2025-02-07 Fri

#Work
- GitHub/codekiln/kebricide
  - First draft of c74/M4L/Idea/Alits
    - Alits stands for Ableton Live TypeScript - it's an idiomatic, Functional Reactive Programming typescript library for Ableton Live.
#Discovered
- #Typescript
  - #c74/js
    - Looked at the history of contributors to the npm/package/@types/maxmsp in History for types/maxmsp - DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
      - first GitHub/MR was add max javascript js/jsui types @types/maxmsp by twhiston · Pull Request #65253 · DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped by Person/Tom Whiston
      - There are likely other cool Sound Artists in the history of this directory
      - #Idea - finding people with typescript
        I don't think I've realized before that using typescript type definition history could be a #Cool way to find interesting people online
        It may also be possible to search GitHub for repositories that have npm/package/@types/maxmsp in the package.json to find other #Cool #Examples of Sound Artists Art/Sound
        Sample GitHub/Search query: https://github.com/search?q=%22%40types%2Fmaxmsp%22+path%3A**%2Fpackage.json&type=code
        #Discovered GitHub/aptrn/maxmsp-ts-library-template
        This is by Person/Alessandro Petrone
  - turborepo
    - Turborepo is a high-performance build system for JavaScript and TypeScript codebases. It is designed for scaling monorepos and also makes workflows in single-package workspaces faster, too.
#Filed

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2025-02-06 Thu

#Work
- GitHub/codekiln/kebricide
  - EOD: 2025-02-06 11:56 - 472cc102 - refactor: Switch from clip_slots to arrangement_clips retrieval #git/commit
#Filed
- c74/M4L/Ref/Creating Devices that use the Live API
- c74/M4L/obj/LiveAPI
- #Learned c74/max/Ref/How to only see max console messages for This Patcher
- c74/max/How To/Clear Max Console Quickly
  - Max Console Clear - Misc Forum | Cycling '74
    - This sounds very interesting, but i cant seem to find this maxinterface.json file anywhere. Where is it located?
    - On MacOS 15 it's within the application bundle. As for Windows, I'd assume a similar location but can't confirm that. Cheers.
    - /Applications/Max 8.5.5.app/Contents/Resources/C74/interfaces/maxinterface.json
- c74/max/js/How To/autowatch files- #Discovered
- AirOps - Bold SEO Strategies run on AirOps AI/LLM/Technique/LLM System Eval
- #Idea
  - c74/M4L/Idea/Alits
#Filed
- #Learned
  - Confluence/How To/Apply Tags to Page Base on Title
  - Confluence/How To/use Page Properties Macros

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2025-02-05 Wed

#Work

GitHub/codekiln/kebricide

End of morning - 2025-02-05 11:41 - dea2528e - Enhance logging and add bang methods for Max/MSP #git/commit

got to the point where I can output this:

js: ------------------------------------------------------------------   
js: Reloaded on  06:40:13   
js: ------------------------------------------------------------------   
js: RELOADED END   
js: BANG   
js: initialize   
js: Track 0: 1-MIDI   
js: Track 0 has 1 clips   
js: Track 1: 2-piano_clean_stereo_norm_join   
js: Track 1 has 1 clips

See also 2025-02-05 06:49 - 481847f0 - Save Ableton project: Ableton/KebricideTester Project/KebricideTester.al #git/commit

#Filed
#Discovered
- Person/Christopher Dobrian created Book/Max Cookbook
#Learned
- c74/max/Patcher
#Q
- in DevContainer, my normal VSCode/Extension/QuickStage is not available; how do I install? I see "This extension is disabled in this workspace because it is defined to run in the Remote Extension Host. Please install the extension in 'Dev Container @ desktop-linux' to enable. Learn More"
  - Learn more links to VSCode/Docs/api/advanced-topics/remote-extensions
  - I had to "pop out" to the version of the repository that was NOT in a dev container, then put the vscode extension identifier bs-code.git-quick-stage in; then I had to rebuild it.
    - 2025-02-05 10:00 - e187aafd - Add track ID retrieval and initialization function #git/commit

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2025-02-03 Mon

#Work
- GitHub/codekiln/kebricide
  - setting up GitHub/zsteinkamp/m4l-typescript-base
#Idea
- Rosetta Stone for IDEs or languages - I wish there was a site that let you search in natural language for a given feature to see its equivalent in another language.
#Discovered
- DeepSeek
  - Reddit/ProtonMail
    - DeepSeek AI doesn't support passmail.net domain : r/ProtonMail #2025/01
      - sounds like .passinbox works though
  - DeepSeek? More like DeepSneak | Proton #Article #Proton #2025/01
#Filed
- VSCode/Panel
#Research
- Text Expander/Minus Keylogging
  - I'm looking for a type of text expander that isn't scanning your keystrokes, but is instead initiated with a keyboard command.
- Reddit/macapps
  - Best Text Expander alternative heading into 2025? : r/macapps
    - Text/Expander/App/Typinator
      - Typinator types text for you
        it's intercepting keystrokes
    - Snippety - Productivity App for macOS
- Text/Expander/Apps
  - Top 8 Text Extention Tools You Should Know
    - - Text Expander/App/Textexpander
      Textexpander is a lightweight text expansion app for Mac and Windows. With a simple and intuitive interface, this auto text expander makes it easy to define custom snippets and insert them into documents, emails, forms and more with just a few keystrokes.
      Cross-platform availability on Mac, Windows, iPhone/iPad
      Robust library for organizing a large number of snippets
      Sync snippets across all your devices
      Type custom abbreviations to insert snippets
    - - Magical
      Magical text expander is an intelligent text expander for Mac that aims to maximize productivity. It provides convenient shortcuts, schedules, and templates to automate frequently used text.
      Tight integration with macOS for system-wide use
    - - Espanso
      Espanso is an open-source, cross-platform text expander tool. It provides robust functionality through an extensible system of packages and plugins.
      Open-source with active community support
      Highly customizable via YAML config filess
  - created Reddit/Post - Reddit/commandline
    - command line text lookup tools similar to text expanders? : r/commandline
      - my op
        I'm looking for an open source program I can quickly activate to look up prompts, emojis or text snippets. I would prefer the lookup to support fuzzy matching and provide incremental suggestions.
        Some people recommend text expanders for this purpose, but I'm reluctant to use programs that intercept keystrokes; see also https://www.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/12wb55l/lets_talk_text_expanders/ where the assumption in the comments is that all text expanders function as keyloggers and are therefore a security risk.
        Certainly there must be some class of organized, quick-look-up text tools that *don't* function as keystroke interceptors, and are instead operated by entering a command to activate another program, then entering input in the 2nd program and getting back a result.
        After looking around a bit, it seems like MOST of the popular text expanders intercept keystrokes. Virtually all the options recommended in https://www.reddit.com/r/macapps/comments/1h1j6ra/best_text_expander_alternative_heading_into_2025/ are keystroke interceptors.
        For example, one of the more frequently recommended options, espanso, intercepts keystrokes: https://espanso.org/docs/get-started/#understanding-matches .
        It seems like the command line might be the most favorable candidate for this; one can set a global hotkey for a terminal, then quickly activate it and enter a command. Zsh supports fuzzy matching. Certainly someone has connected the dots into a program or a framework. What recommendations do you have in this direction?
        I'd prefer options that are aimed at technical users in security-conscious settings.
        I came to write this post after creating my first oh-my-zsh zsh autocompletion plugin codekiln/macos-system-settings-zsh-completions: zsh plugin for opening up MacOS system settings, and realizing that zsh could probably do everything that I need it to do. I realize I could probably start developing a solution myself, and I very well may in time, but first I'd like to get a sense of the prior art in this area.
      - comment one
        recommends Linux/expect
        Automating Interactive Processes with Expect on macOS
        Learn Expect by writing and automating a simple game | Opensource.com
        Expect - Wikipedia

2025-02-02 Sun

#Discovered
- AI/Audio/Song
  - cocktail peanut on X: "YuE -- Generate Songs from Lyrics on Your PC Locally. [NVIDIA GPU ONLY] Finally an Open Source Alternative to Suno/Udio you can run on your PC. Only 10GB VRAM needed! And you too, can run it on your own PC with this Gradio app, with 1 click. Watch this video (audio on)! https://t.co/sGFwtMwQjK" / X TwitX
- Hopper Mac/App
  - Hopper Disassembler, the reverse engineering tool that lets you disassemble, decompile and debug your applications.
#Work
- GitHub/codekiln/macos-system-settings-zsh-completions
  - see also Mac/OS/Q/How can I open a particular system setting from the command line?
- GitHub/codekiln/kebricide
  - Got a DevContainer set up via GitHub/zsteinkamp/m4l-typescript-base

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2025-02-01 Sat

Summary
- #Started GitHub/codekiln/kebricide, a c74/M4L patch to cut up samples
  - Towards this, began learning how to use dev containers in VSCode, but had some issues with Docker not showing up in zsh in the path after install. Put details in Docker/For Mac/How to Install into Zsh.
- #Started GitHub/codekiln/macos-system-settings-zsh-completions, a Zsh/OhMyZsh/Plugin to offer autocomplete on system settings and the ability to open certain system settings up
  - While on this side-quest, worked a bit towards understanding how CursorAI/Agent works, as I was iterating with trying out things in the shell in a way that felt a bit too manual.
- Worked on using ComfyUI to create a Cinemagraph, using the #Tutorial ComfyUI/Tutorial/AutoCinemagraph ComfyUI Guide.
  - #Learned one can't nest model checkpoints inside subfolders; they must be at the top level in order to be found by the system.
  - #Learned about Lora/Motion; picked out but didn't try Smoke Motion Loras - 1100 steps | Stable Diffusion Motion | Civitai. Discovered more about Civitai, which has a confusing user account creation process that uses Slack-style "email-only" authentication with no passwords.
  - Only got it to generate black images; no real results yet.
#Filed
- #Installed
  - Docker/For Mac/How to Install into Zsh
- #Discovered
  - GitHub/zsteinkamp/m4l-FractalNoteEcho
  - GitHub/zsh-users/zsh-completions updated recently
  - Mac/App Raycast
    - Raycast - Your shortcut to everything
      - a bunch of productivity tools
      - via GitHub/maxfahl/cursor-agent-master-prompt
    - How Many Apps Did Raycast Replace For You? : r/macapps Reddit/macapps
      comment from Competitive_Jump4281
      I'm a big fan of Raycast. But I've also said I'm skeptical of the business model and I know from this sub and the Raycast community slack that I'm not alone. I've actually been replacing some of the apps you mentioned with a newer contender in Monarch. It's by a solo dev but it's very clear to me that he's prioritizing the true depth that actually could be called "replacement".
      Just one example is that I copy links to youtube videos and news articles all the time, and in Raycast you can't search by the video title or description at all. In Monarch you can, plus you can filter clipboard items by application which is hard to live without once you have it. I feel like Raycast doesn't just care about depth like that.
      So ironically, I've been gradually replacing Raycast with Monarch. I use Raycast for some extensions and AI, but given that he's currently working on Monarch AI (what I assume will be just like Raycast AI), I am very interested in seeing how it plays out.
      I will say: his speed of development and looking at his github seems like he's a high risk of burnout, and the CEO of Raycast has been suddenly been posting a lot more "coming soon" videos for Raycast AI. Hoping the dev holds up, but consistency is consistency. I bought a second license yesterday, what's one month of Raycast Pro.
      Still have Raycast + Pro (for now) for these things:
      Github
      1password search
      AI
      Will be trying the Kill Process though, that extension should be for me but I just can't ever remember to use it. Same with Homebrew. I feel like they're popular for a reason, but the UI of those extensions in particular just doesn't bring me back.
- #Research
  - CursorAI/How To/Use Agent Mode for CursorAI/Agent
    - Reddit/cursor
      - Cursor Composer Agent is here : r/cursor 2024/11
        a video is posted, but I can't understand it
      - Task Master Prompt (Agent Mode) - How To - Cursor - Community Forum 2025/01
        GitHub/maxfahl/cursor-agent-master-prompt
        GitHub/ultrawideturbodev/ultra_wide_turbo_workspace via comment from
- #Q
  - Mac/OS/Q/How can I open a particular system setting from the command line?
  - zsh/Q/Are there any directories of community plugins besides the zsh repo?

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