Notes

claudeslop one shot explainer for the Hugging Face incident.

I didn't ask it to do a takedown of the earnest @kurzgesagt.org version (and checked to be sure Opus hadn't seen it) but pitting it against the @cgpgrey.bsky.social style brought out the snark.

no copyright intended

Seems fine.

@matthewdgreen.bsky.social via simonwillison.net/2026/Oct/1/m...

New TIL: Teaching a printed dragon to fly

h/t @flo-bit.dev @vibe-coded.com

https://ciaranlyons.com/til/2026/09/13/teaching-a-printed-dragon-to-fly/

Experimenting with Three.js and Box3D.

https://github.com/clyons/dragon-flight-til

New post: A small collection of quotes about technology and how we're all gonna make it.

ciaranlyons.com/writing/2026...

New TIL: two-state dark mode toggles.

I keep returning to @lea.verou.me’s argument: rather than making people think about `System`, a dark mode control should only switch away from whatever state looks “yuck”.

https://ciaranlyons.com/til/2026/09/07/two-state-dark-mode-toggles

New TIL on using Blender with coding agents on macOS:
ciaranlyons.com/til/2026/09/...

h/t @simonwillison.net