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A human worker studying an abstract network of AI-assisted workflow panels

Artificial Intelligence

AI can do the task. Who gets to keep the job?

National employment data do not show an AI jobs apocalypse, but freelancers have already lost work, junior hiring bears watching, and public company corrections show why task gains are not headcount facts.

By Wild Wanderer 21 Aug 2026
I ran a Wi-Fi router from a power bank until it died. Twice.

Experiments

I ran a Wi-Fi router from a power bank until it died. Twice.

Two overnight tests, one travel router, a USB power meter, five-second telemetry and a camera teaching itself to read a very confused battery display.

By Wild Wanderer 01 Aug 2026
An iced vanilla latte in a clear glass with a metal straw, two vanilla pods on a white countertop

Coffee

The best vanilla latte, in writing (all credit to Morgan Eckroth)

Morgan Eckroth already made the definitive vanilla latte video. This is that video, typed out, for anyone who'd rather read a recipe than scrub through one with sticky hands. Her recipe, her tricks, her video embedded up top. I just wrote it down.

By Wild Wanderer 14 Jul 2026
Neon portal converting video files between formats

Open Source

I built my own self-hosted media converter (and you can run it too)

Tired of sketchy converter sites with ad-walls, size limits, and files that never come back clean? I built an open-source, self-hosted video converter, audio extractor, GIF maker and social-media downloader. Here it is.

By Wild Wanderer 04 Jul 2026
The VRChat Clipper wrist panel in VRChat

VRChat

A little wrist button for clipping VRChat

Leaving VRChat just to hit record in OBS was killing the fun, so I built a wrist button that records clips for me without ever taking the headset off. Here's what it does and who it's for.

By Wild Wanderer 03 Jul 2026
Is AI art really art? A deep dive

AI art

Is AI art really art? An honest look at the hate, the myths, and where I stand

The "it is stolen" myth, the criticisms that actually land, why the backlash runs so deep, and the one thing I will not budge on: label it.

By Wild Wanderer 30 Jun 2026

welcome

Welcome to Wild & Wandering

VRChat explorer and certified cuddler. Notes on worlds, projects and bots, plus where to find me.

By Wild Wanderer 29 Jun 2026
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