iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Rachel Black @rachblondon.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

This is a very cool app. Thousands of filming locations across the world located on a street map. Also I never realised that Pride and Prejudice was filmed in Deptford 😱 moviescenemap.com

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Rachel Black @rachblondon.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

100 redditors ranked all of the London Boroughs. 🏆A tier - Islington & City of London 👎 D tier - Tower Hamlets, Brent, Havering, Harrow, Croydon, Enfield, Hillingdon, Hounslow, Barking & Dagenham, Redbridge and Newham Do you agree? #london #islington #croydon #hackney #westminster

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Rachel Black @rachblondon.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

I'm reading ancient Vedanta philosophy. It's giving the resilience of stoicism, blended with a beautiful spiritual core. Grounding reading for these heady times 🧘✨

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Rachel Black @rachblondon.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

This has kicked off on the other app, so I figured I'd share it here also Which is the best tube line is a hotly contested topic amongst us Londoners, so I built a little app to settle it. tube-tiers.vercel.app But really we all know the lizzy line is the GOAT 🐐 What's your ranking?

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Rachel Black @rachblondon.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

I find the introduction of Meta Glasses very creepy. It's a complete privacy invasion to film without consent and is particularly bad news for women. This petition is calling to ban then until we can update our current laws. Sign it if you value privacy petition.parliament.uk/petitions/76...

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Petition: Introduce an immediate ban on the sale and promotion of smart glasses

The government should immediately ban the sale and promotion of glasses that contain recording capability. The government should explore using existing laws, such as RIPA, GDPR, DPA to take immediate ...

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Rachel Black @rachblondon.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

Returning to BlueSky after a decent while, curious to see how the vibe is on here now, its getting harder to find a nice social medial platform Unfortunately I continue to use twitter (work, for you tab avoided) I was trying threads for a while, but just had a probably worst internet experience

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Rachel Black @rachblondon.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

The absolute character assignation Amanda Askell is receiving on X from Elon and the far right for the crime of being a childfree woman is disgusting. This would not be happening if she was a man, and is exactly the far right's plan, to control women with fertility.

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Rachel Black @rachblondon.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Posts on Linkedin ... This week, the world's top AI safety researchers have quit, saying now the risk of AI is past tipping point and civilisation collapse is inevitable. Sign up to my newsletter to stay ahead and position yourself for what's coming next! 🫠

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Rachel Black @rachblondon.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Finding out "Penne all'arrabbiata" literally means "angry pasta" - because of the chilli 🍝 #learningitalian

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Rachel Black @rachblondon.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Returning to a 5 year old linux machine - this is not gonna be easy 🫠

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Rachel Black @rachblondon.bsky.social · 07/02/2026

You know that feeling of reading everyone raves about, and it I just lands mid? That's Secret Histories by Donna Tart. Probably there's loads I'm not smart enough to get, but it really felt like the dark literary angle was too forced, and the characters and scenarios unbelievable. 1/2

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Rachel Black @rachblondon.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

Help me, I've got a the home buyers survey back - boy, it's a lot of information 🫠

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Rachel Black @rachblondon.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

I'm seriously impressed with the AI tech support with Anthropic - refunded my accidental Claude yearly subscription in 2 mins, and the money was back in my account immediately All from their customer support chatbox 😱

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Rachel Black @rachblondon.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

Finally getting round to testing out Claude Code 🤖

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Rachel Black @rachblondon.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

I vibe coded a habit tracking app to record AI practice sessions. Like DuoLingo for using ChatGPT to practice. I'm pairing this with my trusty grammar text book 🇮🇹 It's quite a naive UI (improvements coming) but I got in the iconic github green squares.

A UI that shows progress in a similar way to the github contributions tracker

A progress tracking app that show how much language practice you have been doing.

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Rachel Black @rachblondon.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

1/ I’ve been using AI daily to learn Italian, and it’s been surprisingly effective. My speaking confidence is way up, and I’m finding it easier to think in the language. A few things that have helped so far: 🧑🏼‍🏫 Use AI as a companion, not a replacement ...

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Rachel Black @rachblondon.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

Sadly my laptop's sticker game is much weaker. Hack Day at Ramen Cub in Dalston.🏗️🧑‍💻 #javascript #coding #startups

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Rachel Black @rachblondon.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

Breaking down a side project in to manageable chunks, to fit a limited and tight schedule, is a skill in itself! #coding #javascript #sideproject

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Rachel Black @rachblondon.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

Half vibe coding, ie "don't write any code but show me what you would do". This seems to be a nice way to pick up some efficiency, whilst thinking enough about the code, that I can hold a mental model of it. Does anyone else use this approach? #coding #ai #javascript

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Rachel Black @rachblondon.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

Is the opposite of vibe coding, intentional coding? 👩‍💻

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Rachel Black @rachblondon.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

Day 2 of fixing my janky vibe coded project - adding supabase auth 🤓

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Rachel Black @rachblondon.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

I'm a rusty coder (Solutions Engineering for my day job) - I've set myself the challenge to get up early every day this week, to re-write the mess that is my vibe coded app, with some love and intention. And a little understanding of NextJs. Day one goal - setup the basic app structure. Let's go!

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Rachel Black @rachblondon.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

The reviewers are not wrong, this was a fantastic read! I don’t think I’ve read a book that handles such a heavy era in such a fast paced and enjoyable style. Five stars from me! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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Rachel Black @rachblondon.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

UI gamification is too powerful. I built a language tracking app, I’m the only user, it’s just a proof of concept… …and yet I’m genuinely considering a complex database migration just to keep my streak alive 😂

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Rachel Black @rachblondon.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

We’re back after summer with two exciting events from About Product, About AI 🌟 📅 Sept 18 – Talks Night 🤝 Can AI end conflict? – Simon Horton 🎨 AI Design for Non-Designers – Lucia Z. Wang 👾 Synthetic Personas – Thomas Mann RSVP 👉 lu.ma/dh050869

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Meetup 3 · Luma

We are back after summer - and once again, we have an excellent line up of speakers! ✨ The End of Conflict? Can AI end war and help us get on better? \ Simon…

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Rachel Black @rachblondon.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

1. 🧠✨ AI Product Lab is back in London! 📍 July 2nd @ Ramen Space, Dalston 🌀 Lu Wilson @todepond.com @tldraw.com Building natural language computers. Creative coding meets surreal machines. ...

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Rachel Black @rachblondon.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

Black mirror just turned itself on, should I be freaked out?

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Rachel Black @rachblondon.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Morocco is so damn beautiful 😍 🇲🇦

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Rachel Black @rachblondon.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

AI, vibe coding & productivity — what’s actually useful? Myself & @sohilpandya.bsky.social are kicking off a new Meetup on April 30 w/ @charlierward.bsky.social ✨ AI Kat will demoing AI for brand strategy (www.aikat.ai) 🛠️ We’ll explore AI code gen tools Join us in Dalston 👇 lu.ma/jtqvb8bq

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AI Product Lab | Meetup 1 · Luma

We are kicking off our first ever meet up to discuss all thinks AI and product. We are excited to welcome Katrien Cruz Grobler founder of AI Kat, your…

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Rachel Black @rachblondon.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

Skunk Anansie absolutely killed it last night at the Roundhouse. Highlights included crowd surfing on a giant pig, and calling all the women to the front for a mosh pit. Epic stuff 🔥🕺

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Rachel Black @rachblondon.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

It’s a teenage ambition and 90s flashback, I’m excited tonight to be seeing Skunk Anansie! LFG 🕺

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Rachel Black @rachblondon.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

This is my most boomer opinion, but I think it’s true … The reason why everyone’s mental health is terrible is because youth/ popular culture, which used to be essentially about going out with your mates and listening to music, is now about staying home and arguing about politics online.

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Rachel Black @rachblondon.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

Scenic little hike in the Peak District.

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Rachel Black @rachblondon.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Strava should track dancing 🕺

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Rachel Black @rachblondon.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Cursor AI is also a great programming coach. But trying to get it to give me challenges with out giving away the answers first is a challenge! 🤖

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Rachel Black @rachblondon.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Read a lot of Designing Data Intensive Applications this morning. Now going for a run to shake it off! 🫠🏃‍♀️

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Rachel Black @rachblondon.bsky.social · 09/03/2025

App Check and recaptcha have completely nuked the performance of my firebase site. It's def feeling like time I need to switch to Nextjs. Give me some backend routes pls 🙏

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Rachel Black @rachblondon.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Testing a new morning routine contined. Today coffee and straight to work 4/10.

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Rachel Black @rachblondon.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Testing new morning routines. Today park coffee 7/10

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Rachel Black @rachblondon.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

This is a very informative read, but I have to praise these map drawings. Such a fun and unexpected addition. I wish more technical books included such a slice of playfulness. Great work all round @martin.kleppmann.com 👏

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Rachel Black @rachblondon.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

The meta/instagram/facebook ad service is a mess. How can it be this difficult to pay for an ad? 🫠

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Rachel Black @rachblondon.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Every time I think I've found the bottom the sketchiness of London Landlords, I reach a new low - this time sending fake asbestos contractors. This is fraud and dicing with people health 😡 #london #renting Anyone experienced dealing with this from a legal perspective, drop me a DM 🙏

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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 02/03/2025

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Rachel Black @rachblondon.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

whispers.... it feel a bit like spring ✨🙏 #london

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Rachel Black @rachblondon.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Did you know chatGPT can get your Myers-Briggs? It’s guessing ENTP/ENFP for me, which seems about right.

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Rachel Black @rachblondon.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

⛴️ Blog page shipped! 🥳 But for SEO and dynamic meta data tagging, I think I'm gonna have to go for next or SSR of some sort. I've been messing around with this client side react for too long! + my first blog post 📖 soundness.events/blog/6_welln... #buildinpublic #react #javascript

soundness.events

Soundness Events

Soundness Events is a directory, helping you find your peace with yoga, meditation, ecstatic dance, and more!

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