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Stealth model union alpha

2026-09-16T12:00:00Z

Stealth model Union Alpha has been on OpenRouter for 5 hours.

I'd love to show off some cool 3D renders, or an RTS game, or the next big thing™.

Sadly, the endpoint is getting absolutely hammered. The hype on Twitter is pretty intense, and its clear they are facing a level of demand way beyond their projections. Hmmpf. Basic tasks (and by that I mean minor code edits in a small project) are taking 10 minutes to complete.

Still, this small window has given me some ideas about who has created the model. I personally would rule out OpenAI. It lacks the character of GPT. I don't think its Kimi/Moonshot. Again, the 'feel' feels different. I've seen claims online of Qwen, GLM, Gemma, Gemini, Mistral, and others already.

I need some real usage to gauge it better and narrow down my instincts.

Hoping for a faster day tomorrow!

Sims City - vibe coding nostalgia

2026-09-08T12:00:00Z

I used to enjoy building cities in Simcity 2000.

From the "recticulating splines" to the B-movie monster - I loved everything about SimCity 2000. It retained classic elements like high towers and inner-city roads while adding new features like highways, subways, water pipes. It was a significant improvement over the original game. Suddenly, we could see our magnificent cityscapes in new ways, with 3D capturing the zeitgeist of the ’90s.

I spent so many hours building. It scratched the building itch I felt.

I miss it.

So I've started making my own homage.

I'll make another post explaining some of the technical decisions and my goals for the project.

The blog has begun

2026-09-05T12:00:00Z

The workshop has a microblog.

Everything is plain markdown committed to the repo; a tiny build script turns it into this page, permalink pages, and an Atom feed. If you can read this, the pipeline works.

I am going to commit myself to regular posts, I've been meaning to do this for so many years. It feels like the time is right.