kohlhofer

The truly dystopian future is one where all our language coalesces into this.

I have been playing with some of Apple's on device APIs and it is white amazing what you can do without worrying about tokens or cloud infra structure (if you have a modern device with an M chip).

I built this because I kept reaching for the mouse just to tweak volume while my perfectly good MIDI controller sat there unused.

Now any knob or fader can control your Mac’s volume — system and Apple Music separately — right from the menu bar. Plug in your controller, hit “MIDI Learn,” twist a knob — done.

It’s tiny, local, and weirdly satisfying — no ads, no subscriptions, just works. Runs fully offline using macOS Core MIDI and Core Audio APIs.

https://kohlhofer.com/midiVol/

Curious what else people would map to MIDI — mic gain? brightness? app switching?

I built https://dxc4.com – a free chess analysis tool that doesn’t use servers or databases. The entire analysis session (moves, variations, current position) is encoded in the URL itself. That means when you share a link, the recipient sees exactly what you see. The Stockfish engines runs entirely in your browser via WebAssembly — so there are no server costs, no logins, no data leaving your device. Once loaded, it even works offline.

It does a bunch more. Would love some feedback.

You can read more about it here: https://notsocommonthoughts.com/blog/chess-analytics-in-the-...

great sentiment.

Nice work, great site, bright future!