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Writing

• Digarr started because I wanted new music

  I built Digarr because I wanted new music. It reached 300 GitHub stars, and I wanted to thank the people using it.

  Oct 8, 2026 · music , self-hosted , ai , open-source

• Haiku 5.5 is out

  Haiku 5.5 brings lower pricing and adjustable effort. A short look at Anthropic's benchmarks, agent context costs, and updated agents and skills guidance.

  Oct 8, 2026 · ai , ai-agents , agent-skills , open-source

• Digarr v1.19.0: Genre priorities and fewer discovery surprises

  Digarr v1.19.0 adds genre priorities and playlist generation outcomes, with fixes to listening profiles, artist matching, and unavailable previews.

  Oct 6, 2026 · music , self-hosted , ai , open-source

• Agents 3.4.1 and Skills 2.5.1: Smaller skills, safer backups

  Why I rewrote my agent skills after Anthropic updated its authoring guidance, what changed in skills v2.5.1, and a safer backup step in agents v3.4.1.

  Oct 3, 2026 · agent-skills , ai-agents , open-source

• Garret 0.0.1: The first alpha

  Garret 0.0.1 is out: a free, offline writing studio with manuscript, planning, and review tools. Here's what's included and how to try the first alpha.

  Oct 1, 2026 · writing , novel-writing , local-first , open-source