Telling Technology · Learning in public
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Every episode ships a real, free download — a Claude Code skill, a script, a template. Clone it, run it in under a minute, make it yours.

DROP

The network overlay — your world on the globe

Four files, zero build step. The planet renders, the terminal streams 50 names a second, packets race real routes. Ships with 1,782 generated fake names — swap in your own LinkedIn export and it's your world.

file index.html + globe.js + trace.jsfile connections.js (demo data)
run itgh repo clone tellingtechnology/globe && start "" globe/overlay/index.html
DROP

The globe — a spinning planet for any dark hero

Two files, zero build step. Open the HTML and it pulls real-world map data and renders — drag to spin, drop it on any dark hero section.

file index.html + globe.jsdeps d3 · topojson · world-atlas (CDN)
run itgh repo clone tellingtechnology/globe && start "" globe/index.html
EP.05

The /watch skill — stop watching tutorials

One slash command downloads any video, cuts it into ~80 frames, reads the transcript and answers questions about it. Free and open-source, by Brad — credit where due.

skill watch@claude-videodeps yt-dlp + ffmpeg
run it/plugin marketplace add bradautomates/claude-video && /plugin install watch@claude-video
EP.03

The style-off prompt pack

Five art-direction prompts, the shared layout spec that keeps the fight fair, and the v1→v2 "punch it up" fix. Swap in your own product screen and run your own style-off.

pack 5 art directionsspec shared layout briefpng all candidates
run itgh repo clone tellingtechnology/episodes ~/bitesize && open ~/bitesize/ep03-own-style
EP.02

The AIOS system-map .excalidraw + the drawing skills

The editable source of the whole-system sketch, plus the two Claude Code skills that drew it — /diagram (free, editable files) and /visual (~5 cents a PNG).

Setup: /visual renders through an image model on Kie.aisign up at kie.ai and grab your API key from the settings page.

file aios-overview.excalidrawskill /diagramskill /visual
run itgh repo clone tellingtechnology/episodes ~/bitesize && open ~/bitesize/ep02-system-map
EP.01

The palette pack — yours to recolour

The locked colour spec (full 50–900 scale), paste-ready CSS tokens, the board prompts and all six candidate boards. The board format is the trick, not the teal.

spec brand-colors.mdcss tokens.cssprompts the board prompts
run itgh repo clone tellingtechnology/episodes ~/bitesize && open ~/bitesize/ep01-palette

20 more downloads land as the episodes drop — silo templates, the kill-switch script, the verification-gate hook, the family-map demo, and more. A new one every few days.

How the downloads work

Most live in one open collection repo — github.com/tellingtechnology — so it's one place to star and follow. Bigger standalone tools (a demo-mode dashboard, the silo starter) get their own repo with a Use this template button. Anything that touches personal data ships as a demo on fake data, never a real account. No GitHub? Comment the episode's keyword on the video and the bot DMs you the link.

Before you run anything

Everything here is open source — you can read every line before running it. That's intentional. We've reviewed each download and won't ship anything that phones home, reads your files, or does anything sneaky. That said: always glance at the code before you run it, especially if it asks for an API key or writes files. Good habit, regardless of the source. If something feels off, open an issue on GitHub and we'll take a look.