Latest entries from Posts.https://iammatthias.com/en-ushttps://iammatthias.com/posts/1780360240000-adventures-in-machine-vision/https://iammatthias.com/posts/1780360240000-adventures-in-machine-vision/A Nat Friedman anecdote about an AI watching him drink water sent me digging for a spare Raspberry Pi. Now a camera and a sensor HAT watch my desk, a self-inflicted panopticon that logs who walks by and what the room is doing.Tue, 02 Jun 2026 00:30:40 GMTcomputer-visionedge-computingraspberry-pihardwaremachine-learninghttps://iammatthias.com/posts/1779066375000-farfield/https://iammatthias.com/posts/1779066375000-farfield/Five small Go services, single binaries, content-addressed records, running on my homelab. 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I broke it with simple jailbreaks, extracting character secrets that.Thu, 08 May 2025 21:32:00 GMTfarcasteraimysteryclaudegeminiprompt-engineeringhttps://iammatthias.com/posts/1745543922514-create-and-use-farcaster-signers/https://iammatthias.com/posts/1745543922514-create-and-use-farcaster-signers/Thu, 24 Apr 2025 18:18:00 GMTfarcasterdevelopmenttutorialhttps://iammatthias.com/posts/1743724413087-code-and-cloth/https://iammatthias.com/posts/1743724413087-code-and-cloth/Reject the arena, return to the loom.Thu, 03 Apr 2025 16:53:00 GMTweavingcrafttechnologysoftware-developmentindustrializationcreative-processartisanalmetaphortextile-historyvibe-codinghttps://iammatthias.com/posts/1740682611811-pure-internet-no-html/https://iammatthias.com/posts/1740682611811-pure-internet-no-html/A minimalist web experiment using plain text on Bluesky storage, proving websites don't need HTML/CSS/JS.Thu, 27 Feb 2025 10:56:00 GMTweb-developmentpure-internetalternative-hostingblueskyat-protocoldecentralized-webtesthttps://iammatthias.com/posts/1739212426700-scalability-buildability/https://iammatthias.com/posts/1739212426700-scalability-buildability/True scalability is making the next feature easier than the last.Mon, 10 Feb 2025 10:33:00 GMTdevelopmentscalabilitycomposabilityanalyticsai-workflowsgrowth-engineeringe-commercehttps://iammatthias.com/posts/1738778326344-who-really-wants-carbon-offsets/https://iammatthias.com/posts/1738778326344-who-really-wants-carbon-offsets/Sometimes the best insights come from being wrong.Wed, 05 Feb 2025 09:58:00 GMTsustainabilitycarbon-footprintmarketingcustomer-engagementdata-analyticsconsumer-behaviorfintechhttps://iammatthias.com/posts/1738693093717-andreibot-3000/https://iammatthias.com/posts/1738693093717-andreibot-3000/Aspiration secretly pioneered AI content testing in 2020 using GPT-2, with a system trained on approved marketing to expand A/B testing.Tue, 04 Feb 2025 10:18:00 GMTaicontent-testingmarketingemail-marketingai-workflowscustomer-engagementgrowth-engineeringhttps://iammatthias.com/posts/1736537615834-orbz-dot-com/https://iammatthias.com/posts/1736537615834-orbz-dot-com/StumbleUpon nostalgia sparked a new discovery tool: orbz.Fri, 10 Jan 2025 11:33:00 GMTweb-developmentdecentralizationblockchainipfsweb3pure-internettech-historyhttps://iammatthias.com/posts/1736536967495-pure-internet-office-space/https://iammatthias.com/posts/1736536967495-pure-internet-office-space/Transforming a spare Pi Zero 2 W and Waveshare Environment HAT into a sensor hub that records environmental data every 60 seconds to.Fri, 10 Jan 2025 11:22:00 GMTraspberry-pisensorsopen-sourcemonitoringhardwaremintdata-collectionhttps://iammatthias.com/posts/1734113731423-test/https://iammatthias.com/posts/1734113731423-test/Friday, December 12th. Courtesy of the DoD.Thu, 12 Dec 2024 10:15:00 GMTtestdodhttps://iammatthias.com/posts/1733357455673-pure-internet-feral/https://iammatthias.com/posts/1733357455673-pure-internet-feral/A Raspberry Pi Zero W solar-powered "feral server" running a lightweight Hono app exposed via Cloudflare Tunnels, with location-aware.Wed, 04 Dec 2024 16:10:00 GMTraspberry-pisolar-poweredcloudflare-tunnelhoneyferal-serverpure-internetdecentralized-webhttps://iammatthias.com/posts/1732585567703-pure-internet-bluesky/https://iammatthias.com/posts/1732585567703-pure-internet-bluesky/Exploring non-standard web hosting via Bluesky's AT Protocol, a content-addressable system similar to IPFS that can serve as a minimalist.Mon, 25 Nov 2024 17:46:00 GMTweb-developmentalternative-hostingat-protocolblueskydecentralizationipfsweb-hostinghttps://iammatthias.com/posts/1731984900000-pure-internet-nfc/https://iammatthias.com/posts/1731984900000-pure-internet-nfc/HTML, CSS & minimal JS combined with NFC tech to create serverless web experiences.Mon, 18 Nov 2024 10:55:00 GMTweb-developmentnfcdata-urlshtmlipfseggdecentralized-webhttps://iammatthias.com/posts/1731955749292-pure-internet/https://iammatthias.com/posts/1731955749292-pure-internet/"Pure internet" is a playful joke about browser-served content, inspired by 90s simplicity and a desire to make web publishing less complex.Mon, 18 Nov 2024 10:49:00 GMTweb-developmenttech-historydecentralizationipfsraspberry-piat-protocolblueskycloudflare-tunnelsolar-poweredsensorsnfcdata-urlshttps://iammatthias.com/posts/1731475962422-shitposting-towards-a-pizza-oven/https://iammatthias.com/posts/1731475962422-shitposting-towards-a-pizza-oven/Automated YouTube Shorts about pizza lead viewers to shouldibuyagozney.com with its one-word answer: "yes." The algorithm grows daily.Tue, 12 Nov 2024 21:32:00 GMTautomationmarketingpizzaweb-developmentcontent-distributionalgorithmshttps://iammatthias.com/posts/1728582380556-case-study-ice-barrel/https://iammatthias.com/posts/1728582380556-case-study-ice-barrel/Ice Barrel's migration from WooCommerce to Shopify yielded impressive results: 165% higher conversion rates, faster load times, and their.Thu, 10 Oct 2024 09:00:00 GMTe-commerceplatform-migrationshopifycold-therapycase-studyconversion-optimizationanalyticshttps://iammatthias.com/posts/1712432046964-generate-a-new-private-key/https://iammatthias.com/posts/1712432046964-generate-a-new-private-key/Create wallet addresses quickly with OpenSSL: just run `openssl rand -hex 32` to generate a secure private key. Remember to keep it safe!Sat, 06 Apr 2024 12:34:00 GMTblockchaincryptowalletprivate-keyopensslsecurityweb3https://iammatthias.com/posts/1712329304675-onchain-hit-counter/https://iammatthias.com/posts/1712329304675-onchain-hit-counter/Blockchain-powered hit counters revive nostalgic web elements by storing visitor counts on Ethereum testnets, a quirky solution making the.Fri, 05 Apr 2024 08:01:00 GMTweb-developmentblockchainastrotestnetsmart-contractviemhit-counterhttps://iammatthias.com/posts/1710177704945-revisiting-obsidian-as-a-cms-again/https://iammatthias.com/posts/1710177704945-revisiting-obsidian-as-a-cms-again/Obsidian as CMS: Using YAML frontmatter and GitHub's GraphQL API to create a free, flexible publishing system for markdown content that.Mon, 11 Mar 2024 10:21:00 GMTobsidiancmsmarkdowngithubastronextjscontent-managementweb-developmenthttps://iammatthias.com/posts/1709280000000-case-study-revance-opul/https://iammatthias.com/posts/1709280000000-case-study-revance-opul/Comprehensive WordPress to Framer migration completed in two months, boosting conversion rates by 50% while giving Opul's team control over.Fri, 01 Mar 2024 16:19:00 GMTe-commerceplatform-migrationcase-studyramenwordpressweb-developmentaiconversion-optimizationhttps://iammatthias.com/posts/1699332127006-revisiting-obsidian-as-a-cms/https://iammatthias.com/posts/1699332127006-revisiting-obsidian-as-a-cms/A home-built publishing system using Obsidian for writing, GitHub for storage, and Next.Mon, 06 Nov 2023 08:57:00 GMTdevelopmentweb-developmentobsidiangithubnextjscmsgraphqlhttps://iammatthias.com/posts/1587970800000-sourdough/https://iammatthias.com/posts/1587970800000-sourdough/Growing up near San Francisco, I enjoyed quality sourdough.Thu, 02 Nov 2023 12:14:00 GMTsourdoughbreadbakingstarterfermentationlifehttps://iammatthias.com/posts/1691436904927-deploy-html-on-replit/https://iammatthias.com/posts/1691436904927-deploy-html-on-replit/Replit is great but lacks HTML deployment.Thu, 07 Sep 2023 13:15:00 GMTweb-developmentdeploymentreplitsurgehtmlstatic-site-hostinghttps://iammatthias.com/posts/1685948400001-mint-thyself/https://iammatthias.com/posts/1685948400001-mint-thyself/Zora's HTML editions let you mint internet content on blockchain, stored on IPFS for permanence.Wed, 28 Jun 2023 13:00:00 GMTzorahtmlgptipfsblockchainweb-developmentdecentralizationhttps://iammatthias.com/posts/1687071600000-feels-like-summer/https://iammatthias.com/posts/1687071600000-feels-like-summer/A perfect Father's Day with my twins and three kids total. Summer has finally arrived and it feels just right.Sun, 18 Jun 2023 13:00:00 GMTparentinglifesummerpictureshttps://iammatthias.com/posts/1681369200000-ai-legion-on-bluesky/https://iammatthias.com/posts/1681369200000-ai-legion-on-bluesky/Exploring how autonomous LLMs can manage social profiles on Bluesky, integrating AI-Legion with the open protocol to handle posts, likes, and more.Tue, 11 Apr 2023 13:00:00 GMTaiblueskyat-protocolai-toolsautomationdevelopmentsocial-mediadecentralizationhttps://iammatthias.com/posts/1675271943000-case-study-tornado/https://iammatthias.com/posts/1675271943000-case-study-tornado/At Tornado, I engineered growth systems that boosted customer count 390%, revenue 800%, and engagement 1,000% while reducing acquisition.Wed, 01 Feb 2023 09:31:00 GMTgrowth-engineeringdata-analyticsmarketingcustomer-engagementa-b-testingfintechscalabilityhttps://iammatthias.com/posts/1672682867112-the-sovereign-feed/https://iammatthias.com/posts/1672682867112-the-sovereign-feed/RSS offers decentralized content control in an algorithm-driven web.Mon, 02 Jan 2023 10:07:00 GMTrsscontent-distributiondecentralizationweb-developmenttech-historycmssyndicationhttps://iammatthias.com/posts/1670659200001-obsidian-as-a-cms/https://iammatthias.com/posts/1670659200001-obsidian-as-a-cms/Obsidian as CMS: Git-based system using timestamps, GitHub sync, Cloudflare for assets, and NextJS for display, edit anywhere with automatic.Sat, 10 Dec 2022 08:55:00 GMTobsidiangithubcmsnextjscloudflaredgraphqldecentralizationhttps://iammatthias.com/posts/1625156340000-case-study-aspiration/https://iammatthias.com/posts/1625156340000-case-study-aspiration/Two years running CRM and lifecycle at Aspiration. A platform migration, first-party analytics, and campaigns that lifted lead conversion 53%.Thu, 01 Jul 2021 09:19:00 GMTmarketingemail-marketinganalyticssustainabilityplatform-migrationdata-visualizationcustomer-engagementhttps://iammatthias.com/posts/1563778800000-flatframe/https://iammatthias.com/posts/1563778800000-flatframe/Aerial photography technique capturing motion in a static frame (like waves or crowds) using stationary drone footage between 10-60 seconds.Mon, 27 Apr 2020 11:27:00 GMTdronephotographyflatframeaerialtechniquemobile-photographycreative-process