Mike Ammerlaan

Making things with JavaScript and light.

[Mike Ammerlaan @mikeamm]

@StarkTMA_ Timgad seems amazing, I had no idea but now I want to visit!

[Mike Ammerlaan @mikeamm]

1/10 The first of some side projects: announcing the launch of Qualla - https://t.co/1DoZHF01et - a stories-about-history website. I believe we can all grow from a deeper appreciation of all cultures, and I believe every place has a story that can connect us to those cultures.

[Mike Ammerlaan @mikeamm]

10/10 https://t.co/ilYE2tZzvx - a story about anti-Chinese racial violence and a nuanced story of how the perpetrators were acquitted. Right near where my local Target is. It is good to know the history of the towns in which I live.

Follow @QuallaExplores for more!

[Mike Ammerlaan @mikeamm]

7/10 https://t.co/HDJe7mpLkl and https://t.co/pXqf5dBNC3 - Two ancient battles fought in Iran, hinging on the prowess of the Silver Shields, a legendary fighting force of 50 year old+ men who were respected -- not turned away -- for their age and experience. LOL.

[Mike Ammerlaan @mikeamm]

9/10 https://t.co/BOv3R6CRPn - A story about an obscure seminary-turned-German-prison-camp where my grandfather was held hostage, in a case of mistaken identity, during World War 2.

[Mike Ammerlaan @mikeamm]

6/10 Some articles I love: https://t.co/D6qc0XeHHl and https://t.co/99w5MLwAwW - Maybe not the worlds most interesting stories, but I love the idea that even buildings that are interesting to a community, but unknown outside of it, can have their story told.

[Mike Ammerlaan @mikeamm]

5/10 So, Qualla is a free "no BS" website. No accounts, no ads, no tracking, no comment section so no trolls, no gotchas. The content is all open source at https://t.co/22ljIKKqoF. At some point, I might need to do more "revenue things" to cover hosting and AI costs.

[Mike Ammerlaan @mikeamm]

4/10 Regarding the tragedies of history: I'm not gonna lie - there are a lot of stories about people being horrible to one another on Qualla. But IMHO, we need to see how other groups can be cruel to one another based on the arbitrary labels, so I/we can grow.

[Mike Ammerlaan @mikeamm]

2/10 Qualla features 25,000+ stories from around the world. Each story is sourced from a Wikipedia article, but "story-ified" and told in a more condensed, engaging, and readable manner. See more at https://t.co/tX24Y7drmD

[Mike Ammerlaan @mikeamm]

3/10 Within Qualla, importantly, I don't want things to be clickbaited or sugar-coated or Disney-ified. I want a pure view of the triumphs and the tragedies of history, told in a manner that is foundationally and equally empathetic to all the common people of the world.

[antirez @antirez]

Big news for DwarfStar users: I got DeepSeek v4 Flash and GLM 5.2 working with Tensor Parallelism across 2 M5Max 128GB MacBooks via RDMA. It is especially interesting for GLM since otherwise, fully resident, can't fit a machine that money today can buy... Now it can.

[Mike Ammerlaan @mikeamm]

After 27 years, I'm no longer at Microsoft/Mojang, and I've entered free agency. Looking to put together some fun open source projects and explore AI while I look for a new role. It should be fun ;) Stay tuned!

[Mike Ammerlaan @mikeamm]

Hi there. I don't really plan to post here any more. Please see more updates at https://t.co/ug6Gg9diFx! Thanks!

[Mike Ammerlaan @mikeamm]

Check out a tour of four API areas that the Chill Dreams Add-On for Minecraft Bedrock Addition uses, at: https://t.co/TD1EXDDFWs Input permissions, ModalFormData, Spectator Mode, and more - that you can use in your own creations!

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[Mike Ammerlaan @mikeamm]

Want to add your pets to Minecraft? You can! Follow this tutorial for how I added our cat, Eliza, into Minecraft Bedrock https://t.co/CN4SocLCWe

Let me know if you have questions/feedback! I'll do a follow up pt 2 w/ more in a couple months.

[Mike Ammerlaan @mikeamm]

Join me and @kaylasara and @bryhaw as we cover improvements for creators in the 1.21.50 version of Minecraft: Editor, /schedule delay, biome client improvements, and more fun stuff. Also, blood red rivers.

https://t.co/GM23cy9Ypw

[Mike Ammerlaan @mikeamm]

Happy (upcoming) Thanksgiving!

You can make your own (digital) turkey in Minecraft - find out how in Part 1 of how the Thanksgiving themed, automated flyover, Chill Dreams Add-On was built: https://t.co/CwbinpCqP2

Corresponding article is at https://t.co/cz1QGbQTKG

[Minecraft @Minecraft]

Ever wanted to make your own Minecraft NPC? Now you can, with the @blockbench Entity Wizard and the NPC Dialogue Designer!

Learn how here: https://t.co/hVzbqCp2wR