Davide Aversa

I am back reading philosophy books, my Hitchcock marathon hits the first true gem, a tribute to all the musicians who died in the last 30 days, and my experience with Splatoon Raiders. -- Read More

I let Claude log into my atproto PDS with a temporary password and fix my messy Bookhive reading data against my Obsidian vault.

Every time I finish a draft, I need to face the reality: my draft sucks.

I spent the first week of my summer vacation redesigning this blog.

This summer is a never-ending fight against heatwaves.

For years I manually copied my Letterboxd reviews into Obsidian like a primitive.

June 2026 has been a mix of events and emotions.

Yes, I am getting married.

I am sharing a little Dungeons & Dragons encounter calculator I wrote in Elixir as an exercise.

April wasn’t really a month of change, but it was one in which I put something in motion.

In a surprisinglly cold March, I read a lot not completing any book (next month!)

February is the shortest month, and I always need to write it at the last moment.

Every time I read about some study measuring the productivity gain of AI-assisted development, I raise an eyebrow.

The year started with a bang.

I am increasingly bothered by the fact that any piece of media that comes out is already old in less than 24 hours.

I constantly wrote on Mastodon for the last 4 years.

This monthly edition is shorter than usual, as I spent most of my time revising my second novel-length story, doing this year’s Advent of Code, and living the Christmas atmosphere. -- Read More

October was very similar to November, with the same issues but also the same good things.

As with many, I played around with AI agents in code.

October felt like it lasted a week.

September was a great month.

August was a month of recharging.

For the last year, I’ve been using a chess-inspired system to review time periods in my life.

With the upcoming Bases update in Obsidian, this may become obsolete, but for the time being I am still quite happy using Dataview to embed little graphical elements in my notes.

It has been a month of contrasts; of light and shadows.

In this scorching hot June, I started to be myself again and I am again finally able to feel enthusiasm for projects and ideas.

I dont’t feel like talking much.

This month has been harsh.

March was a month of contrasts, but, overall, I am happy with it.

Critiques to vibecoding are often an example of right-Gaussian thinking.

I released version 2.1.0 of my MovingAI benchmark parser for Rust.

A quick 10-steps guide to have a MediaWiki instance running locally in 10 minutes with Docker.

February was a pleasant month, but perhaps not a very memorable one.

January was a fine month, but I need to shake things up.

Another year of reading is now in the past!

Happy New Year!

Let’s revisit last year’s article on the apps I used in 2023 and see what I changed in 2024. -- Read More

After seeing many similar experiments, I am testing a way to show and comment on this blog’s articles using Bluesky network.

In the last couple of months, Bluesky, one of the many post-Twitter attempts to reshape the landscape of social networks, is living its best moment.

It was a more stable month, where I focused on NaNoWriMo and on training my writing muscle once again.

Another month with some wild ups and downs.

September was a month of ups and downs.

Finally, I was able to travel again!

I love Calibre and I love to curate my digital library.

July was a very annoying month.

Why do we feel attraction for the past?

In the last issue, I lamented May’s lack of passion and my inability to connect with anything in particular.

Large Language Models (LLMs) maybe be controversial, somehow, but I am still amazed by their mathematical properties.

May was better than expected.

Let’s see the three books I read in April 2024, the ending of Fallot and Shogun, a beautiful Japanese movie, and a never-ending album with 32 tracks.