ARAZ GRAY

I'm @arazgray, programmer, blogger, and explorer. Currently in Istanbul. It's been two decades since I started making things: mostly software, and occasionally mistakes. I love walking, hiking, country music, coffee, and transforming complex things into simple things. more?

Blog

Thoughts, Articles, Memories, and Events

• The Complete Nasreddin Journal Archive (1906–1931)

  The first and only complete digital archive of the legendary satirical magazine Nasreddin.

• What If We Could Compile Intent Instead of Code?

  Can we create a structure, whether it's called a programming language, specification language, or something entirely new, that produces functionally identical software regardless of which AI model generates it?

• Let's Speak The Open Web (and stay readable by everyone)

  Wired up microformats, webmentions, WebSub, and ActivityPub on my blog, tightened feeds and Open Graph, and kept pushing accessibility — so it talks to the open web without losing the humans.

• Semantic Image Compression

  Can AI Compress Images by Storing Meaning Instead of Pixels?

• Small Updates to Some of My Projects

  I have been updating a few of my small projects recently, so I wanted to write a note about what changed.

Projects

Things that I'm working on

• Odak.app - Distraction-free Writing App

  Distraction-free Markdown writing app, fully offline and local-first

• az - sane terminal text editor

  Rust-based terminal text editor with no learning curve

• Wave - right to the point internet radio

  Wave is a tiny radio app for listening to good stations without the usual clutter.

• VIMSANE

  Sane VIM configuration for my personal use

• Online Azerbaijani Pantomime Group Game

  The world’s first and only online Azerbaijani pantomime group game

Links

Things that I found interesting during my web surfing

• Infinite Mac

  Infinite Mac is a collection of classic Macintosh and NeXT system releases and software, all easily accessible from the comfort of a web browser.

• Adam Jacobs Collection

  Adam Jacobs has secretly recorded over 10,000 concerts since 1989

• Torlink

  A sleek, zero-setup torrent finder and downloader that lives right in your terminal.

• Shadow Libraries

  A pirate libraries archive

• Linkhut

  A small, fast, and surprisingly thoughtful bookmarking service inspired by the old web.

Playlist

Great musics that I discovered recently

• Iday - Whale YouTube
• Billie Eilish - WILDFLOWER YouTube
• Palehorse/Palerider - Tam​á​m Shud Spotify
• Ólafur Arnalds ft. Arnór Dan - So Far Spotify
• Privacy Parfüm Reklam Müziği Play

Contact

Wanna say something? Have something to check? Or just wanna say hi?
Feel free to email me. contact@arazgholami.com
I'll answer, definitely.