iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Stevan @stevanfreeborn.com · 25/09/2026

Instead of worrying about AI I decide to get a puppy to preoccupy all my time.

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Stevan @stevanfreeborn.com · 22/09/2026

You should keep this front of mind everyday.

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Stevan @stevanfreeborn.com · 12/09/2026

Aspire just lets you do stuff because it is all code. Here is what I've been working on. Add a local convex instance and dashboard to your distributed app. aspire.dev

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Stevan @stevanfreeborn.com · 10/09/2026

I made a bulb light up when I pressed a button. Best part of the day. There was a guy in the workshop yelling loudly about using Claude to get things to work for him, but what ya gonna do?

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Stevan @stevanfreeborn.com · 10/09/2026

Does the foldable iPhone remind anyone of this? I guess it is true what they say…ideas don’t matter only execution does.

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Stevan @stevanfreeborn.com · 08/09/2026

My youngest has begone assembling his Halloween costume. This best time of the year. I think I’ve already said that a couple times this past month but it is worth repeating.

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Stevan @stevanfreeborn.com · 03/09/2026

I'd be lying if I said all the AI speak doesn't get to me at times. Particularly when I see engineers I respect launch head first into it. The thing that keeps crawling into my brain is how slow my progress on any one thing is compared to those who use AI. This has been helpful to mediate on.

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Stevan @stevanfreeborn.com · 27/08/2026

These words to me always read like a "bubble gonna pop" indicator.

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Stevan @stevanfreeborn.com · 25/08/2026

I think this isn’t about AI at all.

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Stevan @stevanfreeborn.com · 22/08/2026

I hope your weekend is this cozy. ❤️

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Stevan @stevanfreeborn.com · 21/08/2026

More people should be using @excalidraw.com 🤌🏻

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Stevan @stevanfreeborn.com · 21/08/2026

When you try to use Omarchy and realize you’ve become a total noob again.

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Stevan @stevanfreeborn.com · 19/08/2026

The weather during this lift is restoring my hope in humanity. Gawd can't wait for that fall crispness.

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Stevan @stevanfreeborn.com · 17/08/2026

Ryan Peterman has a new episode out of his podcast with Anders Hejlsberg that is well worth your time to watch and/or listen. So much wisdom both from a technical and career perspective. I am a happy coder too. Full episode here: youtu.be/cywK3XYYJ2o

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Stevan @stevanfreeborn.com · 29/07/2026

Wait a minute...that isn't...man gen AI sucks 🤣

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Stevan @stevanfreeborn.com · 28/07/2026

Adding a visualizer to termato cause I thought it would be cool. Lucky for me cava exists. There is no way I would have been able to figure out the audio processing without having that source code available to read.

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Stevan @stevanfreeborn.com · 26/07/2026

Proud dad moment…my oldest has experienced the awesomeness of Skyrim.

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Stevan @stevanfreeborn.com · 21/07/2026

Ouch…but at least those early investors found some greater fools I guess.

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Stevan @stevanfreeborn.com · 21/07/2026

"Coding is solved." "SWE will be automated." 😅🤣🙄

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Stevan @stevanfreeborn.com · 18/07/2026

Obviously the first thing a quality engineer learning C figures out how to do is add tests and generate a coverage report. I know people love to shit on code coverage as a metric, but for me the visualization helps guide me and think about what I've tested and what I haven't.

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Stevan @stevanfreeborn.com · 18/07/2026

This was a lot of fun and yet also pain full to write. The code is currently gawd awfully ugly, likely a few bugs, and absolutely no tests. Probably only works on my machine, but I made it and I learned a lot on the way. github.com/StevanFreebo...

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Stevan @stevanfreeborn.com · 17/07/2026

Things are getting serious now. Got it rendering to raylib.

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Stevan @stevanfreeborn.com · 16/07/2026

I've never been so excited to get something printed to the terminal.

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Stevan @stevanfreeborn.com · 03/07/2026

The wonderful world of agentic AI.

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Stevan @stevanfreeborn.com · 04/05/2026

Talk about passing on the cost...

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Stevan @stevanfreeborn.com · 09/04/2026

Today’s episode of the @nytimes.com podcast The Daily is so good. You should go listen. pca.st/episode/8b94...

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Stevan @stevanfreeborn.com · 05/04/2026

“Software engineering is dead.” 🙄🙄🙄

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Stevan @stevanfreeborn.com · 29/03/2026

This might be one of my all-time favorite projects. You say who needs a youtube/twitch chat client in the terminal? I do that is who.

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Stevan @stevanfreeborn.com · 29/03/2026

I mean come on how cool is that to have your own GitHub like infrastructure to work with. I'd like to get some beefier hardware instead of all this repurposed stuff, but works for now.

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Stevan @stevanfreeborn.com · 29/03/2026

Well shit...that was way less effort than I thought it was going to be. I basically rang the config generation command, created the docker compose file, placed an .env file alongside it, and then ran `docker compose up -d` all in a directory. Boom runner!

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Stevan @stevanfreeborn.com · 28/02/2026

Weird when Gemini recommends your own video to you...🤣

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Stevan @stevanfreeborn.com · 21/02/2026

I found out today a preview of .NET 11 has been cut. Let's go!

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Stevan @stevanfreeborn.com · 21/02/2026

Someone come get your AI bro...

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Stevan @stevanfreeborn.com · 30/01/2026

With a little help from my friends in Chat and my other buddy Gemini.

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Stevan @stevanfreeborn.com · 23/01/2026

That suhweet, suhweet internet money. 🤣

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Stevan @stevanfreeborn.com · 10/01/2026

I think my time tabbing my way to glory is coming to an end. I'm not sure how to get a good grasp on my own abilities or measure whether they are getting better if I'm training myself to wait for AI to fill it all in.

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Stevan @stevanfreeborn.com · 06/01/2026

I started a Substack to document an hour of daily development on my projects. I think showing folks how I work is by far the most valuable thing I can share currently and something I feel good about charging for access to. Would love to have you as a subscriber. stevanfreeborn.substack.com

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Stevan @stevanfreeborn.com · 01/12/2025

Advent of Code is in full swing. I’m going to be working on it each morning for the next couple weeks on stream. You can find me here: youtube.stevanfreeborn.com #adventofcode #adventofcode2025 #aoc2025

A wooden door with a combination safe dial and two notes. One note reads "PASSWORD METHOD 0x434C49434B" and the other lists "ROTATIONS: L68, R48, L99, L82".

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Stevan @stevanfreeborn.com · 23/11/2025

May you be this cozy and comfy this afternoon. Happy Sunday!

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Stevan @stevanfreeborn.com · 18/11/2025

I’m so excited ☕️🎄

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Stevan @stevanfreeborn.com · 14/11/2025

This is why real estate agents are shady.

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Stevan @stevanfreeborn.com · 03/11/2025

Well that is a new one...🤔

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Stevan @stevanfreeborn.com · 24/10/2025

I love working from the garage gym when the weather is moody. Major benefit of work from home. I'm always trying to remember that this probably is a temporary thing so making the most while I've got it.

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Stevan @stevanfreeborn.com · 22/10/2025

Seemed like the appropriate response.

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Stevan @stevanfreeborn.com · 12/10/2025

Oh man I love this navigation bar and animation in the @github.com iOS app…makes me want to try to recreate it on my website. It’s just 🤌🏻

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Stevan @stevanfreeborn.com · 09/10/2025

Look ma your boys an open-source contributor. Seriously though one of the best parts of learning to code is being able to see a problem and help solve it.

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Stevan @stevanfreeborn.com · 07/10/2025

This is from the @github.com mobile app...more companies need to copy this experience when setting up notifications. I know I can configure this at the OS level now I most cases, but really enjoyed the thought.

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Stevan @stevanfreeborn.com · 03/10/2025

I know super controversial take...

A smiling person wearing headphones holds a sign that says, "use the tools you enjoy" in black text. The individual's
expression is warm and inviting, suggesting a positive and encouraging message.

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Stevan @stevanfreeborn.com · 29/09/2025

I wanna be as smart as David Fowler when I grow up.

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