Archives / Tag: AI

Introducing 'Fedi Follow Catch'

I’ve got two separate social graphs right now — one on Bluesky, one on Mastodon — and no real sense of how much they overlap. I follow people on one who I probably also want to follow on the other, but I had no way of seeing the gap. So I asked Claude Code to help me figure out a way to actually see it: compare both follow lists and surface who I was missing on each side.

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The Librarian

Childhood trips to the local library sparked unexpected discoveries. Now Google’s AI-driven search promises frictionless answers — but what do we lose when the librarian stops pointing at shelves and starts handing us pre-digested ones?

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New Energy Economy in Open Transport Tycoon Deluxe

A full energy economy mod for OpenTTD that introduces nuclear and renewable industries over time — built for my own amusement.

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Scratching the itch to build a game

From BBC Micro to browser - how nostalgia for text adventures, a dog-eared Ken Williams memoir, and some late-night Replit sessions led to a mobile-friendly port of Colossal Cave Adventure, built entirely on iOS.

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Rediscovering making things

After five years away from writing code, AI tools reignited a passion for building things — and changed what it means to be a solo maker forever.

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Back From the Dead: Resurrecting nathanpitman.com After a Decade in the Dark

The story of how nathanpitman.com — a personal blog that went dark when its host shut down — was recovered from the Wayback Machine and rebuilt with Astro.

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