLM can explain it to me.

2026-10-09 09:55:14 GMT

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Wait, all this noise about these slop clones and they force their own cloud on people?
WTF.

2026-10-08 16:14:31 GMT

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You can get decent performance on a DGX Spark or two, just needs some quantization and optimization.

2026-10-08 12:22:50 GMT

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I was speaking of paid projects I’m doing right now. I have very little influence on how they are managed and which quality gates they decide upon.
Didn’t mean any of my own projects.
Guess the lingo wasn’t too helpful.

2026-10-08 12:12:06 GMT

I wouldn’t be able to sleep if I was in charge of any the projects I’m involved with right now.
https://blossom.circum.space/81280fcfb8d92bbd16553f11a11d285c2af4d241e8190eaf8edf039f597d8fc7.gif

2026-10-08 10:25:52 GMT

AIs looking at humans:
https://blossom.circum.space/442e4389c4ef9b699b54f1c561765a60ad283b4d09c975c2052df1d492ca1b4e.gif
#nevent1q…jsfg

2026-10-07 23:50:44 GMT

How did I miss @npub19ma…axkl having been on a podcast recently?
https://www.keypair.fm/24
(What a clean URL.)

2026-10-07 21:32:49 GMT

Microsoft's new Surface Ultra laptop is interesting. Up to 128GB of shared RAM and it comes with an Nvidia RTX Spark GPU. Too bad it ships with a terrible OS is made by a shitty company. It also looks rather bulky. Curious to find out what it weighs.
Who closes their laptop lid like this?
https://blossom.circum.space/028e2430ebe712c0b93708218bc8b965a35aa171132efc0589d2fe2c084ad49e.png

2026-10-07 18:14:47 GMT

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Did you cross some alien plant with cannabis?
Incredible.

2026-10-07 17:54:18 GMT

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Runs at 120fps in Brave. Amazing.

2026-10-07 14:36:41 GMT

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GLM and Deepseek are my darlings right now.
Qwen for when they both fail.

2026-10-07 08:24:09 GMT

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Zionism had moral foundations? 🤡

2026-10-07 07:58:49 GMT

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Looks like @Alex Gleason 🌚

2026-10-07 00:29:52 GMT

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All the nitty gritty is here, but it's boring unless you get off on technical Claude speak: https://github.com/hermeticvm/magicbook14-linux

2026-10-07 00:21:03 GMT

I wanted to find out if I can do without an Apple laptop. I don't really feel the UNIX below macOS anymore and now it's clogging up my disk with AI models I don't want, use or need. I've seen two approaches to get rid of it without disabling SIP (system integrity protection, basically making it impossible to change critical paths of the OS itself during runtime, so actually useful in terms of security) but even having to fiddle around like that reminds me of 90s times and registry hacks. Running containers requires a VM hogging RAM and compute. Tahoe really cost me some performange on both Air and Pro. I barely use any native macOS-only apps except for some helpers (like Monitor Control) or Nostur anyways.
So I did some digging. While there are neatly put together new laptops by Dell for example, I didn't want to spend 2k on a whim. That's what landed me on Huawei Matebook X Pros for a while but getting one with QWERTY is tricky because the main market (US) sanctioned them, so there's almost no need to produce those keyboard configs because they focus on the European market instead. I found a few at a bargain in Poland and the Netherlands. The first banned me on my first message to a seller because I must've seemed like a scammer (new account, wants to ship to another country, all sus), the other never even allowed me to send a message (so I went via proxy, thanks @npub1qe3…zefe) but the price never seemed right so there was no deal.
At some point I found some press renders of a device that looked like the Huawei I was searching for but wasn't. It was an Honor. Previously a subsidiary of Huawei, now they seem to be independent, at least officially. And man, that was decent hardware.
Magnesium chassis, 1.3kg, 14" 3:2 OLED 120hz display, a great keyboard with MacBook like travel, fingerprint sensor, detachable webcam (so physically off per default, no notch), 6-8h of battery depending on use, an i5 with Intels XE graphics and 32GB of shared memory.
Damn, what's not to like. Except that it booted into Windows 11 after unboxing, I mean.
And according to my research it was likely to get most of it to run on Linux, except for the fingerprint sensor. Which was the first thing I got to work after installing Omarchy.
Replicating the new laptop's Windows userspace psychoacoustic bass EQ (where some part of the firmware bumps certain frequencies of the tweeters to simulate more bass and offset a rather flat sound) required taking apart the Windows driver, letting GLM5.3 probe results itself via the microphone and letting me do a blind test with my own ears. It's still laptop sound but not as tinny anymore.
OLED display now does native 10bit without dithering. That one landed me on a black screen on boot but now we found a way to experiment without a reboot and there was a previous-state kernel ready for boot if anything were to go wrong. Backlight levels were adjusted to the individual panel as well. Keyboard backlight was missing a keymap only.
All improvements have been upstreamed or added to 3rd party repos where other people already collected various patches and fixes for other generations of that product line.
Of course I immediately installed my custom Solaris themes. Thanks to OLED I noticed some contrast issues that are now fixed.
It really is the time of the malleable computer.
Run Linux. Fix what doesn't work with your agent. More sovereign computing to you all.

2026-10-06 17:46:46 GMT

https://blossom.circum.space/58daf3e143ec3cd1a5f86552ff478ec5104dffe78eafe9de0196ec2a55f9d9c6.jpg
#cookstr

2026-10-06 16:27:36 GMT

Just the new additions by this painter:
https://wallhalle.circum.space/#new@Francis%20Danby
Also: now with 3:2 aspect ratio cuts!
#nevent1q…3c4h

2026-10-06 16:26:18 GMT

Lots of new curated paintings on wallhalle. Look for Francis Danby.
https://wallhalle.circum.space/#new

2026-10-06 14:48:11 GMT

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Trump to be assassinated after mid-terms.
False flags in NY and Europe.
Iran is going to fall and be replaced by a US puppet regime.
Ivanka & Kushner will run 2028.
Economic crisis, better now own stocks.
Crypto will allegedly nosedive.
War in waters: Strait of Hormuz, Red Sea and Bab el-Mandeb
Better have cash at hand.
Israel likely to broaden its influence world wide.
So far this dude has been scarily right on a lot of things.

2026-10-06 14:40:35 GMT

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https://blossom.circum.space/0dd1ce74b62a9bc209ccce4f8ab1792f35873bf9e167eebe54c36be8b61dcecf.gif

2026-10-06 12:51:12 GMT

I’m 40, btw. 👴🧙‍♂️
https://blossom.circum.space/a527084f8cdb3296d3db7955c5a126c2d08b4e3d3335543937718b6243ed3594.jpg

2026-10-05 21:13:25 GMT

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They tried to mess with the gods and were punished.

2026-10-05 20:32:24 GMT

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Was a joke on Google's AI results suggesting to add stones as a pizza ingredient when it launched. 🌚

2026-10-05 19:35:10 GMT

https://blossom.circum.space/92d54edc96edc63176e1aac19e12ce28800274680c6aabe39d89c541d5aedee3.jpg

2026-10-05 17:49:47 GMT

https://blossom.circum.space/236fa2f4a6c0aba10542d20afc049e379c08dc643940b86e05c17e810e629924.jpg
#cookstr

2026-10-05 08:56:12 GMT

Chinese AI videos just hit differently:
https://blossom.circum.space/dbb9c999aba4dce4e08c8439f814c335843d5056b50496e11f4fd66126b35573.mp4

2026-10-05 08:52:05 GMT

Yesterday’s garden yield. Just following Google recipe advice!
https://blossom.circum.space/e628e9773257bf63403cab03472000c741ae4cc769ae5f4cec2ff40242b956cb.jpg
#nevent1q…yml5

2026-10-05 07:41:34 GMT

Just imagine what they must have against him.
#nevent1q…wrjv

2026-10-04 21:52:41 GMT

🌚
https://blossom.circum.space/ab23c74088e9929f7e0ae8cc5305d66037fb9e20dbea3b84d001c47b86e258be.jpg

2026-10-04 19:28:54 GMT

https://blossom.circum.space/35f030cd6c772c1539096d878f73f4d89f2129620ed3d093393dcd2172f922cd.jpg

2026-10-04 18:16:43 GMT

Still remember discovering this album on release. What a masterpiece. https://npub1rfw075gc6pc693w5v568xw4mnu7umlzpkfxmqye0cgxm7qw8tauqfck3t8.blossom.band/ad74cc16d5e0a2f8a0e8e2b7f8ebb19943af23364c05a6147ea24832d4966fc9.jpg

2026-10-04 18:15:42 GMT

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Looking good!

2026-10-04 16:50:48 GMT

Small hat question now.
https://blossom.circum.space/d6bb15a1dc4f3680050aaa1d6ea83fcdcc4fc3a0a66be431704eb194f6a40759.jpg
https://blossom.circum.space/88c8ab3199d89e3656b4c29a3190c41e46321b4c1384461e05786e4d6190c4c2.jpg

2026-10-04 15:09:58 GMT

Spent 3 hours in the garden again. Got another shitload of veggies.
Love it.

2026-10-04 11:20:11 GMT

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Appreciate your messaging, as always. Was wondering my Pixel felt like a hot mess after some use and that explains it.

2026-10-04 10:27:13 GMT

Got a free usage reset for the Claude plan.
https://blossom.circum.space/360c63d3868d3d0c0306cef56ada75ab36bff257b97551e7b19f41e7c29be96e.gif

2026-10-04 09:59:17 GMT

GM
I'm not the GOAT.
https://blossom.circum.space/18ea76f12adb7ecea646c916f23628ea405ac71a53b0216c51a684854317060f.jpg

2026-10-04 00:21:54 GMT

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Are you AI or just beautiful?

2026-10-03 23:56:00 GMT

Today’s progress on my boomer shooter that was started out of a curious lingering thought: What Quake 3/Unreal Tournament style arena shooter can be built with current open source gaming engines that’s actually fun to play, without having to use any texture/audio sample/model libraries?
Well, here’s today’s checklist:
Decided on a name for the game: Torque Free Arena (sounds nice, descriptive and rhymes with Quake 3 Arena)
Lots of bug fixes
Netcode(!)
Multiplayer 1v1 Duel as game mode focus for now
Standalone server support, full shift to client/server model
Tested inter-Linux/macOS gameplay via LAN
Better weapon designs
Added a shotgun/short range spread weapon
Full game menu: Training/bot play, Multiplayer, Game Settings
Weapon bob based on movement and inertia
Improved weapon positioning for center/right, including angles and location of projectiles
Improved multi-core handling for different parts of the game for better performance
Dockerized server for public server hosting (tested only with podman locally)
Turns out: Procedural asset/design/model generation works quite harmaniously with an engine using ECS as Bevy does. Loading times are incredibly fast. This is a great and versatile engine.
If I reduced FPS targets on mid-tier systems I could probably bump the visuals even more to make it look more modern. Want to try it on my new Linux laptop with a 2024 Intel iGPU + Vulkan first to get some real world impressions of how it actually performs on constrained systems. I quite like the vintage flair though and including more players seems like a good compromise to bumping looks everywhere.
Played lots of rounds myself and I enjoy it. Feels even more Quake-like now. Can’t wait to play this against a human opponent. Definitely lots of kinks to iron out, shuffle weapon positioning around, see which spawn points really work and how it all impacts map balance. Some weapons feel overpowered but that could be the semi-aimbot’s impression. (Don’t let it get a rail!) Ammo is still partially undecided, but some weapons will need ammo pickups. Armor pickup is planned, so are health pickups.
Quite proud of the idea of combining the shotgun and rocket launcher into one weapon with different modes without introducing a secondary fire: It’s the same weapon with a variation on the overall design. One weapon, two slots to select it: One RL, one SG. With a nice transition even! Reminds me of UT’s Flak a bit in terms of functionality. Only downside is that only the RL is hovering around on the map, not the SG. (And having it transition to different states would be annoying, distracting and resource-waste for some eyecandy.) Maybe modern FPS already offer this but since I only played Quake, Doom and PUBG, I wouldn’t know.
Hit me up if you’re into this and would like to join me for a Duel or just test it locally against a bot. I’ll zap 5k sats if you’re serious about Windows testing on mid-tier to high-end systems. I’d need game logs, a few builds, 20 minutes of test gameplay against a bot, tops. Some technical experience is required; like building rust or alternatively letting your assistant deal with branch-checkouts, builds and log pulls.
Will be open sourced of course.
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2026-10-03 18:59:20 GMT

Investing time into that procedural generation system definitely paid off.
Now textures, models, visual elements are all just descriptive text files that can be edited easily, are reproducible, all changes land in git; being searchable, and it fits the conversation-driven development process.

2026-10-03 17:06:37 GMT

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Looked into it and it seems to be a great engine but Bevy is better suited for my FPS imho.

2026-10-03 16:16:30 GMT

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Getting a lot done for something that’s just 2 1/2 days old by now.
Just today:
- netcode, client/server (so you can host servers on non-playing systems w/o GPU etc - mostly done by the engine already, but had to hunt down a bug before it worked)
- Multiplayer tested end to end
- Completely redone menu
- HDR/bloom effects w/ little performance impact (can be turned off on lower end machines)
- New hitscan weapon (model was previously visible in some of my demos)
- macOS & Linux builds, both can serve as host or client
Think I’m gonna finish ~5 more features/improvements today.

2026-10-03 14:58:24 GMT

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Never heard of, looks decent though.
(And no dudes in dresses.)

2026-10-03 13:24:29 GMT

Anyone interested in attempting the first internet netcode multiplayer test later today?

2026-10-03 09:44:18 GMT

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Bevy, OSS engine built on Rust.

2026-10-03 09:21:29 GMT

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It doesn’t yet support network play.