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Building NemoClaw: A Full Agentic Enterprise Stack
Week 24

Building NemoClaw: A Full Agentic Enterprise Stack

The biggest build on my workbench: a full agentic NVIDIA NemoClaw enterprise stack, fronted by the OpenClaw Gateway - a fast, local-first control plane with a world-class GUI for total control.

Jun 9, 2026Read Dispatch
WebGPU, Real-Time, Agent-Ready: The Configurator Is Live
Week 23

WebGPU, Real-Time, Agent-Ready: The Configurator Is Live

I shipped a real-time automotive WebGPU product configurator - photoreal, browser-native, and built to be driven by an AI agent. Desktop, mobile, XR, and VR from one codebase.

Jun 1, 2026Read Dispatch
Teaching AI Agents to Understand 3D Worlds, Physics Included
Week 22

Teaching AI Agents to Understand 3D Worlds, Physics Included

I'm building MCPs that train AI agents to learn synthetic 3D environments from the inside: smart object detection fused with accurate physics, running as a self-learning loop. The target use cases are orbital and spatial.

May 18, 2026Read Dispatch
koko.blue: A Local-First Home for Every AI Agent
Week 21

koko.blue: A Local-First Home for Every AI Agent

The agent economy is exploding and there's still no good map. So I'm building one. koko.blue is a local-first directory for AI agents, organized around the categories where agents actually earn their keep.

May 25, 2026Read Dispatch
Personal Replicant: Train an Open-Source Model of Yourself
Week 20

Personal Replicant: Train an Open-Source Model of Yourself

Chatbots forget you the second a chat ends. Personal Replicant does the opposite. It's an open-source GUI for building a private digital twin: capture your memories, structure them into an identity, fine-tune a model, and talk to a version of yourself that actually remembers.

May 4, 2026Read Dispatch
signal.singles Is Live - and Going Fully Agentic
Week 19

signal.singles Is Live - and Going Fully Agentic

The signal.singles beta is out, but the dating app was never the point. It was the beachhead for an agentic connection gateway where software handles discovery and logistics so humans can handle chemistry.

May 11, 2026Read Dispatch
I Built a YouTube Transcript Decoder Because Scrubbing Videos Is Hell
Week 17

I Built a YouTube Transcript Decoder Because Scrubbing Videos Is Hell

A small, sharp tool: paste a YouTube URL, get the full transcript instantly, download the raw text, and get an AI-rewritten draft with chapter detection. No extensions, no sketchy sites, no ads.

Apr 27, 2026Read Dispatch
Orbit3D: A Tactical Payload-Intelligence System, Run by Agents
Week 14

Orbit3D: A Tactical Payload-Intelligence System, Run by Agents

Orbit3D is evolving from a payload viewer into a tactical payload-intelligence system: an agentic AI framework orchestrating multi-sensor fusion, emitter geolocation, and fire-control solutions at the tactical edge.

Apr 6, 2026Read Dispatch
TerraForm 3D Explorer: Foundation Down, Gaussian Splats Next
Week 11

TerraForm 3D Explorer: Foundation Down, Gaussian Splats Next

The geospatial streaming core for TerraForm 3D Explorer is built. Next: Gaussian splatting for photoreal 3D scene reconstruction in the browser, and a connection into the agentic AI framework.

Mar 16, 2026Read Dispatch
The Big Rig: The Agentic Engine Behind Everything You're Reading
Week 8

The Big Rig: The Agentic Engine Behind Everything You're Reading

The Big Rig is the website development engine powering this entire ecosystem - an agentic AI core with SEO and GEO automation, keyword research, semantic internal linking, a vector-embedded database, and a full pro admin panel.

Feb 23, 2026Read Dispatch
AWS SES Production Access Approved
Week 5

AWS SES Production Access Approved

Production access for AWS SES is approved. The sending infrastructure was already built and waiting - now it can reach real, unverified inboxes, not just my own.

Feb 2, 2026Read Dispatch
Week 4: The AWS SES Battle
Week 4

Week 4: The AWS SES Battle

This week I went to war with AWS SES. Domain verification, DNS configuration, SMTP setup, and the eternal wait for production access. Here's what happened.

Jan 27, 2026Read Dispatch