Piotr CH

Software maker · Ruby/Rails loyalist · AI tinkerer ·

[Piotr CH @p_ch]

I'm taking on consulting projects, starting in November.

Web apps, Rails, infra, and helping teams get results from AI.

Let's talk: https://t.co/tZj8mRDwKZ

[Piotr CH @p_ch]

@LaneHenslee Nice

[Piotr CH @p_ch]

New Software as a Service is a tough sell right now…

However, Software *with* a Service may be an interesting model for 2027.

The idea: software built for a single client, tailored to their problem, based on your reusable - but not generic - code or infra.

Examples:

- custom data scrapers with your tooling
- consulting around an open-source library
- a programmatic SEO solution built with your custom software

I saw a good blog post about this a few months ago, but google sucks and I can no longer find it…

[Jim Mendenhall @starryhopeblog]

Check out Omafeed by @p_ch

https://t.co/M8K2n1pzBN

[Piotr CH @p_ch]

Honestly, I had no idea omafeed could do all this… 😅

Let’s make RSS great again: Omarchy menu → Install → Package

Thanks for the walkthrough, Jim!

[Jim Mendenhall @starryhopeblog]

Check out Omafeed by @p_ch

https://t.co/M8K2n1pzBN

[Piotr CH @p_ch]

@palewar This is outdated but has a section that may interest you: https://t.co/KELJ4y3UfS

[Piotr CH @p_ch]

The OS-level agentic features in Omarchy have ruined macOS for me.

[Piotr CH @p_ch]

While I have your attention, check out:

https://t.co/oeVvNoyLEN - RSS reader for Omarchy
https://t.co/opSeiNGItA - photo editor for Omarchy

More on my website: https://t.co/nnTBVk48vg

[Piotr CH @p_ch]

I wrote a lot of LLM integrations earlier in 2026 in Rails and the models never picked RubyLLM by default... They tend to implement everything using plain http calls or the openai gem unless explicitly told otherwise.

I hope this has changed in latest models, because RubyLLM is the best.

[Piotr CH @p_ch]

I built something similar at my last job:

A slack bot that knows (almost) everything about the company, can read the code, sentry, stripe.

At first people were skeptical but after they saw the tech team interact with it, it became the most used tool at the company.

[tobi lutke @tobi]

https://t.co/5MJ7u1VHwf

[Piotr CH @p_ch]

Current status: heating the whole apartment with just two computers.

[Piotr CH @p_ch]

@booldog @berlinrb_org @viktorianer4 See you there!

[Piotr CH @p_ch]

I’ll be in Berlin all day Tuesday for Berlin.rb

If anyone wants to grab coffee, DM!

[Berlin.rb @berlinrb_org]

Berlin.rb #3 is next Tuesday, 10 November, at Le Wagon Berlin, Rudi-Dutschke-Straße 26 in Kreuzberg. Doors open at 18:30, the talk starts at 19:00.

@andrzejkrzywda, Arkency: Rails architecture in the age of AI

In person: https://t.co/ufjpGyQVZQ
Live: https://t.co/h3oOouOBNm

[Piotr CH @p_ch]

The initial plan for RAWmakase Extensions is in place: https://t.co/ucpOLPrB4P

Building a proof of concept now to see if the direction makes sense.

Also, still waiting for the HDR implementation to finish...

Next release will be a big one.

[Piotr CH @p_ch]

RAWmakase has already reached a point where it has everything I personally need and use.

But I know that is not enough for everyone else, given how different people's needs and expectations are when it comes to an all-purpose photo editor.

At the same time, I don't want to build and maintain features that others rely on but that I personally have no use for.

That's why it's time to start thinking about how to introduce extensions/plugins, so that RAWmakase has a solid core but doesn't try to be everything to everyone.

[Piotr CH @p_ch]

@berlinrb_org cc @andrzejkrzywda

[Piotr CH @p_ch]

@berlinrb_org Great, love The Barn. Who’s coming?

[Piotr CH @p_ch]

I’ll be in Berlin all day Tuesday for Berlin.rb

If anyone wants to grab coffee, DM!

[Piotr CH @p_ch]

And it’s forever free too!

[DHH @dhh]

@devinmarch RAWmakase by @p_ch. I use it to edit my family photos now! Very good.

[Piotr CH @p_ch]

From software engineering to software flaneurism.

[Piotr CH @p_ch]

@samoluk_paul afair, read only - for imported Lightroom catalogs. Create an issue on GitHub amd I’ll look into it.

[Piotr CH @p_ch]

RAWmakase has already reached a point where it has everything I personally need and use.

But I know that is not enough for everyone else, given how different people's needs and expectations are when it comes to an all-purpose photo editor.

At the same time, I don't want to build and maintain features that others rely on but that I personally have no use for.

That's why it's time to start thinking about how to introduce extensions/plugins, so that RAWmakase has a solid core but doesn't try to be everything to everyone.

[Piotr CH @p_ch]

RAWmakase - a photo editor for Omarchy 📸

0.4.12, fresh out of the oven:

· HEIC/HEIF support (h/t @groghills)
· Export in Adobe RGB (1998) and ProPhoto RGB
· Crop improvements: padlock, hold Alt/Option to drag

Also: a major codebase cleanup, smoother panning on Linux with bluetooth mice (yes, turns out bluetooth mouse can cause jittery dragging), faster library previews, multiple bugfixes, and multiple new bugs.

The next release should bring HDR support, because someone demanded it be added "as soon as possible", and the bots live to serve 😅

Release notes: https://t.co/BXBtId4ZYL

Enjoy it on the latest and greatest @omarchy 4.5, macOS, or... Windows... ... ...

[Piotr CH @p_ch]

@UBiDEV It’s already in main, needs some more testing, though.