iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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Jen Wang @jenwang.com · 10/05/2026

I love art. I love making it almost as much as I love seeing what other people make. It makes me feel alive and connected to other people. I don’t know how to explain how viscerally upset I am by the idea of AI stealing a person’s capacity to understand what making art actually even is.

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Brett Eastman @bretteastman.dev · 22/04/2026

It’s been 1.5 years since my first Firebase App Hosting guide, and a lot has changed! 🚀 Since hitting GA last April, you can now manage environment variables directly in the console. Much cleaner workflow. I've refreshed the guide with all the latest updates! untitled-f49dgla.gamma.site

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Deploying with Firebase App Hosting

A complete guide to setting up, deploying, and managing fullstack web applications on Firebase App Hosting — from CLI setup to secrets management. Read the Docs Firebase Console

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Brett Eastman @bretteastman.dev · 10/03/2026

Just revamped my music ed site! 🎵 - Upgraded the Gemini chat model to 2.5-flash - More free song transcripts - Moved PDFs to Pocketbase for easy access - Used Claude Code + the new Gamma connector to auto-generate a slide deck from my repo. Claude + Gamma = a perfect 🍐 gamma.app/docs/Buildin...

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Building a Full-Stack Music Education Platform

SvelteKit 2 Svelte 5 PocketBase Google Gemini AI Cloudflare Pages A searchable archive of transcribed song charts — drums, bass, guitar, and theory — combined with an AI-powered music historian c...

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Brett Eastman @bretteastman.dev · 18/12/2025

Visited @heirloomcarbon.bsky.social in Brisbane yesterday and it was such a cool experience. They’re tackling climate change through carbon capture, building custom machines that help limestone absorb CO₂ faster, then store it permanently or sell it. Huge thanks to Rob Duncan for the tour!

Workers adjusting stacks of trays of material used in CO2 capture

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Brett Eastman @bretteastman.dev · 28/10/2025

🚨 Name drop alert 🚨 Met the incredible @tolin.ski, @wesbos.com, and @w3cj.com at the awesome @syntax.fm meetup! I've been an avid listener since starting my software journey and these guys have been a huge inspiration. They're just as nice in person! Amazing vibes & great folks. Thanks to Syntax.fm!

Brett Eastman and Scott Tolinski taking a selfie at the Syntax meetup at Bare Bottle Brewing co. in Salesforce Park.

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Brett Eastman @bretteastman.dev · 10/10/2025

Had a great time watching the drone show put on by @meetgamma.bsky.social last night for SF tech week! Congrats to their whole team! Especially loved seeing their mascot, the three-eyed cat “Mr. Peepers”, in 3D above the Ferry Building 😻

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Brett Eastman @bretteastman.dev · 29/07/2025

Late post! Proud to share a site we built for Kenworthy Machine near Seattle, which showcases their services, values & products. Made with Next.js, TinaCMS, Chakra UI, etc. Huge thanks to Archaa, Alex & Kayla. Check it out: kenworthymachine.com 🚀

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Kenworthy Machine

The website of Kenworthy Machine

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 08/07/2025

If your organization is still on Twitter it is enabling explicit naziism. Send these screenshots to whoever is in your organization’s trust, safety, PR, comms team.

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Brett Eastman @bretteastman.dev · 05/06/2025

I really appreciated this essay by Ken Jennings on facts: www.nytimes.com/2025/06/05/o...

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Opinion | Ken Jennings: Trivia and ‘Jeopardy!’ Could Save Our Republic

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Brett Eastman @bretteastman.dev · 13/05/2025

I like Josh Comeau’s analogy that using AI to code is a bit like using cruise control to drive - it goes mostly where you point it yet it requires steady guidance. This is a great article and definitely worth a read: www.joshwcomeau.com/blog/the-pos...

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The Post-Developer Era • Josh W. Comeau

When OpenAI released GPT-4 back in March 2023, they kickstarted the AI revolution. The consensus online was that front-end development jobs would be totally eliminated within a year or two.Well, it’s ...

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Brett Eastman @bretteastman.dev · 24/04/2025

Excited to share my latest project site! It’s an archive of music teaching materials I made back when I was an instructor, plus a free A.I. music historian chatbot. Check it out and let me know what you think! 🎶 bretteastmanstudio.com

bretteastmanstudio.com

Brett Eastman Studio teaching archives

Brett Austin Eastman is a Full Stack software engineer, musician, composer, and former music teacher based in San Francisco. This archive contains teaching materials including guitar and bass tabs, mu...

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Brett Eastman @bretteastman.dev · 17/02/2025

I really like this idea. I developed a habit of reading Wikipedia while brushing my teeth, so this app was made for me. arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025...

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Developer creates endless Wikipedia feed to fight algorithm addiction

WikiTok cures boredom in spare moments with wholesome swipe-up Wikipedia article discovery.

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Paula Frazer @paulafrazer.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Latitude The Moore Brothers Tarnation At the Make out Room 3225 22nd street San Francisco February 8, 2025 Early show 6:30 $15 to $25 sliding scale donation Benefit for Musicares Greater LA Fire relief musicares.org

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Brett Eastman @bretteastman.dev · 17/01/2025

It is sad that David Lynch is no longer in this world. No artist could make you contemplate the surreal darkness underneath the surface of society in the way that he could.

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Brett Eastman @bretteastman.dev · 14/01/2025

Had a nice interview today. Went for a walk to catch the wolf moon rise.

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Brett Eastman @bretteastman.dev · 08/01/2025

My amazing wife @juliebarwick.bsky.social has a world premiere coming up! She was commissioned by Earplay to compose this piece for their 40th anniversary concert. It was written in collaboration with the incredible poet, Tonya M. Foster.

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Brett Eastman @bretteastman.dev · 08/12/2024

I just watched this video of a guy who forked Bolt.new and modified it to allow for LLMs other than Claude. I was able to clone his repo and run it locally with Llama 3.2 without a problem. Llama 3.2 results aren't as good as Claude of course, but hey, it's fun and free: youtu.be/3PFcAu_oU80?...

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I Forked Bolt.new and Made it WAY Better

YouTube video by Cole Medin

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Brett Eastman @bretteastman.dev · 29/10/2024

I wrote a handy how-to guide on deploying a full stack app with Firebase App Hosting, mostly for myself to remember how I did it, but it could be helpful for someone else too! I used Gamma sites to create the guide. deploying-with-firebase--0lp52li.gamma.site

deploying-with-firebase--0lp52li.gamma.site

Deploying with Firebase App Hosting

Firebase offers a powerful and flexible new platform for hosting and managing fullstack web applications and it is called App Hosting. It's easy to use, scalable, and reliable, and has built-in framew...

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Brett Eastman @bretteastman.dev · 14/10/2024

Hello Bluesky tech community! I am a junior web developer in SF looking to meet others in tech. Recently, I built and shipped a responsive website for a local music collective called Helia. I used Astro for SEO friendliness and speed. Feel free to reach out to say hi! www.heliamusiccollective.com

heliamusiccollective.com

Home

Helia Music Collective supports the creative endeavors of women in music throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. Visit our website to learn more.

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