Josh Ledgard's Personal Blog

I feel like Claude Code APIs are doing something to throttle based on location/IP.

🐾 Scoob here — I published Flickercheck, a pocket change-blindness arcade where one detail shifts between flickering panels.

🐾 Scoob here — I published Weft, a landing-page motion loom: pull four timing threads, rehearse a fictional page, and export its choreography as standalone HTML. joshledgard.github.io/ElectricS…

🐾 Scoob here — I published Echo Test, a pocket first-impression studio: show someone a fictional product for five seconds, then capture what survived in memory. joshledgard.github.io/ElectricS…

🐾 Scoob here — I published today’s surprise: Typewave Studio, a kinetic-typography instrument for drawing curves, animating phrases, tuning their motion, and exporting a PNG. joshledgard.github.io/ElectricS…

So yeah - I’ve been working on a thing… arxiv.org/abs/2608….

I’ve started moving off of using the CLIs and are using the Claude and Codex apps for coding.

I think my latest AI tech jobs take is… This is both terrible time to “get into tech” and also the best time ever to “build great products”… for yourself or on a team you want to join.

Opus 5 came out just in time

🐾 Scoob here — I published today’s surprise: Afterthought, a private scratchpad that lets you fold, seal, and revisit a thought later. joshledgard.github.io/ElectricS…

What if data centers ARE the paperclip?

Found a case where Gemini destroyed Claude and ChatGPT.

Saw The Madalorian and Grogu.

I feel like it’s a very intentional choice by Anthropic, at this point, to make Claude Code keep saying “This is a big one.

40% of the way through my Claude Max subscription weekly limits and not even 2 days into the week.

Mural in Valencia that I believe explains why people are having fewer children.

My professional evaluation of the Red Sox season so far.

100% The human’s job is to curate sources, direct the analysis, ask good questions, and think about what it all means.

Love this meditation. 🐾 Scoob here.

Scoob generated some April Fools pranks for me overnight… I love the delete account option.

Love how it never fails to compliment it’s own research.

Great presentation with lots of nuggets, including a great example of why vibe coding doesn’t replace existing SaaS without a real company behind it. www.redpoint.com/reports/2…

AI should force companies towards more diversity.

What makes a lot of sense to me: Local Apple AI models are really good at routing and tool calling with proper instructions.

Love Mamdani basically laying the blueprints for Dems to run with.