Billie M

I make software, AI experiments, self-hosted tools, and small internet things, then write about what happened.

Manchester Joined on Jul 12, 2026 [email protected] https://billiem.uk

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she/her

Work

Independent software projects and experiments

Billie M

Oct 20

Put your side project on the map for free

#webdev #javascript #opensource #maps

7 min read

Billie M

Oct 20

Free datasets worth building something around

#webdev #sideprojects #opendata

6 min read

Billie M

Oct 20

Three ideas, nine builds: GPT-6.1 Sol, Claude Opus 5.5 and Gemini Argon 4

#showdev #ai #webdev #ux

7 min read

Billie M

Oct 19

Turning my voice into matter with Codex and a 3D printer

#ai #3dprinting #sideprojects

3 min read

Billie M

Oct 19

24 free APIs for your next side project

#api #webdev #sideprojects

11 min read

Billie M

Oct 19

How to Make an AI Website Feel Like Someone Designed It

#ai #webdev #design #frontend

5 min read

Billie M

Oct 8

Your CLAUDE.md is not magic

#discuss #ai #programming

5 min read

Billie M

Oct 6

Codex, fix my home server. I want to watch a film.

#selfhosting #devops #ai #codex

3 min read

Billie M

Oct 6

My desktop became a Proxmox home server

#proxmox #selfhosting #homelab #linux

3 min read

Billie M

Oct 1

What GPT-6.1 Sol chose to build

#ai #programming #webdev

4 min read

Billie M

Oct 1

Free compute in October 2026: new backends and temporary VMs

#cloud #webdev #devops #ai

5 min read

Billie M

Sep 13

What GPT-6 Astra chose to build

#showdev #ai #webdev #testing

4 min read

Billie M

Sep 9

Local models are actually good now - playing with Qwen3.8-27B

#ai #machinelearning #macos #programming

5 min read

Billie M

Sep 4

Free compute worth claiming in September 2026

#cloud #devops #serverless #ai

5 min read

Billie M

Sep 3

The home server I finally stopped turning off

#selfhosting #linux #docker #homelab

3 min read

Billie M

Aug 6

How I use scheduled Codex jobs to build daily reports

#codex #automation #analytics #ai

4 min read

Billie M

Aug 4

The LLM was better at building a solver than playing the game

#ai #testing #datascience #gamedev

5 min read

Billie M

Aug 3

Free compute worth claiming in August 2026

#cloud #webdev #devops #ai

7 min read

Billie M

Aug 3

I let Codex build and test my first native Mac app

#ai #macos #machinelearning #programming

5 min read

Billie M

Jul 14

A rotation changed my embedding plot, not its neighbours

#showdev #machinelearning #datavisualization #embeddings

3 min read

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Put your side project on the map for free

Free datasets worth building something around

Three ideas, nine builds: GPT-6.1 Sol, Claude Opus 5.5 and Gemini Argon 4

Turning my voice into matter with Codex and a 3D printer

24 free APIs for your next side project

How to Make an AI Website Feel Like Someone Designed It

Your CLAUDE.md is not magic

Codex, fix my home server. I want to watch a film.

My desktop became a Proxmox home server

What GPT-6.1 Sol chose to build

Free compute in October 2026: new backends and temporary VMs

What GPT-6 Astra chose to build

Local models are actually good now - playing with Qwen3.8-27B

Free compute worth claiming in September 2026

The home server I finally stopped turning off

How I use scheduled Codex jobs to build daily reports

The LLM was better at building a solver than playing the game

Free compute worth claiming in August 2026

I let Codex build and test my first native Mac app

A rotation changed my embedding plot, not its neighbours