Layers and Ensembles: Engineering a Development Loop Like a Network
How I designed the skill system I now direct — borrowing depth, width, and ensemble structure from neural network architecture, on purpose, over months of iteration.
Writing
Notes on engineering, tooling, sound, and making things. 18 posts Subscribe
2026
Kinetip — Making a Pen Tablet Feel Native on macOS
I run my Mac with a pen tablet instead of a mouse. The vendor driver kept getting in the way, so I wrote my own. Here's the input path from tablet to screen, and what keeping a realtime driver alive taught me.
Patcher v5.4.2 — What Changed Since v5.1.0
A progress update on Patcher: manufacturer pages, public profiles, SSR, moderation tools, multi-panel workflows, and a more coherent digital twin workspace for Eurorack.
Acoustic Treatment on a Budget — What Actually Worked in My Square Room
A new apartment, a square room, and €310 worth of polyester panels. But the biggest improvement cost nothing.
CostaMeno — Finding the Cheapest Fuel in Italy with Open Government Data
I built a mobile-first fuel price finder using Italian Ministry open data — no tracking, no app install, no nonsense.
Impulse Dev Diary — Entity Pools, Dead Threads, and 3am Cascade Failures
Building a live WebGPU visual engine night by night. What the architecture decisions actually cost, and what they bought.
Home Assistant as Infrastructure, Not a Hobby
A dedicated server, a UPS, AliExpress switches, and a lot of YAML. Building home automation that you can actually rely on.
Three Small Tools for Living with Local AI
mini-tagger, mini-renamer, and lms-guard: a set of macOS utilities I built because local LLMs are powerful but rough around the edges.
The Live AV Pipeline — From Modular Patch to Finished Video
How a Polyterative live set actually comes together: patch design, documentation, performance, and post-production.
Impulse — A Visual Engine Built for Live Performance (and AI)
I do audiovisual performances. TouchDesigner taught me the concepts; its own UI convinced me to build something better.
Giving AI Agents Eyes and Hands in Creative Tools
MCP bridges let AI assistants operate Figma, Blender, and other creative software directly. Here's what that actually enables.
I Planned My Apartment in Figma (And I'd Do It Again)
A UX engineer moves into a new place and does the obvious thing: opens Figma. What I learned about spatial design by treating it like an interface problem.
Stream Deck + Karabiner — Building an Input Layer That Fits How I Actually Work
Why I stopped fighting the default keyboard layout and built my own input system with Stream Deck XL and Karabiner complex modifications.
2025
Sonifying AI Work — thear
A small Python tool that turns Claude Code's activity into sound, using Ableton and OSC.
Voice Coding with Talon — A Year of Hands-Free Development
What works, what doesn't, and how I configured Talon Voice for daily development across JetBrains IDEs and the terminal.
2024
Patcher — Building a Database for Eurorack Modular Synthesis
Why I built an open-source web app to manage modular synth patches, and what I learned about community-driven tools.
Reactive Visuals — Angular Meets Three.js
How RxJS makes real-time generative visuals more composable and easier to reason about.
Poly Highlights — Designing a Luminance-Corrected IDE Theme
Why most syntax themes fail readability, and how perceptual luminance fixes it.