Alasdair Cunningham.
Software engineer. I build systems, websites, apps and other things.
Want to chat? Email me at alasdair@talkwell.world
things I’ve made
products, experiments and small worlds
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keeper's log
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15 Sep SumicatSumi is now Sumicat, and it has multiplayer: share a board and draw on it together in real time, with a laser pointer and follow mode CODE 
15 Sep Signalboarderadded an MCP server, so AI agents can check live train times at any station across the UK CODE 
15 Sep alcun.devrefreshed the work page CODE 
11 Sep Forka new version is out with bass and ukulele tuning, and fresh photos on the App Store listing APP 11 Sep Signalboarderthe board and its firmware are public now, with setup instructions and the hardware details if you want to make one CODE 10 Sep Signalboardera Merseyrail 777 runs along the bottom of every page now, drawn in the same amber dots as the board above it CODE 8 Sep Moona Moon you can pick up and turn, with the real NASA maps on it and the actual Sun lighting it - turn it far enough and Earth is there behind it. Not out yet APP 
6 Sep Binssubmitted to the App Store - did you take the bins out? APP 
6 Sep Three MCP toolsVitalsBeacon, AgentBeacon and siteLookerAtter now have copy-and-paste setup for Codex and Claude Code, all tested live CODE 5 Sep Lighthousegot straight 100s on alcun.dev, Mono Studio and Shangri-La Gardening - did you know Lighthouse sets off fireworks? 👀 CODE 
29 Aug Mono Studiothe app catalogue has a warm glass redesign, dark mode and real app screenshots you can open up CODE 
28 Aug GlossarayBabel became Glossaray, with one socket for browser and stick, sturdier turns and long translations that scroll instead of disappearing CODE 28 Aug SignalboarderSignal became Signalboarder, with the board and live departures now sharing one address CODE 26 Aug alcun.devthe made here row hangs off a rope now, and reshuffles every visit CODE 26 Aug AgentBeaconit has an MCP server now, so an agent can audit a page and get the fix list straight back CODE 
26 Aug VitalsBeaconit has an MCP server now, so an agent can run a real Lighthouse audit itself CODE 
20 Aug siteLookerAtterit has an MCP server now, so agents can screenshot and read pages with no key CODE 17 Aug Signalboarderturn any device into a live UK train departure board CODE 17 Aug Forkthe tuner runs in a browser now, guitar, bass, ukulele or chromatic CODE 12 Aug Total eclipsewatched the sun go out near León, in northern Spain IRL
11 Aug the moonshipped - you can run, jump and drive on it, and every crater is where it really is CODE 11 Aug the seaimproved waves, lighting and night navigation CODE 4 Aug Motorcycle tripriding through Italy, France and Spain IRL
2 Aug Babelit talks now, so it's coming with me BUILDING
29 Jul Rookerybuilding two little ESP32 instruments - Signal for trains, Babel for translation BUILDING
26 Jul alcun.devnew brush engine for the ensō - it carries ink now, so a circle lands wet and dries out into flying white as it goes INK 26 Jul Shangri-La GardeningAstro site with 100 lighthouse scores and some fun animations CODE 25 Jul alcun.devthe theme icon hides a time slider now - drag it and watch the sun set CODE 25 Jul alcun.devhover the moon at night and it'll tell you its phase, how far off it is and when it rises CODE 
24 Jul LoggerLizardreworked the dashboards - events now show what they're about at a glance, and read a lot cleaner CODE 24 Jul LoggerLizardadded email verification on sign-up to keep the bots out CODE 23 Jul Footballplayed 7-a-side IRL
22 Jul AgentBeaconMVP shipped - audits any site on how legible it is to AI agents, and tells you what to fix CODE 21 Jul siteLookerAttershipped PDF export, retina captures and a perf pass - shots are ~2x faster CODE 21 Jul Audiobookshelfopened a PR to stop icon glyphs highlighting when you tap the player controls CODE 10 Jul alcun.devadded a motorcycle - give it a click! CODE 9 Jul alcun.devyou can click on the boat now CODE 9 Jul Footballplayed 7-a-side, scored a belter (⌐■֊■) IRL
8 Jul Gardenplanted chives, Moroccan mint, garlic chives and Greek oregano GARDEN
7 Jul Gardenchopped some hedges, picked some blackberries GARDEN
6 Jul LoggerLizardshipped a field-notes style frontend redesign CODE 5 Jul Loggerlizard SDKver 1.1.0 published chock-full of perf optimisation + some API improvements CODE 4 Jul Vitals Beacon - new features!shipped spread/average of three runs, siteLookerAtter integration CODE 4 Jul Vitals Beaconshipped a frontend redesign CODE 4 Jul Gardenplanted 'Berggarten' sage GARDEN 3 Jul Knowonesat the Jacaranda GIG
3 Jul siteLookerAttershipped a frontend redesign CODE 
3 Jul Waiting for GodotSamuel Beckett BOOK 2 Jul alcun.devadded a place to leave a circle CODE 2 Jul alcun.devadded an rss feed for the keeper's log CODE 
2 Jul Retro Futuralive at its own corner of the web CODE 2 Jul alcun.devadded pixel button labels CODE 1 Jul alcun.devadded ambience and haptics CODE 1 Jul Gardenplanted rosemary, fennel and thyme GARDEN
1 Jul alcun.devadded parallax to the pixel hero CODE 30 Jun Forknow live on the App Store APP 30 Jun alcun.devhero moon now renders the real lunar phase for your date CODE 30 Jun alcun.devhero scene repaints to your local time - dawn, day, sunset, night CODE 30 Jun alcun.dev redesignrebuilt from the ground up - now with lighthouses! CODE 
25 Jun Stone FlowerAntônio Carlos Jobim, 1970 VINYL 21 Jun Nuovo Testamentowith Plastic Estate GIG 14 Jun Raised bed planterbuilt from old decking timber BUILDING
13 Jun PiranesiSusanna Clarke BOOK 12 Jun Gardenplanted two bamboo Fargesia robusta 'Campbell' GARDEN
9 Jun Footballplayed 7-a-side, scored a belter (⌐■֊■) IRL
3 Jun ViolatorDepeche Mode, 1990 VINYL 
27 May App.js Confattended conf in Kraków IRL 
26 May Die Mensch-MaschineKraftwerk, 1978 VINYL 
25 May Keelnow live on the App Store APP 
18 May True BlueMadonna, 1986 VINYL 
15 May Liminal Projectself-titled, 2026 VINYL