Mike Ammerlaan
@mikeamm.bsky.social
Principal product manager at Mojang/Microsoft, Minecraft Creator team. Making things with JavaScript and blocks and light. Living life with a CHR of 7.
Gezel update: mostly just better infrastructure: updates to #llamacpp and #dwarfstar engines for cutting edge model execution, plus better air traffic control of memory. gezel.com/docs/whats-n...
1.26251 — 8 September 2026
Engines that reserve memory instead of colliding, llama.cpp v0.4 loading controls, GLM 5.3 on DwarfStar, and catalogs built from a folder of Markdown.
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New gezel (gezel.com) update: narration mode using local models, significant local AI perf improvements, and more data foundations for spreadsheets (though more to come here as well). More and more, Gezel is for getting things done! gezel.com/docs/whats-n...
1.26244 — 1 September 2026
Spreadsheets your crew can actually count, documents read aloud, dictation and spell-checking, and local models that stop stalling out at five minutes.
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New build of gezel (gezel.com) focuses on more autonomy for agents: during the nightshift, gezellen can make content fix proposals via an evolving concept of diffpacks, such that people wake up to a set of 5-10 content fix proposals. gezel.com/docs/whats-n.... + AI app concept fundamentals.
Gezel — local-first AI agents for macOS, Windows & Linux
A free, open-source desktop app for assembling a team of AI agents that run on your own device — no cloud, no lock-in.
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New gezel update: gezel.com/docs/whats-n... - local AI-powered indexing and search improvements + foundation + RAG things, cross project linking, and many small improvements!
New gezel (gezel.com) build - free+local as always - gezel.com/docs/whats-n.... A strong push towards integration w/ pi, OpenCode, and VSCode: - use gezellen as profiles for dev tools, and easily use tuned models like Qwen 3.8. - also docs overhaul, disk management, Qwen 3.8 tuning
Big updates to Gezel - a free, open source local AI harness. Now a command line interface via npm i @bendyline/gezel-cli. Still in early beta, but use local AI in just a couple commands. Also new client: gezel.com/docs/whats-n... See more: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCdg...
Introducing the Gezel CLI
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New update to gezel (gezel.com): - New llama/DS4 engine updates - Supports Muse Glimmer + Nemotron 3.5 Lightning - Better memory management - Also, check out the first of model scorecard docs: gezel.com/docs/model-s... - So much more: gezel.com/docs/whats-n...
Gezel — local-first AI agents for macOS, Windows & Linux
A free, open-source desktop app for assembling a team of AI agents that run on your own device — no cloud, no lock-in.
gezel.com
Announcing the launch of a new AI framework: gezel! Gezel (gezel.com) is a system of agents (gezellen) and skills (craftbooks) tuned for accomplishing tasks using local, on-device models. It's in early beta. You can see a run through at: youtube.com/watch?v=LXrq... 1/9
Gezel — local-first AI agents for macOS, Windows & Linux
A free, open-source desktop app for assembling a team of AI agents that run on your own device — no cloud, no lock-in.
gezel.com
Founded by Florida's first Black millionaire as a place for 'Recreation and Relaxation without Humiliation,' this Amelia Island beach community became a cultural landmark of the Jim Crow era. https://qualla.com/american-beach-florida/ #AfricanAmerican history #Civil rights #Historic sites
A brief tour of DocBlocks.com - free software for doing fun things with markdown. Still working through bugs, but if you have feedback or feature requests, let me know! Check it out! www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzk9... And subscribe to the YT channel, more to come ;)
All About DocBlocks
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First of videos up on my YouTube channel - www.youtube.com/@mikeamm-bui..., a bit about what I'm building and DocBlocks (docblocks.com). This video was also made with it - so it's still a little (a lot) rough but it's all up from here. Let's begin. :) youtu.be/wLyMngs8Hw0
Announcing DocBlocks (docblocks.com) - your markdown can do anything. This is another free, open source project I'm busy working on. DocBlocks is still in beta and many bugs to fix, but I hope you will find it useful. 1/5
DocBlocks — Local-First Markdown Editor
Write Markdown visually, keep files local, and turn one file into Word, PDF, slides, e-books, or video.
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1/10 The first of some side projects: announcing the launch of Qualla - qualla.com - a stories-about-history website. I believe we can all grow from a deeper appreciation of all cultures, and I believe every place has a story that can connect us to those cultures.
Qualla — Visit the World
Discover the world's best stories about everywhere. Free geographic storytelling — history, culture, and adventure at every location.
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After 27 years, I'm no longer at Microsoft/Mojang, and I've entered free agency. Looking to put together some fun open source projects and explore AI while I look for a new role. It should be fun ;) Stay tuned!
In about 25 minutes, I'll be doing a Livestream on attempting to build a runner-style game in Minecraft Bedrock, in TypeScript! Come check it out at www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ylk...
Run?
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Tomorrow! In less than 12 hours! I’ll be kicking off Bedrock Creator Camp, a two-day Livestream on the Minecraft Creator Channel! aka.ms/creatorcamp. So many great speakers, and me too!
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In about one hour I'll be kicking off a new series - maybe? we'll see how this goes? - called Friday Builds where I'll be streaming from the Minecraft Creator Channel, building cool things on Minecraft Bedrock. The first (maybe last!) episode is at www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dgd... 😀
Shareable Games?
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I know it's probably the least-chill chill oasis (on account of the green and red sky) - but find out how you can use the experimental custom biomes features to create your own chill oasis - or anything else - in Minecraft Bedrock! www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMF3...
Working with Custom Biomes (1.21.80.27 - Experimental Feature)
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Custom scripting commands! In today's Minecraft Preview! Go /build:somethingawesome! www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXfM...
Building Custom Commands in Script
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Getting started with a Live Stream of Building Things in Minecraft. Specifically, a side scroller? m.youtube.com/watch?v=RyCn...
Building a Side Scroller in Minecraft?
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Create a custom lucky block in Minecraft Bedrock Edition - using some custom properties, a custom model edited in @blockbench.net , and some custom component code. Golden apples and explosions for everyone! www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4is...
Create a custom lucky block for Minecraft Bedrock
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In December, I spent a couple of lovely days building an add-on as part of the Bedrock Add-Ons Discord (wiki.bedrock.dev/discord) 20K Jam. As part of building it out I covered a lot of different Minecraft Bedrock techs. Check this video, + links to source & mcaddon: www.youtube.com/watch?v=5a5p....
Build a Tower Defense Add-On for Minecraft
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All the new features for creators in Minecraft Bedrock v1.21.60: www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVL3.... Custom creative inventory grouping, liquid detection, new stable input detection APIs, and cool new Editor tools, now available!
Minecraft 1.21.60 Updates for Creators
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Minecraft Script API v2.0.0 beta is now out, as part of 1.21.70 preview release! But what you'll find is that v2.0.0 is fairly consistent with v1.x.0; it signifies a few hopefully-small back-compat impacting changes. Find out more on the Minecraft Creator Channel: www.youtube.com/watch?v=owfB...
Script API v2.0.0 Beta Overview
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Check out a tour of four API areas that the Chill Dreams Add-On for Minecraft Bedrock Addition uses, at: youtu.be/WVT3UHZKPic: Input permissions, ModalFormData, Spectator Mode, and more - that you can use in your own creations!
Chill Dreams Part 2: Script API Tour
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Razzleberries is thrilled to finally present Hello Kitty for Minecraft!🎀 We developed this project while working closely with Sanrio & Mojang. It's been an incredible journey and we gave it all our heart. Thank you to everyone who has supported us! Please enjoy.😊 #Sanrio #HelloKitty #Minecraft
Blockbench 4.12 "The Collection & Selection Update" is out! 🗃️Collections! 🧱PBR Material preview and editing 📂Group multi-select 🪢Lasso Selection Tool 🎯UV Navigation Arrow 🧲Vertex Snap for Rotations! Changelog: github.com/JannisX11/bl... Splash Art by contest winners Handon_撼动 & PICASSO!
Want to add your pets to Minecraft? You can! Follow this tutorial for how I added our cat, Eliza, into Minecraft Bedrock. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z27h... (article: learn.microsoft.com/minecraft/cr...) Let me know if you have questions/feedback! I'll do a follow up pt 2 w/ more in a couple months
Add your cat to Minecraft!
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Join me and @kaylasara.bsky.social and @bryhaw.bsky.social as we cover improvements for creators in the 1.21.50 version of Minecraft: Editor, /schedule delay, biome client improvements, and more fun stuff. Also, blood red rivers. www.youtube.com/watch?v=jjVY...
Minecraft Bedrock 1.21.50 Updates for Creators
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