iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

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the secret to my success? I have a post-it note on top of my monitor saying “You are an expert software engineer”

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Jim Blimey @jimblimey.com · 28/09/2026

I'm not easily offended but I just got asked if I was using a slop bot to write my latest game and now I feel the need to go punch an old lady in the face.

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Gordon Guthrie @foundationsofthedigitalstate.com · 28/09/2026

I am excited and worried about the US midterms My hunch, if you deign to call it that, is the guy who tried to mount a coup last time he lost a critical election will, ya know, go Coup Two Electric Boogaloo

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Sam Aaron @samaaron.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

What’s this? A “QR Code Link” you say? Yes, it’s Sonic Pi code encoded into a url that opens ready for you to read, play and edit in Sonic Pi in your browser. Share your live coded tracks with greater ease!

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Sam Aaron @samaaron.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

If your favourite programming consultants are ranting about the transformative potential of AI but aren’t producing incredible awe-inspiring next-level work with it - why are you listening to them? Seriously.

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Mike Dailly ™ @mdf200.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Found this in my archives. It's the source of the "dino.exe" name that #GTA1 inherited (via it's DINO.BAT) It was listed as "Darrens Dino Game" Unless this was Attack! I have no idea what this game concept was.This would have been the demo that I drew the Isometric picture for that then spawned GTA

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Dan Luu @danluu.com · 18/09/2026

There's no point at which turning your brain off will work: danluu.com/brain-off/

In early 2025, I started seeing people turn off their brain as they use LLMs1. They would have an LLM take an action (summarize text, write some code, etc.), and just assume that it worked2. This generally didn't work in early 2025 and the result was often quite silly.

As LLMs have gotten better, I've seen more of this. Sometimes, people will try to get the LLM to write some code for them and basically just assume that it works3. Sometimes there's a human in the loop and, if the thing doesn't work, they'll ask the LLM to figure out the problem and solve it. Niklas Gruhn calls some variants of doing this being a meat proxy.4

Being a for loop meat proxy works better than it did in early 2025 and the software I've tried that's developed like this sometimes actually sort of works. Not well enough that I'd want to use it or that it's successful, but I'm impressed at how effective being a meat proxy is in September 2026. You could even imagine LLMs improving enough that brain-off meat-proxy development produces average quality software in the foreseeable future.

Let's say that happens. What reason is there for the company to employ the meat proxy? The company can just run the LLM in a loop and lay off the employee. There's no point at which this methodology will work for the employee5.

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Sam Aaron @samaaron.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

What's this? Another screen shot of Sonic Pi v5? Oh no my friend... This is a completely new implementation of Sonic Pi running live in my web browser running on top of SuperSonic. Coming soon to a browser near you...

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L Break Into Program @breakintoprogram.co.uk · 16/09/2026

Scientists

BBC News headline

Part-human part-mouse brain developed in science breakthrough.

Picture of mouse being held by gloved hands

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tef @tef.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

did you know "packet switching" was invented in the uk? arpanet (live in 1971) radically changed direction away from low bandwidth links and store-and-forward for basic comms after donald davies's work on the NPL network (live 1969-70), including the term "packet switching", which he invented

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Andrew Crompton @andrewcrompton.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

I think you’re equating a sociopathic compulsion to hoard money with talent, intelligence or empathy. The evidence suggests the opposite. You can’t be a decent person and do the things oligarchs do.

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L Break Into Program @breakintoprogram.co.uk · 13/09/2026

The news headlines this week seem to have been mostly along the lines of: “‘We must slow the pace’: CEO of The Torment Nexus Company calls for a slowdown in Torment Nexus development” “Torment Nexus staff 'genuinely frightened' for humanity's future, ex-Torment Nexus researcher tells reporters”

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L Break Into Program @breakintoprogram.co.uk · 10/09/2026

A reminder that any phone can become a folding phone if you try hard enough.

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L Break Into Program @breakintoprogram.co.uk · 08/09/2026

The ZX81's native resolution of 64x48 suits big bold graphics, like 3D Monster Maze and Mazogs. This is another good example where the developers have leaned into the limitations. Surprised I've not come across this before. As ever, great video review by @villordsutch.bsky.social

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tef @tef.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

eugenicist views? in my tech oligarch? i can't believe the leopard in chief of eatingface would do that

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Sam Aaron @samaaron.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

A quick demo of Sonic Pi controlling VST plugins. Note that it's not just trigging like a MIDI track, it's also algorithmically controlling the controls (cutoff in this example).

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Sam Aaron @samaaron.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Not sure why but Sonic Pi is on the front page of Hacker News again! Please join in the discussion in the comments :-) news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4948...

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Sonic Pi | Hacker News

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Sam Aaron @samaaron.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

I currently have a working experimental build of Sonic Pi that has support for VST plugins. My current plan is to release it as Sonic Pi Pro exclusively available to Patreon supporters only. It’s going to be a complete game changer.

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Sam Aaron @samaaron.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

I might be working on a completely new audio DSP engine that combines my favourite parts of SuperCollider and Erlang…

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

'£30 billion lost’: Six major studies confirm Brexit’s HUGE toll on UK economy. "Both exports and imports will be around 15 per cent lower in the long run than if the UK had remained in the EU". Self-inflicted harm that needs to be reversed.

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'£30 billion lost': Six major studies confirm Brexit's HUGE toll on UK economy

In 10 days' time, MPs will be summoned to debate the economic impact of Brexit. Let's hope they all have a good read of this...

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Lars Wikman @lawik.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Sam Aaron was a much loved part of the first Goatmire. He returns with more. If you've followed his work, and you should, you will know he has been doing very interesting things. He will be speaking and the topic is a hard one. Time. goatmire.com/talk/notes-o... #goatmire #elixirlang

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Notes on the Synthesis of Time by Sam Aaron

Something cool about Tau5.

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Richard Carlsson @richcarl.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Right now I can only conclude that Hell is full.

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Richard Carlsson @richcarl.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

I feel like I still haven't had a better UI experience than back on Amiga Workbench with the MagicMenu popup menu extension, mid-1990s. The only significant development since then has been touchpads. The rest is just higher resolutions and nicer fonts. #UI #WIMP #AmigaOs

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Lars Wikman @lawik.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

If you keep hearing about Goatmire but don't know what it was. I recommend the videos. You can start at the start with the Nerves Car. This year's lineup is I dare say more technical, more practical and in many ways more outlandish. video.goatmire.com #elixirlang #goatmire

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Videos | Goatmire Elixir & NervesConf EU

Aspire. Perspire. Goatmire. .. Retire.

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Fred Hebert @ferd.ca · 17/08/2026

Yet again hearing how some skilled work never truly mattered now that it's getting automated, while it absolutely did and was a point of professional pride for many. It's a significant aspect of 'deskilling', which is a known consequence of automation. Pretending otherwise is needlessly unkind.

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Lars Wikman @lawik.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Sonic Pi V5 was released! Live coding music just got better. Sam Aaron who makes Sonic Pi is showing up a lot at Goatmire. Free 4 hour workshop. A full talk on .. time. And no less than two DJ sets at the closing dinner in a proper night club. www.patreon.com/samaaron/pos... #elixirlang #goatmire

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Sonic Pi v5 Released | Sam Aaron

Hi everyone, today is release day! Sonic Pi is now more friendly, more accessible, more powerful and more fun. Everything has been complete

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Sam Aaron @samaaron.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Sonic Pi v5 is on the front page of Hacker News! Please join the conversation in the comments: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4920...

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Sonic Pi v5 | Hacker News

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Ade the "Theic" 🧐 @stressedlocal.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Grats on the new release 😊👍🏻 For anyone who is yet to try #SonicPi give it a go dammit!

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Sam Aaron @samaaron.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Sonic Pi v5 is released. Sonic Pi is now more friendly, more accessible, more powerful and more fun. There's something to excite everyone - from the friendlier error messages, to the pro-audio config, to the new dynamic visuals for performance. Enjoy! www.patreon.com/samaaron/pos...

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Sonic Pi v5 Released | Sam Aaron

Hi everyone, today is release day! Sonic Pi is now more friendly, more accessible, more powerful and more fun. Everything has been complete

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Joey de Villa (AccordionGuy) @accordionguy.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

A sample from my upcoming presentation at Kansas City Developer Conference: live-coding weird “Angine de Poitrine” microtonal math rock with Sonic Pi, the music programming language! Bring your laptop, bring your weirdness, and bring the noise! More here: www.kcdc.info

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 06/08/2026

Sending this out to whoever needs to see it: It's okay if you read slowly, there's no great victory in being able to read quickly, everyone kind of has their own reading speed, and that's perfectly fine. I'm just really happy you're reading. I hope it gives you joy at any pace. Thank you!

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L Break Into Program @breakintoprogram.co.uk · 04/08/2026

The ZX81 16K RAM Pack retailed for £29.95 in 1981. By my reckoning, it would have cost £29,950,000 to buy 16GB back then, not adjusting for inflation.

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Sam Aaron @samaaron.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Sonic Pi v5 Release Candidate 5 is now available. New drive control to either power the limiter or create more headroom, much improved preferences, 18.5ms lower latency and so much love and care. Grab your copy for free now! www.patreon.com/samaaron/pos...

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Sonic Pi v5 Release Candidate 5 | Sam Aaron

Another day, another release candidate. Unlike the others, this one is pretty much v5 - so please do let me know if there any last minute sh

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Richard Carlsson @richcarl.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Status: High-Availability Soft Realtime Gardening #erlang

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The Black Dog @theblackdog.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Star Wars has changed.

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Richard Carlsson @richcarl.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Status: Somewhat merry on a Baltic Sea ferry.

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Richard Carlsson @richcarl.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Let me tell you, a television tuned to a dead channel does not have a blue tint.

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tef @tef.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

you can simply not retweet updates about the worst people alive, i believe in you

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tef @tef.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

fahrenheit, the ebcdic of temperature scales

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Sam Aaron @samaaron.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Sonic Pi v5 Release Candidate 2 is now available to download. This contains a *significant* amount of polish since RC1 and a few nice features even managed to slip in. Read all about it and get the links for free on my Patreon post: www.patreon.com/samaaron/pos...

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Sonic Pi v5 Release Candidate 2 | Sam Aaron

Hot on the heels of v5 RC1 is this fresh new Release Candidate - v5-RC2. This contains a significant amount of polish and quality of life i

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L Break Into Program @breakintoprogram.co.uk · 19/07/2026

I’m still programming in Z80 45 years on. It was the first CPU I learned to code in assembly language. We called it machine code, which was the style at the time.

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Alexander Fortin @l3x.in · 24/06/2020

A bit old video but still relevant. Sonic-Pi is one of the most inspiring Open Source projects ever and I believe it deserves more visibility. It's also a lot of fun 🎉 youtu.be/bBKu3qb0o_Y fosstodon.org/@alex/104400262485586…

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