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Andrew Young

vaelen@bitbang.social

<p>I grew up on 8bit and 16bit machines, starting with an IBM AT at home and an Apple IIe at school. Later I ran DOS, Windows 3.1, OS/2, Windows 95/98, and Linux at home on various PC machines and 68k Macs at school. I also worked with various UNIX flavors over the years. These days I manage a software team. </p><p>My interests include: embedded software, electronics, retro computing, old macs, and ham radio (JJ1OKA / NU8W).</p><p>I live in Tokyo, Japan.</p>

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    I just shared a post on my blog about using sub-agents in Claude Code to implement the small database library I designed in my previous post. My focus is on how good software engineering design and software development practices can be transferred into the era of &amp;quot;vibecoding&amp;quot; in a way that allows us to still create well-built, maintainable software. https://vaelen.org/post/build-vdb-with-claude/ #claude #ai #retrocomputing #databases #vibecoding

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    I feel bad for not taking part in #marchintosh this year, but life got in the way. I&amp;#39;ll be back next year though.

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    I&amp;#39;ve written an Appletalk utility that can monitor Appletalk traffic from EtherTalk, LToUDP, and TashTalk networks. It can also route between those networks and other Appletalk routers (on #Globaltalk for example) and bridge traffic between your local networks as well. https://github.com/vaelen/appletalk . #retrocomputing #mac #macintosh

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    For the past few months I&amp;#39;ve been working on a new programming language for classic Macs called Clarus. The goal is to reduce boilerplate and abstract away the toolbox unless you really need to use it directly. It supports Appletalk and TCP/IP out of the box using a simple interface and compiles native 68k binaries. It is still a work in progress, but check it out! https://github.com/vaelen/clarus . Also check out my BBS written in Clarus: https://github.com/vaelen/m68k-bbs . #retrocompu...

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    Loving my new (to me) CatMac style Macintosh SE. I&amp;#39;ve got it up on #Globaltalk as well. I&amp;#39;m waiting for a RAM upgrade to arrive and then I&amp;#39;ll transfer my BBS over there. The CatMacMini case from JCM works great. Thanks to @RonsCompVids for telling me about it and thanks to @gutbomb for designing it! #retrocomputing #macintosh #appletalk

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    Debugging an app in System 6 like it&amp;#39;s 1990. #retrocomputing #mac #macintosh

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    I&#39;m working on an interactive-fiction game and I need some pixel art. I&#39;m using AI generated art at the moment, but I would love to support a real artist instead. If you know anyone who might be interested, please let me know. I&#39;m looking for 640x480 or smaller art at 256 colors. The game is based on the adventures of Robin Hood. This would be a paid gig as I plan to release the game on steam. #pixelart #interactivefiction @1Bit@bitbang.social

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    Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck.#retrocomputing #mac #magicsmoke #quadra700