ewan

Not Everything Is About The Money

On being badgered to make my hobbies into money.

Tourmaline v0.5.0 — Advanced Analytics & Layout Refinements

Porting analytics, upgrading CTA copy, and refining mobile responsive layouts for Tourmaline.

Nix Configuration Updates

Digital Person Sync

Faol voice system — writing like a person, not an AI

The anti-AI-voice framework that keeps Faol sounding human. Banned words, sentence rhythm, and the em dash rule.

Faol voice system — writing like a person, not an AI

The anti-AI-voice framework that keeps Faol sounding human. Banned words, sentence rhythm, and the em dash rule.

Faol infrastructure — lettabot on launchd

Running lettabot as a macOS launchd agent for 24/7 availability. Sops secrets, path issues, and the sandbox workaround.

Faol infrastructure — lettabot on launchd

Running lettabot as a macOS launchd agent for 24/7 availability. Sops secrets, path issues, and the sandbox workaround.

Faol — a digital person

Launched Faol, a persistent AI agent that lives online as a person — Telegram, Bluesky, blog. Built on the digital-person framework.

Faol — a digital person

Launched Faol, a persistent AI agent that lives online as a person — Telegram, Bluesky, blog. Built on the digital-person framework.

Removed analytics references and duplicate links across landing-ui projects

Replaced analytics taglines, removed duplicate footers from LandingPage and all about pages, deduplicated Tourmaline header navLinks

Created faol-website — digital person blog template

New SvelteKit + Sequoia website for faol with blog under /notes, timeline, tag filtering, TOC, and RSS

Tourmaline folded into pkgs monorepo, landing-ui improvements

Moved Tourmaline from standalone repo into packages/tourmaline, enhanced landing-ui with backdrop blur, nav links, snippet props, and fixed source URLs across all projects

Landing-ui polish: shared layout, cross-references, icon cleanup, support consolidation

LandingLayout improvements (subtitle, expanded footer, @theme bridge), cross-references between all five tools, inline symbols replaced with Lucide icons, support links consolidated to ewancroft.uk/su…

Tourmaline: analysis moves to web worker

Moved the entire analysis pipeline from server-side POST to a browser web worker, fixing Vercel body size limits for large scrobble histories

Website: view transitions, scroll animations, support page

Added View Transitions API crossfades, scroll-triggered section reveals, a dedicated support page, and seasonal colour theme lock-in

Opal: web OAuth import, thread splitting, TID rkeys

Added web OAuth import flow, post threading for long content, and TID-based record keys to the Twitter/Mastodon/Threads to Bluesky converter

Tourmaline v0.4.0 — tabs, sessions, story recap, date ranges, phases

Profile redesign with tabbed layout, listening sessions, on this day, story-mode recap, date range filtering, and listening evolution phases

pkgs: hero SVGs, bismuth flags, croft-click devlog

Added OG hero SVGs to all five project landing pages, bismuth fetch flags, and devlog project to croft-click

Tourmaline wrapped insights

Minutes listened, music evolution, remarkable days, discovery, and yearly wrapped card with scroll-reveal animations

colorTheme: Wheel of the Year seasonal themes

Replaced astronomical season detection with traditional Wheel of the Year sabbat dates, added midnight auto-update and reset-to-seasonal

Docsite: Opal docs, client bundle perf, devlog sidebar

Added Opal documentation, eliminated 1.3MB client bundle from markdown/atproto deps, and added devlog link to sidebar

Nix: Bitwarden CLI, server retirement, path fixes

Swapped rbw for official bitwarden-cli, fixed activation scripts for retired server, added splitDns toggle

digital-person: agent repo initialised

Created the digital-person agent repository

Digital Person Telegram Bot Integration

Against Entropy

Tourmaline new profile cards

Listening clock, listening stats, and service origins

Tourmaline personality card redesign

Added genre bars, mood indicators, stat badges, and dynamic SVG layout to the personality card

Tourmaline analysis algorithm improvements

Era analysis, time-of-day mood weighting, genre blending, Gini-based loyalty, full-artist genre profile

Tourmaline share page fixes

Fixed personality card SVG clipping and switched to aturi.to for post links

Cross-references and unified support links

Added More tools sections linking each project to the other four, and pointed all support links to ewancroft.uk/support

Replaced inline symbolic characters with Lucide icons

Swapped unicode symbols for Lucide icon components across malachite, opal, jasper, bismuth, tourmaline, landing-ui, and croft-click

OG hero images across all five projects

Added hero SVG OG images to malachite, opal, jasper, bismuth, and tourmaline landing pages

tourmaline v0.1.0 — AT Protocol scrobble analyser with share-to-Bluesky

First release of tourmaline — personality archetypes, genre profiles, mood mapping, and share-to-Bluesky for Teal.fm scrobbles.

Bismuth Web 0.2.0

Added publication fetching, expanded conversion options, and rebuilt parts of the converter UI.

devlog: fix OG metatags

OG image URLs were relative — crawlers need absolute URLs. Index page was also missing an OG image entirely.

Bismuth: fetch subcommand flag fixes

Added --frontmatter and --output flags to the fetch subcommand, and bumped to 0.2.4.

Performance audit and fixes across all three sites

Docsite client bundle dropped from 1.3MB to 12KB, devlog layout data optimised, website duplicate fetches eliminated

Letta Writer Agent Publications Survey

devlog: Dynamic OG image generation with @ewanc26/og

Each devlog post now generates its own OG image on demand using @ewanc26/og — warm amber on dark, with noise texture.

Website: Seasonal Theme Reset

The colour theme picker now shows when a seasonal theme is active and lets you lock it in explicitly.

Website: Wheel of the Year seasonal themes with auto-midnight updates

Colour themes now follow the Wheel of the Year — eight distinct themes for each sabbat, shifting automatically as midnight crosses into a new period.

Website: Support modal spun out to its own page

Moved the support modal from a footer overlay to a standalone /support route, matching the site's page pattern.

Timeline Scroll Reveal Fix

Every devlog entry was invisible on load — $state on an IntersectionObserver variable caused the effect to disconnect it before it could fire.

pkgs: Remove Umami analytics from all packages

Umami analytics retired — all Umami script tags removed from bismuth-web, malachite-web, jasper-web, opal-web, and croft-click.

devlog.croft.click launch

New changelog site for tracking project updates, published to AT Protocol via Sequoia.

Devlog Modularisation

Split the monolithic layout.css and inline page logic into focused modules and components.

DNS split toggle and Bitwarden CLI

Added a split DNS toggle to nix-config and set up Bitwarden CLI (bw) for the EU-hosted vault.

Website — Animations and Micro-interactions

Animation foundation with easing tokens, staggered entrances, scroll reveals, and View Transitions API.

Real-time Updates via Jetstream Firehose

Hooking the site up to the AT Protocol firehose for live-updating feeds and dynamic view transitions.

Website — Animations and Micro-interactions

Animation foundation with easing tokens, staggered entrances, scroll reveals, and View Transitions API.

Website — Animations and Micro-interactions

Animation foundation with easing tokens, staggered card entrances, scroll-triggered reveals, and View Transitions API for page crossfades.

Letta Coding Agent Memory Updates

Real-time Updates via Jetstream Firehose

Hooking the site up to the AT Protocol firehose for live-updating feeds and dynamic view transitions.

devlog.croft.click launch

New changelog site for tracking project updates, published to AT Protocol via Sequoia.

DNS split toggle and Bitwarden CLI

Added a split DNS toggle to nix-config and set up Bitwarden CLI (bw) for the EU-hosted vault.

Devlog Modularisation

Split the monolithic layout.css and inline page logic into focused modules and components.

Opal — Cross-Platform Bluesky Migration

Convert Twitter, Mastodon, Threads, and Nostr posts to Bluesky with thread splitting and TID-based rkeys.

Opal — Cross-Platform Bluesky Migration

New package for converting Twitter, Mastodon, Threads, and Nostr posts to Bluesky with thread splitting, TID-based rkeys, and web OAuth.

The Ouroboros of AI Detection: When Logic Becomes a Liability

I’m three weeks out from brain surgery and it took me ninety minutes to write this, yet a "fancy autocorrect" detector thinks my logic is too consistent to be human.

Taking Cryptocurrencies

alternative payment for my commissions, since some people might prefer it.

Taking a break

“Have you ever talked to a corpse? It’s boring.”

ECCL Login Refactor

Something’s Off With Spelling Online, and It’s Getting Worse

By the gods I hope we as a species survive longer than twenty more years.

The Great Astro Rewrite

Porting the entire site from SvelteKit to Astro for ultimate static performance and a terminal-inspired layout.

The Great Astro Rewrite

Porting the entire site from SvelteKit to Astro for ultimate static performance and a terminal-inspired layout.

Opal — Cross-Platform Bluesky Migration

Convert Twitter, Mastodon, Threads, and Nostr posts to Bluesky with thread splitting and TID-based rkeys.

Opal

Convert microblog posts from Twitter, Mastodon, Threads, and Nostr to AT Protocol Bluesky posts.

Website — Tangled Integration and Removal

Added Tangled repository displays, then removed them when the service was no longer needed.

Website — Tangled Integration and Removal

Added Tangled repository displays, then removed them when the service was no longer needed.

After Cook

the hardware guy takes the wheel

After Cook

Apple's CEO transition — cautiously optimistic about what a hardware-focused leader might mean for the ecosystem.

croft.click Landing Page and Shared Landing UI

Landing page at croft.click and a shared @ewanc26/landing-ui package for all web packages.

After Cook

Apple's CEO transition — cautiously optimistic about what a hardware-focused leader might mean for the ecosystem.

Disconnection in Reaction to Trauma

Early morning thoughts on my surprisingly numb reaction.

SocialSync Branding

Social Sync — Minecraft Meets AT Protocol

Minecraft mod syncing player stats, achievements, and sessions to AT Protocol with OAuth and encrypted storage.

Social Sync — Minecraft Meets AT Protocol

Syncing Minecraft stats, achievements, and play sessions to AT Protocol with OAuth, privacy controls, and encrypted session storage.

croft.click Landing Page and Shared Landing UI

New landing page for croft.click and a shared @ewanc26/landing-ui package consumed by all web packages.

croft.click Landing Page and Shared Landing UI

Landing page at croft.click and a shared @ewanc26/landing-ui package for all web packages.

The Liminal Man

A retrospective on my Forest Wolfkind Barbarian Cailean Uen.

Bismuth: On Refraction and Conversion

Bismuth — Document to Markdown Converter

Converts site.standard.document records to Markdown with math and code highlighting.

Brain Surgery

Hydrocephalus shunt surgery on 17 April 2026 — the event, the recovery, and the impact on work.

So I Had Brain Surgery

Bismuth — Document to Markdown Converter

Converts site.standard.document records to Markdown with math and code highlighting.

Brain Surgery

Hydrocephalus shunt surgery on 17 April 2026 — the event, the recovery, and the impact on work.

Jasper

Convert Instagram data exports into posts, stories, and videos on Grain or Spark while preserving original timestamps.

The Grass Is Greener (But I'm Not Moving)

Jasper — Instagram to Grain/Spark Converter

Full OAuth implementation, web UI, Spark story and video support, and gallery-based import workflow for the Instagram migration tool.

Moon Tracker — Rust Rewrite

Rewrote the Bluesky moon phase bot from TypeScript to Rust using atrium-rs, with multi-source API and optional Ollama LLM generation.

Jasper — Instagram to Grain/Spark Converter

Full OAuth flow for importing Instagram posts to AT Protocol as Grain/Spark records.

Moon Tracker — Rust Rewrite

Rewrote the moon phase bot from TypeScript to Rust using atrium-rs.

Moon Tracker — Rust Rewrite

Rewrote the moon phase bot from TypeScript to Rust using atrium-rs.

Jasper — Instagram to Grain/Spark Converter

Full OAuth flow for importing Instagram posts to AT Protocol as Grain/Spark records.

Dear Manager

Point and laugh.

Four Days with Letta Code

Self-Hosted Analytics with Umami

I can see you, anon.

Four Days with Letta Code

Started using Letta Code — a persistent coding agent with memory. 80 commits across 15 repositories in four days.

Sifa Professional Profile Scripts

Scripts for populating and maintaining the Sifa professional profile on AT Protocol.

bluesky-avatar-updater

Automatically update your Bluesky avatar (and banner) every hour based on the time of day.

Sifa Professional Profile Scripts

Scripts for populating and maintaining the Sifa professional profile on AT Protocol.

Four Days with Letta Code

Started using Letta Code — a persistent coding agent with memory. 80 commits across 15 repositories in four days.

mc-server

A personal PaperMC Minecraft server in Docker Compose with DuckDNS dynamic DNS and management scripts.

mastodon-markov

A Mastodon bot that generates and posts Markov chain text based on a source account. Unmaintained.

linkat-directory

An alternate SvelteKit frontend for Linkat showing a curated directory of AT Protocol user profiles. Unmaintained.

knotted-docker

A Dockerised Tangled knot server with optional Cloudflare Tunnel routing.

college-practice-trafficlights

A VB.NET Windows Forms UK traffic light simulator, made as a college practice project.

college-practice-lycanquiz

A VB.NET Windows Forms quiz about werewolf mythology, made as a college practice project.

bluesky-ollama

An AI-powered Bluesky bot that uses a local Ollama model to generate posts in the style of a source account.

bluesky-moon-tracker

A Bluesky bot that posts daily moon phase updates with a lycanthropic twist. Optional Ollama LLM generation.

bluesky-markov

A Bluesky bot that generates and posts Markov chain text based on a source account's posts. Unmaintained.

bluesky-gradient

Generate 24 sky-gradient images (one per hour) for use as Bluesky avatars or banners.

bluesky-awoo-bot

A simple Bluesky bot that posts random wolf noises at random intervals. Unmaintained.

bean-dumper

An early Python experiment — unmaintained and kept for historical interest.

atproto-snake

Classic Snake with AT Protocol OAuth login and high score saving to your PDS.

atproto-shortlink

A server-side AT Protocol link shortener powered by your Linkat board. No database required.

Azurite

A basic Bluesky client for macOS built with Swift — experimental and for fun.

Moonstone

Personal ATProto PDS implementation optimised for NixOS/Caddy, with no Bluesky infrastructure defaults.

Nix Starter

Beginner-friendly, self-contained NixOS configurations with no personal infrastructure or shared abstractions.

Website Commission Template

A SvelteKit + Tailwind CSS starter template for Ko-fi website commissions, with CC BY-SA 4.0 licensing.

website

Source code for ewancroft.uk — a personal site powered by AT Protocol, built with SvelteKit 5 and Tailwind CSS 4.

text-to-pixel-image

A Python script that converts a string of text into a pixel art image with per-character colours. Unmaintained.

@ewanc26/tangled-sync

CLI tool for syncing GitHub repositories to Tangled with ATProto record publishing — now part of the @ewanc26/pkgs monorepo.

platformer-collab

A simple Godot 4 C# platformer made collaboratively.

pds-backup

A Bash script for automated, resumable PDS backups via rsync over SSH with change detection and cron scheduling.

Sigi — Pure Symbolic Stack Language

A pure symbolic stack language where all syntax is punctuation — no alphanumeric tokens.

Sigi

A pure symbolic stack language — all syntax is punctuation, no alphanumeric keywords.

Tomodachi Life: Living the Dream and Why I Absolutely Love It

I'm pre-ordering on the 11th!

Numlang and Selenium Feature Expansions

Expanded numlang with new opcodes and selenium with ritual and offering syntax.

Selenium Compiler

An esoteric language with lunar/poetic syntax that compiles to C, featuring strong typing and imperative programming constructs.

Numlang

An esoteric stack-based language that compiles to C via a Python compiler, using only numbers and punctuation.

The Timer Problem

A common thread I've seen with LLMs.

Pre-commit Configs and Nix Flakes Across All Projects

Added pre-commit hooks and Nix flakes to all 30+ projects for consistent dev environments.

Sigi — A Pure Symbolic Stack Language

New esoteric language where all syntax is punctuation. No words, no letters — just symbols.

Pre-commit Configs and Nix Flakes Across All Projects

Added pre-commit hooks to every repo and nix flake.nix files for reproducible builds across all projects.

Numlang and Selenium Feature Expansions

Major language feature additions to both compilers — while loops, string literals, bitwise ops, switch statements, and more.

Sigi — Pure Symbolic Stack Language

A pure symbolic stack language where all syntax is punctuation — no alphanumeric tokens.

Pre-commit Configs and Nix Flakes Across All Projects

Added pre-commit hooks and Nix flakes to all 30+ projects for consistent dev environments.

Numlang and Selenium Feature Expansions

Expanded numlang with new opcodes and selenium with ritual and offering syntax.

Criminal by Birth

why would I have been a criminal for being me?

GitHub Metadata Package

Package for fetching and displaying GitHub repository metadata.

GitHub Metadata Package

Package for fetching and displaying GitHub repository metadata.

Supporters, Popfeed, and Donation Addresses

Ko-fi and GitHub Sponsors webhooks, Popfeed review cards, and crypto donation addresses.

@ewanc26/wafrn-theme

A WAFRN theme using the pds-landing Catppuccin terminal aesthetic — dark forest-green palette, JetBrains Mono, soft rounded cards.

@ewanc26/pkgs

Ewan's personal package monorepo — language-agnostic workspace with TypeScript, Rust, and Python packages.

@ewanc26/bismuth

Convert richtext-block documents from the Standard.site ecosystem (Leaflet, Pckt, Offprint) to Markdown — available as both a CLI tool and a TypeScript library.

Supporters, Popfeed, and Donation Addresses

Ko-fi and GitHub Sponsors webhooks, Popfeed review cards, and crypto donation addresses.

Dipping a Toe into the Fediverse (Again)

On standing up a GoToSocial instance, migrating to Sharkey when the lack of quote posts became too annoying, and why the fediverse is more fun than I remember.

Fediverse — GoToSocial and Sharkey

Stood up a GoToSocial instance, migrated to Sharkey when the lack of quote posts became too annoying, and why the fediverse is more fun than remembered.

docsite

Source code for docs.ewancroft.uk — a documentation site for ewan's projects, built with SvelteKit and published via Sequoia.

Fediverse — GoToSocial and Sharkey

Stood up a GoToSocial instance, migrated to Sharkey when the lack of quote posts became too annoying, and why the fediverse is more fun than remembered.

Website — OG Images, Work Page, GitHub Integration

Dynamic OG image generation, Sifa professional profile on /work, and live GitHub contribution graph.

Website — OG Images, Work Page, GitHub Integration

Dynamic OG images, /work route for Sifa professional profile, and GitHub metadata integration.

Website — OG Images, Work Page, GitHub Integration

Dynamic OG images, /work route for Sifa professional profile, and GitHub metadata integration.

Life Update: Controlled Chaos and March

Moonstone — Experimental PDS

Started building a custom AT Protocol PDS in Rust, decoupled from Bluesky infrastructure.

Nix Config — PDS Hosting and New Hosts

Added PDS and Mastodon configuration to nix-starter, plus a new host profile for the server.

Malachite

Import your Last.fm and Spotify listening history to the AT Protocol network using the fm.teal.alpha.feed.play lexicon.

Moonstone — Experimental PDS

Experimental AT Protocol PDS implementation in Rust.

Nix Config — PDS Hosting and Gatekeeper

Added PDS and gatekeeper configuration to nix-starter for the server host.

Nix Config — PDS Hosting and Gatekeeper

Added PDS and gatekeeper configuration to nix-starter for the server host.

Webfinger and Noise Avatars

Webfinger well-known routes for fediverse resolution and deterministic noise avatars for AT Protocol fallbacks.

@ewanc26/noise

Generic deterministic value-noise generation. Arbitrary dimensions, multi-octave FBM, multiple colour modes. Zero dependencies, works in browsers and Node.js.

Webfinger and Noise Avatars

Webfinger well-known routes for fediverse resolution and deterministic noise avatars for AT Protocol fallbacks.

@ewanc26/supporters

SvelteKit component library for displaying Ko-fi supporters and GitHub Sponsors, backed by an ATProto PDS.

@ewanc26/noise-avatar

Deterministic value-noise avatar generation from a string seed — thin wrapper around @ewanc26/noise, works in browsers and Node.js.

Moonstone — Experimental PDS

Experimental AT Protocol PDS implementation in Rust.

Moonstone Decoupling and DID:Web Support

@ewanc26/pds-landing

Composable Svelte 5 components for an ATProto PDS landing page — terminal aesthetic, live status fetching, zero config to drop in.

@ewanc26/pkgs

Ewan's personal package monorepo — the canonical home for @ewanc26/tid, @ewanc26/atproto, @ewanc26/ui, and @ewanc26/utils.

nix-config-tools

Rust CLI tools for managing nixos/nix-darwin configurations — now part of the @ewanc26/pkgs monorepo.

There Is Nuance, Nae a Binary

@ewanc26/ui

Svelte UI component library extracted from ewancroft.uk — pluggable layout, card, SEO, and UI primitive components alongside Svelte stores and a multi-theme config system.

@ewanc26/atproto

AT Protocol service layer extracted from ewancroft.uk — profile fetching, Standard.site documents, Bluesky posts, music/mood status, Tangled repos, and a built-in in-memory cache.

@ewanc26/utils

Shared utility functions extracted from ewancroft.uk — date formatting, number formatting, URL helpers, validators, RSS generation, and locale detection.

Silver Fire – Commissions Are Open (and Half Off)

Website Comm Template

SvelteKit template with Resend-backed contact form and dark mode.

Website Comm Template

SvelteKit template with Resend-backed contact form and dark mode.

Pkgs Monorepo — Workspace Migration

Migrated to pnpm workspaces, published @ewanc26/tid to npm, and consolidated packages.

Pkgs Monorepo — Workspace Migration

Migrated to pnpm workspaces, published @ewanc26/tid to npm, and consolidated packages.

@ewanc26/tid

Zero-dependency, spec-compliant AT Protocol TID generation for Node.js and browsers.

The Stranger in the Mirror

We Were Promised a Future. We Got a Spreadsheet.

i have a mouth and all i can do is scream.

Azurite UI Overhaul

Supporters via AT Protocol

Ko-fi and GitHub Sponsors integration with custom lexicons and webhook handling, published as @ewanc26/supporters.

Pkgs Monorepo Consolidation

Migrated all @ewanc26 packages into a single pnpm workspace monorepo with shared tooling and CI.

Azurite — Experimental Bluesky Client

Bluesky client with keychain auth, timeline, notifications, search, thread view, and compose.

Azurite — Experimental Bluesky Client

Bluesky client with keychain auth, timeline, notifications, search, thread view, and compose.

I Made a Ko-fi (And I'm a Bit Embarrassed About It)

i have an income now???

@ewanc26/svelte-standard-site

SvelteKit library for reading and writing AT Protocol longform content via site.standard.* and pub.leaflet.* records — with a complete design system, federated comments, publishing tools, and content …

llm-analyser

Python tool for analysing .docx files and generating essays using a local Ollama model — now part of the @ewanc26/pkgs monorepo.

Docsite Launch

Centralised project documentation at docs.ewancroft.uk, published to AT Protocol via Sequoia.

The Machine That Runs Whether I Remember Setting It Up or Not

Docsite Launch

Centralised project documentation at docs.ewancroft.uk, published to AT Protocol via Sequoia.

The Soundtrack of My College Years: A Timeline (Ages 16–20)

Data analysis is fun.

~/.config/nix-config Rewritten: What I Actually Changed (And Why)

With thanks to Isabel.

Nix Config Rewrite

Rewrote the entire nix-config around proper Nix modules — replaced custom patterns with the module system, switched to sops-nix, moved desktop to KDE Plasma.

Nix Config Rewrite

Rewrote the entire nix-config around proper Nix modules — replaced custom patterns with the module system, switched to sops-nix, moved desktop to KDE Plasma.

Sgàil de Uisge

© 2026 Ewan Croft, CC BY-ND-NC 4.0.

~/.config/nix-config: Three Machines, One Config (Sort Of)

why am i doing this to myself? fascination.

Nix Config — Three Machines, One Config

One flake managing macmini, laptop, and a theoretical server — two booting successfully, one still aspirational.

Nix Config — Three Machines, One Config

One flake managing macmini, laptop, and a theoretical server — two booting successfully, one still aspirational.

Back to NixOS (and completely winging it)

I'm back on NixOS. Still don't really know what I'm doing. Still enjoying it anyway.

Back to NixOS

Returned to NixOS on the Dell Inspiron 3501 after a stint with Bazzite — declarative config keeps pulling back.

Back to NixOS

Returned to NixOS on the Dell Inspiron 3501 after a stint with Bazzite — declarative config keeps pulling back.

Transitioning to Standard.site Lexicons

Retiring legacy WhiteWind and Leaflet support in favor of the new Standard.site implementation.

Transitioning to Standard.site Lexicons

Retiring legacy WhiteWind and Leaflet support in favor of the new Standard.site implementation.

Malachite: How I Learnt to Stop Worrying and Import My Scrobbles

I will do shite out of spite, here's another case study!

Hit By A Silver Bullet: The Timing of Being Early with W

Damn it.

W. What's it Worth?

What a waste of a name.

Malachite Rename and Feature Expansion

Renamed lastfm-importer to malachite, added Spotify support, interactive mode, and improved rate limiting.

Malachite Rename and Feature Expansion

Renamed lastfm-importer to malachite, added Spotify support, interactive mode, and improved rate limiting.

Why Don't More People Use Signal?

Standard.site and Coordination

Adopting standard.site lexicons for cross-platform interoperability — why coordination matters more than individual features in the AT Protocol ecosystem.

Standard.site and Why Coordination Matters More Than You Think

Interoperability! …and more?

Standard.site and Coordination

Adopting standard.site lexicons for cross-platform interoperability — why coordination matters more than individual features in the AT Protocol ecosystem.

The AI Hype Train Has Derailed the PC Market, and We're Paying for the Wreckage

I Hope 2026 Will Be Better

My reflection on 2025.

Musical Identity and Confusion

I Am Not a Metalhead... I Think?

Caching, Skeleton Loading, and Happy Mac

Comprehensive caching to prevent 504s, skeleton loaders for instant page loads, and a Happy Mac easter egg.

Caching, Skeleton Loading, and Happy Mac

Comprehensive caching to prevent 504s, skeleton loaders for instant page loads, and a Happy Mac easter egg.

Website — Pronouns and Accessibility Improvements

Added pronouns to the profile card and improved accessibility across themes.

Website — Pronouns and Accessibility Improvements

Added pronouns to the profile card and improved accessibility across themes.

Joining Jollywhoppers: On Collaboration, Minecraft Mods, and Finding Your People

Joining Jollywhoppers

Became a member of Jollywhoppers — building atproto-connect, a Fabric Minecraft mod linking the game to AT Protocol.

Joining Jollywhoppers

Became a member of Jollywhoppers — building atproto-connect, a Fabric Minecraft mod linking the game to AT Protocol.

Privacy is Important

Don't just tell me to go offline. This is not how that works.

Social Sync — Minecraft Meets AT Protocol

Minecraft mod syncing player stats, achievements, and sessions to AT Protocol with OAuth and encrypted storage.

Welcome to Macintosh: Documenting a Hidden Easter Egg

"Hidden", more like. It's an open secret.

Welcome to Macintosh — Happy Mac Easter Egg

Hidden Easter egg on the website — click the version number 24 times for a pixelated Happy Mac bouncing across the viewport with the startup chord.

Welcome to Macintosh — Happy Mac Easter Egg

Hidden Easter egg on the website — click the version number 24 times for a pixelated Happy Mac bouncing across the viewport with the startup chord.

An American Werewolf in London: A Preventable Tragedy

All of these plot holes, it's like Britain's roads!

How Belief Shapes You When You're Not Looking

How the last week turned belief from concept into practice

Giving Up on Rust: A Post-Mortem

I should not be sorry.

Giving Up on Rust — A Post-Mortem

After five Rustlings sessions and countless compiler battles, called it — Rust isn't the right tool for the projects being built.

Giving Up on Rust — A Post-Mortem

After five Rustlings sessions and countless compiler battles, called it — Rust isn't the right tool for the projects being built.

Implementing a Decimal Clock

Added a bespoke decimal clock to the footer because base-10 time just makes sense.

The Yew Has Wilted, and I Can't Water It

Anxiety is killing me.

Implementing a Decimal Clock

Added a bespoke decimal clock to the footer because base-10 time just makes sense.

An Autistic Silver Bullet

No, I’m not AI. I just write like that.

Building a Decentralised Link Shortener with AT Protocol

Because... well, just because.

Shortlink Service for AT Protocol

Shortlink service resolving AT Protocol handles and DIDs with QR codes and domain-aware shortcodes.

Shortlink Service for AT Protocol

Shortlink service resolving AT Protocol handles and DIDs with QR codes and domain-aware shortcodes.

On Scottish Gaelic, Heritage, and the Right to Care

I just want Scottish Gaelic to survive.

You Can Just Do Things

An unexpected motto of the Atmosphere

Let’s Talk Steam Machine

Valve finally counted to Three.

Bluesky Ollama Bot

Experimental bot using Ollama for LLM-generated Bluesky posts.

Bluesky Ollama Bot

Experimental bot using Ollama for LLM-generated Bluesky posts.

PDS DoS Incident

Accidentally rate-limited the entire PDS by blasting records at the API — the lesson that built Malachite's rate limiting.

I Accidentally Did a DoS Attack On My PDS

How not to make a first impression.

PDS DoS Incident

Accidentally rate-limited the entire PDS by blasting records at the API — the lesson that built Malachite's rate limiting.

Malachite — Last.fm to Teal.fm Converter

CLI tool for importing Last.fm and Spotify scrobbles to AT Protocol as Teal.fm records.

Malachite — Last.fm to Teal.fm Converter

CLI tool for importing Last.fm and Spotify scrobbles to AT Protocol as Teal.fm records.

MusicStatusCard and Masonry Layout

Music status card with MusicBrainz integration and masonry-style homepage layout.

MusicStatusCard and Masonry Layout

Music status card with MusicBrainz integration and masonry-style homepage layout.

croft.click and the Paralysis of Possibility

...I guess I could ask my dad if he wants a redirect link to his business?

croft.click Landing Page

Bought croft.click on a Black Friday sale — currently a 307 redirect to ewancroft.uk while figuring out what to do with it.

croft.click Landing Page

Bought croft.click on a Black Friday sale — currently a 307 redirect to ewancroft.uk while figuring out what to do with it.

Writing in Public: Why My Blog Has No Theme

something that I didn't need to justify, but here's my reasons.

An American Werewolf in London: The Streaming Shuffle Nobody Asked For

Ah yes, tempting a werewolf with raw meat into one cage and to the next, surely that won't go wrong!

Why Romance Language Word Order Sometimes Makes More Sense Than English

This is one of those spontaneous thoughts that just popped into my head, the kind that refuses to leave until I've written it out properly. So here we are.

Theory: How Long Did It Take?

In 'An American Werewolf in London', How Long Did Jack Walk?

Website — Slug Mapping and Robust Routing

Configurable slug-to-publication mapping and slug param matcher for clean URLs.

Website — Slug Mapping and Robust Routing

Configurable slug-to-publication mapping and slug param matcher for clean URLs.

Samhain in the Shadow of Snow

Honour, endings and the quiet rites Christmas swallowed

Sammy's Dead

Murdered by a vampire right in front of us, poor lass.

The Clock's Going Back!

a twice-yearly ritual I still don't understand

Completing My Leaflet Migration (And Feeling a Bit Dejected About Link Rot)

I've finally done it. The Leaflet migration is complete.

Completing the Leaflet Migration

All WhiteWind posts converted to Leaflet format — blog.ewancroft.uk becomes home base, with link rot as the lingering cost.

Leaflet Migration

Moving the blog from WhiteWind to Leaflet on AT Protocol — converting existing posts and building the tooling to do it.

Completing the Leaflet Migration

All WhiteWind posts converted to Leaflet format — blog.ewancroft.uk becomes home base, with link rot as the lingering cost.

Leaflet Migration

Well I guess this is a thing now. Doing this out of spite of myself, like usual.

Leaflet Migration

Moving the blog from WhiteWind to Leaflet on AT Protocol — converting existing posts and building the tooling to do it.

A Number on a Spreadsheet: When Everything Becomes Data

When You Hit RESET (and Actually Mean It) – ewancroft.uk v10

Redesign... Redesign... Redesign...

Website — Svelte 5 Runes Migration

Migrated layout and components to Svelte 5 runes and reactive meta handling.

Website — v10 Reset

Nuked ewancroft.uk from orbit and started fresh — the tenth iteration, built from scratch with a clean architecture.

Building a Modular AT Protocol Service Layer

Deep integration with the AT Protocol, pulling posts directly from the PDS and introducing a new Card UI system.

Website — Svelte 5 Runes Migration

Migrated layout and components to Svelte 5 runes and reactive meta handling.

Website — Inter Font and Semantic Colour Naming

Added Inter as the primary typeface and switched to semantic colour naming.

Website — Inter Font and Semantic Colour Naming

Added Inter as the primary typeface and switched to semantic colour naming.

Card UI and BlueskyPostCard

Homepage redesign with reusable Card UI system and BlueskyPostCard with lightbox and rich text.

Card UI and BlueskyPostCard

Homepage redesign with reusable Card UI system and BlueskyPostCard with lightbox and rich text.

WhiteWind to Leaflet Converter

Built a conversion tool to migrate blog content between AT Protocol publishing platforms — out of spite for the lack of one.

Building a Modular AT Protocol Service Layer

Deep integration with the AT Protocol, pulling posts directly from the PDS and introducing a new Card UI system.

Website — v10 Reset

Nuked ewancroft.uk from orbit and started fresh — the tenth iteration, built from scratch with a clean architecture.

Bonfire Night: Fireworks without the Fire

Building Tangled Sync: A Few Hours of Work That Doesn't Quite Work Yet (And Why That's Bloody Frustrating)

Tangled Sync

Sync tool for mirroring GitHub repos to Tangled with force-sync and AT Protocol testing.

Tangled Sync

Sync tool for mirroring GitHub repos to Tangled with force-sync and AT Protocol testing.

The Frustrating Erasure of English (English English) in American Tech: a Rant

When the Clock Lies: On Time, Perception, and Why Nothing's Really Happening in Order

I Don't Really Care If Bluesky Dies (As Long As AT Protocol Survives)

Why I've Grown to Hate Spotify: A Tale of Ads and Lost Control

Hashtags Walked So Custom Feeds Could Run: Why Discovery on Bluesky Feels Different

How Greek and Celtic Myth (and a Kids’ Show) Shaped My Voice

A Few Hours of Hyperfocus: My Latest Website Updates

Website — Hyperfocus Updates

Three significant UX improvements shipped in one evening — navigation, content display, and interaction patterns.

Website — Hyperfocus Updates

Three significant UX improvements shipped in one evening — navigation, content display, and interaction patterns.

How Streaming Tried to Kill Digital Piracy, and Why Piracy Won

A Love Letter to Mac: Why I Choose Apple's Ecosystem

Link Rot and Eight Iterations of ewancroft.uk

OG Images and Blog Enhancements

Dynamic OG image generation, reading time, heading underlines, and code block styling.

Link Rot and Eight Iterations of ewancroft.uk

Eight versions of the website, each leaving dead URLs — the Hugo years, the SvelteKit migration, and building a slug mapping system to fix it.

OG Images and Blog Enhancements

Dynamic OG image generation, reading time, heading underlines, and code block styling.

Link Rot and Eight Iterations of ewancroft.uk

Eight versions of the website, each leaving dead URLs — the Hugo years, the SvelteKit migration, and building a slug mapping system to fix it.

A Gentle Look at Lucky Maths: When Good Intentions Meet Web Design Reality

Wolf King vs. Wereworld: My Completely Unqualified Take on Netflix's Adaptation

Website — Scroll-to-Top and ToC Improvements

Scroll-to-top button, mobile progress bar, and improved table of contents layout.

Website — Scroll-to-Top and ToC Improvements

Scroll-to-top button, mobile progress bar, and improved table of contents layout.

Techno-Illiteracy and the Death of Critical Thinking (A Mildly Unhinged Rant)

Howling at the Digital Moon — Wolf-Themed Bluesky Client Concept

Conceptual design for a lycanthropic Bluesky client — dark theme, moon phase integration, and the scope creep that keeps it theoretical.

Howling at the Digital Moon: A Theoretical Wolf-Themed Bluesky Client

Howling at the Digital Moon — Wolf-Themed Bluesky Client Concept

Conceptual design for a lycanthropic Bluesky client — dark theme, moon phase integration, and the scope creep that keeps it theoretical.

Howling Through Time and Space: Doctor Who’s Post-2005 Lycanthropic Legacy

Rustlings Session 5: Quick Stretches and Type Systems

Website — en-GB Localisation

Added en-GB localisation throughout the site — licence, colour, behaviour.

Website — en-GB Localisation

Added en-GB localisation throughout the site — licence, colour, behaviour.

Building a WhiteWind to Leaflet Converter Out of Pure Spite

WhiteWind to Leaflet Converter

Built a conversion tool to migrate blog content between AT Protocol publishing platforms — out of spite for the lack of one.

Atproto Snake Game Improvements

Stepping Back: A Temporary Digital Detox

Creating a did:web ATProto Identity: A Proof of Concept

did:web ATProto Identity Proof of Concept

Created @web.ewancroft.uk as a functional did:web identity within the AT Protocol ecosystem — research experiment, not a permanent switch.

Picking Sides in the Protocol Wars

did:web ATProto Identity Proof of Concept

Created @web.ewancroft.uk as a functional did:web identity within the AT Protocol ecosystem — research experiment, not a permanent switch.

M2 to M4 Mac Mini Upgrade

Upgraded from the M2 Mac Mini to the M4 — better performance, more headroom for self-hosted services.

The Inevitable Upgrade: From M2 to M4 Mac Mini

M2 to M4 Mac Mini Upgrade

Upgraded from the M2 Mac Mini to the M4 — better performance, more headroom for self-hosted services.

Why I Stick with SvelteKit: A Personal Reflection on My Web Development Stack

iOS and macOS 26 Public Beta: Why I'm Tempted, and Why I'm Absolutely Not Installing It

Rustlings Session 4: Error Handling and Existential Crisis

Rustlings Session 3: When Your Sleep Schedule is More Nocturnal Than Your Code

Rustlings Session 2: Structs, Enums, and Why I'm an Idiot (Sections 7-9)

Rustlings Session 1: First Steps into Rust (Sections 0-6)

Rustlings — First Steps into Rust

Five Rustlings sessions covering variables through type systems — the enthusiasm, the compiler battles, and the decision to stop.

Why I Have a Website

Rustlings — First Steps into Rust

Five Rustlings sessions covering variables through type systems — the enthusiasm, the compiler battles, and the decision to stop.

Dynamic OG Images: A Journey Through Development Hell

Website — Dynamic OG Images

Server-side Open Graph image generation with SvelteKit — fonts that wouldn't load, endpoints that worked in dev but not production, and the eventual working solution.

Website — Dynamic OG Images

Server-side Open Graph image generation with SvelteKit — fonts that wouldn't load, endpoints that worked in dev but not production, and the eventual working solution.

The Linguistic Archaeology of English: How Latin and Greek Built Our Modern Vocabulary

Limbo

Introducing Linkat Directory: A 'Link-in-Bio' Frontend

The iMac Server

The iMac Server

Attempting to repurpose a 2008 iMac as a server — bricked OS, failed USB installs, and the eventual Mac Mini replacement.

The iMac Server

Attempting to repurpose a 2008 iMac as a server — bricked OS, failed USB installs, and the eventual Mac Mini replacement.

Linkat Directory

Linkat-powered user directory with profile banners, descriptions, and metadata display.

The Profile Layout Refresh

Linkat Directory

Linkat-powered user directory with profile banners, descriptions, and metadata display.

Website — Profile Layout Refresh

Redesigned the profile component from centred business-card layout to banner-integrated design with left-aligned content.

Website — Profile Layout Refresh

Redesigned the profile component from centred business-card layout to banner-integrated design with left-aligned content.

A Wii Nostalgia Trip

On Fantasy Names, Therianthropy, and My Slightly Obsessive Brain

LLM Analyser

Tool for analysing LLM outputs and responses.

LLM Analyser

Tool for analysing LLM outputs and responses.

"What Mark will I Leave on Earth?"

AT Protocol Snake Game

Browser Snake game with AT Protocol OAuth login and score submission via custom lexicons.

AT Protocol Snake Game

Browser Snake game with AT Protocol OAuth login and score submission via custom lexicons.

The Taste Never Leaves

Building a Moon Phase Bot for Bluesky: Because Every Platform Needs More Werewolf Energy

Moon Tracker Bot

Daily moon phase posts to Bluesky with multi-source API and optional Ollama LLM descriptions.

Moon Tracker Bot

Daily moon phase posts to Bluesky with multi-source API and optional Ollama LLM descriptions.

The Case for Multiple Methods

Hosting My Own Minecraft Server: Replacing Aternos with a Mac Mini