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@brianell.in

tinkerer and product builder. making @obob.dog with my kids. helped build twitter, medium, and a couple of ebike businesses. here to learn!

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Yes, it's a new project I've been working on - both the app and the landing page have been fun to build!

Also, Handy is awesome, great choice πŸ™Œ

05.03.2026 23:48 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Hey @martintale.com I'd be curious to hear your feedback/thoughts on @doing.tools - very fast, local, private voice transcription for mac. It's not free/open source, but also not a subscription. Built for working for Claude Code, etc.

05.03.2026 20:47 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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macOS 26 Voice Transcription: Setup Guide for Developers (2026) Apple's foundation model makes Mac dictation actually good. Setup steps, hotkey config, and real developer workflow tips.

Want to use text-to-speech on your mac to talk with apps like Claude Code and Codex? Here's a guide on how to use Apple's built-in voice transcription model on macos 26+ for free: doing.tools/guides/macos...

05.03.2026 20:29 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

NVIDIA's Parakeet TDT model is the default, which in practice runs at least 10x faster than other local models like whisper. Even with a 5 or 10 minute dictation, the transcription time feels instantaneous.

You can also use Apple's new foundation model on macos 26+, but it is much slower.

26.02.2026 18:44 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I built a voice-to-text app for Mac that is very fast, private + local, and isn't a subscription. Designed for those building with AI who want a simple, quality tool that does one thing well. If you give it a try, I'd love to know what you think.

26.02.2026 18:33 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Mock battles Moderate a real OBOB battle between two teams

Oh snap, we've got real mock battles now. Woof.

16.11.2025 07:38 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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About The Other Night... How Graze is defining the next era of a decentralized, open social attention economy.

On Tuesday night, you may have noticed something a little different on Bluesky. Here's a peek behind the scenes of how the election feed came together. Endlessly grateful for this collaboration with @wnyc.org/@gothamist.com & @bsky.app!

06.11.2025 21:39 πŸ‘ 273 πŸ” 70 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 25

Nice. I was confused for a bit because I couldn't see a way to sign in to Rocksky (my browser window was too narrow). Thanks!

21.10.2025 14:24 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Exactly. It should be way easier to own your adventure data and do useful stuff with it. That's what the first version I'm working on is going to help facilitate.

21.10.2025 01:29 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ™Œ What do you like most about onX? I know they are huge in the hunting space and growing into fishing and backcountry stuff (hiking, mtb, skiing, etc).

21.10.2025 01:14 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Is there currently a way to share my track plays to @teal.fm and/or @rocksky.app without running my own scrobbling service?

20.10.2025 22:31 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

+1 for Notes app! I'm also heavy on Trailforks and RideWithGPS, which are pretty bike-centric.

20.10.2025 22:28 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Nice! What tools are you currently using to plan?

20.10.2025 22:16 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Screenshot of doing.network prototype build

Screenshot of doing.network prototype build

I've been exploring some ideas for activity sharing and adventure route planning on atproto - will be looking for folks to help start testing soon. Here's a quick look:

20.10.2025 22:12 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
Screenshot of a joke based atproto app demo.

Screenshot of a joke based atproto app demo.

I asked Claude Code to build a joke based network using the atproto skill, and it pretty much one-shotted this app complete with lexicon validation, jetstream integration, etc. Wild.

17.10.2025 16:51 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Simon has a great post about skills, how they work, and what they mean for the ecosystem:

17.10.2025 02:22 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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@brianell.in/atproto-claude-skill A claude skill that has access to all of the atproto docs and reference implementations

Made a quick #atproto "agent skill" for claude code that pulls in all the current atproto.com docs and reference implementations so claude can use them to help you build atproto stuff. Check it out: tangled.org/@brianell.in...

17.10.2025 02:20 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

Took the kids to their first punk show tonight - turnstile and amyl and the sniffers 🫢

09.10.2025 05:42 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This is what I’m fucking talking about baby PDX forever

09.10.2025 01:57 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Riding bikes with Benson Boone

Riding bikes with Benson Boone

06.10.2025 01:44 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

We were riding nearby. Fireworks.

05.10.2025 05:24 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

went on a bike ride through portland with benson boone and my daughter this afternoon. 100% would recommend

04.10.2025 01:17 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

@baileytownsend.dev is it possible to add a blob of an arbitrary file type via AT Toolbox? For example a .gpx file from a garmin device that I've saved to my iphone. I want to attach that as a blob to another record via a shortcut.

17.09.2025 06:55 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Dee cheered us on and was so happy when we rode by!

15.09.2025 04:20 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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TK Some nice catchy title that also makes me sound smart How do you write?

It was one of the best hidden features on Medium, too mwichary.medium.com/tk-some-nice...

12.09.2025 03:54 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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OBOB season is here! What's new for 2025-2026 on OBOB.dog

Hot off the new OBOB.dog blog, we've released some updates to the app in response to last years feedback. Woof!

10.09.2025 05:53 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Would you be willing to share more about your Claude + Notion job search workflow thing? I'd be curious to try out something like that for a few regular tasks i do.

09.09.2025 16:43 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Great talk!

09.09.2025 16:24 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Tonight we watched the new Jurassic Park movie, and at the very end after the credits started rolling my 10yo daughter said β€œand that’s why you don’t eat snickers” 🀯

01.09.2025 05:42 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It was more useful / interesting before all the other ai companies had web search and deep research. Now what it does feels like a commodity.

15.08.2025 16:55 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0