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A Self-Maintaining Memory for Humans and AI
My local knowledge base has become the memory for everything I work on and every agent I work with, and it maintains itself. I packaged it up so you can use it too.
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I Trapped a Tiny LLM in a Tiny Device
A 25-million-parameter language model trained from scratch, squeezed into 16 MB, and running entirely on a $25 ESP32: no cloud, no internet, just battery-powered text generation.
A Tool for Intuition
LLMs stopped being bad at math by using a calculator. I spent a weekend turning Jev, a model that answers with a decision and a confidence and no reasons, into a tool for a regular LLM.
Videotext: An E-Paper Wall Anyone Can Write To
A teletext-style e-paper wall my family and my agents can put a page on, and why a slow, flat-colour panel and a format from 1984 suit each other.
Markdown Library ML-42: A Native Home for Markdown
Markdown files have quietly become the connective tissue of AI-assisted work. I built Markdown Library ML-42, a native macOS app to browse, read, and edit them where they live.
Sculpting with Code
Working with AI has shifted my design process from building up to carving away, revealing the essential shape hidden within.
Building a Context Repository
A practical approach to making AI actually useful: translate your company knowledge into a structured, version-controlled repository that AI can reason from.
Ephemeral Software
In the age of AI, it's not the UI that becomes ephemeral—it's the software itself. Code manifests when needed and dissolves when purpose is served.
How I Built a Serverless Chess Analytics Platform with Game Data in the URL
Building a free chess game analysis tool that stores everything in the URL—no servers, no databases, just instant analytics you can share with a link.
Revisiting the world of Weewar
How building a hex map generator brought back memories of creating one of the web's first strategy games.
Implementing LLMs.txt: Making Your Blog AI-Friendly
How and why I implemented the LLMs.txt standard to make this blog more accessible to AI tools.
Building a Music Player: YouTube as a Backend
How I built a music player for kohlhofer.com that pulls from a YouTube playlist, fetches video backgrounds, and focuses on an integrated audio/visual listening experience.
Visualizing Chaos: The Lorenz Attractor
A fun exploration of chaos theory through code, creating an aesthetic visualization of the Lorenz attractor using P5.js.
Vibe Coding kohlhofer.com: Creation at the Speed of Thought
How I built kohlhofer.com trying out a new approach to design and software development.
Coding as a Tool: Generating Patterns for the Siding of a new House
How I used code to create a natural-looking random pattern for board and batten siding, ensuring both aesthetic appeal and structural requirements.