Antonio Zugaldia @zugaldia.com · 23/09/2026"And when you let someone else dictate what appears on your screen, it’s the same as giving them the key to your brain." 000
Reposted by Antonio ZugaldiaSimon Willison @simonwillison.net · 24/04/2026OK this piece by @reckless.bsky.social about why AI is unpopular among most people (anyone who's not inflicted with "software brain") is just solid gold from start to finish 1844683
Antonio Zugaldia @zugaldia.com · 25/04/2026That Kotlin library to interact with XDG Desktop Portals is the same speedofsound.io integrates under the hood! 000
Antonio Zugaldia @zugaldia.com · 22/04/2026New Speed of Sound v0.13 release is out! Added support for a system tray icon that works across distros, LLM providers get a Disable Thinking toggle to cut latency, a test connection button, plus the usual little improvements. You can download the app from Flathub and Snapcraft: www.speedofsound.iospeedofsound.ioSpeed of SoundVoice typing for the Linux desktop 010
Antonio Zugaldia @zugaldia.com · 22/04/2026Another write-up this week on Speed of Sound letsdatascience.com/news/speed-o...letsdatascience.com 000
Antonio Zugaldia @zugaldia.com · 20/04/2026Thank you @d0od.bsky.social for featuring Speed of Sound on @omgubuntu.co.uk ! Fun read and good motivation to get the new release out sooner than later. www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/04/spee...omgubuntu.co.ukType with your voice on Linux using this Whisper-based app - OMG! UbuntuYour mouth can (probably) say things quicker than your hands can type, yet voice typing is rarely used as a primary input method on desktop – yet most of 020
Antonio Zugaldia @zugaldia.com · 11/04/2026New Speed of Sound release is out! You can now use NVIDIA Parakeet and Canary models for on-device transcription, alongside Whisper. More models = better accuracy across languages + more offline/private options. Flathub/Snapcraft links & install instructions on www.speedofsound.io/getting-star... 000
Antonio Zugaldia @zugaldia.com · 04/04/2026Great news: My little voice typing app for Linux is now available on both Flathub and Snapcraft. Links for both here: www.speedofsound.io/getting-star... 141
Antonio Zugaldia @zugaldia.com · 09/12/2025Instant pre-order. Love the form factor, and the hackability even more. 030
Antonio Zugaldia @zugaldia.com · 15/11/2025Good move about the camera, bad move about the speaker www.zugaldia.com/notes/smart-...zugaldia.comMeta Ray-Ban: Good speakers disguised as glasses - Antonio ZugaldiaHomepage and Notes 000
Antonio Zugaldia @zugaldia.com · 15/10/2025Love this. It's a win-win, we listeners get no ads and the publisher gets a stickier subscription. If you're looking for another high quality podcast with a similar no ads option check out @latenightlinux.bsky.social . 010
Antonio Zugaldia @zugaldia.com · 12/10/2025@8none1.org I just heard your comment about voice being the future of typing in a recent LNL episode. And I agree 100%. That's why I built github.com/zugaldia/spe..., which I've been using daily for most of my typing for months now. Feedback/contributions always welcome.github.comGitHub - zugaldia/speedofsound: Voice typing for the Linux desktop.Voice typing for the Linux desktop. Contribute to zugaldia/speedofsound development by creating an account on GitHub. 131
Antonio Zugaldia @zugaldia.com · 03/10/2025DevFestDC is today! Find me to talk AI and @mapbox.com (and, oh yes, we're hiring). 110
Antonio Zugaldia @zugaldia.com · 21/09/2025My experience using the Meta Ray-Ban glasses for the last six months or so, where I make the case that audio, not vision, is the current killer feature for smart glasses: www.zugaldia.com/notes/smart-...zugaldia.comMeta Ray-Ban: Great speakers disguised as glasses - Antonio ZugaldiaHomepage and Notes 000
Antonio Zugaldia @zugaldia.com · 16/09/2025I'm ready to throw some money at whoever is printing t-shirts with that ultrathink design. 000
Antonio Zugaldia @zugaldia.com · 08/09/2025I'll be introducing our new Feedback Agent later today @ 12.30 PST, ping/DM me here if you have any questions! 000
Antonio Zugaldia @zugaldia.com · 02/09/2025> and says it has a $5B+ revenue run-rate (Anthropic) And about half of that is me paying for Claude Code. 010
Reposted by Antonio ZugaldiaRobert Asumendi @robertasumendi.bsky.social · 26/08/2025I designed the biggest binoculars in the world (that you can buy) and they're for looking at outer space 🔭 🌌. Early access is a big step for our nano-scale mom-and-pop business to bring this model to life! www.analogsky.co/bloomanalogsky.coWorld's Biggest Binocular Telescope Model. 8" / 200mm Binoculars — Analog SkyAnalog Sky Bloom 8" reverse Newtonian binocular telescope gives you the most immersive views of the cosmos. Smart electronics combine with thoughtful design to create a whole new stargazing experience... 074
Antonio Zugaldia @zugaldia.com · 13/08/2025My favorite use case is creating custom map styles, which I'm pretty bad at. “Create a Halloween-themed map. Make it look spooky and fun.” 000
Antonio Zugaldia @zugaldia.com · 13/08/2025Great advice for LLMs in particular and life in general (context: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4488...). 100
Antonio Zugaldia @zugaldia.com · 13/08/2025DevFestDC is back! In collaboration with @developers.google.com, this year we're running a one-day event themed around generative AI and emerging technologies. More information about tickets and how to apply to speak on www.devfestdc.org 010
Antonio Zugaldia @zugaldia.com · 29/07/2025Clear your LLM context early and often. www.science.org/content/arti... 000
Antonio Zugaldia @zugaldia.com · 21/07/2025This is very interesting. I particularly like the proposal under the hood for a lightweight mobile MCP implementation that is Android native. 010
Reposted by Antonio ZugaldiaZach Israel @zachisrael.bsky.social · 14/07/2025I’m still in disbelief that *two-thirds* of the DC Council voted today to fully fund ranked-choice voting in the District beginning in June 2026! What an amazing day for local democracy! And a huge shoutout to every single DC resident who worked toward this moment. 072
Reposted by Antonio ZugaldiaVolodymyr Agafonkin @agafonkin.com · 10/07/2025Turn on the sound — this is how nearly every night sounds for me and my family. Imagine getting used to that, living, working, raising kids. A lesson the world didn’t learn from WW2: when you tolerate and appease evil, it grows stronger, and you won’t notice until it reaches your home. 042
Antonio Zugaldia @zugaldia.com · 05/07/2025Love seeing this. There is a lot that can be done to improve the GNOME experience using the latest generative AI. Plenty of good local models to keep everything on device, and also cloud options when the use case requires it. 010
Antonio Zugaldia @zugaldia.com · 26/06/2025This one is a no brainer for me, I've been getting value from GNOME for *decades* at this point, and for decades to come I hope. 133
Antonio Zugaldia @zugaldia.com · 18/06/2025So Agents success drops with the task length exponentially, like radioactive decay, BUT because of new model improvements, every 7 months the length of tasks AI agents can successfully complete *doubles*. www.tobyord.com/writing/half...tobyord.comIs there a Half-Life for the Success Rates of AI Agents? — Toby OrdBuilding on the recent empirical work of Kwa et al. (2025), I show that within their suite of research-engineering tasks the performance of AI agents on longer-duration tasks can be explained by an ex... 110
Antonio Zugaldia @zugaldia.com · 12/06/2025TIL claude.md redirects to the Claude Code docs. Nice one @anthropic.com.claude.mdClaude Code overview - AnthropicLearn about Claude Code, an agentic coding tool made by Anthropic. 010
Antonio Zugaldia @zugaldia.com · 11/06/2025Our MCP goes live! Reach out if you try it out and want to share any feedback. 101
Antonio Zugaldia @zugaldia.com · 08/06/2025I now have Copilot reviewing Claude Code PRs. What a time to be alive. 010
Antonio Zugaldia @zugaldia.com · 30/05/2025Looks like Anthropic/Claude is giving up on TTS and relying on @elevenlabs.io for their recently announced voice mode. Interestingly, no mention of STT though. Source: app.vanta.com/anthropic/tr... 000
Antonio Zugaldia @zugaldia.com · 16/05/2025Interesting. Ollama is moving away from primarily using the llama.cpp project as a turnkey solution for model support, to building its own engine that leverages the underlying GGML library that llama.cpp uses. ollama.com/blog/multimo...ollama.comOllama's new engine for multimodal models · Ollama BlogOllama now supports new multimodal models with its new engine. 100
Reposted by Antonio ZugaldiaRemi Cadene @remicadene.bsky.social · 12/05/2025I am so impressed by the excitement for robotics all over the world! We are 1 month away of the global hackathon and already +1000 participants plan to team up at +80 locations 🤯 Be part of this special event by filling the form through this link: forms.gle/fYQteWn2R2D... 091
Antonio Zugaldia @zugaldia.com · 09/05/2025I don't know why I didn't try this before, from screenshot to calendar event in 5 seconds. 000
Antonio Zugaldia @zugaldia.com · 07/05/2025Amazing. Microsoft has managed to write an entire blog post about supporting a Google standard without mentioning Google a single time. www.microsoft.com/en-us/micros...microsoft.comEmpowering multi-agent apps with the open Agent2Agent (A2A) protocol | The Microsoft Cloud BlogMicrosoft announces support for the open A2A protocol, helping to enable agent-to-agent interoperability across platforms. Learn more. 000
Antonio Zugaldia @zugaldia.com · 07/05/2025"The previous iteration (03-25) now points to the most recent version (05-06), so no action is required to use the improved model" In other words, Preview version numbers mean nothing. developers.googleblog.com/en/gemini-2-...developers.googleblog.comGemini 2.5 Pro Preview: even better coding performance- Google Developers BlogExplore the new Gemini 2.5 Pro I/O Edition, featuring enhanced coding performance, video to code capabilities, and improvements for front-end web development. 000
Antonio Zugaldia @zugaldia.com · 06/05/2025"You learn how to program. You learn how to fix things. But the hardest thing you’ll ever learn is when to leave them broken." This is the read I didn't know I needed today: notashelf.dev/posts/curse-...notashelf.devThe Curse of Knowing How, or; Fixing Everything | BlogGitHubTwitterRSS FeedGit BranchA reflection on control, burnout, and the strange weight of technical fluency. 000
Antonio Zugaldia @zugaldia.com · 05/05/2025Washingtonians, I can't recommend his YouTube channel enough. He provides unadulterated behind the scenes footage about the city's main events. And the occasional local food recommendations :-) youtube.com/@penguinsix?...youtube.compenguinsixI'm a freelance photographer for the Washington D.C. media who makes up for the time when I'm not taking pictures by making videos of my life and life in the Nation's Capitol. An American who lived in... 020
Reposted by Antonio Zugaldiae.w. niedermeyer @niedermeyer.online · 04/05/2025a whole lot of people have no idea what a luxury it is to simply Walk To The Store 1355794827
Antonio Zugaldia @zugaldia.com · 02/05/2025Remote MCP servers are a natural next step, what is unclear to me is how these services can monetize the investment. 000
Antonio Zugaldia @zugaldia.com · 30/04/2025MCP server idea: Every GTK/GNOME app defines Actions that are available via D-Bus (e.g. screenshot below from GNOME Maps). The MCP server would bridge tool calls with D-Bus calls to any app in the desktop (whether it was designed to be controlled by LLMs or not!). 000
Antonio Zugaldia @zugaldia.com · 28/04/2025If an image is ~258 tokens, and a token is ~0.75 words, then an image is worth 193.5 words. We've been lied to all our lives. 000