Jakob // theCodeDrift
@codedrift.social
But can we make it useful?
🔩 cofounder at taskless.io
💖 creator of @bias.is
🦝 streams it all at twitch.tv/theCodeDrift
🔩 cofounder at taskless.io
💖 creator of @bias.is
🦝 streams it all at twitch.tv/theCodeDrift
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Jakob // theCodeDrift
@codedrift.social
· Oct 20
Now that we have pinned posts, it's time for a proper introduction.
I code (lots of TypeScript, a bit of Rust, even some PHP), talk music and concerts, and occasionally take mid photos. Come for one, stay for the others.
I used to hide my interests. We're not doing that anymore.
I code (lots of TypeScript, a bit of Rust, even some PHP), talk music and concerts, and occasionally take mid photos. Come for one, stay for the others.
I used to hide my interests. We're not doing that anymore.
Stream Schedule Feb 11/12/13
📝 Feb 11 - CoWo Wednesday
Get your tasks done via a 50/10 pomos in a virtual workplace
💻 Feb 12 - Taskless Thursday
Versioning GitHub permissions to detect when reconnects are needed
🏗️ Feb 13 - Steam Fun Friday
Turning “1s in chat” into a live poll widget
📝 Feb 11 - CoWo Wednesday
Get your tasks done via a 50/10 pomos in a virtual workplace
💻 Feb 12 - Taskless Thursday
Versioning GitHub permissions to detect when reconnects are needed
🏗️ Feb 13 - Steam Fun Friday
Turning “1s in chat” into a live poll widget
February 10, 2026 at 9:38 PM
Stream Schedule Feb 11/12/13
📝 Feb 11 - CoWo Wednesday
Get your tasks done via a 50/10 pomos in a virtual workplace
💻 Feb 12 - Taskless Thursday
Versioning GitHub permissions to detect when reconnects are needed
🏗️ Feb 13 - Steam Fun Friday
Turning “1s in chat” into a live poll widget
📝 Feb 11 - CoWo Wednesday
Get your tasks done via a 50/10 pomos in a virtual workplace
💻 Feb 12 - Taskless Thursday
Versioning GitHub permissions to detect when reconnects are needed
🏗️ Feb 13 - Steam Fun Friday
Turning “1s in chat” into a live poll widget
This is extra frustrating because BANG BANG just dropped and you literally cannot find other IVE fans on this platform without structured metadata or a taxonomy
I’ve got no good answers here. This is the only platform that prioritizes chronology- I want to talk about what’s happening *now*
But it’s also impossible to find the people to talk about it with unless your topic is the topic of the day.
But it’s also impossible to find the people to talk about it with unless your topic is the topic of the day.
February 9, 2026 at 5:47 PM
This is extra frustrating because BANG BANG just dropped and you literally cannot find other IVE fans on this platform without structured metadata or a taxonomy
I’m a bit stuck on what to do about @bias.is
Soridata, the data source critical to staying on top of newly debuted groups has shut down because of unending harassment.
Bluesky labelers are slowly changing their roles, and it’s unclear what the answer will be for “bonus structured metadata”.
Soridata, the data source critical to staying on top of newly debuted groups has shut down because of unending harassment.
Bluesky labelers are slowly changing their roles, and it’s unclear what the answer will be for “bonus structured metadata”.
February 9, 2026 at 5:23 PM
I’m a bit stuck on what to do about @bias.is
Soridata, the data source critical to staying on top of newly debuted groups has shut down because of unending harassment.
Bluesky labelers are slowly changing their roles, and it’s unclear what the answer will be for “bonus structured metadata”.
Soridata, the data source critical to staying on top of newly debuted groups has shut down because of unending harassment.
Bluesky labelers are slowly changing their roles, and it’s unclear what the answer will be for “bonus structured metadata”.
Stream Schedule Feb 5/6 (2p PST)
Feb 5 - Taskless for Taskless, trying to drink our own champagne
Feb 6 - Silly Stream Tech, designing “IDE Colors” 2.0
twitch.tv/theCodeDrift
#twitch #schedule #livestream #CodeStream #theCodeDrift
Feb 5 - Taskless for Taskless, trying to drink our own champagne
Feb 6 - Silly Stream Tech, designing “IDE Colors” 2.0
twitch.tv/theCodeDrift
#twitch #schedule #livestream #CodeStream #theCodeDrift
theCodeDrift - Twitch
The unfortunate result of combining caffeine with a (staff) software engineer. Live Wednesdays for Co-Working 10a-1p pacific time & Live Coding Thursdays & Fridays 2p-6p pacific time. Beginner & advanced...
twitch.tv
February 4, 2026 at 7:25 PM
Stream Schedule Feb 5/6 (2p PST)
Feb 5 - Taskless for Taskless, trying to drink our own champagne
Feb 6 - Silly Stream Tech, designing “IDE Colors” 2.0
twitch.tv/theCodeDrift
#twitch #schedule #livestream #CodeStream #theCodeDrift
Feb 5 - Taskless for Taskless, trying to drink our own champagne
Feb 6 - Silly Stream Tech, designing “IDE Colors” 2.0
twitch.tv/theCodeDrift
#twitch #schedule #livestream #CodeStream #theCodeDrift
I tested Cursed Halo 3 over the weekend in preparation for silliness, and I have no regrets
January 15, 2026 at 4:35 PM
I tested Cursed Halo 3 over the weekend in preparation for silliness, and I have no regrets
Cloudflare, I know it’s not real containers. That’s okay. Just please let me ssh into the sandboxes without a weird badly documented zero trust proxy dance. I’d even do it through your dashboard if you want. I just have zero indicator or log insights into why your sandbox sometimes… stops.
January 5, 2026 at 12:14 AM
Cloudflare, I know it’s not real containers. That’s okay. Just please let me ssh into the sandboxes without a weird badly documented zero trust proxy dance. I’d even do it through your dashboard if you want. I just have zero indicator or log insights into why your sandbox sometimes… stops.
And this was the other VCR. You know. The one where my streamer friends made me cry by saying nice things.
youtu.be/TmsmzEDMSck?...
youtu.be/TmsmzEDMSck?...
January 2, 2026 at 2:07 AM
And this was the other VCR. You know. The one where my streamer friends made me cry by saying nice things.
youtu.be/TmsmzEDMSck?...
youtu.be/TmsmzEDMSck?...
Thank you everyone who came by last night to celebrate my first year on Twitch. My heart is full.
Here was the VCR we played during ad breaks: theCodeDrift wrapped (because it’s so overdone it’s a meme all its own now).
youtu.be/mgmwf6YAtJY
Here was the VCR we played during ad breaks: theCodeDrift wrapped (because it’s so overdone it’s a meme all its own now).
youtu.be/mgmwf6YAtJY
VCR - theCodeDrift 1 Year: WRAPPED
YouTube video by theCodeDrift
youtu.be
January 1, 2026 at 5:03 PM
Thank you everyone who came by last night to celebrate my first year on Twitch. My heart is full.
Here was the VCR we played during ad breaks: theCodeDrift wrapped (because it’s so overdone it’s a meme all its own now).
youtu.be/mgmwf6YAtJY
Here was the VCR we played during ad breaks: theCodeDrift wrapped (because it’s so overdone it’s a meme all its own now).
youtu.be/mgmwf6YAtJY
This is just a shoutout to @heejinsoulyves.bsky.social who all this year would bring groups and solo posts from other social media over to Bluesky so we could yap about ‘em.
December 30, 2025 at 9:18 PM
This is just a shoutout to @heejinsoulyves.bsky.social who all this year would bring groups and solo posts from other social media over to Bluesky so we could yap about ‘em.
It might be easy to clown on Google for this feature, but I flinched imagining how much technical debt GMail had accumulated over the years. Someone had to untangle all that debt to get this anywhere near done.
You may soon be able to change your Gmail address | TechCrunch
Good news for anyone tired of or embarrassed by their current Gmail address.
techcrunch.com
December 30, 2025 at 6:56 PM
It might be easy to clown on Google for this feature, but I flinched imagining how much technical debt GMail had accumulated over the years. Someone had to untangle all that debt to get this anywhere near done.
I’ve known Araani for almost a year now and she remains such a supportive friend on my journey. After cowos, I’d dip into her late night Genshin strrams which I’m certain has kept me outta that gatcha rabbit hole.
She and other GMT friends are joining me for NYE Lockdown Protocol games.
She and other GMT friends are joining me for NYE Lockdown Protocol games.
NEW YEAR EVE COLLAB EVENT!
Organised by the amazing @codedrift.social I will be joining other friends as part of the British section of Code bringing in the new year with his friends around the globe.
We will be playing Lockdown Protocol. (god help me) Starting at 10pm UK time.
Organised by the amazing @codedrift.social I will be joining other friends as part of the British section of Code bringing in the new year with his friends around the globe.
We will be playing Lockdown Protocol. (god help me) Starting at 10pm UK time.
December 30, 2025 at 4:50 PM
I’ve known Araani for almost a year now and she remains such a supportive friend on my journey. After cowos, I’d dip into her late night Genshin strrams which I’m certain has kept me outta that gatcha rabbit hole.
She and other GMT friends are joining me for NYE Lockdown Protocol games.
She and other GMT friends are joining me for NYE Lockdown Protocol games.
I took a break for a friend’s birthday and I’m thankful everyone pets this turtle’s belly
December 23, 2025 at 5:52 PM
I took a break for a friend’s birthday and I’m thankful everyone pets this turtle’s belly
Todoist: Yo, we stole Shift+Alt+Space and replaced it with "steal your microphone for our new AI Ramble feature" ✨
Me: What about those date recognition improvements? Or reliability with emailed tasks?
Todoist: Sorry, best I can do is AI spyware.
Me: What about those date recognition improvements? Or reliability with emailed tasks?
Todoist: Sorry, best I can do is AI spyware.
December 20, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Todoist: Yo, we stole Shift+Alt+Space and replaced it with "steal your microphone for our new AI Ramble feature" ✨
Me: What about those date recognition improvements? Or reliability with emailed tasks?
Todoist: Sorry, best I can do is AI spyware.
Me: What about those date recognition improvements? Or reliability with emailed tasks?
Todoist: Sorry, best I can do is AI spyware.
“[name] recently imported your email address from another platform to Substack”
Ew.
Ew.
December 16, 2025 at 9:33 PM
“[name] recently imported your email address from another platform to Substack”
Ew.
Ew.
Posting the ole lock screen
December 16, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Posting the ole lock screen
After stream today I refused to give up on the PVTCH translator. I tested a few different models, and for multi-lingual N to N translations, you simply need the absurdly large dataset at 2.7x the output token cost.
This also shifts the cost burden to smarter caching.
I wrote up my findings here.
This also shifts the cost burden to smarter caching.
I wrote up my findings here.
The Perils of LLM Translation · thecodedrift codedrift · Discussion #131
I've been experimenting with llama-4-scout-17b-16e-instruct as a translation layer. It's good at JSON Schema output It separates system from user instructions It has controls for temperature and sa...
github.com
December 12, 2025 at 7:57 AM
After stream today I refused to give up on the PVTCH translator. I tested a few different models, and for multi-lingual N to N translations, you simply need the absurdly large dataset at 2.7x the output token cost.
This also shifts the cost burden to smarter caching.
I wrote up my findings here.
This also shifts the cost burden to smarter caching.
I wrote up my findings here.
Did Akon ever find the words to describe that girl without being disrespectful?
November 25, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Did Akon ever find the words to describe that girl without being disrespectful?
Reposted by Jakob // theCodeDrift
Also, I'll be posting links to the new Firebot plugins soon:
- Ko-fi
- Fourthwall
- GitHub
- Localtunnel
And our secret surprise plugin release...
- Meld Studio
- Ko-fi
- Fourthwall
- GitHub
- Localtunnel
And our secret surprise plugin release...
- Meld Studio
November 22, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Also, I'll be posting links to the new Firebot plugins soon:
- Ko-fi
- Fourthwall
- GitHub
- Localtunnel
And our secret surprise plugin release...
- Meld Studio
- Ko-fi
- Fourthwall
- GitHub
- Localtunnel
And our secret surprise plugin release...
- Meld Studio
Since someone asked off stream yesterday about where I stand with GPT bots (Ailicia, StreamChat, Frosty, etc) that talk with your chatters and “promote engagement,” let me answer publicly.
November 21, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Since someone asked off stream yesterday about where I stand with GPT bots (Ailicia, StreamChat, Frosty, etc) that talk with your chatters and “promote engagement,” let me answer publicly.
Firebot Friday. Look, I know we always say "never release on a Friday", but naming things is hard. So you take every alliteration when you can!
Hey @firebot.app fans - we're getting ready to release a beta later this week for our MASSIVE new 5.65 update. I plan on doing a Firebot Friday stream THIS Friday at 1PM ET where I'll do a live beta release, talk about some of the big new features, answer questions, and more. Hope to see you then!
November 20, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Firebot Friday. Look, I know we always say "never release on a Friday", but naming things is hard. So you take every alliteration when you can!
In learning and implementing GitHub's multiple auth flows, my opinion has moved from "this is absurd" to "I understand it and it's still absurd"
November 20, 2025 at 1:10 AM
In learning and implementing GitHub's multiple auth flows, my opinion has moved from "this is absurd" to "I understand it and it's still absurd"
Extending the reach on this to the streamer community. One of y’all probably checks these boxes, and 404 does good work
looking for someone in the greater charlotte area who has spectrum internet to test something for me. if you do pls DM or signal me: @jason.404
November 18, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Extending the reach on this to the streamer community. One of y’all probably checks these boxes, and 404 does good work
Excellent marketing, no notes
Cursor AI sent me a gift for pressing Tab over 74,283 times! #cursor #softwaredeveloper #webdevelopment #keyboards
November 15, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Excellent marketing, no notes
Bluesky mods could do the funniest shit right now by handing Dept of War a 3 day suspension for death threats.
November 14, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Bluesky mods could do the funniest shit right now by handing Dept of War a 3 day suspension for death threats.
Today’s scratch test revealed that… one zantac taken in desperation to stop the welts and pain without touching an H1 inhibitor has ruined everything and I must start over.
Day 5 without Zyrtec: woke up to my hands feeling like they were on fire and my lower lip looking like it got fillers.
I wish I knew how to explain to someone that you can feel the welts and histamine coming. It’s like a dozen tiny spicy prickles.
I wish I knew how to explain to someone that you can feel the welts and histamine coming. It’s like a dozen tiny spicy prickles.
Kinda. Though more like my body has rediscovered the joy of histamine and pretty much anything leaves a lovely welt.
November 13, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Today’s scratch test revealed that… one zantac taken in desperation to stop the welts and pain without touching an H1 inhibitor has ruined everything and I must start over.