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Jakob // theCodeDrift@codedrift· 28d

Sunday Jul 19 6p PDT: I've been "talked" into a game of Cursed Companions with friends. We're on MAIN, so expect code shenanigans. This time chat gets their own "cursed" word. Say it too much and you perish. Can you guess your word before there's nobody left? 😈

A hand drawn flyer advertising a Cursed Collaboration event on July 19, 2026 at 6p PDT. It features bean-like drawings of: xeno7o9, gamesruinrey, TheScreamTree, f0x_64, and theCodeDrift

Jakob // theCodeDrift@codedrift· Jul 13

Music to My Ears 2.0 is out, my script for @firebot.app doing Spotify song requests on Twitch. New: jukebox protection so one viewer can't hog the queue, plus errorText, a ready-to-send reason whenever a request fails. github.com/thecodedrift/firebot-script-music-to-my-ears

Jakob // theCodeDrift@codedrift· Jul 5

Well, this was cool

Joel (deadmau5) performs without his signature mouse head on.

Joel (deadmau5) performs with his signature mouse head on.

Jakob // theCodeDrift@codedrift· Jun 15

I've falled in love with Git Town www.git-town.com not only does it do Stacked PRs correctly, it actively syncs the stacked information into the PRs themselves so you can see where a given review is. Smaller reviews = happier seniors devs

Jakob // theCodeDrift@codedrift· May 20

Everyone loves a good shim, right? Taskless now installs itself into .taskless and has agent compatible shims for the tools you select. No more skill duplication. Unselecting will also uninstall Taskless from an agent. Update to v 0.8.1 scripts with npx @taskless/cli

Jakob // theCodeDrift@codedrift· Mar 25

Are your raid messages in a Twitch announcement ? They should be. - They are easier to copy (no reply icon) - They stand out (easy for chat to find) Just stick a 1s delay between the two so your bot announces them right. (s/o to nanosoups where I originally saw it & forgot to copy a screenshot)

A twitch announcement for streamer FoxWithTacos showing off the announcement style raid message

Jakob // theCodeDrift@codedrift· Feb 22

In case anyone from my chat was wondering how the "chat picks my next IDE color" poll is going after 15 rounds... (yes, they're all two digit numbers, no I won't tell you what the first number is)

A tally of votes, the first digit in the two digit numbers is cut off intentionally. The screenshot shows four possible theme colors, MS-DOS, Q-Basic, Matcha & Strawberry, and Teal & Orange. Chat members are aware the matcha/strawberry and the teal/orange are close, and this image paints the picture as significantly closer than they thought.

Jakob // theCodeDrift@codedrift· Feb 17

What an amazing end to their time at The Sphere

Iconic 1990’s boy band the Backstreet Boys in their ending pose during a live performance at the Sphere

Jakob // theCodeDrift@codedrift· Jan 15

I tested Cursed Halo 3 over the weekend in preparation for silliness, and I have no regrets

A screenshot from Cursed Halo 3. It is the campaign starting area, only Master Chief is wielding a boxing glove instead of a gun. The reticle is replaced with a “K.O.”

Jakob // theCodeDrift@codedrift· Dec 23

I took a break for a friend’s birthday and I’m thankful everyone pets this turtle’s belly

A turtle sculpture posing in a lounge-ish position. Patina shows a lot of rubbing of the turtle’s chest/belly area.

Jakob // theCodeDrift@codedrift· Dec 16

Posting the ole lock screen

Cropped image from the IVE Secret promos, showing the six member girl group sitting on a red couch reading newspapers. The visible headline reads “I ❤️ girls with secrets”

Jakob // theCodeDrift@codedrift· Nov 21

Chatslop takes away your opportunity as a streamer to make a first impression. Chatslop take away your ability to lead your community. Chatslop excludes your community from the conversation.

A GPT exchange that looks like frosty tools, ailicia, and every other chatslop.

Prompt:
You are a twitch chatter. A new user
"b4it4ndSwitch" just chatted for the first time. Welcome them in with unique flair.

Reply:
YO b4it4ndSwitch!! Welcome to the stream, traveler of the bitwise realms! You've just phased in from the digital ether, and the chat sensors are going wild. Grab a seat, calibrate your toggles, and get ready — we flip bits and switch vibes around here. Glad to have you in the circuit!

A continued exchange demonstrating how chatslop takes power away from the streamer

Prompt:
b4it4ndSwitch just sent the following message. Send a reply (max 2 sentences) as the chat member of my channel:
Thanks I'm feeling low. Had a shit day and not sure why I'm trying anemote63Sad

Reply:
Hey b4it4ndSwitch, glad you dropped in - even on the rough days. Sit with us for a bit; no pressure, just vibes, and we've got you.

A final exchange with our chat slop bot

Prompt:
b4it4ndSwitch just sent the following message. Send a reply (max 2 sentences) as the chat member of my channel:
th slopbot, but I am gonna leave. I thought there were more people here

Reply
All good, b4it4ndSwitch - totally get it. Drop back in anytime; we'll be around when you feel like hanging

Jakob // theCodeDrift@codedrift· Nov 6

Our charity incentive “PlateUp! but Jakob must also wear a hotdog hat” is November 14! You all helped make this happen when you came together to support SAfG a few months ago. Let’s celebrate the one way we know how. 🌭 November 14, 2p PST 5p EST twitch.tv/theCodeDrift

A stream flyer featuring the game “PlateUp!” it is subtitled “hotdog edition” and all food items that weren’t hotdogs were removed from the original box art.

Visible in the image is a blueprint, a plate with a hotdog floating through the air, and a chef serving a separate plate. To sell the event, the chef’s face was replaced with Jakob making a shocked face, and on the plate is an art piece from FoxWithTacos who is joining the stream.

The event is dated November 14 2p pst / 5p est.

Jakob // theCodeDrift@codedrift· Oct 24

I got carried away with the translator bot, but only so we can get PVTCH out the door on the Friday stream. I'm also digging into the OAuth flow. I'd like an id-only / no email scope so we can secure the endpoints without ever touching an email. But that's a tomorrow-me problem

screenshot of the lingo API showing a translation of "hello" to its korean language counterpart

Jakob // theCodeDrift@codedrift· Oct 14

On stream, we run a bot that translates to & from English in order to make our stream more accessible to devs who don’t have English as a primary language. But that bot is going away. :/ After we finish the progress bar work for PVTCH, I think this is a problem worth solving.

A screenshot of the cloudflare docs, showing the m2m model from Meta. It’s primarily used for translating to and from English in order to create a single language input into LLMs, but it the author implies it can be used to perform translations of chat messages cheaply.

Jakob // theCodeDrift@codedrift· Oct 13

This week’s stream schedule. I want to continue working on PVTCH: Privacy-first Twitch tools, while we get our next round of developer interviews done. There’s tech week and GitHub universe events happening, so I’ll see ya around SF.

Weekly Schedule - all times PDT
Oct 15 10 AM Coworking Session
Oct 16 2 PM Code Stream, PVTCH Bars
Oct 17 2 PM Code Stream, PVTCH CoWo Office

Events
PlateUp (planning)
Duck Hoodie (tbd)

Photo: Trees and sky in San Francisco

Jakob // theCodeDrift@codedrift· Oct 12

@dollarpbr.gay at a crate sale today and this gem popped up

Record sleeve for Shel Silverstein’s “Freakin at the Freakers Ball”

Yes. That Shel.

Jakob // theCodeDrift@codedrift· Oct 8

The birthday is behind us (no more jumpscares please), and it’s time to build some neat things! On Wednesday, we’re coworking On Thursday, meet PVTCH On Friday, we’re talking startup metrics twitch.tv/theCodeDrift

Flyer advertising the weekly stream

Weekly Schedule all times PDT
Oct 8 10 AM
Coworking Session

Oct 9 2 PM
Code Stream
Introducing PVTCH

Oct 10 2 PM
Code Stream
Metrics & More

Events
PlateUp (planning)
Duck Hoodie (tbd)

Photo: Jakob speaking at SBS | Photo by pretz

Jakob // theCodeDrift@codedrift· Sep 30

So here’s the birthday plan. We’re gonna build three “jumpscare” buttons in @firebot.app, but only one has the jumpscare. After all three buttons are pressed, the cooldown starts and the scare shuffles. So you’ll either need to mash all the buttons or have a bit of luck. 🩵 And then we’ll play FNAF

Flyer for the birthday stream October 3 @ 2p PDT

A mostly black image with a colored set of creepy animatronic robots, containing the game title “Five Nights at Freddy’s”

Text in image:
theCodeDrift presents
a very special birthday stream
OCTOBER 3
2 PM PDT
Five Nights at Freddy's
build us a jumpscare button, they said. it will be fine, they said...

Jakob // theCodeDrift@codedrift· Sep 30

This week, we’ve got coworking, a day off for the WebAssembly talk, and a birthday celebration stream. I’ll share more of the birthday stream below, but the goal was to keep some code for the code stream. It is “theCodeDrift” after all…

Weekly flyer for the stream. All times PDT. Background is a fake robot replica from the atomic history museum. It is very square and styled like bad science fiction, a common “robot” trope of the era

Oct 1 @ 10a cowriting & raccoon appreciation day

Oct 2 no stream

Oct 3 @ 2p birthday stream. Building a jumpscare button for my chat and then playing Five Nights at Freddys (FNAF) for the first time.

Jakob // theCodeDrift@codedrift· Sep 21

Post up a non-selfie that matches your energy

Photo of a red flag, captioned in bold text: “We do this not because it is easy, but because we thought it would be easy”

Jakob // theCodeDrift@codedrift· Sep 11

I forgot to post this week’s stream schedule, but we’re live today exploring AST tools; can they look across files? Plus, we’re setting up a !prize redemption system & testing the @firebot.app nightly which may fix some lag when y’all press too many buttons 2p PDT | 5p EDT twitch.tv/theCodeDrift

Babymonster at the forward stage, lit by the audience fan lights (lightsticks).

A kpop girl group consisting of seven members stands in a strong pose, feet shoulder width apart, looking out at a crowd. They are wearing outfits that are unique to each individual, but still comprised of an all white top, skirt, and boots; varying lengths and accessories create an outfit theme while reflecting individual styles. They are lit by dim red lights from the fan’s lightsticks as the house lights come down.

Jakob // theCodeDrift@codedrift· Sep 11

My replies I keep on hand for whenever someone tries to tell me political violence is never the answer

Liberty Leading the People
painting by Eugène Delacroix

Liberty Leading the People, oil painting (1830) by French artist Eugène Delacroix commemorating the July Revolution in Paris that removed Charles X, the restored Bourbon king, from the throne. The heroic scene of rebellion was initially received with mixed reviews, but it became one of Delacroix’s most popular paintings, an emblem of the July Revolution and of justified revolt.

Battle of Long Island
Alonzo Chappel 1858

The most powerful of Chappel’s paintings of the American Revolution depicts the climactic moment of the Battle of Long Island. It was commissioned by Johnson, Fry & Company, which published a steel engraving of it in 1858. In it, the Maryland Continental Line, obscured by battle smoke in the middle of the scene, holds off the final British attack while a large part of the Continental Army wades into Denton’s Mill Pond to escape entrapment and make its way to the shelter of Washington’s fortified lines on the heights of Brooklyn

Cain or Hitler in Hell (1944)
George Grosz

Grosz himself described it as a portrayal of Adolf “Hitler as a Fascist monster, or an apocalyptic beast.” He is compared with Cain, the son of Adam and Eve and the first murderer in human history, according to biblical tradition.

Jakob // theCodeDrift@codedrift· Sep 11

We’re surviving. I just got back from babymon last night; they were awesome~

Photo of Babymonster at the forward stage. A single spotlight illuminates the group against a backdrop of red and white lightsticks. A lone white lightstick is visible in the foreground.

The group of seven girls stands with feet shoulder width apart in a strong pose at the end of a song. They are all wearing variations on a white top and white bottom, with different shirt decoration, skirt lengths, boot heights and styles, and fabric accessories.

Jakob // theCodeDrift@codedrift· Sep 2

My brain is “off by one” when it comes to what day it is. We’re exploring AST tools Thursday, and there’s no content Friday. I’m out fishing that morning and hopefully coming home with a salmon.

Weekly schedule flyer. Background is a giant tiger in a dress, creating a surreal garden image that is reminiscent of an old Orangina ad.

Sept 3: coworking at 10a
Sept 4: code stream @ 2p - exploring AST tools
Sept 5: no stream

Events: Oct 3 birthday stream

Jakob // theCodeDrift@codedrift· Aug 27

We’re back to the usual stream schedule this week on theCodeDrift after our Monday “Drifty Drives” event. My fav part about trying to stream games is realizing how much I don’t check chat while I’m locked in. It’s way easier to read chat while programming!

Weekly schedule flyer. All times PDT

Aug 27 @ 10a. Coworking session
Aug 28 @ 2p. Code stream topic TBD
Aug 29 @ 2p. Code stream. Vouchers, ducks, and achievements

Events: Oct 3 birthday stream

Background: concept art from IVE Secret

Jakob // theCodeDrift@codedrift· Aug 18

Unexpected bonus, this week’s stream schedule features one of our foster kittens, Clutch. Coworking on Wednesday, our usual code stream on Thursday, and a short stream Friday where we’ll build a voucher system in @firebot.app We may also soft launch the new stream design 👀

Weekly stream schedule flyer. An orange cat eating from a kitten dish makes up the background.

Aug 20 10am - coworking session
Aug 21 2pm - code stream, testing for the MCP pack
Aug 22 2p - short code stream, voucher system in firebot

Events
Aug 25: Drifty Drives in Fortnite with CurlyGirlBabs and FoxWithTacos on ohaiDrifty

Jakob // theCodeDrift@codedrift· Aug 12

This week’s stream schedule is a little odd because Thursday I gotta put on the ‘ole extrovert pants again for a work event. I’ll see you Wednesday & Friday though; we’ll see about finishing that MCP work and talk about the scene planning behind the v2 design. twitch.tv/theCodeDrift

Flyer for the stream’s weekly schedule
Aug 13 @ 10a - coworking session
Aug 14 - no stream
Aug 15 @ 2p - code stream, MCP telemetry and theCodeDrift v2

Events: Aug 25: Drifty Drives w/ curlygirlbabs and FoxWithTacos

Jakob // theCodeDrift@codedrift· Aug 8

Today is the day: we’re coding to support SAfG, and as promised, you can donate and force me to work in the cursed “HotDog Stand” IDE theme. Mayhem starts at noon PDT (3p EDT | 7p GMT) twitch.tv/theCodeDrift

A flyer advertising today’s charity stream. It has a picture of a hotdog and notes a few if the event rewards such as a “cursed hotdog”, the IDE change, and unlocking a game night which isn’t part of the channel’s usual activity.

It notes a start time of noon PDT with the URL of twitch.tv/theCodeDrift

Back side of a flyer with a list of charity incentives.

Every $20 - 10 minutes of hotdog colored IDE

Every $80 - the chatbot will roll a cursed hotdog that I’ll eat on stream

It then lists the following goals:
$150 - Jakob wears a hotdog hat
$250 - PlateUp! game night with foxwithtacos
$350 - I’m forced to wear that ill-fitting hotdog hat a second time when we play the game
$450 - we’ll get a custom commission involving Drifty and hotdogs with chat’s input
$500 - I match chat’s donation and we raise $1000 total for SAfG!

Jakob // theCodeDrift@codedrift· Aug 7

What’s in the box? I have some guesses, but we’ll find out today. Plus, let’s see if we can convince an AI agent to *read the docs*. It’s all prep for tomorrow’s Charity stream (noon PDT Friday). But first, we code… by proxy… kind of. 2p PDT | 5p EDT twitch.tv/theCodeDrift