Over the last week, I’ve been working on a project called DAG Studio. It’s a visual programming framework, but the ambition is to move it from a simple demo to a production-grade piece of infrastructure. To do that, I’ve been using Gemma 4 as a primary collaborator, and the experience has been surprising.

Most visual programming tools fail at scale because they treat the UI as the source of truth. To build a professional-grade framework, the visual layer must be a secondary concern. The primary concern is the State Engine.

The “soft-launch” of Frankie Latina’s official store has been a ride. 🚀

There is a specific kind of energy that only happens when two people are completely aligned on a creative goal.

Once again I have been super busy. I have been working on a bunch of other types of shit.

End of an era. After 275 episodes, I missed a Henry Rollins show. Some updates from October and plans for the future.

Procrastinating & remembering that time I was mining crypto.

My random thoughts on Kanban, Obsidian, Joplin, Taiga, Continue, Gamification, and AI Data Visualization.

My custom RGB LED Christmas Tree. (other holidays are available) Plus the star I made for the top. Happy Holidays!

Some details about the fix I just made to my hugo list template. I had some customized list templates which broke recently and this covers the problem and fix.