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Thinkyhead

@thinkyhead.com
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Scott Lahteine - Coder, futurist, musician, procrastinator. Maintainer of Marlin Firmware. Author of: TabletMagic, FretPet, Dino Wars, Bill & Ted Amiga Co-host: Vegan Radio

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Thinkyhead @thinkyhead.com · 12/07/2026
My site got reborn! I moved off a broken Drupal install to simple Jekyll + PHP — much easier to manage. Now I deploy instantly with plain Markdown/YAML, run by my growing agent fleet. Feels good to experiment again! www.thinkyhead.com/blogs/thinkyhead…
Thinkyhead Reborn.
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Thinkyhead @thinkyhead.com · 03/07/2026
How much discount for a quite functional 16” MacBook Pro with M1 Pro 16GB and 1TB storage with a little bit of screen discoloration only noticeable on light backgrounds? It was repaired by world famous Rossmann Repair Group. Replacement displays are about $300 but this one is not actually that bad.
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Marlin Firmware @marlinfw.org · 28/06/2026
Put some ⚡️ into your motion system! #RepRap #3DPrinting #OpenSource
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Jolt Cola: Pour One Out
Alt: ⚡️JOLT COLA "All the sugar and twice the caffeine"
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Marlin Firmware @marlinfw.org · 24/06/2026
Marlin 2.1.2.8 is a minor release patching a few reported bugs. Recommended for all users. github.com/MarlinFirmwa... #RepRap #3DPrinting #OpenSource #Arduino #STM32 #DIY
Marlin 2.1.2.8

This is a minor release patching miscellaneous issues.

- Fix LPC1768 Pins Debugging (#28345)
- Fix PID autotune cleanup (#28375)
- Fix endless PID with M303 C less than 3
- Revert breaking M43 warning changes
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Thinkyhead @thinkyhead.com · 30/05/2026
People gotta have their exotic spices.
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Thinkyhead @thinkyhead.com · 30/05/2026
Cool. I made and published a few Kaleidoscope themes. You'll find a few of them on MacAddict CDs.
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Thinkyhead @thinkyhead.com · 30/05/2026
Now if they could just remove the "Kennedy" name from that Robert F. Junior guy….
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Thinkyhead @thinkyhead.com · 27/05/2026
All arguments that Humans are not primates have gone out the window.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Over 50 years later, this anti-Vietnam War PSA still rings true.
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Thinkyhead @thinkyhead.com · 26/05/2026
We’re aiming to deal with many of its rumored shortcomings.
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Thinkyhead @thinkyhead.com · 26/05/2026
If writing an entirely new firmware from the ground up —stealing from the best— sounds like a fun and interesting project to you, join us in this exciting initiative! Interesting developments are afoot. #OpenSource #3DPrinting #RepRap #RightToRepair
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Kira Coding on Computer
ALT: Kira Coding on Computer
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Thinkyhead @thinkyhead.com · 23/05/2026
Tonight on the livestream I'm working with Hermes Agent to add support for new boards to @MarlinFirmware. twitch.tv/thinkyhead #OpenSource #RepRap #3DPrinting
Talking about Hermes skills on Discord
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Thinkyhead @thinkyhead.com · 23/05/2026
Tonight on the livestream I'm working with Hermes Agent to add support for new boards to @MarlinFirmware. twitch.tv/thinkyhead #OpenSource #RepRap #3DPrinting
Talking about Hermes skills on Discord
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Thinkyhead @thinkyhead.com · 21/05/2026
We used to have Box Tortoises on Cape Cod but I believe that they may no longer inhabit that peninsula.
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Thinkyhead @thinkyhead.com · 21/05/2026
I hope that in a few years the LLM component will have better fidelity and we will be back to crafting, just faster. I’m certainly not writing less text, just fewer curly braces!
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Thinkyhead @thinkyhead.com · 21/05/2026
I didn’t prep my agents to write Marlin code yet but they’re automating workflows, writing utility scripts, writing activity reports. Doing interactive git bisect with users via GitHub thread! Meanwhile, using Xcode MCP to update my old Carbon “FretPet” music sequencer to modern macOS. Fun times!
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Marlin Firmware @marlinfw.org · 16/05/2026
We're rewriting the Marlin website from the ground up as an accessible feature-first User Manual — with an eye towards knowledge embedding and further integration with Auto Build Marlin and that OctoPrint 2 plugin we keep teasing. Exciting time to be an #OpenSource maintainer / web dev!
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Thinkyhead @thinkyhead.com · 13/05/2026
First in a series of live-streams evaluating #HermesAgent and other tools for OSS coding on an existing project by a naive fool with a vanishingly small token budget. #OpenSource #Coding #AI youtu.be/c7CgYjAzNFM?...
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Thinkyhead Live! — Saturday Hangout — 9 May 2026
YouTube video by Thinkyhead Software
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Thinkyhead @thinkyhead.com · 07/05/2026
Of course I will use one remote control location for all my helpful #Hermes agents. Building a team that does research and development in embedded software and motion control alongside project maintenance presents an interesting challenge, especially on a tight budget. Must learn however!
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Thinkyhead @thinkyhead.com · 07/05/2026
Hooked up a 3D printer to the computer and told Hermes to find it and make it home. No problem. So I had Hermes design a suite of tests it could run on a connected printer. And it quickly had those tests written and running with a full report. Just needs refinement. This is the way of the future.
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Thinkyhead @thinkyhead.com · 06/05/2026
Are you using several #StableDiffusion and/or #LLM front-ends, each with their own separate model download and management? All those 5GB+ models add up fast! - Wrangle those duplicates with 'rdfind -makehardlinks'. - Use Gollama for sharing models between #LMStudio and #Ollama.
Usage: rdfind [options] FILE ...

Finds duplicate files recursively in the given FILEs (directories), and takes appropriate action (by default, nothing). Directories listed first are ranked higher, meaning that if a file is found on several places, the file found in the directory first encountered on the command line is kept, and the others are considered duplicate.
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Thinkyhead @thinkyhead.com · 06/05/2026
Looking for a thoroughly awesome #Hermes dashboard that you can customize? Then you should try out Scarf. github.com/awizemann/sc...
Scarf is a macOS companion app for Hermes.
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Marlin Firmware @marlinfw.org · 02/05/2026
Before you unleash #Agents on your #OpenSource project prepare and curate all your knowledge. Sharpen it and remove dross and resolve ambiguities. Provide a high level overview first and work towards details subsystem-by-subsystem. Be patient and take advantage of shared skills.
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Thinkyhead @thinkyhead.com · 02/05/2026
Premiering now! Hermes Agent and the Future of Coding youtu.be/oAixNXzOw7c?...
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Hermes and the Future of Coding — Thinkyhead Live! — Friday Hangout — 1 May 2026
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Thinkyhead @thinkyhead.com · 28/04/2026
Sometimes the right simple skill or tool can be the key to an entirely new level of capability. In my next livestream, we'll run the experiment to see if #Hermes can learn to solve text adventures, starting with Zork.
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Thinkyhead @thinkyhead.com · 28/04/2026
I've been evaluating agent micro-harnesses for a few weeks, including Zed, Pi, Copilot, and Hermes. Hermes instantly grabbed me with its ability to integrate and improve my custom tooling and solve requests methodically and creatively, inventing skills as the need arose.
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Thinkyhead @thinkyhead.com · 22/04/2026
🤖 #HermesAgent is ingesting my folders of partially-finished Python and shell-scripted projects into its matrix of skills, enfolding my half-formed ideas in the warm embrace of its agentacle tentacles. I'll show it everything I've got and ask it what it can do with it. It's not #OpenClaw but… #AI
So the stack is now formally coherent:

- prompty-image-prompts
    what to draw

- kitty-diffusion-workflows
    how to draw it

- imagine-inline-images
    run it and open the result

- prompty-imagine-render
    do the whole job
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Thinkyhead @thinkyhead.com · 22/04/2026
Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus!
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Thinkyhead @thinkyhead.com · 19/04/2026
As an experiment I set up a simple Frotz endpoint so #AI agents powered by #LLMs can play Z-code text adventures. I'm getting surprising results! Just within its own context (ignoring instruction to write notes) Mistral Small 3.2 is one the best players of "Zork: The Great Underground Empire."
A session of AI playing Zork and doing pretty okay!
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Thinkyhead @thinkyhead.com · 07/04/2026
Shawarma calls!
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Marlin Firmware @marlinfw.org · 29/03/2026
Did #GitHub Copilot powered by #Claude just one-shot the solution for a lost steps issue that only manifests when Input Shaping adds extra cycles to the Stepper Interrupt? It looks that way! I did give it some hints where to look, but with only the vaguest of inklings.
Copilot solves a Pull Request??
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Thinkyhead @thinkyhead.com · 21/03/2026
Doing one of those Premiere video things on YouTube. Developing a Sublime Text plugin. In this case, for editing Commodore 64 BASIC. Fun stuff! youtu.be/LlyACog5IFo #RetroCoding #OpenSource #Commodore64 #Coding #Python
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Thinkyhead Live! — Commodore 64 BASIC • Sublime Plugin
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Thinkyhead @thinkyhead.com · 11/03/2026
Of course I cannot stop at just Atari BASIC and 6502 Assembly support…. The C64Tools and PETSCII plugins for Sublime Text are coming along nicely! I just need to complete the BASIC translation between VICE (PETSCII) and Sublime (Unicode). Stay tuned! #C64 #Commodore64 #RetroComputing #OpenSource
About Page for the PETSCII plugin for Sublime Text.
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Thinkyhead @thinkyhead.com · 05/03/2026
We have entered the #RetroCoding matrix!
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Thinkyhead @thinkyhead.com · 03/03/2026
I'm lively with effervescence!
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Thinkyhead @thinkyhead.com · 03/03/2026
You should spread something something something on it.
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Thinkyhead @thinkyhead.com · 03/03/2026
github.com/thinkyhead/6... #RetroCoding #Retro #Atari #OpenSource #Python
The README for "ATASCII Insert" Sublime plugin.
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Thinkyhead @thinkyhead.com · 03/03/2026
github.com/thinkyhead/6... #RetroCoding #Retro #Atari #OpenSource #Python
The README for "ATASCII Insert" Sublime plugin.
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Thinkyhead @thinkyhead.com · 02/03/2026
Meanwhile… I'm adding a new utility to "6502 Tools" for all you old-school Atari 8-bit coders out there. The "ATASCII Insert" Sublime Text plugin provides quick access to inverted and special characters in supported fonts like Atari Classic. #RetroCoding #Atari #MOS6502
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Thinkyhead @thinkyhead.com · 28/02/2026
I'm making steady progress in my quest to properly redo that game I wrote in 1983 using Atari BASIC + 6502… "Snorky!" is an homage to Q*Bert that follows the logic that if hopping on a small pile of cubes makes Q*Bert fun then many more cubes should be even more fun! #RetroCoding #Atari #MOS6502
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Thinkyhead @thinkyhead.com · 27/02/2026
Your #AtariBASIC tip of the day. Numbers in AtariBASIC are always 6 byte floats! But you can use strings to store integer data and access it with PEEK and POKE. Strings can also be cleverly manipulated to manipulate memory and even draw player-missile graphics. #RetroCoding #Atari #MOS6502
BASIC string demo code.
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Thinkyhead @thinkyhead.com · 24/02/2026
I find myself using this shortcut a lot more lately…
"Convert Image" shortcut in the macOS Finder.
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Thinkyhead @thinkyhead.com · 23/02/2026
The Atari 400 / 800 / XL nostalgia bug has got me looking back at old unfinished projects from 43 years ago and thinking, surely, with all my high level language experience I could do much better at Atari BASIC scaffolding code augmented with 6502 assembly today. We shall see! #RetroCoding
Atari BASIC code running alongside Sublime Text with 6502 Tools plugins.
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Thinkyhead @thinkyhead.com · 13/02/2026
Where is this technology going?? While contemplating the question, here's an upbeat song about spider venom, en Español! Lyrics by Thinkyhead, arrangement and performance by #ACEStep. #espanol #AI soundcloud.com/thinkyhead/s...
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Spiderweb V4
An upbeat song about spider venom, en Español!
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Thinkyhead @thinkyhead.com · 13/02/2026
If you have some old dusty lyrics looking for a home you can now use #AI to make something as corny as this with #ACE-Step… soundcloud.com/thinkyhead/n...
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Nothing V2
A song about a lonely guy, lyrics by me, arrangement and performance by ACE Step.
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Thinkyhead @thinkyhead.com · 13/02/2026
Music generation with #AI has come a long way in recent times. If you have enough GPU power you can use a local tool to generate music from a text prompt and/or audio input. Here's some slop I generated in < 4 minutes with #ACE-Step and refined AI generated lyrics… soundcloud.com/thinkyhead/b...
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Beyond V8
Track generated with ACE-Step for demo purposes
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Thinkyhead @thinkyhead.com · 06/02/2026
My macOS ScreenSavers (implemented in Javascript using web views) were broken by some versions of Sonoma, but now they seem to work great with both the latest Sonoma and Tahoe! github.com/thinkyhead/W... #macOS #Xcode #javascript
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Thinkyhead @thinkyhead.com · 06/02/2026
Yes! Let the cynicism flow through you….
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Let The Hate Flow Through You Your Hate Has Made You Powerful GIF
ALT: Let The Hate Flow Through You Your Hate Has Made You Powerful GIF
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Thinkyhead @thinkyhead.com · 06/02/2026
As far as I can tell, he was just tired of having me as a Prime subscriber.
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Thinkyhead @thinkyhead.com · 03/02/2026
I’m getting bored and antsy. As nice as my little $1800 apartment is, I’d like to have a better kitchen. And I want to work with creative, intelligent, engaged people in the fusion of arts, sciences, and technology. Anyone in need of a multifaceted curious person with coding (and other) skills?
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