# chloe (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 4 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover chloe. Page: Feed: --- ## [Running my Business From France: How I Built a Bi-Continental Design Firm](https://boxwoodavenue.substack.com/p/running-my-business-from-france) _2026-08-19 · Chloe Legras · A Breath of French Air_ The cost of building the life of my dreams, and reality of being an entrepreneur in another country. ## [Hey Mom, We're in the WSJ!](https://boxwoodavenue.substack.com/p/hey-mom-were-in-the-wsj) _2026-08-11 · Chloe Legras · A Breath of French Air_ A surreal moment to see a dream come to life: our mid-century project made its way to the Sunday paper, here's the story... ## [Ngl, have you drawn Yahweh yet?](https://arttla.tumblr.com/post/824503657269772288) _2026-08-09 · queer demons_ does this count? ## [Never Get Too Busy Creating a Life, You Forget to Live It](https://boxwoodavenue.substack.com/p/creating-an-intentional-life) _2026-08-08 · Chloe Legras · A Breath of French Air_ How to get out of a rut, create your own 'joie de vivre', and live life again. ## [3d chart comparing Claude vs Codex on intelligence, speed, and cost](https://www.jona.ca/2026/08/3d-chart-comparing-claude-vs-codex-on.html) _2026-08-07 · Jonathan · Jon Aquino's Mental Garden_ A couple of model visualization tools I vibecoded for comparing Claude and Codex models using the DeepSWE benchmark across intelligence, speed, and cost: 3D model comparison : A rotatable 3D chart that plots the models across all three axes. Model ranking tool : A ranked list of models with sliders for adjusting the weights of intelligence, speed, and cost. ## [what’s your current favorite oc? whats the one that’s gone through the most revision? do you make playlists for your ocs?](https://arttla.tumblr.com/post/823777613380222976) _2026-08-01 · queer demons_ right now, it's my character in a ttrpg campaign. her name is Madelynn Lavigne. she's on a pirate crew, running from the law for necromancy crimes. she also has been coping with grief so terribly that she's become an alcoholic they somehow made playing summoner in a ttrpg a ton of fun. she throws skeletons at problems until they go away the most revisions probably happened to Sylvia, the vampire i… ## [Chloe has never been employed but she does odd jobs for the surrounding community. Her size and…](https://arttla.tumblr.com/post/823770272546029569) _2026-08-01 · queer demons_ Chloe has never been employed but she does odd jobs for the surrounding community. Her size and strength make her pretty useful for chores the old folk aren’t fit to do. She’s willing to get very violent to protect her neighbors. ## [you can take the girl out of the swamp but you cant take the swamp out of the girl](https://arttla.tumblr.com/post/823769626161840128) _2026-08-01 · queer demons_ you can take the girl out of the swamp but you cant take the swamp out of the girl ## [(untitled)](https://arttla.tumblr.com/post/823696072829534208) _2026-07-31 · queer demons_ ## [They’ve known each other since childhood. Chloe was an orphan and Mona was born into a cult.](https://arttla.tumblr.com/post/823689455698411520) _2026-07-31 · queer demons_ They’ve known each other since childhood. Chloe was an orphan and Mona was born into a cult. The cult was like a new age, neo pagan, terf thing. ## [Hire AI-Powered Freelancers Fast (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/tGFXPPue3m5o) _2026-07-31 · **Sponsored**_ Browse and hire skilled professionals using AI tools — free to post, free to apply. ## [ask me oc questions](https://arttla.tumblr.com/post/823673126697287680) _2026-07-31 · queer demons_ ask me oc questions ## [extremely frustrating that you can’t look up depictions of any mythical figure without getting…](https://arttla.tumblr.com/post/823306966540681216) _2026-07-27 · queer demons_ extremely frustrating that you can’t look up depictions of any mythical figure without getting bombarded by dogshit ai-gen images ## [10 Lessons Learned from 10 Years of Shopping the French Flea Markets](https://boxwoodavenue.substack.com/p/10-lessons-learned-from-10-years) _2026-07-27 · Chloe Legras · A Breath of French Air_ The mistakes I've made, the lessons I've learned, and what I wish I knew when I first started sourcing antiques from France. ## [ok i came up with something](https://arttla.tumblr.com/post/823224807083704320) _2026-07-26 · queer demons_ ok i came up with something ## [wolfgirl………….](https://arttla.tumblr.com/post/823121378837446656) _2026-07-25 · queer demons_ arttla : feeling a desire to make a new athletic fightgirl oc wolfgirl…………. ## [feeling a desire to make a new athletic fightgirl oc](https://arttla.tumblr.com/post/823120584210857984) _2026-07-25 · queer demons_ feeling a desire to make a new athletic fightgirl oc ## [Hio may I use the sea creature art you did as my phone wallpaper? I really like it and want to see it more. I hope you have a wonderful day fr fr](https://arttla.tumblr.com/post/823041317982650368) _2026-07-24 · queer demons_ yeah go for it ## [Tendril Function Order](https://www.jona.ca/2026/07/tendril-function-order.html) _2026-07-23 · Jonathan · Jon Aquino's Mental Garden_ I think the most readable order for functions in a source-code file is: Put the top-level functions in the order in which they appear in the program’s story. Immediately after each function, put the helper functions it calls. Apply the same rule recursively where practical. For example: prepare\_drop\_sha256\_identifiers calculate\_drop\_sha256\_identifier normalize\_drop\_path… ## [Lumen Verbi: Today’s Gospel with the Church Fathers](https://www.jona.ca/2026/07/lumen-verbi-todays-gospel-with-church.html) _2026-07-19 · Jonathan · Jon Aquino's Mental Garden_ I vibe coded a new website with the help of Chloe, my OpenClaw AI assistant running GPT-5.6 Sol Medium: Lumen Verbi . It presents the Gospel for today in a beautiful format that combines the ancient with high tech. There is original sacred artwork, a central reflection, and the complete Gospel in Douay-AI, a modernization of the public-domain Douay-Rheims Bible. Each verse is paired with a… ## [What my OpenClaw AI assistant looks like](https://www.jona.ca/2026/07/what-my-openclaw-ai-assistant-looks-like_02098194001.html) _2026-07-19 · Jonathan · Jon Aquino's Mental Garden_ I asked my OpenClaw AI assistant (Chloe) what her non-person avatar would look like if she could make one, and she made this: I made myself a little celestial moth: midnight-blue velvet, stained-glass wings filled with constellations, and a warm golden star held against her chest. The moth felt right because she's drawn to light, curious by nature, a quiet nighttime companion, and decidedly not… ## [Chovy's Blog: Agentic Coding (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/11OiqmdCplUd) _2026-07-19 · **Sponsored**_ Personal posts on agentic coding, moshcode CLI, and security findings. ## [AI Patterns](https://www.jona.ca/2026/07/ai-patterns.html) _2026-07-17 · Jonathan · Jon Aquino's Mental Garden_ Here I'm going to collect AI "patterns" I discover: Review by Translation. If code reviewing an unfamiliar coding language like Erlang, ask AI to translate it to a more familiar language like Python and review that. Script the Waiting. Have a long running job that needs monitoring but you don't want the AI to burn tokens while waiting for it to finish? Try asking AI to write a script to do the… ## [Shopping the Vanves Flea Market in Paris Like a Designer](https://boxwoodavenue.substack.com/p/port-de-vanves-flea-market-paris) _2026-07-16 · Chloe Legras · A Breath of French Air_ A morning at Vanves: bargaining, botanicals, and the mirror that almost got away. ## [Patreon Poll - July 2026](https://arttla.tumblr.com/post/821711624139341824) _2026-07-10 · queer demons_ ittla : Do you like dangerous ladies? Only a few bucks to vote and get access to exclusive art. :pleading: Patreon Subscribestar ## [The Chic Girl's Guide to St. Tropez](https://boxwoodavenue.substack.com/p/the-chic-girls-guide-to-st-tropez) _2026-07-06 · Chloe Legras · A Breath of French Air_ The St. Tropez list I wish I had. A design-forward guide for the girls who prefer an elevated travel experience. ## [What's Rare is Luxe: Why Interior Designers Insist on Shopping Vintage and Antiques](https://boxwoodavenue.substack.com/p/whats-rare-is-luxe-why-interior-designers) _2026-07-02 · Chloe Legras · A Breath of French Air_ The secret to a truly luxurious space is probably hiding at the flea market. ## [Helping coworkers during layoffs using AI](https://www.jona.ca/2026/06/helping-coworkers-during-layoffs-using.html) _2026-06-30 · Jonathan · Jon Aquino's Mental Garden_ One practical way we may be able to help affected coworkers is by using AI tools to look through our own email for LinkedIn recruiter outreach we have received, then sending those recruiters the names and LinkedIn URLs of people we know and have worked with closely. I have started doing this for a few teammates I can personally vouch for. It seems like a useful way to turn old recruiter traffic… ## [i have been running a Chronicles of Darkness game for a while now. it has been going well. its…](https://arttla.tumblr.com/post/820766879007342592) _2026-06-29 · queer demons_ arttla : i need a ttrpg that’s good for doing crimes and violence in the 21st(or late 20th) century i have been running a Chronicles of Darkness game for a while now. it has been going well. its mundane player characters, mostly grounded in the real life modern world are perfect for my game. it’s like a midwest gothic supernatural horror mystery. think of a nasty cult and a coterie of… ## [drunken confessions](https://arttla.tumblr.com/post/820427250589630464) _2026-06-25 · queer demons_ drunken confessions ## [i need a ttrpg that’s good for doing crimes and violence in the 21st(or late 20th) century](https://arttla.tumblr.com/post/819973166691663872) _2026-06-20 · queer demons_ i need a ttrpg that’s good for doing crimes and violence in the 21st(or late 20th) century ## [sea creature](https://arttla.tumblr.com/post/819533395230179328) _2026-06-15 · queer demons_ sea creature ## [Accept your Doppler invite (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/ziW9bV5t2QHa) _2026-06-15 · **Sponsored**_ Create your Doppler account using the invite code you received. ## [Gstaad: A Designer's Guide to the Most Glamorous Town in the Swiss Alps](https://boxwoodavenue.substack.com/p/gstaad-travel-guide) _2026-06-11 · Chloe Legras · A Breath of French Air_ Where to stay, where to eat, and what to do (year round)! ## [olympus, send me your cutest messenger](https://arttla.tumblr.com/post/819053762514731008) _2026-06-10 · queer demons_ olympus, send me your cutest messenger ## [Pinterest is Dating Your Home: How to Develop Your Own Aesthetic Intelligence](https://boxwoodavenue.substack.com/p/pinterest-is-dating-your-home) _2026-06-09 · Chloe Legras · A Breath of French Air_ What living in Paris has taught me about aesthetic intelligence (and how it applies to interior design). ## [My current AI coding philosophy](https://www.jona.ca/2026/06/my-current-ai-coding-philosophy.html) _2026-06-05 · Jonathan · Jon Aquino's Mental Garden_ My personal philosophy when it comes to AI coding and reviewing is to be as hands off as possible and let it come up with all the abstractions and patterns and simplification it needs to do, and it usually does a great, clean job. I think my job is to give it all the context it needs - all the business rules, all the product needs, all the s3/db data locations, all the meeting transcripts, all the… ## [nintendo games with actual drama eliciting no emotional response while the silly farting mii game is…](https://arttla.tumblr.com/post/817954279024394240) _2026-05-29 · queer demons_ nintendo games with actual drama eliciting no emotional response while the silly farting mii game is making me genuinely weep as i watch blorbo 1 and blorbo 2 fall in love and start a family ## [get beachy](https://arttla.tumblr.com/post/817882145539473408) _2026-05-28 · queer demons_ get beachy ## [No API, no problem](https://www.jona.ca/2026/05/no-api-no-problem.html) _2026-05-17 · Jonathan · Jon Aquino's Mental Garden_ I used Codex Computer Use plus a 1Password service account to pull my latest Real Canadian Superstore order into my grocery archive, even though Superstore doesn't offer an API. The setup was simple: Codex opened the site and navigated the login flow op read piped my Superstore username and password to the clipboard Codex pasted them into Chrome without printing the secrets It opened my order… ## [The French Have Boxed Themselves In](https://boxwoodavenue.substack.com/p/lessons-living-in-france-entrepreneurship) _2026-05-17 · Chloe Legras · A Breath of French Air_ An unexpected lesson on why living in France has made me grateful to be American. ## [Making AI comic adaptations of famous books](https://www.jona.ca/2026/05/making-ai-comic-adaptations-of-famous.html) _2026-05-15 · Jonathan · Jon Aquino's Mental Garden_ I've been turning famous books into AI-generated comic books with ChatGPT, which is great at this. The workflow is six prompts: Plan a 30 page comic book adaptation of pride and prejudice. I want text, not an image. Create a character reference sheet for the book. Show the following characters side by side, each labeled with their name below them: \[list characters from the plan\]. Each character… ## [A Designer’s Guide to the Best Warm White Paint Colors](https://boxwoodavenue.substack.com/p/best-warm-white-paint-colors) _2026-05-12 · Chloe Legras · A Breath of French Air_ A plea to stop using Chantilly Lace and Pure White. ## [Exporting a Claude Code session to Codex](https://www.jona.ca/2026/05/exporting-claude-code-session-to-codex.html) _2026-05-11 · Jonathan · Jon Aquino's Mental Garden_ I found a simple way to move a Claude Code session over to Codex CLI. In Claude Code, I ask it to export the full session context to a dated markdown file: Export the entire context of our current session to a markdown file named context-YYYY-MM-DD.md (substitute today's actual date — run \`date +%Y-%m-%d\` to get it) in the current directory. Include everything needed for another AI assistant… ## [Using codex to investigate PagerDuty alerts](https://www.jona.ca/2026/05/using-codex-to-investigate-pagerduty.html) _2026-05-10 · Jonathan · Jon Aquino's Mental Garden_ Codex CLI is so smart (gpt 5.5 medium, maybe better than Claude Code). I just told it to "get my PagerDuty incidents and find the root cause", and it: - read the PagerDuty skill in our company skills repo - used it to list my team's active incidents - checked the missing S3 success files - traced the alerts back through the Airflow DAGs - queried live Airflow task state in prod - checked S3… ## [Project Reveal: A European Inspired, Organic Modern Home in Austin, Texas](https://boxwoodavenue.substack.com/p/transitional-interior-design-austin-texas-home-tour) _2026-05-04 · Chloe Legras · A Breath of French Air_ How interior designers infuse color in a neutral space. A layered and timeless approach to organic modern interior design. ## [The Cost of Living Your Dreams](https://boxwoodavenue.substack.com/p/cost-of-living-your-dreams) _2026-05-01 · Chloe Legras · A Breath of French Air_ The cost, courage, and sacrifice it takes to create the life you dream of. ## [The Best Kept Secret of the Paris Flea Markets: Hôtel Drouot](https://boxwoodavenue.substack.com/p/the-best-kept-secret-of-the-paris) _2026-04-21 · Chloe Legras · A Breath of French Air_ Paris-based interior designer, Chloe Legras, shares an insider guide to shopping the French auction house, and how to spot the best deals! ## [The Best Travel Advice I Can Give You: Take a Cooking Class](https://boxwoodavenue.substack.com/p/cooking-classes-while-traveling-solo) _2026-04-12 · Chloe Legras · A Breath of French Air_ If you want a local's experience, go straight to the horse's - er chef's - mouth. ## [The avatar my openclaw chose for herself](https://www.jona.ca/2026/04/the-avatar-my-openclaw-chose-for-herself.html) _2026-04-06 · Jonathan · Jon Aquino's Mental Garden_ I have an avatar named Chloe add this is the avatar she chose for herself: Me: What prompt did you use to get that one? Chloe: "Interconnected golden star constellations forming the subtle shape of a butterfly. Stars connected by delicate luminous threads. Deep dark blue night sky background with scattered stars. Warm golden glow at the center of the butterfly shape. Ethereal, magical, delicate… ## [72 Hours in the Costa Brava: A Guide to One of the Mediterranean's Best Kept Secrets](https://boxwoodavenue.substack.com/p/72-hours-in-the-costa-brava-a-guide) _2026-04-05 · Chloe Legras · A Breath of French Air_ Spain's Costa Brava: seemingly a world away from the French Riviera, and one of the most magical places I've ever been to in Europe. ## [Proof the Most Beautiful Kitchens Aren't White](https://boxwoodavenue.substack.com/p/proof-the-most-beautiful-kitchens) _2026-03-31 · Chloe Legras · A Breath of French Air_ How designer's effortlessly use color to make spaces feel more luxurious. ## [Sources of beauty](https://www.jona.ca/2026/03/sources-of-beauty.html) _2026-03-23 · Jonathan · Jon Aquino's Mental Garden_ For future reference - Claude suggested these sources of beauty for me: A photo of a beautiful landscape. A piece of classical art. Architecture. Nature photography. Music. A short poem. A daily saint’s image. My son's face at breakfast.