I've never heard a song so packed with ultra geeky science and programming references. AI Music and video production have problematic effects. And they are also opening a world of art to niches, interests, individuals that couldn't afford to be expressed or experienced in art like this before.
Murphy Randle
Software Engineer
As a Principal Engineer at Day One, I’ve spent nine years elevating software architecture, especially in syncing secure, end-to-end encrypted data. Now, I’m leveraging Large Language Models (LLMs) to transform the future of journaling.
Latest Long Posts
Local LLM benchmark: 7 model/host combos, 3 passes each, one agentic task
Seven local model/host combinations on an M5 Max with 128 GB, three passes each on the same agentic coding task, averaged: prefill, decode, memory, MTP acceptance, cache hit rate and…
How to use custom UI with Jetpack’s newsletter signup
You can replace Jetpack’s newsletter signup UI — the Subscribe block or the popup — with your own form, and keep driving the exact same…
Qwen Flash Preview is exciting
I’m lucky enough to have an M5 Max MacBook with 128gb of Ram, and I’ve been spending a lot of sweat this summer trying to…
The GreenPT Cache Problem Fixed Itself
A month ago I published a post about burning €11 in 18 minutes on GreenPT. The session logged 10 million input tokens with zero cache…
Short Stuff
I've never heard a song so packed with ultra geeky science and programming references. AI Music and video production have problematic effects. And they are also opening a world of art to niches, interests, individuals that couldn't afford to be expressed or experienced in art like this before.
Ring ring 🌴

Tool libraries look fantastic. I didn't know about them before watching this video
I spend so much time typing to AI bots these days that I get a sort of social vertigo when I'm on a support chat with a real human. I already practice being polite with bots because I like to, but when a human is on the other end I have to remember not to be as curt or short as I am with AI.
Kudos to Turo today. I had to cancel a non-refundable trip a few weeks from now, and they allowed me to ask the car’s owner if they were willing to do a full refund. The owner was very understanding, and they give me a full refund right away. Really boosts my willingness to use Turo again in the future.
Tools & Stack
Featured Projects
Day One Journal
activeDay One has been my primary focus for a decade. I've lead teams, architected re-writes, prototyped new features, and supported users. We've been through two generations of digital journaling, and now we're working on ushering in the third.
Love Notes
in-developmentA slow-burning background project, Love Notes is a mobile app intended to help romantic partners share spicy images while keeping their data private, protected, and prioritizing their individual consent.
SkateOh8
in-developmentAn offline-first, lightweight mobile app to help you and your skate crew know just how gnarly you are IRL. Track sessions, land tricks, rack up XP.
Pocket Apps
in-developmentMake apps for yourself, from your phone, on your phone. Lightweight, local-first, decentralized. This is homebrew software made easy.