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Waiting For My Weekly Token Allowance
Openai gives me a token allowance for my $20 tier subscription, if I'm careful it lasts a few days of heavy side project work.

Waylon Walker

Software, automation, and building things on the web.

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Just starred taskdog [1] by Kohei-Wada [2]. It’s an exciting project with a lot to offer. Terminal task manager with intelligent schedule optimization.Keyboard-only. No dragging, no micromanagement. References: [1]: https://github.com/Kohei-Wada/taskdog [2]: https://github.com/Kohei-Wada
External Link X (formerly Twitter) · x.com [1] One of the well worded shitty messages I’ve seen, good severance, help, timeline to cut off coms. we’re not making this decision because we’re in trouble. our business is strong. gross profit continues to grow, we continue to serve more and more customers, and profitability is improving. but something has changed. we’re already seeing that the intelligence tools we’re creating and using, paired with smaller and flatter teams, are enabling a new way of working which fundamentally changes what it means to build and run a company. and that’s accelerating rapidly. Much better than the get rid of people cause AI can do the work. Honestly I feel this though. I was just talking with some colleages how do we divvy work in the age of agents without just constantly walking on each other. If each of us is now an architect who is managing teams of junior agents under us it feels MUCH different than before. I’m far from working in a large software org like this and I’m feeling it. I only imagine that it gets worse the more people that have to orchestrate around each other. Appreciate the honesty and transparance, but man this sucks for tho...

The Ghostty Guy

I was today years old when I realized that the ghostty guy is the Hashicorp guy.
Just starred linux [1] by torvalds [2]. It’s an exciting project with a lot to offer. Linux kernel source tree References: [1]: https://github.com/torvalds/linux [2]: https://github.com/torvalds
FFmpeg video crop tools.simonwillison.net [1] This was the inspiration for the next update in dropper that became a full clip editor. The one that I’ve long wanted, but forgotten about. It’s going to include this cropper, resize, image extractor, and trimmer. Note This post is a thought [2]. It’s a short note that I make about someone else’s content online #thoughts References: [1]: https://tools.simonwillison.net/ffmpeg-crop [2]: /thoughts/
Tiny Tool Town 🏘️ A delightful showcase for free, fun & open source tiny tools. Stupid-delightful software made with love. Tiny Tool Town · tinytooltown.com [1] Learned about this one from the @stipete interview [2] @scotthanselman did on YouTube. This is proof that the internet is alive. It’s such web 1.0 nostalgia to see that people can just build things! Did you know that you can literally just build things and make them exist? You don’t need users, You don’t need a big platform, you can just make something into existance. It seems like something we have forgotten through web 2.0 where everything as become 4 major apps all linking to each other and trying to hoard all of the attention. Scroll through tehre are some really cool apps, probably nothing that has the polish you want, or is going to change your world. What these apps have more than anything you’ve probably used in the recent years, is inspiration. Its xyz, but the way I wanted, or with my little twist. And no one else has to like it but me because I’m the user. Note This post is a thought [3]. It’s a short note that I make about someone else’s content online #thoughts References: [1]: https://www.tinytooltown...
FancyGist fancygist.com [1] I saw this in @cassido’s newsletter this week and had to give it a run. I despise that there is no dark mode and it insists on burning my retinas 😤. But really this is an absolute beate of a web based markdown editor, I love the command mode to press slash and it just pops out in this whimsical animation ready for me to pick what I want. Your browser does not support the video tag. [2] Note This post is a thought [3]. It’s a short note that I make about someone else’s content online #thoughts References: [1]: https://fancygist.com/ [2]: https://dropper.waylonwalker.com/file/74f0ac1e-ac50-4939-8bba-4698a8043b25.mp4 [3]: /thoughts/
Editing a Session Skate Sim clip inside of dropper with trim, scrub, and crop.
In the video clip you can see me reload into the latest version of dropper that supports video thumbnails, turning those unknown clips into a collection I can recognize.

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Inspired by @mollywhite’s verify [1] slashpage [2]. This page serves as the system of record for my online identity. The best places to follow me are: - My Website: waylonwalker.com [3] - YouTube: Waylon Walker [4] - YouTube Gaming: Waylon Walker Gaming [5] - Twitch: Waylon Walker [6] - Twitter: @_WaylonWalker [7] - LinkedIn: Waylon Walker [8] - GitHub: WaylonWalker [9] - Dev.to: Waylon Walker [10] - Bluesky: @waylonwalker.com [11] References: [1]: https://mollywhite.net/verify/ [2]: https://slashpages.net [3]: https://waylonwalker.com [4]: https://youtube.com/waylonwalker [5]: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHuxc1HRsd3aRjvL6C817tQ [6]: https://www.twitch.tv/waylonwalker [7]: https://twitter.com/_WaylonWalker [8]: https://www.linkedin.com/in/waylonwalker [9]: https://github.com/WaylonWalker [10]: https://dev.to/waylonwalker [11]: https://bsky.app/profile/waylonwalker.com
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Reply guy The latest scourge of Twitter is AI bots that reply to your tweets with generic, banal commentary slop, often accompanied by a question to "drive engagement" and waste as much … Simon Willison’s Weblog · simonwillison.net [1] I had no idea there were such things as “reply guy” as a service. I can see this as a really genuine thing where brands want to genuinely engage with their communities, quickly being taken over by slop bros to ruin everything. Note This post is a thought [2]. It’s a short note that I make about someone else’s content online #thoughts References: [1]: https://simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/23/reply-guy/#atom-everything [2]: /thoughts/
Smaller and dumber If I can make it smaller, I should. daverupert.com · daverupert.com [1] Important things to remember in the age of cheap code. More code, not always more better. More code mean, more risk, more maintenance, harder to change. Note This post is a thought [2]. It’s a short note that I make about someone else’s content online #thoughts References: [1]: https://daverupert.com/2026/02/smaller-and-dumber/ [2]: /thoughts/
- THIS, THIS is how most people are feeling about AI right now. Theres lots of “oh ai bad”, “but ai help”, “but ai company sleezy”. Cassidy did a fantastic job summarizing how most of us are feeling. Ending with well at the end of the day, I can’t do anything about the bad, the best thing I can do is learn how to embrace the good cause it aint going away any time soon. Note This post is a thought [1]. It’s a short note that I make about someone else’s content online #thoughts References: [1]: /thoughts/
Thoughts Cluster Looks Like A Flower
My thoughts connections made an interesting flower layout.
castpixel ⚧️⚢ (@castpixel.bsky.social) I made a tool that turns PCB designs into 3D-printable molds. you sandwich copper tape between the parts, sand the ridges, and you have a real working PCB. no etching, no chemicals. I am losing my … Bluesky Social · bsky.app [1] This is a wild way to build prototype pcb’s, so cool and creative. Note This post is a thought [2]. It’s a short note that I make about someone else’s content online #thoughts References: [1]: https://bsky.app/profile/castpixel.bsky.social/post/3mf52azn5oc2h [2]: /thoughts/