James Stewart

Small, fast, useful things.

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Listen to the Week: Seattle

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You can learn about a room by listening to what comes back when you send sound into it.

That idea became a song. Now I hear the idea every time the groove comes around.

What’s a song that changed how you notice something?

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https://t.co/8Yws5gF0tG

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Find the Pocket

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Built Neversong to learn from the way I listen to music.

Exported what it learned.

Gave that memory to ChatGPT.

Used it to prompt Google's music model.

Somehow it became a song about the way we've been building everything else.

“Keep What Resonates.”

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I’m building a browser FPS around one question:
Can moving, jumping, and landing a shot feel so good that you want to do it again?
FPS Studies / 00 — Body. One room, one weapon, and a surprisingly fun starting point.

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https://t.co/9SmAqMZe90

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ChatGPT and I built an interactive periodic table this morning as an instrument for learning. Before I even had time to make coffee.

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A recommendation system can get worse by learning more.

NeverSong remembered likes, skips, replays and choices.

The trap:

more memory → more confidence → more familiar territory

Personalization and discovery are not the same objective.

Sometimes forgetting is a feature.

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NS / 01 — A music folder can feel alive

A personal music folder contains years of old attention: discoveries, past phases, and music that mattered enough not to delete.

I want NeverSong to make that folder feel like a musical place again.

https://t.co/V4NBhc3JW6

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Largest desert

Antarctica is Earth's largest desert. https://t.co/qvMWYkzoTg

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@boardyai That would be great! Thanks

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I'm building NeverSong: a local-first player for the music collection you already own.

It composes sessions from your folder; your audio and listening history stay in your browser.

It's early, imperfect, and ready for honest feedback. Come help shape it.

https://t.co/XAQo1drXYp

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Family tree

Fungi are more closely related to animals than to plants. https://t.co/bvRj6mtqxh

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Reverse gear

Hummingbirds can hover, fly backward, and even fly upside down. https://t.co/VNhONttNID

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Feedback has already shaped a few things. If you play it, I’d genuinely like to know what feels good and what still feels off. Thanks for giving it a shot while it’s still messy.

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Pushed a visual update + added a dev log to Silk Surge. The game is still very early and rough in places, but the atmosphere is starting to come together.

Play it: https://t.co/KQ71qR5QDV

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I also added a short dev log with notes on what shipped:
https://t.co/KqVGhOeSMk

It’s pretty stubby right now but I’ll expand entries as things develop.

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@RandomGjacob Your input has been received

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I’m building Silk Surge — a browser prototype about spider grappling, swinging, climbing, falling, and catching yourself at the last second.

The core fantasy is that “one more try” feeling.

Early playtest is live: https://t.co/KQ71qR5QDV