# gabe (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 3 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover gabe. Page: Feed: --- ## [Become Unyielding: Overcoming despair and complacency](https://gabe.rocks/thoughts/growth-mindset/) _2026-08-05 · Gabe Rocks!_ Articulating a radical uncompromising growth mindset ## [The Clacks Overhead, a Hidden Memorial](https://gabevenberg.com/posts/the-clacks-overhead-a-hidden-memorial/) _2026-07-17 · Gabe Venberg_ 1 curl -I gabevenberg.com Dean Hansen, a dear friend of my family and of mine, died six months ago today. This isn’t the first death I’ve experienced in my life, but it was the first unexpected one. It hit me hard. I ended up flying back to the US on short notice to attend his funeral. Other than attending his funeral and being there for his family, there wasn’t a whole lot I can… ## [Moving to Germany](https://gabevenberg.com/posts/moving-to-germany/) _2026-07-10 · Gabe Venberg_ Well, this article has been a long time coming… Originally this post was going to be about moving my homelab overseas and what that process looked like, yet my homelab is still stuck in the US. Still, I figured I should write something . Most of my homelab had to stay in the US. Between our German apartment having atrocious upload speed, the increased price of electricity here, and the… ## [Major Victory: 300lbs down and riding my bike again](https://gabe.rocks/health/bike-ride/) _2026-07-10 · Gabe Rocks!_ There’s no real “finish line” on this whole building a healthy lifestyle thing, but I’m finally at the point where the immense amount of work put in feels worthwhile. I can now bike again, which feels incredible. After putting it off for some time I finally got my old bicycle (lots of sentimental value there) repaired. I spent many years very despairing that I would never ride again. Major… ## [Walk with me: Down but not out](https://gabe.rocks/health/holding-on/) _2026-06-23 · Gabe Rocks!_ Struggling with setbacks and difficulties ## [Evolving card games nobody has played yet](https://gabeortiz.net/posts/2026-06-17-evolving-card-games/) _2026-06-17 · {{ .Site.Title }} on Gabe Ortiz_ Earlier this year I wrote down a plan: use Monte Carlo simulation and genetic algorithms to evolve novel card games playable with a standard 52-card deck. Encode a game as a genome of rules, simulate thousands of games with AI players, score the results on proxy metrics for “fun,” select and mutate the best, repeat. The last item on the plan was “top evolved games get human… ## [Travel blog: Friends & Nature in Vancouver](https://gabe.rocks/thoughts/vancouver-trip/) _2026-05-28 · Gabe Rocks!_ A thrilling and mind-opening experience. ## [Fifteen supply-chain attacks vs four AI coding agents](https://gabeortiz.net/posts/2026-05-26-supply-chain-attacks-vs-ai-agents/) _2026-05-26 · {{ .Site.Title }} on Gabe Ortiz_ Before we start, the obvious caveat. Sandboxing your agent (container, no ~/.aws/credentials , no ~/.ssh , restricted network, separate user, ephemeral filesystem) beats any prompt-level rule. Do that first. The rules below are for what comes after. Sandboxes don’t fix everything. The agent might have deploy creds to deploy with, paid API keys to call paid APIs, read access to your actual… ## [We don't love 'Granny Squad' enough](https://gabe.rocks/thoughts/mothers-day/) _2026-05-09 · Gabe Rocks!_ Happy Mother's Day to the mothers and grandmothers out there! ## [Porting TurboQuant to CUDA](https://gabeortiz.net/posts/2026-05-09-porting-turboquant-to-cuda/) _2026-05-09 · {{ .Site.Title }} on Gabe Ortiz_ TurboQuant (ICLR 2026) compresses transformer KV caches using Walsh-Hadamard rotation plus Lloyd-Max quantization. 2-5x compression, minimal quality loss. The paper shipped with a llama.cpp fork that had Metal kernels but no CUDA support. I spent 12 days porting it. 140 commits, 6 PRs, two overnight runs of an automated optimizer that found a 3.5x speedup nobody would have written by hand. the… ## [Licensed Dispensaries, Pay with Crypto (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/Il5PMgwD3NQF) _2026-05-08 · **Sponsored**_ Search verified licensed dispensaries and pay with Bitcoin, Lightning, or stablecoins. ## [Two models, two futures: Qwen 3.6 vs Opus 4.7](https://gabeortiz.net/posts/2026-04-16-two-models-two-futures/) _2026-04-16 · {{ .Site.Title }} on Gabe Ortiz_ Two major model releases today: Opus 4.7 and Qwen 3.6. I run an 18-task agentic coding benchmark that takes 3-5 hours. Real software engineering work - tool use, multi-file edits, complex reasoning. Qwen 3.6 is by far the best self-hosted model I’ve tested. It scores better than state-of-the-art 120B parameter models. I get 230 tok/s on my 5090 with 262k context and VRAM to spare. It scores… ## [Rolling forward: major mobility milestone](https://gabe.rocks/health/first-skate/) _2026-04-13 · Gabe Rocks!_ Feeling fast & free 🛼 ## [Subtractive software development: less is more](https://gabeortiz.net/posts/2026-04-07-subtractive-software-development/) _2026-04-07 · {{ .Site.Title }} on Gabe Ortiz_ Software gets built by adding things. Features, abstractions, integrations, configuration. Nobody ships a press release that says “we deleted 40% of the product this quarter.” But addition has a cost that compounds silently; every feature you add makes the next feature harder to add, every abstraction you introduce is an abstraction everyone has to understand, and every integration is… ## [Can we short-circuit authoritarianism by understanding fear?](https://gabe.rocks/thoughts/on-fear/) _2026-04-03 · Gabe Rocks!_ Reflecting on my own fear responses in difficult times. ## [Rebounding from troubles and gaining new ground](https://gabe.rocks/health/rebounding/) _2026-03-26 · Gabe Rocks!_ Overcoming my biggest challenge in this journey so far: a torrent of pain and panic ## [I Pruned Two Layers From a 30B Code Model and It Got 123% Better at Coding Benchmarks. Then I Tested It On Real Software Engineering Tasks.](https://gabeortiz.net/posts/2026-3-21-llm-layer-surgery/) _2026-03-21 · {{ .Site.Title }} on Gabe Ortiz_ ..it got worse. But the full story is a bit more interesting than that. The Setup I have two projects that collided. Thunderdome is an agentic SWE benchmark I built that tests models on real multi-file tasks. Unlike SWE-bench, which is mostly “here’s a bug, fix it,” Thunderdome tasks are greenfield – build an ecommerce backend, implement full-text search, create a plugin… ## [Walk with me: Every step counts](https://gabe.rocks/health/every-step-counts/) _2026-03-06 · Gabe Rocks!_ Sharing my progress and reflection on overcoming the Winter season. ## [Walk with me: Choosing what to carry](https://gabe.rocks/health/carrying-less/) _2026-02-26 · Gabe Rocks!_ Looking forward to Spring ## [Reflection: Can weight loss be FUN?](https://gabe.rocks/health/happy-reflection/) _2026-02-13 · Gabe Rocks!_ Reflecting on how I can make the best of the road ahead ## [Major Milestone: Below 300 / Over 275lbs down!](https://gabe.rocks/health/below-300/) _2026-01-28 · Gabe Rocks!_ Entering pleasant but uncharted territory ## [Trade Bitcoin & Ethereum (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/wRlXp52GpRhm) _2026-01-28 · **Sponsored**_ Buy, sell and margin trade BTC & ETH with fiat currencies ## [Walk with me: Regaining Focus](https://gabe.rocks/health/wwm-regaining-focus/) _2026-01-11 · Gabe Rocks!_ Outlining my difficulty rebuilding momentum ## [2025 Year in Review & Resolutions](https://gabe.rocks/health/2025-resolutions/) _2026-01-02 · Gabe Rocks!_ Looking back on my last year of rapid but natural weight loss ## [We don't love PeerTube enough](https://gabe.rocks/tech/peertube-love/) _2025-12-01 · Gabe Rocks!_ Your opportunity to take part in decentralized media ## [Walk with me: The bigger picture](https://gabe.rocks/health/wwm-emotional-transformation/) _2025-11-28 · Gabe Rocks!_ Sharing the deep introspection behind my battles with obesity and isolation. ## [Walk with me: Double milestone 🎉](https://gabe.rocks/health/wwm-double-milestone/) _2025-11-21 · Gabe Rocks!_ 250lbs down, and now able to lift 135lbs overhead. ## [AI Pitmaster: SDR + LLM + SMS + Meat + Fire](https://gabeortiz.net/posts/2025-11-20-ai-pitmaster/) _2025-11-20 · {{ .Site.Title }} on Gabe Ortiz_ I’ve been smoking meat for years. Brisket, ribs, pork shoulder - the usual suspects. The process is simple but time-consuming: maintain a consistent pit temperature around 225°F for anywhere from 6 to 16 hours, monitor your meat temperature, and make adjustments when things inevitably go sideways. It’s meditation with delicious consequences. The problem is that maintaining attention… ## [Walk with me: On my soapbox](https://gabe.rocks/health/wwm-filler-episode/) _2025-11-15 · Gabe Rocks!_ A filler episode ## [Walk with me: New low and reflections](https://gabe.rocks/health/wwm-three-twenties/) _2025-11-08 · Gabe Rocks!_ Finally below the 330s. ## [Walk with me: 🔧 Readjusting](https://gabe.rocks/health/wwm-healing-foot/) _2025-11-02 · Gabe Rocks!_ Making changes to prepare for 2026 ## [🚶‍➡️ Walk with me: Flourishing](https://gabe.rocks/health/flourishing/) _2025-10-19 · Gabe Rocks!_ Feeling great about 2026 ## [AI QA that opens fix PRs (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/tOyLE9I2sTTG) _2025-10-19 · **Sponsored**_ Run a browser QA from plain-English instructions; get GitHub issues and optional fix PRs. ## [Self-hosting: Speed, decentralization and efficiency](https://gabe.rocks/tech/self-hosted-speed/) _2025-10-04 · Gabe Rocks!_ Your guide to getting the most out of your small-scale setup. ## [Bouncing Back: Sappy and spicy thoughts](https://gabe.rocks/health/bouncing-back/) _2025-10-02 · Gabe Rocks!_ Recovering from trouble, and reflecting on the deeper side of things ## [Minor Setback: Ear pain](https://gabe.rocks/health/ear-pain/) _2025-09-25 · Gabe Rocks!_ A new major challenge ## [Major Milestone: Below 350 🎉](https://gabe.rocks/health/below-350/) _2025-09-17 · Gabe Rocks!_ Celebrating recent changes and getting a little sappy. ## [Walk with me: Regaining footing](https://gabe.rocks/health/wwm-summer-struggles/) _2025-08-27 · Gabe Rocks!_ Wrestling with some Summer struggles and learning to push even harder ## [Migrating self-hosted Ghost 5 to 6 and getting Activitypub to work](https://gabe.rocks/tech/ghost-activitypub/) _2025-08-04 · Gabe Rocks!_ Is Ghost ready for prime time? ## [Walk with me: Appreciating my journey](https://gabe.rocks/health/wwm-celebrating-wins/) _2025-08-01 · Gabe Rocks!_ Reflecting on the road I've walked, and celebrating the wins. ## [Help me build the best desktop RSS client!](https://gabe.rocks/tech/rss-help/) _2025-07-22 · Gabe Rocks!_ Making progress on my learning project ## [🎉 Major Milestone: Over 200lbs lost!](https://gabe.rocks/health/200-down/) _2025-07-20 · Gabe Rocks!_ Looking back on a wildly transformative year. ## [Inner Speech and 'Mental Malware'](https://gabe.rocks/thoughts/inner-speech/) _2025-07-13 · Gabe Rocks!_ Taking on the like-mind fallacy head-on. ## [Walk With Me: inspiration & hot takes](https://gabe.rocks/health/wwm-inspiration-and-takes/) _2025-07-06 · Gabe Rocks!_ Congratulating Reed and pondering the nuances of recovery. ## [A difficult trial](https://gabe.rocks/health/feeling-sick/) _2025-07-02 · Gabe Rocks!_ Dealing with a crash course on recovery ## [Experimenting with the dark arts](https://gabe.rocks/tech/ai-agents/) _2025-06-22 · Gabe Rocks!_ Gazing into the abyss of AI agents ## [Walk with me: Below 400 🎉](https://gabe.rocks/health/below-400/) _2025-06-02 · Gabe Rocks!_ Reaching a major milestone ## [New video: May Update](https://gabe.rocks/health/may-gratitude/) _2025-05-17 · Gabe Rocks!_ Looking back on what got the ball rolling. ## [Walk with me: Learning to be patient](https://gabe.rocks/health/wwm-patience/) _2025-05-08 · Gabe Rocks!_ Holding on. ## [(Tor) New vanity address](https://gabe.rocks/tech/tor-vanity-addresses/) _2025-05-06 · Gabe Rocks!_ 🥷🏻 Darkweb technical update ## [Walk with me: Recovering Momentum](https://gabe.rocks/health/wwm-recovering/) _2025-04-27 · Gabe Rocks!_ Bouncing back from some recent challenges. ## [Walk with me: 🎉 Major Milestone 150lbs down!](https://gabe.rocks/health/wwm-150-milestone/) _2025-04-10 · Gabe Rocks!_ Months of hard work paying off ## [Stop Using TRRS for Split-Keyboard Interconnects!](https://gabevenberg.com/posts/stop-using-trrs/) _2025-04-05 · Gabe Venberg_ TRRS (Tip Ring Ring Sleeve, or, as you may know it, “headphone jack with microphone support”) cables have long been the go to connector between split keyboard halves. They are cheap, compact, and thanks to their popularity, come in a variety of aesthetic styles. However, TRRS jacks were only designed for passive electrical components, and expose one large flaw when used actively. When…