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Anders Thoresson

👋 Hi, I'm Anders!

This is my corner on the Internet. Relatively new in this particulary spot, but have been found on the same url since 1998. Being new here means that some things might not work as expected, yet.

Anyways. Here I collect quick scribbles and longer texts, and links. Some of my photos can be found on Pixelfed.

71 posts in English so far (and even more if you understand Swedish). Don't want to miss the next one? Use RSS, that's still a thing.

Selected posts

If you are short on time, this is the AI summary of 2024 to read
If you only have time for one summary of what happened in AI during 2024, Simon Willison's is the one to read.

What is the exit plan for your notes?
I'm willing to sacrifice both features and UX for the longevity of my notes collection. And right now, I only find longevity in locally stored markdown files, text files that can be opened in any text editor on any device.

Preparing your Instagram export for Pixelfed import
I my social feeds I see questions on stalled Instagram imports when trying to move images to Pixelfed. I struggled with this a few months ago, and found a solution (at least for the particular problem I had): Pixelfed doesn’t like caption-less posts.

The lastest posts

Condensing The Iceberg
What we need isn't algorithmic-free feeds. We need access to the nuts and bolts so that we can tune the feeds, i.e 'condense the iceberg', in ways that makes sense to us.

Preparing your Instagram export for Pixelfed import
I my social feeds I see questions on stalled Instagram imports when trying to move images to Pixelfed. I struggled with this a few months ago, and found a solution (at least for the particular problem I had): Pixelfed doesn’t like caption-less posts.

Blog question challenge 2025
Blogging. Why do I do it, how, history? Let’s dive in.

The latest links

All 71 English posts are available in the archive.