RetroGUI
A small Go framework that wraps a program in the look of an old computer: fixed low resolution, a chunky border, the right palette and font. The scaffolding under several of my other projects.
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Hydrate
Claude Code forgets everything the moment you type /clear. Hydrate is the small local daemon that stops it forgetting, distilling each session and quietly re-injecting what matters into the next one.
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Carry-On (2024)
Jaume Collet-Serra brings his airborne-thriller habit down to the departures hall for a tight Christmas Eve cat-and-mouse, and Taron Egerton and an against-type Jason Bateman do the rest. 8/10.
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Conclave (2024)
Edward Berger turns the election of a pope into a procedural thriller, with Ralph Fiennes carrying a film of whispers, ballots and locked doors. Handsome, tense and quietly enjoyable. 8/10.
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The Wild Robot (2024)
DreamWorks sends a service robot ashore on a wild island and lets it learn to be a parent. A handsome, genuinely moving animation that earns its tears honestly. 8/10.
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Rebel Ridge (2024)
Jeremy Saulnier swaps the woods for a corrupt Louisiana town and builds an action thriller that thinks before it hits. Tense, controlled and led by a star-making Aaron Pierre. 8/10.
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Alien - Romulus (2024)
Fede Álvarez drops a young scavenging crew into a derelict station and a franchise that has not been this frightening in decades. Devout to a fault, but it works. 8/10.
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The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare (2024)
Guy Ritchie takes his Cockney-caper rhythm to the real-life founders of British special operations, and the result is a wartime romp that knows exactly what it is. 8/10.
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Deadpool & Wolverine (2024)
The first R-rated film of the Marvel era turns up to bury the old Fox X-Men and resurrect Hugh Jackman in the same breath. Loud, filthy, and far more fun than it has any right to be. 8/10.
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Twisters (2024)
A legacy follow-up to the 1996 storm-chaser that has no business working as well as it does, carried by practical spectacle and two leads with real chemistry. 8/10.
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