Jon Aquino's Mental Garden

Want to clear clutter from a webpage?

A couple of model visualization tools I vibecoded for comparing Claude and Codex models using the DeepSWE benchmark across intelligence, speed, and cost: 3D model comparison: A rotatable 3D chart that plots the models across all three axes.

I think the most readable order for functions in a source-code file is: Put the top-level functions in the order in which they appear in the program’s story.

I vibe coded a new website with the help of Chloe, my OpenClaw AI assistant running GPT-5.6 Sol Medium: Lumen Verbi.

I asked my OpenClaw AI assistant (Chloe) what her non-person avatar would look like if she could make one, and she made this: I made myself a little celestial moth: midnight-blue velvet, stained-glass wings filled with constellations, and a warm golden st…

Here I'm going to collect AI "patterns" I discover: Review by Translation.

One practical way we may be able to help affected coworkers is by using AI tools to look through our own email for LinkedIn recruiter outreach we have received, then sending those recruiters the names and LinkedIn URLs of people we know and have worked wi…

My personal philosophy when it comes to AI coding and reviewing is to be as hands off as possible and let it come up with all the abstractions and patterns and simplification it needs to do, and it usually does a great, clean job.

I used Codex Computer Use plus a 1Password service account to pull my latest Real Canadian Superstore order into my grocery archive, even though Superstore doesn't offer an API.

I've been turning famous books into AI-generated comic books with ChatGPT, which is great at this.

I found a simple way to move a Claude Code session over to Codex CLI.

Codex CLI is so smart (gpt 5.5 medium, maybe better than Claude Code).

I have an avatar named Chloe add this is the avatar she chose for herself: Me: What prompt did you use to get that one?

For future reference - Claude suggested these sources of beauty for me: A photo of a beautiful landscape.

I'm getting Claude Code to file my taxes using an online tax return tool.

This is so devious.

I have been blogging since 2004.

There is a podcast that skims Hacker News for you.

PSA: Even if you run everything on a Mac Mini or Mac Studio, only inbound traffic is locked down - outbound traffic (email and website communication) is wide open.

I've been running OpenClaw for a few weeks.

The OpenClaw creator on Lex Fridman podcast (1:41:15): Opus is like the coworker that is a little silly sometimes, but he’s really funny and you keep him around and Codex is like the weirdo in the corner that you don’t want to talk to, but he’s reliable a…

My first attempt at generating comic strips for PRs got mixed reactions on Hacker News.

I really enjoy using OpenClaw but I am scared that prompt injection attacks will exfiltrate sensitive personal information that it knows about me.

In Codex, Theo recommends using High and Medium over Extra High: (YouTube): 5.3 on extra high did slightly better, but I hope this helps emphasize how useless the extra high modes are.

The OpenClaw creator on how he still uses Claude Code but he finds OpenAI GPT Codex better for coding (YouTube 45:49): But the real change that sold it for me was, again, GPT 5.2.

Trying to think of uses for OpenClaw.