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Alan Nichol

@alanmnichol.bsky.social

Co-founder@Rasa, doing chatbots since before they were good. Sharing takes I can't put on linkedin. Former physicist, wannabe chef, someday cuneiform translator.

1,115 Followers  |  325 Following  |  169 Posts  |  Joined: 03.07.2023
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I think there is not enough appreciation to how good this FT visualization is

the original is like this πŸ‘‡

03.03.2026 13:23 β€” πŸ‘ 253    πŸ” 69    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 6
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spotted this in the nanoclaw README and I think we'll be seeing a lot more of this.

25.02.2026 10:25 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Mooi! Waar kan ik het beste bestellen?

23.02.2026 22:00 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

This is a really great essay

17.02.2026 20:51 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Scrambled pancakes

17.02.2026 18:04 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Wild how Gemini has access to incredible tools (like nano banana pro) and absolutely fails to call them, or remember it has them.

05.02.2026 11:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It only takes one coffee to wake me up and it is pretty consistently the fifth

26.01.2026 10:15 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Cigarette Card Club

So cool! I built a fun little thing (no AI) like this recently

cigarettecard.club

23.01.2026 11:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Neat! Can I sub?

23.01.2026 11:18 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Delighted! Ty

19.01.2026 20:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Any chance this could extend to temple park crescent? That street’s in a shocking state

17.01.2026 13:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Lovely essay

16.01.2026 19:27 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Very happy to see misha take it over. Great episode

15.01.2026 09:51 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Claude cowork is even better than I hopef

14.01.2026 17:02 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Learning to do girl hair on a toddler is the most ridiculous thing.

Gonna pitch a reality show where people learn carpentry on a speedboat

11.01.2026 20:06 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Losing my job to AI

07.01.2026 15:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

My wife’s (untenable) position on chilaquiles is β€œjust because it has a name doesn’t mean you get to eat chips for breakfast Alan”

04.01.2026 09:27 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If you don’t miss a flight now and then you spend too much time at airports.

01.01.2026 20:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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HODL I guess

01.01.2026 00:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

No worries, gave me some good ideas to try anyway!

19.12.2025 12:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Started building almost the exact same thing a couple of weeks ago. Was working via email, but discord is a smart move. Was also trying to use the letta lib rather than Claude code. You are also way further along. Would love to try it!

19.12.2025 12:34 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Why Does A.I. Write Like … That?

This is so good and funny and I for one hope β€œtickling the simpsons” catches on. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/03/m...

18.12.2025 14:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Thanks for the tip!

11.12.2025 14:20 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I’m sorry for you Americans that you have a man in a tin foil hat running your health department.

But I do not care to read about every batshit thing that he says

10.12.2025 13:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Everyone here keeps telling me to use the for you feed but it’s full of exactly the stuff I’ve curated my feed to avoid.

10.12.2025 13:23 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

mcp is bananas, we are literally doing rpc over markdown here

08.12.2025 14:16 β€” πŸ‘ 39    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 1
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Gemini wat

04.12.2025 12:10 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Maybe my longest most firmly held opinion is I hate drinking coffee from a to-go cup

28.11.2025 09:21 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

it is awful and turns your slide into a static image

27.11.2025 20:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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the sons of bitches did it

27.11.2025 20:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0