iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Exactly. You become lazy and rely on AI to solve problems for you. And it happens very quickly.

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I will do my best to keep my job while looking for new ways to make a living in this dystopian AI-poisoned world. But honestly, if I’d have another job to support my family, I would resign immediately.

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AI makes you lose your skills, I know it from my very own experience. This is another reason why I stopped using AI for coding my tracker, ChipNomad. I, surprisingly, am not strictly against using GenAI for coding, but the current state of this tech is terrible. It’s harmful to say the least.

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I have to use AI every day too. They have metrics to track that. You use it or you leave (“managed out”). I can’t afford losing this job, because we’re a single income family with 2 kids. I would love to leave but I can’t. Any other company with the similar salary has the same AI mandates.

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Megus @megus.org · 29/09/2026

I’m so fucking tired of AI. I work in a big tech company and everyone is forced to use AI every day. We have to use it for everything: writing, coding, testing, resolving issues. A recent mandate was to make agents run overnight. They can’t have human slaves, so they’re making AI slaves.

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Why is he doing it?

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David Viens @plgdavid.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

My new 35m tech deep dive on the OPM chip series premieres soon! www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2DY...

Emulating the OPZ the HARD way

YouTube video by plgDavid

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Megus @megus.org · 28/09/2026

There are 2 new instrument types: AY Plus and AY Samples. Try them!

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Megus @megus.org · 28/09/2026

Honshirabe is a foundational shakuhachi honkyoku piece. It's one of the first honkyoku you learn. I decided to record it every year to track my progress. This is the 3rd recording so far. www.youtube.com/watch?v=15ZX...

Honshirabe (本調) — shakuhachi honkyoku [2026]

YouTube video by Ethnophonic Megus

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Marupanda @marupanda.art · 27/09/2026

I was playing around in @megus.org 's ChipNomad tracker and thought it would be fun to make a house-style song with the large, seventh-chords used back in the 90's. #MARU #music

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Megus @megus.org · 26/09/2026

Bad Monday, my Bad Apple and Blue Monday mashup, reached 100K views on YouTube! I guess it will forever stay as my most viewed video. Was this my peak? www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0An...

Bad Monday (Bad Apple + Blue Monday mashup) feat. Emnily

YouTube video by Megus

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Megus @megus.org · 26/09/2026

I’m so much enjoying playing Pump It Up every Friday now. I wonder how every other player I see is so good? All of them play up to difficulty 15. Where are noobs like me (I can play 6-8)? And they all hold the bar. I wonder why?

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Megus @megus.org · 20/09/2026

Another old tracker module. I want to re-make it as an ambient spacesynth track. www.youtube.com/watch?v=FW4R...

Clear Logic: In-game music 3 (Impulse Tracker module)

YouTube video by Megus

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boocanan « COMMISSIONS OPEN!!! » @boocanan.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

🥳 #design commissions are OPEN!!! 🥳 branding, iconography, minor illustration & overall graphic work for music / games / ttrpg / whatever you need - let's make something cool and weird together!!! DM or email for a quote (link in bio)!!! further examples of work in thread below, RTs appreciated!

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threaten human creativity. As a creative myself, I don’t want to be a part of it anymore. My music was and will always be 100% AI-free. The same now applies to my code. I’m done with AI in my hobby work.

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Let me also clarify: ChipNomad was never vibe coded. All core code was always written by me. AI use was fairly limited, but still - I used it. Won’t do that again. While I’m not against the whole idea of GenAI, in its current state it’s not ethical, bad for environment and is being used to…

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DonutShoes🍩👟 @donutshoes.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I would say that most of them, unfortunately. Many purely vibe coded.

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Instead of using AI to help you make chiptune trackers, I recommend finding community in like-minded devs to help you do that. Seemed to work pretty well for the Furnace Tracker folks.

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Also, ChipNomad was never vibe coded. All important code was always written by me. I used AI for routine tasks like unit tests, new screen bootstrapping and makefile changes (because I suck at writing makefiles). So, the use was fairly minor but still - I used it.

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The same disclaimer will be added to the GitHub repo and the website. I might record a short video for ChipNomad YouTube channel too. I want to be transparent and honest. We make mistakes. I made it, I admit it, I apologize.

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Official disclaimer: I used GenAI for some routine tasks in ChipNomad. I’m stopping it and openly admit my mistake. Using AI in a niche project was not right. If that turns you away from my project, I can only understand and apologize. There will be no more AI use in ChipNomad.

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I used GenAI for some routine tasks in ChipNomad and I’m stopping it. Yes, openly admit it and understand potential consequences. It was not right and I agree with what you said.

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While I didn’t say about this in social media, it was never a secret in ChipNomad Discord server. Honestly, I regret that I used AI for coding my personal project. It was fun but it’s not right (while I’m still generally ok with AI use for coding assistance).

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You’re right. I’m also stopping the use because even for routine tasks (which I don’t really like) I don’t want to give up control anymore. The use started because I needed to learn tools that devs in my team at work are forced to use. And yes, of course I understand that some people would turn away

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Infloresce Records @infloresce.com · 15/09/2026

Honest answer: yes, I use it for routine boring tasks like writing unit tests or bootstrapping new screens. But most of the work is me. Actually, using LLM less and less.

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Infloresce Vol. 3 Aphrodisiac An album about sexuality (and asexuality!) Coming 9/24 🖤 Next composer reveal: Gator Tots, @aiviwave.com, @vivimouse.com Art: @aggelicyiok.bsky.social Waveform: @maddie.vision

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Megus @megus.org · 15/09/2026

I completely forgot to share the news that I released #ChipNomad v1.0.5. github.com/Megus/chipno...

ChipNomad v1.0.5 changelog:

- AY Sample instrument automatically normalizes samples and makes them unipolar (for better playback quality on AY)
- Preview instrument, samples, and AY wavetables in the file browser by pressing **EDIT**+**PLAY**.
- *FIX*: Hint at Modulation screen showed "Sustain XX ticks"
- *FIX*: Sample copy didn't create a copy of the sample data
- *FIX*: Editing background color could leave a border with old color on some devices.
- *FIX*: PortMaster build didn't work on TrimUI Brick with NextUI.
- *FIX*: Groove was always reset to the defult one when stopping playback.

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Megus @megus.org · 14/09/2026

I'm trying to become more active on my shakuhachi YouTube channel. I know how to play over a hundred pieces but very rarely record them. youtu.be/2drxajayzNU

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Fukuda Rando — Otome Gokoro (福田蘭童 — 乙女心)

YouTube video by Ethnophonic Megus

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Megus @megus.org · 13/09/2026

One of my personal favorites. I generally like all music I make but some tracks really stand out. This is one of them. www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMCQ...