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I was inspired by the time analysis I had Claude do last week on what it took to send the Weekly Thing so I decided to build in some additional logging and a better visualization. Now I get a report like this for each issue I send. WT352 showed some benefits from my new automation! 🪄

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Had a great time cheering on the Twin Cities Marathon runners this morning!

Runners wearing race bibs move along a tree-lined road scattered with leaves while spectators watch from the curb.
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Working with Otto this morning to create a new version of my mb utility that will extend features and provide an MCP interface for agents to interact with micro.blog.

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Watt Window was my other demo highlight from Minnedemo. Combination of hardware and software to monitor industrial motors and increase efficiency. This is a real-world use case for how you can lower the carbon footprint of a plant. And, reliably predict equipment failures! Impressive!

A presenter at a laptop on stage, with an overhead camera projecting a DIN rail of wired terminal blocks onto a large screen.The presenter talks beside a projected web dashboard of circular gauges showing amps, volts, kWh and dollar costs per motor.

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Beastbox was an amazing demo at Minnedemo. The engineering required to do signal detection in about 10ms to keep the time from beatboxing with your mouth to the audio being triggered is impressive.

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It was great to connect with the Twin Cities tech community tonight at Minnedemo! The Ordway was a beautiful venue for this one. Save the date for Minnebar 21 on May 1, 2027!

Two people on a purple-lit stage under a Minnestar logo screen, facing a full concert hall audience and balcony.A man with a microphone stands at a laptop on stage while a screen shows BeastBox, a drum app with kick, snare and hihat tracks.

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Oh no — I’ve used all my tokens! 😬 And I did successfully complete my mission to use the $250 of cloud credits.

Usage panel: context window at 198.3k of 300k, a full red bar for weekly all-models limit, and $18.27 of $50 credits used.
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We got the very last of the available Pokémon 30th Celebration at the Edina Target today — and got our picture with Pikachu!

Jamie, Tammy, and Tyler pose in a store aisle with a costumed Pikachu, two holding boxed Pokémon card sets.
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Happy Clash Royale cake day to me! 🎉

Clash Royale game screen titled "Years Played" with a hexagonal badge showing the number 1 and purple ribbons, labeled "Level 1".
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I realized I could probably get a data point I’ve never been able to from WT Builder: how long does it take for me to create the Weekly Thing? Turns out I can now answer that. Additionally, I can now evaluate features on how they improve my workflow and time required.

Table comparing WT350 and WT351: 2 h 52 m vs 2 h 25 m to publish, about 3 h 50 m vs 2 h 30 m total, 22 vs 18 links.