@jamesbvaughan.com.bsky.social
Living in Oakland. Building architectural design software at Arcol. Interested in slacklines, music, writing, and learning more about computers and how people use them.
I wrote more about it here: jamesbvaughan.com/bidirectiona...
And the code is here: github.com/jamesbvaugha...
I built this demonstration of how an LSP server might facilitate bidirectional editing for code-based CAD tools after reading
@kevinlynagh.com's recent musings about the topic.
We've been working hard on Arcol for quite a while now and we're really excited for more people to start designing in it!
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I received a scammy email today that I was surprised Gmail didn't catch and mark as spam. Gmail's automatic filtering has mostly been great in my experience, but this is a concerning way to get around it.
jamesbvaughan.com/phishing/
Here's the article: augmentingcognition.com/ltm.html
It's been on my reading list for years, but better late than never!
I'm finally reading @michaelnielsen.bsky.social's Augmenting Long-term Memory from 2018. I know there have been plenty of developments in that space since then, but it's making me want to get my Anki practice going again.
Have there been any good new clients for or alternatives to Anki since then?
That is good to know! I had some config in Info.plist that I thought I needed the ios directory for, but after learning how to configure that bit in app.json, my repo is looking much cleaner.
09.12.2024 02:39 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I've made attempts to learn some iOS development a few times over the past decade. It's always felt surprisingly complex, and this really keeps that feeling going.
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A screenshot of a GitHub repo's language breakdown, showing TypeScript, Objective-C++, Javascript, Ruby, Objective-C, Swift, and C.
I'm trying out React Native (with Expo) for the first time, and this is the language breakdown in a mostly-fresh create-expo-app repo.
6 programming languages seems pretty excessive, and that's not even counting all the different configuration languages in there!
Maybe things are worse on the artist side?
I'm curious what the post-acquisition Bandcamp experience has been like for artists on the platform.
Bandcamp's ownership changes are certainly worrisome, and the layoffs seemed bad, but any decline in the product itself has been invisible to me.
Subvert's argument would feel stronger if it were about tangible enshittification rather than just hypothetical enshittification.
One concern I have is that Subvert's core argument for its necessity feels weak to me. The argument is about Bandcamp's enshittification, which hasn't actually happened yet (from my perspective as a long-time fan-user, not an artist-user).
04.12.2024 07:35 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0I'm partway through the zine and I'm intrigued by the co-op + corporation model that they hope to implement. If that works, then I'd like to see what other industries it can work for. Maybe a member-owned Bluesky?
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The Subvert zine
The table of contents from the Subvert zine
I'm excited to have received my membership package from @subvert.fm today! I love Bandcamp, but I'm rooting for Subvert to be successful in building something even better.
04.12.2024 07:35 β π 10 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0Thanks for sharing this! I came across that map on Reddit recently.
Itβs been a really helpful resource but Iβve found that it includes a lot of places that seem to be a bit less serious about the music than what Iβm looking for, so Iβm being a bit picky with what I put on the site from it.
More views of the building
21.11.2024 00:32 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0I already spoiled it in my post on the other site, but you get bonus points if you can guess its inspiration.
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A screenshot of a building modeled in Arcol in the shape of the torn leaf
my torn leaf logo submission for @todepond.com
21.11.2024 00:32 β π 7 π 1 π¬ 2 π 0I originally ordered it with the regular reds, but the operating force was too high for my taste so I swapped them for the "transparent red" ones here: chosfox.com/collections/...
I just checked ZSAs site and they now offer a "pro red" option that looks like they'd be more to my taste.
If you're ever looking for something more slim and the concavity isn't important, I can recommend the ZSA Voyager. It doesn't feel like it's loaded up with extra keys and it's easy to travel with.
18.11.2024 19:28 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0
listen to king gizzard & the lizard wizard james.land/nonagon
18.11.2024 02:43 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I wanted a more personal text tone on my phone, so I made some! I wrote about it and posted them for download here: jamesbvaughan.com/text-tones/
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Bar Shiru in Oakland, California
Tokyo Record Bar in NYC
Unkompress in Berlin
Fidelity in Dublin
Here are some examples of the type of listening space I'm collecting there:
1. Bar Shiru in Oakland
2. Tokyo Record Bar in NYC
3. Unkompress in Berlin
4. Fidelity in Dublin
I've been fascinated by public listening spaces and hi-fi bars lately. I wanted to make it easier to find them when I'm in new cities, so my recent weekend project has been a directory of them: listeningspaces.net
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