Rupert Manfredi
@ruperts
working on resizing dynamics for television.run lately we've migrated to a 100% spec-driven design process, which I'm looking forward to sharing more about
Kicking it in Sydney at Homebrew Agents Club tonight @johnfallsopp.com @webdirections.org
Working on a new layout system for television.run (design prototyping is very fun right now)
instead of apps, Television has skills! apps do one thing well, but are inflexible. vibe-coded UIs can do anything, but are inconsistent and sloppy. with artifact skills in our latest release, you can create reliable, beautiful interfaces that are bespoke for a particular moment and purpose
My co-founder @stlhood.bsky.social was interviewed for Adaptive Software on the future of interfaces, what we think is next, and why chat isn't it. adaptivesoftware.substack.com/p/the-interf...
having some fun with scroll animation for the 📺 Television launch site
planning my day with Hermes & the Television gui we're building at Telepath
working on an experimental GUI that works with any agent harness, and turns it into an new kind of computer
Today, I'm excited to be launching "A New Computer" it's a podcast from me and @stlhood.bsky.social, where we examine the end of the "personal computer" as we know it, and what comes next anewcomputer.riverside.com
Put a new photos section up on my personal homepage recently. I've been enjoying taking more photos over the last couple of years, especially in nature. First up, my recent trip to the incredible Sedona. ruperts.world/photos
We just released Stash — fast local-first folder sync across your devices & agents. It's backed by GitHub, with more storage providers coming. We've been using this internally to keep notes, docs, and skills in sync across computers, team members, and remote agents. Now available on npm.
Typography fans: this is my favorite coding font now by far. A lovely riff on IBM Plex Mono called Lilex.
Hey obsidian users! if you—like me—outsource a significant part of your mind to notes, I'm making something you might find interesting. Reply/message me if you want to beta test it
TIL in web technology... Years after Pinterest popularized the look, the masonry layout can now be achieved without hacks & JavaScript. webkit.org/blog/17660/i...
Re-reading “The Design of Everyday Things” today, when the pen I was holding spontaneously disassembled into 7 pieces and fell into the bath. I guess that was one of the bad designs then? (There should have at least been a signifier for that affordance)
Landing in NYC for #ProtocolsForPublishers. We have a pretty awesome group of folks coming together to work on keeping the future of the internet open! #PfP
When your personal computer is intelligent, it's good to know whose side it's on.
From The Information today. We'll be seeing a lot more of this locking down of data. App-makers are reacting to the threat of a new, intelligent software environment in which apps aren't as important. It's not just the context wars, it's the app vs. environment wars.
Thinking about my position that AI in creativity is just a tool, not a replacement for an artist. I'm not as optimistic about that as I used to be. (No final thoughts here yet, just initial reactions to an interview with Rick Rubin.) publish.obsidian.md/ruperts-note...
Want to amplify the "Malleable software" paper from Ink & Switch – this is an important step in defining much more flexible & natural paradigm for human-computer interaction Article: www.inkandswitch.com/essay/mallea... My notes: publish.obsidian.md/ruperts-note...
Hacking on the future of browsers with the rest of the User & Agents crew today in Berlin 🤘🌐
This little web command client can now take actions using Web Applets & the Unternet kernel love how it can reads the map pin data to recommend me a vegetarian spot (can't do that with the DOM or a vision model)
Fun experiment today making a command line for the web, based on Unternet's kernel It's cool that the LLMs know enough about URL structure to hallucinate stuff that works! (It's just guessing based on what it knows about how GitHub's paths work – it's actually kinda handy)
