What am I up to right now?

Last updated May 3, 2026.

Art and Storytelling

My interest in art, particulary drawing and 2D and 3D animation, has returned and so I’ve been practicing all of them. But in the process I realized that I should work towards making something bigger with my skills rather than just drawing random things in a constant “practice mode”.

With that I realized I’ve got a weak point: Storytelling. What story to tell, how to come up with ideas for stories, etc. So I’ve been studying storytelling too.

I hope to get inspired to make smaller movies. I also want to make a 2D fighting game at some point, which is another reason I’ve been studying art.

AI Anxiety and Social Media

I’ve been limiting social media beyond funny instagram videos and the occasional peak on X from a PC (blocked it on my phone). I noticed I was getting stressed out from reading social media as it has been obsessed with the topic of AI for the past couple years. In particular, AI CEOs have been spinning a tale of the future that wants to remove humans from nearly everything creative that I enjoy.

A lot of it goes against everything I’ve learned over my lifetime about both art and engineering. This newfound ability to vomit code into functional apps as fast as you can think them up. It’s really wild times. I dip my toes in and try to use these tools as best I can whilst trying to maintain my skills and keep my creations of high quality.

Oh, I’ve also been studying deep learning via the book Practical Deep Learning for Coders.

Apps

I released a new app on Android for sharing your smartphone screen to streaming apps like OBS. People seem to like it. It was a scratch-your-own-itch app that I needed when I was trying to get back into streaming on Twitch. The only thing available for the job was full of ads, watermarks, and subscriptions.

I’m also currently working on a really minimal speech-to-text utility app for Mac OS. There’s a bunch of these available but they’re either vibe-coded haphazardly or have extra features I don’t want, so I’m enjoying whipping up my own take on it.

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