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brendan @brendonovich.dev · 17/09/2026

welcome to the future old man

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brendan @brendonovich.dev · 27/08/2026

the venn diagram of ice skaters and software devs has more overlap than i expected i'm up to 7 people irl so far

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brendan @brendonovich.dev · 24/08/2026

turn your app into your harness with opencode v2 and vite-plugin-opencode ferryman.io/r/TeyJUHrB ferryman.io/r/n2KoKclL

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brendan @brendonovich.dev · 24/08/2026

i built a vite plugin that lets me prompt from in my app using opencode v2's server. each pane is a regular session that can be viewed in tui and desktop. no configuring providers, models, skills, or anything since it's just opencode under the hood.

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brendan @brendonovich.dev · 30/07/2026

it must feel so good to be a codebase getting cleaned up

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MacroGraph @macrograph.app · 27/11/2025

hey! it's been a while. MacroGraph is getting a huge refresh in 2026: - multiplayer editing - client/server architecture, so projects can be ran headless - brand new UI lots more to share in the next couple of months, for now here's a pic :)

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brendan @brendonovich.dev · 12/06/2025

i updated the @cap.so docker image a few days ago on @github.com and... i think someone's been downloading it in a loop? the download count has been increasing by like 2/second for the past few days 😅

A screenshot of the cap-web docker image page on github. The latest version is shown to be published 3 days ago and has over 200,000 downloads - I swear they're not from us!

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brendan @brendonovich.dev · 09/05/2025

asked @zed.dev agent to make a bunch of small changes to @cap.so desktop to make it compile went and brushed my teeth came back and the app was open with no more rust errors very nice

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brendan @brendonovich.dev · 01/05/2025

turns out you can just work from the New York library

Close up of my MacBook screen with Zed open working on De-vinxi-ing Solid Start, with the table and wall of one of the New York library’s rooms out of focus in the background

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brendan @brendonovich.dev · 17/04/2025

i don't think i ever announced this but our @solidjs.com hackathon project solidbase.dev now powers docs.solidjs.com!

solidbase.dev

SolidBase

Fully featured, fully customisable static site generation for SolidStart

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brendan @brendonovich.dev · 16/04/2025

@zed.dev would you guys be interested in trying @cap.so for your screen recordings? would be happy to help with anything Scap-related you need for gpui 😄

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Richie McIlroy @richiemcilroy.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

record. edit. share. @cap.so is the open source loom alternative. free version available for macOS and Windows.

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brendan @brendonovich.dev · 28/03/2025

corepack is fucking awesome

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brendan @brendonovich.dev · 20/03/2025

@cap.so is getting a whole suite of improvements over the next few days - redesigned editor - new 'start recording' flow - system audio capture then focusing on bug fixes & ux improvements for the next couple of weeks to make the app super smooth

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brendan @brendonovich.dev · 22/02/2025

the manual zoom picker in @cap.so will now preview the zoom segment's first frame much better than a big blue rectangle 😄

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brendan @brendonovich.dev · 19/02/2025

i'm going to San Francisco in April!!!! anyone want to catch up from the 22nd onwards?

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brendan @brendonovich.dev · 18/02/2025

i got tired of clicking 'run workflow' on github

I've created a basic Discord bot that has a /release slash command, which presses 'Run Workflow' in GitHub for us. This screenshot shows CapBot responding to me invoking /release, saying 'Release workflow started' and with a button that links to the GitHub workflow runs page.

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brendan @brendonovich.dev · 17/02/2025

if you haven't been following the work on @solidjs.com 2.0: - createAsync throws instead of returning undefined 🎉 - Resetting an ErrorBoundary refetches errored createAsyncs - Suspense only shows its fallback once. On re-suspend it shows stale data (no Transition!) + much more i'm very excited 😄

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brendan @brendonovich.dev · 15/02/2025

been working on my own version of the 'fail' crate for @cap.so that allows fail points to be toggled in real-time. all declared 'fail' (panic) and 'fail_err' (Err return) points are collected by the 'inventory' crate, and a global map that our debug window can modify toggles them on and off.

A screenshot with some code on top, Cap's debug window with a list of fail points on the left, and the main window on the right.
The code demonstrates the 'fail' macro, for declaring fail points that should panic, and 'fail_err', which are points that should return an Err containing some value.

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brendan @brendonovich.dev · 13/02/2025

reminder for future me: don’t use your app’s debug build to assess performance. prod build can be way faster even if you don’t expect it. @cap.so’s editor is super smooth in prod, but i always worry it’s not fast enough since i use the dev build 😂

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brendan @brendonovich.dev · 02/02/2025

i don't play @osu.ppy.sh but i always love watching their devlogs. they're a small team building an open source game, and they're so connected to their community. it's inspiring tbh. www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOb9...

youtube.com

....it's a new lazer update

YouTube video by osu!

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brendan @brendonovich.dev · 01/02/2025

recently discovered @zed.dev's workspace symbols search (⌘T) and it's my new favourite thing. no more remembering what file a type/function is in - just search for the symbol let the LSP do the work 😄

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brendan @brendonovich.dev · 29/01/2025

I'm happy to announce I'm officially joining cap.so as Founding Engineer! After helping with the new recorder + editor for a while, I'm excited to be a part of building the open source screen recording suite our users have been asking for.

A screenshot of Cap's recorder and editor windows on a default macOS background

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brendan @brendonovich.dev · 26/01/2025

coming soon: cap.so for windows

Cap running on Windows. The recording, settings, and editor windows are all visible.

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brendan @brendonovich.dev · 22/01/2025

built a new video decoder for cap.so that uses native macOS APIs and omg it's so much faster

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brendan @brendonovich.dev · 14/01/2025

cap.so performs all video rendering in Rust, but uses a web frontend via @tauri.app. how does the frontend receive frames from the backend? WebSockets! we've found local WebSockets can handle >500mb/s of throughput, allowing us to display 1080p@60fps video on a <canvas>!

An Excalidraw diagram titled 'Sending frames from Rust to webviews.
There are two boxes, one on the left that says 'Rust Backend. Axum Server. Sends frame data + width/height', and one on the right that says 'Web Frontend. <canvas>. drawn with putImageData'. There is an arrow pointing from 'Axum Server' to '<canvas>' labelled 'RGBA frames via WebSocket.

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brendan @brendonovich.dev · 28/12/2024

sometimes you just gotta do it to em

GitHub PR line diff counter displaying +35,242 and -13

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brendan @brendonovich.dev · 17/12/2024

super happy with this new stream layout! macos's portrait blur + studio lighting make my camera look way better than it is 😄 i'm gonna be streaming 2-3 times a week from now on, working on cap.so and macrograph.app over at twitch.tv/brendonovich, come say hi!

Screenshot of a moment of my Twitch stream. My display, with the cap.so editor open, takes up most of the screen, with chat to the right and my webcam in the bottom right, slightly overlapping with the display.
The gap underneath the display contains Discord StreamKit elements: A link to the Cap discord and the people in a voice chat with me - just me and Richie.
There's padding between most of the elements, and around the edges, where moving white dots with lines connecting them on a blue background can be seen.

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Richie McIlroy @richiemcilroy.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

We're live! Cap v0.3.1 is now live on Product Hunt 🥳 📷 Launch page → Cap.link/ph Your support would mean a lot!

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brendan @brendonovich.dev · 25/11/2024

Infrastructure as Code but it's for OBS scenes/sources/filters built an initial version of this years ago but wanted to try a different approach today repo if you're curious: github.com/Brendonovich/sceneify

TypeScript code defining an OBS scene named Main with a camera item that uses the webcam input defined in the next image, and a main function that creates the scene and updates the transform of the camera item. The full code is the following:

export const mainScene = defineScene({
name: "Main",
items: {
camera: {
input: webcam,
alignment: "bottom-right",
positionX: 1920 - GAP,
positionY: 1080 - GAP,
},
},
});

async function main() {
const obs = new OBS();
const scene = await createScene(obs, mainScene);

await scene.item("camera").setTransform({
positionX: 100,
positionY: 1000,
});
}

$TypeScript code defining a 'video capture source' input type, 'streamfx blur' filter type, and the webcam input mentioned in the previous image. The webcam input uses the 'video capture source' input, and contains a blur filter. The full code is the following: export const videoCaptureSource = defineInputType( "av_capture_input_v2" ).settings<{ device: string; device_name: string }>(); export const streamfxBlurFilter = defineFilterType( "streamfx-filter-blur" ).settings<{ "Filter.Blur.Type": string; "Filter.Blur.Size": number; }>(); export const webcam = videoCaptureSource.defineInput({ name: "Webcam", filters: { blur: streamfxBlurFilter.defineFilter({ name: "Blur", settings: { "Filter.Blur.Type": "box", "Filter.Blur.Size": 30, }, }), }, });$

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brendan @brendonovich.dev · 17/11/2024

For #solidhack we've been working on SolidBase, a tool for building Markdown-powered sites with SolidStart. MDX with @solidjs.com components, syntax highlighting, frontmatter, i18n, themeing - even in existing Start apps!. Check it out: solidbase.netlify.app And plz vote for us! hack.solidjs.com

solidbase.netlify.app

SolidBase – SolidBase

Fully featured, fully customisable static site generation for SolidStart

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brendan @brendonovich.dev · 14/11/2024

next cap.so version's dmg will have a background, yay

A macOS dmg installer with the Cap app on the left and Applications text on the right, an arrow pointing from left to right, and text underneath that says 'Drag and Drop Cap to the Applications folder'.

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brendan @brendonovich.dev · 14/11/2024

pretty happy with this mic level indication i've made for cap.so, should be super helpful for distinguishing microphone issues from recording/encoding issues

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brendan @brendonovich.dev · 13/11/2024

bsky continues to surprise me - the ability to have a dedicated feed for people who don't post often is so awesome.

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Richie McIlroy @richiemcilroy.bsky.social · 07/11/2024

brew install cap

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brendan @brendonovich.dev · 07/11/2024

cut 20% cpu from the cap.so camera preview by implementing YUV -> RGBA conversion on the gpu, all thanks to wgpu.rs and claude.ai. rust + gpu is such a good combo.

cap.so

Cap — Beautiful, shareable screen recordings.

Cap is the open source alternative to Loom. Lightweight, powerful, and stunning. Record and share in seconds.

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brendan @brendonovich.dev · 06/11/2024

managed to cut the CPU usage of cap.so recording from 110% -> 30% usage with some simple fixes: - hardware acceleration using ffmpeg's h264_videotoolbox encoder. -50% CPU - capturing in NV12 format directly instead of converting from RGBA. -30% CPU next update is gonna be so much lighter!

cap.so

Cap — Beautiful, shareable screen recordings.

Cap is the open source alternative to Loom. Lightweight, powerful, and stunning. Record and share in seconds.

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brendan @brendonovich.dev · 04/11/2024

looks like a few people are following me via some starter packs - hi! i'll be using bsky to talk about the things i'm building, usually involving rust, typescript, @tauri.app, and/or @solidjs.com. if you've got any questions about what i'm building or the above tech feel free to reach out!

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brendan @brendonovich.dev · 01/11/2024

domain as handle is very cool, wow

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