Ryan Roemer
@ryan-roemer.bsky.social
SVP, Technology & Open Source at Nearform. Way back with Formidable and somehow IP law.
Been heads-down on some WebMCP experiments. My latest: a writeup, plus a fully in-browser demo running on on-device Chrome models (Gemini Nano via the Prompt API): – Demo: nearform.github.io/web-agents/ (Chrome 138+, flags on) – Post: nearform.com/digital-comm...
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It’s really neat what modern browsers can do client side for AI apps! WebGPU acceleration, fast embedding, semantic search and more!
Nearform@nearform.com · 6mo agoWe built a working demo of browser-based vector search using plain JavaScript - handling semantic similarity and filtering with no backend database. @ryan-roemer.bsky.social walks through the approach, data strategies, and performance results, showing how far on-device search can go. nf.ie/4rhtxWA
LLMs are only as smart as their context, something most teams realise too late. We break down the Model Context Protocol (MCP), a proven way to: - Structure data for LLMs at scale - Improve reliability and explainability - Avoid costly mistakes in production 📖 >> nearform.com/digital-comm...
Found myself surprisingly well focused today and then noticed I had left my phone with fully disabled networking to test an offline app…
Ai vs the law from @ryan-roemer.bsky.social (former ip and patent attorney and MoFo lawyer) #jsconf
I wrote a thing!
Nearform@nearform.com · 11mo agoMost #JS text chunkers are too heavy, too rigid, or too limited. So we built a small, fast, and smart alternative: llm splitter — designed for performance, extensibility, and storage efficiency. #Opensource and ready to use! 📖 Read the latest from @ryan-roemer.bsky.social >> nf.ie/439Lvjt
(11/11) ⚡️ Lightning Stage Speakers cont'd @gregle.dev (Slalom) – What's in Your <head> Kevin Dela Rosa (Cloudglue) – AI That Gets the Picture: Building Video-Aware Assistants @ryan-roemer.bsky.social (Nearform) – A World Without Builds
🤖 Agent mode has now landed in GitHub Copilot, catching up with Cursor -- so which agent can tackle real problems better? Here's at least one experiment with a real task for an OSS project. nearform.com/digital-comm...
Battle of the AI agents: Cursor vs. Copilot | Nearform
Which tool is the better AI engineer? We gave them a real job to find out!
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We are at an interesting crossroads of the AI hype cycle wherein a big chunk of new MCP servers are probably going to be vibe-coded… 😂
Not all AI-assisted programming is vibe coding (but vibe coding rocks) simonwillison.net/2025/Mar/19/...
Not all AI-assisted programming is vibe coding, but vibe coding rocks
Vibe coding is having a moment. The term was coined by Andrej Karpathy just a few weeks ago (on February 6th) and has since been featured in the New York …
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SeattleJS March meetup is THIS WEDNESDAY! We'll have great talks, tasty food, and a super cool new venue in Cap Hill - Foundations Please RSVP if you're planning to come so we know how much food to get!
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SeattleJS@seattlejs.com · last yr.Our march meetup is coming up soon on March 12th. Here's the lowdown: - Food sponsored by hyperparam.app - 2 full talks and 1 lightning talk - our amazing SeattleJS web developer community will be there in person - Doors open at 5:30PM, talks start at 6:30PM Read on for talk details or RSVP now 👇
Our march meetup is coming up soon on March 12th. Here's the lowdown: - Food sponsored by hyperparam.app - 2 full talks and 1 lightning talk - our amazing SeattleJS web developer community will be there in person - Doors open at 5:30PM, talks start at 6:30PM Read on for talk details or RSVP now 👇
SeattleJS: Web Tech Talks - March · Luma
This meetup will have food sponsored by Hyperparam, the missing UI for dataset exploration and curation. 🎉 Get ready to learn and connect at SeattleJS!…
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I've been hearing a lot about different programming workflows to make full use of LLMs, but I want in-depth accounts of how it works. This blog by Harper Reed is exactly what I've been looking for. harper.blog/2025/02/16/m...
My LLM codegen workflow atm
A detailed walkthrough of my current workflow for using LLms to build software, from brainstorming through planning and execution.
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FOSDEM is one of the biggest #opensource gatherings, bringing innovators together! Nearform engineer James Milner shares his first-hand experience of attending & speaking at the event. 📖 >> www.nearform.com/digital-comm... #FOSDEM #TechCommunity #Nearform @fosdem.bsky.social
If you can make it to Seattle, please come visit us. TC39 delegates will attend and present at @seattlejs.com on Thursday evening 20th February at Docusign Tower, Seattle. Please register here: lu.ma/s97y24jd
SeattleJS presents: The Future of JavaScript with TC39 · Luma
🎉 Get ready to learn and connect at SeattleJS! 🎉 This SeattleJS special event is presented in partnership with: TC39, the technical committee that maintains…
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Announcing ES Module Shims 2.0. The latest version of what started out as an import maps polyfill now supports production polyfilling of more than 8 existing and upcoming native browser modules features 🧵
In 2023, a Google researcher wrote, “We have no moat, and neither does OpenAI.” The paper argued open-source AI would outpace closed models by iterating faster and offering more flexibility. It also predicted users wouldn’t pay for restricted models when free ones were as good. A prescient take.
DeepSeek App Holds Top Global Spot in Downloads, Led by India
DeepSeek’s AI assistant topped the list of most downloaded mobile apps across 140 markets, with India accounting for the largest percentage of new users.
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Now that Node.js v23 has launched, it's so weird (and wonderful) to see a significant entire area of pain has just evaporated with the unflagged use of `require(esm)`. Pour one out for the trials of commerce.nearform.com/blog/2021/no...
Getting Started with (and Surviving) Node.js ESM
The Node.js ecosystem is shifting towards ESM. We examine what lies in store for application and library authors, learn some of challenges and opportunities that lie ahead for Node.js developers, and ...
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