@cmonkey

Founder (and usually tweeting) at @FrameworkPuter

 San Francisco, CA
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Joined June 2007
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Standing offer: If you’re building consumer hardware and want advice on anything (business strategy, building a team, finding suppliers, go to market, design/architecture decisions, fundraising, etc), send me a DM and I am happy to have a call with you.
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This explains a lot about Luminar.
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Controversial restaurant opinion of the week: Sungho is better than San Ho Won and should have the star instead.
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Throwing old projects into Opus 5.5 is fun. It was able to one-shot a solution in 30 minutes to a project I put on hold in 2012: decoding and rendering images from Lytro cameras.
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My old blog post that the raw image came from: eclecti.cc/computervision/re…

Reverse Engineering the Lytro .LFP File Format

After getting my Lytro camera yesterday, I set about answering the questions about the light field capture format I had from the last time around.  Lytro may be focusing (pun absolutely intended) on...

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I just realized, in terms of return on investment, Oculus recently passed AOL-Time Warner as the worst acquisition of all time.
Compounding Quality
@QCompoundingOct 13
The 10 greatest acquisitions of all time:
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Not a judgement on whether it was good or bad. It was net good for VR (and certainly for Oculus employees), it just has delivered poor financial RoI to date.
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Has anyone ever successfully depleted the battery on a Fluke or Mitutoyo tool? These things might be powered from another dimension.
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My last post is evenly split between people who think AI can already (or nearly already) route complex boards, and those who think it may never reach human-level. So, how long until AI can competently one-shot a medium-complex 6 layer design that has a few QFNs and BGAs on it?
15%It already can
43%Within the next year
33%Within the next 5 years
10%Never
168 votes • Final results
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PCB routing is going to be the last engineering job that humans still need to do.
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Bad news. I tried Tony’s Slice House, Pizza Shop, and Arizmendi, and they were all just ok. Is there any New Haven-level pizza in SF?
Nirav Patel
@cmonkeyAug 2
I’m no longer lactose intolerant. What’s the best by-the-slice pizza place in SF?
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We have much more powerful computers in our portfolio, but a Core Series 3-powered Framework Laptop 12 with Fedora KDE Plasma is my daily driver and the one that brings me the most joy to use.
Framework
@FrameworkPuterAug 18
We made a new version of your favorite little laptop. Framework Laptop 12 now has Intel Core Series 3, Thunderbolt 4, Wi-Fi 7, and options for fingerprint reader, backlit keyboard, and pre-loaded Fedora. Pre-orders are open today, with first shipments in October!
Framework Laptop 12 parts

ALT Framework Laptop 12 parts

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I’m no longer lactose intolerant. What’s the best by-the-slice pizza place in SF?
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Nirav Patel retweeted
ModRetro
@modretroJul 28
The wait is over. Dust off your cartridges and relive the greatest generation of gaming. Buy now: modretro.com/m64
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Counting on Kimi to fix the housing market in SF.
kache
@yacineMTBJul 16
If this holds up and they drop the weights, it will be like a nuclear bomb on anthropics IPO
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Putting @Dustinkcouch out of business.
OpenAI
@OpenAIApr 30
We’re talking about Goblins. openai.com/index/where-the-g…

Where the goblins came from

How goblin outputs spread in AI models: timeline, root cause, and fixes behind personality-driven quirks in GPT-5 behavior.

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Nirav Patel retweeted
Framework
@FrameworkPuterApr 21
Our biggest breakthrough in efficiency yet, the Framework Laptop 13 Pro with 20 hours of battery life. In Graphite. Linux-first with options for Ubuntu pre-installed. Featuring Intel® Core™ Ultra Series 3 processors, LPCAMM2 Memory, a new haptic touchpad, and a touchscreen display. Pre-orders for the Framework Laptop 13 Pro open now: frame.work
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Framework
@FrameworkPuterApr 9
It's time to seize the means of computation! We have a live launch event coming up on April 21st at 10:30am Pacific where we'll be announcing the products we've been working on over the last 12+ months.
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Everyone is posting the most normie SF restaurant recommendations. Where’s lengua tacos at El Patron? Chicken feet from Good Luck Dim Sum? Biang-biang noodles from Terra Cotta Warrior?
Hurley
@JohnsjawnFeb 8
S Tier - Chez Panisse, Ernest, Mijoté, Mister Jiu's, Osito (rip), Quince, Rintaro, The Progress, Verjus A Tier - Bar Jabroni, Bones Bagels, Caché, Cotogna, Flour and Water, Heirloom Cafe, Jules, Kothai, Lazy Bear, Loquat, Nari, Palm City, Pearl 6101, Penny Roma, Rich Table, San Ho Won, side a, Spruce, Tartine Manufactory, The Mill, Zuni Cafe, Ju Ni B Tier - Anomaly, Blue Plate, Buddy, Camino Alto, Che Fico, Frances, L'Ardoise Bistro, Liholiho, Mama Ji's, Mamahuhu, Mattina, Mosa, Nopa, Octavia, Original Joe's, Prik Hom, R & G Lounge, Radhaus, Robin, Nepa Indian Cuisine, Sandy's, Shuggie's, State Bird Provisions, Suppenküchen, Trick Dog, True Laurel Full list: johnhurley.notion.site/resta…

Hurley’s Restaurant List | Notion

Made in Notion, the connected workspace where AI agents and teams organize docs, projects and knowledge together.

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Not that the restaurants in the quote aren’t good. I am going to Penny Roma again today. There’s just a lot more to SF food than what makes it to the Michelin Guide.
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Biblically accurate mini pc
CNX Software
@cnxsoftFeb 6
$199 AI mini PC suitable for Frigate NVR, Immich smart photo album, Home Assistant, etc. cnx-software.com/2026/02/06/… @M5Stack “AI Pyramid Computer Box” mini PC is powered by an Axera AX8850 octa-core Cortex-A55 SoC with a 24 TOPS NPU, features 4GB or 8GB of RAM, 32GB eMMC flash, a microSD card slot, two HDMI 2.0 ports, a 4-mic array, a built-in speaker, two Gigabit Ethernet ports, four USB 3.2 ports, and two USB-C ports for data and power. The system runs a Linux image based on Ubuntu with a desktop GUI. The company wrote tutorials for Home Assistant, Frigate, Immich, CosyVoice voice cloning, and the sherpa-onnx Speech-to-text and text-to-speech platform. They also released a 16-channel video detection demo leveraging the built-in video decoder.
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