H e r m e n.

Software Developer + Cameraman

[H e r m e n. @byhermen]

Ahhhhhh. It’s finally here.

[Soleil @soleiljolina]

I don’t care how bad life gets I’m not watching lοve iѕland

[H e r m e n. @byhermen]

That kid said fuck eyesight, let’s ride.

[Redd @ReddCinema]

her child in the back going to war & she is talking about eyesight????

[Max Ralph @maxralph_]

This is the greatest video I’ve ever seen

[Boo @IzaBooboo]

Ok, but

[BayernTimes @BayernTimes]

ngl these hydration breaks are getting out of hand

[H e r m e n. @byhermen]

Goodbye. Good riddance. May we never cross paths again.

[Dan Bochman @DanBochman]

Typical coding day with Claude (Opus 4.8)

- explain to Claude the task (5 minutes)
- Claude implements task (10 minutes)

me: "Why is this necessary?"
Claude: "You're right to push back! I over-engineered this!"
- Repeat x87 times (13 hours)

[elton @eltoowavy]

i take making playlists quite seriously

[H e r m e n. @byhermen]

“My appreciation for airs in my lungs has been enhanced”

[World Cup Out Of Context @WorldCup__26]

🚰⏸️

[Amunet @freakoutsideofx]

My favorite thing about a Knicks’ win is everyone congratulating SPIKE LEE all over my timeline 😂

Anyone over 30 truly understands how much HE DESERVES THIS! 💙🧡👏🏾

[Darren Rovell @darrenrovell]

Well Done, ESPN.

[Rodger Sherman @rodger]

With her performance today, Shakira has officially appeared in four World Cups, tying her with Maradona and Pele

[H e r m e n. @byhermen]

Ahhhhhh. It’s finally here.

[H e r m e n. @byhermen]

The cover of the zine was meant to be a portrait shot, inspired by old Japanese magazine covers. I hope that comes to be 🤞🏾

1st frame is a Japanese reference

Other frames are either unedited images of Gessica (model) or me from the studio shoot.

[H e r m e n. @byhermen]

6 pages away from the first draft of this zine… ⏳⌛️

One month into it. I immediately dropped the name. As of late all the pseudo intellectualism has been irking me. So much so I just told myself it’s not that deep. No wordplay or heavy typography on this one. Just photos.

[H e r m e n. @byhermen]

A few design iterations later from an actual designer and glad to cap the year off with the final version of the “Nostalgia” issue I worked on this year.

A lot of U-turns on the way.

1st - Front cover
2nd - Back
3-4th - content inside

[H e r m e n. @byhermen]

Updated visuals, added more guides that are voice enabled. A few friends played against the comp on it and were pleasantly surprised by the board integration with the app.

Here is a few Claude screenshots of the app generated on the go.

[H e r m e n. @byhermen]

Chess app parity ✅
Coaching feature ⏳

Great thing about time constraints is you have to pick your battles. Can’t over engineer when all you got are weekends.

Settled for an architecture that gives me enough flexibility but not too intricate that I’m lost in the plumbing.

[H e r m e n. @byhermen]

A big blunder I tend to make is lean on hallucinations (AI being incredibly positive about an approach) instead of relying on dev experience and common knowledge.

I worked on the coaching feature for the chess app. (1/3)

[H e r m e n. @byhermen]

To build on top of openings, I added my first actual piece of AI integration.

Coaching tip based on how you open

Opening is a basic fuzz search lookup against public chess dbs. Run your moves + opening against a gemini flash model to get a quick sentiment of the game early on

[Retro Anime @retro_anime]

💔

[H e r m e n. @byhermen]

Every single time!

[doomstan1 @mfdoomstan1]

J. Cole verse on 39 Intro blows my mind every time. Wtf are those rhyme patterns

Money talks to me and they lack the dialect /
To reply back as I crack the fire axe /
Light refracts when the half black messiah raps

Like WHAT?

[H e r m e n. @byhermen]

“Rap fans are idiots” video on YouTube by King Green is a must watch.

Please stop breaking down lyrics. Enjoy the beat switches and go mosh pit at Primavera festivals. But please stop writing about double entendres, similes, homophones, onomatopoeia, schemes etc.

[H e r m e n. @byhermen]

Asking for a friend.

[lil duval @lilduval]

But how did Jay Z dreads unravel to a Afro tho?

[H e r m e n. @byhermen]

So many SKUs.