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Haven't been in 15 years, excited to be back

Booked everything last night, New Orleans just so happens to be the first place we ever traveled to together back in 2013. Gonna be a tasty weekend full of music and revelry. 🎉🎉

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you're supposed to guess!

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so I suggested...what if we wait until Christmas eve to book a Christmas Day flight and hotel, and see what kind of last minute stuff we can find? we did it. any guesses where? 👀

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Alex Hillman @alexhillman.com · 24/12/2025

for the first time in our relationship and her whole life, my partner and I are completely uncommitted for Christmas. we only found out a few weeks back, and of course, thought "what do we want to do?" we'd been talking about some kind of travel over the holidays, but of course, it's $$$.

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it looks good! excited to actually walk around it 😻

Alex Hillman @alexhillman.com · 24/12/2025

that would be an upgrade! hopefully something they add over time @streetsdept.bsky.social any news on your radar?

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Alex Hillman @alexhillman.com · 24/12/2025

The Wissahickon transit center is a fucking beautiful piece of infrastructure. Honestly, everyone involved deserves a lot of credit.

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Alex Hillman @alexhillman.com · 18/12/2025

many months ago, I uploaded a photo of my partner to a website of a science youtuber who promised to send a special photo rig to space to take "space selfies" with the earth in the background. Marc Rober, you sure as hell delivered. so cool.

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claude code on top of any knowledge management tool seems like an amazing combo!

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people keep asking for a saas but this is much more along the lines of what I'm thinking of sharing. 100% agree, bespoke is the way.

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yup totally agree. it's very weird to say it this way but it's true: using claude code feels like I grew another set of hands that are better connected to my brain.

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thanks Gary! it feels less like being "untamed" and more like putting my weird brain on a leash...but in a useful way. this metaphor fell apart very fast 😂

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my super simple, text-only, learning-focused ai agent memory system (no embeddings needed)

Sooooo people seem to think this is pretty cool. Here’s a peek under the hood at how it learns from every action and decision that happens in the system, even going as far as auto-updating SOPS and suggesting new features to improve existing workflows. New video: youtu.be/vWRwa9GMM00?...

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YouTube video by Alex Hillman

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yep i'm using yaml + typescript validators. just ran out of headroom when diff parts of the system became dependent on each other, the validators got REALLY complex. i.e. connecting our events system to our project management system, flag files was technically possible but became brittle.

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yup - my approach has been flat files and git backed by default, database when data integrity matters.

server is a standard linux vm (and my system is fully containerized too). using Tailscale for remote access as if that machine were on lan.

started and ran most of it as markdown files until very recently. moved things into a database/app where data integrity mattered, but it's still 90% flat files.

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GO BIRDS that makes me very happy. i dunno how I can fit in but if there's every a way to be a part of it...count me as interested. (i've built more software this year than any other year of my career, besides all the 30x500/Sales Safari stuff that could be a fun tie-in too)

🤣🤣🤣 unrelated, I saw that you had some of my philly peeps (Waskar and friends) on Web Dev Challenge recently. made my day. good peeps cant wait to watch!

Be the pirate you were meant to be

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Alex Hillman @alexhillman.com · 15/12/2025

in a lot of ways, this software is built specifically for my flavor of neuro-spicy, where open loops create a lot of stress and distraction. building it has been a mix of self-reflection + learning that help me stay on top of my goals, in a way that no other productivity tools have before.

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Since October or so, I've been building a piece of custom software that operates as my *dream* exec assistant + a personalized command center. It's helped me show up better in my work and relationships, and I've learned a LOT along the way that seems worth sharing. www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjO9...

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JFDI System - my AI Executive Assistant + full life command center

YouTube video by Alex Hillman

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Alex Hillman @alexhillman.com · 15/12/2025

sunset tonight was awesome