Paul Berens

In our last episode, Dear Reader, I described my vibe-coding adventures that yielded a Wear OS Swarm client that I sideloaded it onto my own Pixel Watch, and it bloody worked!

Waymo robotaxis at 13th & South Van Ness.

That’s my Middle West—not the wheat or the prairies or the lost Swede towns, but the thrilling returning trains of my youth, and the street lamps and sleigh bells in the frosty dark and the shadows of holly wreaths thrown by lighted windows on the snow.

Yesterday, I headed out for a regular training run.

I didn’t love it.

Remember Cops & Robbers?

I’m old school fringe consumer tech: Path for social media, Songza for music, Foursquare—now Swarm—for lifelogging.

People are always surprised when they find out I speak Spanish.

Ladies and Gentlemen, at long last…by popular demand…I give you… …dark mode on berens.co1 [Cue rampageous applause.]

This was us every year up ‘til now (tell me if this is familiar): the end of the year rolls around, and amidst all the Christmas hustle and bustle, we suddenly realize we need to make our charitable giving decisions and contributions before 31 December.

I continue my vibe coding escapade with my first bot: a song-of-the-day Telegram bot that automatically sends a tasty track to subscribers every morning to enjoy with coffee.