alcun.dev - Alasdair Cunningham

22 Sep alcun.devthe 3D sea world no longer cuts between themes - it sweeps, running the clock forward to the new hour while the sun crosses the sky and sets. Its own theme chip on the overlay drives the same engine as the one in the top bar CODE

21 Sep alcun.devimproved the lighting in the 3D sea world CODE

16 Sep Sumicatsumicat has an MCP server now, so you can point your own agent at it and see what it draws. It gets the real brush, and it can look at what it made and fix it, which is the part that makes it any good CODE

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

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

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

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

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

9 Jul alcun.devyou can click on the boat now CODE

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 siteLookerAttershipped a frontend redesign CODE

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

30 Jun Forknow live on the App Store APP

25 Jun Stone FlowerAntônio Carlos Jobim, 1970 VINYL

21 Jun Nuovo Testamentowith Plastic Estate GIG

13 Jun PiranesiSusanna Clarke BOOK

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

Alasdair Cunningham.

things I’ve made

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