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Fey November

In which our heroine explores multimedia modalities.

Fey November
The Fairy Lovers by Theodor von Holst (1840)

Lo, it has come to pass. Now I too am vibecoding. The rumors are true, it's super fun! I made three web apps recently:

I've also become obsessed with making videos. The spark was realizing that Claude could concatenate my raw footage into something coherent, add fancy transitions, etc. All the parts I find tedious.

But then I discovered the Edits app that Meta released for Instagram! It is insanely approachable and user-friendly. This has been a good creative diversion that I can easily mess with on my phone in the presence of small children.

(I try to spend most of my time around them phone-free, but sometimes a girl has gotta imbibe the hyperreal to maintain critical levels of mental stimulation.)

Mostly I've been spamming IG, but I also made a more thoughtful video about Midjourney's Ghost in the Shell movie night. (Used ChatGPT for that one.)

Speaking of which! My contract at Midjourney wrapped up, so I am once again on the market, looking for the next gig. Last time I was in this situation, I went viral. Did that accomplish anything? Concretely, no, but I like attention.

I know you've been waiting for another installment of my critically acclaimed, award-winning roundup! Never mind who the critics are, or where the award came from...

We describe a pipeline for training a small language model (Qwen3-8B-Base) to embody a specific and limited character: Zero.
"Recorded sound becomes material we stretch, contaminate and reshape into new textures. Image-making starts the same way. We catch a gesture, let it mutate and watch new forms appear." — Hypereikon

Your turn! What are you making? Or reading? How is life going? Hit reply and let me know.

Cheers,
Sonya 🐰