ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ Herman's blog

Hi I'm Herman Martinus. I'm a maker of things, rider of bikes, and hiker of mountains.
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How I build things
7 Nov 2024 | original ↗

My process for starting new projects

On being a great gift-giver
14 Oct 2024 | original ↗

I received a great gift that I love

Upcoming changes to the discovery feed
19 Jul 2024 | original ↗

Bear's discovery feed improvements and a call for feedback

Cities need more trees
1 Jul 2024 | original ↗

A case for planting more trees in urban areas.

Plain text journaling
14 Jun 2024 | original ↗

The new/old way of keeping a digital journal

How the internet became shit
19 Apr 2024 | original ↗

The long, dark decent of the digital commons

Semantic AJAX-HTML
22 Mar 2024 | original ↗

A proposed addition to the HTML spec.

Why Pictures
28 Feb 2024 | original ↗

My abandoned webcomic

The future of self-driving
15 Feb 2024 | original ↗

Modern self-driving technology still has a way to go before it becomes generally safe, and useful enough for broader adoption. While I do believe that at some point in my lifetime I'll be able to hail an eTaxi, it'll really depend on where I am, the road infrastructure, and the local laws and regulations. Fully independent autonomous vehicles...

AI tutoring; what works?
1 Feb 2024 | original ↗

It's 2024 and LLMs are still the "hot new thing". Looking back on 2023, I'm surprised how quickly I went from, "Wow! My computer is speaking to me in fluent and comprehensible English," to, "Eh, that could have been phrased/executed/generated better." Back in the early 2010s, my mother created and ran a non-profit project called Dr Math. This...

How I learn (making games for the Playdate)
17 Jan 2024 | original ↗

I (finally) received my Playdate, after about a year and a half of waiting. To be honest, I'd kinda forgotten that I'd ordered it and was pleasantly surprised when it showed up. For those who don't know, the Playdate is a niche handheld gaming console, similar to a Gameboy. It has a black and white screen, and an odd crank on the side. This crank...

The two kinds of writing
10 Jan 2024 | original ↗

There are two kinds of writing. Writing for yourself, and writing for others. Both of these can, naturally, be broken down into various subcategories. For example: Personal Journaling Note-taking Poetry (although this can be public) Public Blogging Academic papers Letter writing Book writing I've written rather extensively on the idea of keeping...

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