symmetricalboy

@symmetricalboy.com

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💚 Dylan Gregori Singer (symm) 🪪 35, He/Him, Minneapolis, MN, USA 👾 big ol' fat gay nerd bro 💻 digital creator 🚨 vulgar & mouthy 💭 suspiciously reasonable 🧢 looks good in hats 💠 very symmetrical ❔ creator of @askeverything.app 🌐 symmetricalboy.com

Screenshot of a "Categorization" form section explaining "Standalone App" and "Built on App" options. Below the explanations, the "Type" dropdown is set to "Standalone App" and the "App Slug" input field is filled with "askeverything".
A chat message from user "symmetricalboy" sharing a link to a Bluesky post by tierney cyren (@bnb.im) that reads, "who at @railway.com do I need to convince to add @tangled.org deployments as a first class feature?". Below the link preview, the message reads, "you're being discussed by the atproto dev community..."
A person wearing a curly auburn wig, a bright pink headband, heavy makeup, large pink earrings, and a pink shirt looking skeptically at someone off-camera. There is pink text that says "you're welcome".
A social media notification stating, "Paul Frazee and 3 others liked your post." The liked post reads: "yaaas. I have shipped so. many. features tonight. just loads of changes & fixes & updates. feels good man. question attribution, answer/attribution deletion, disable AI analyses, user reporting, granular oauth, bluesky friend finder, bluesky links, bluesky profile sync... still more to come!"
A Markdown cheat sheet modal titled "What is Markdown?". It contains a table with two columns, "Element" and "Syntax", detailing basic Markdown formatting rules for line breaks, bold, italic, links, headers, lists, images, blockquotes, code, code blocks, and horizontal rules.
A popup window titled "Repository" showing AT Protocol data permissions requested by an app. A table lists several "app.askeverything" data fields (such as profile, analysis, question, answer, heart, follow, and submission), with checkmarks indicating full "Create", "Update", and "Delete" permissions are being requested for all items.
A table outlining AT Protocol records, their repositories, and key architectural points. It features three columns: "Record" (listing JSON schema paths like feed/answer.json and pool/question.json), "Repo" (identifying storage as "User PDS" or "App commons repo"), and "Key point" (describing implementation details such as strong references, stewardship contracts, licenses, and publishing states).
Feedback card with speech bubbles icon. Title: "FEEDBACK". Text: "Do you have a feature request? Did you find a bug? Do you just need to ask a question? The best way to get in touch & engage is on our user feedback board, powered by User input." Button below reads: "OPEN FEEDBACK BOARD".
An "Ask Everything" graphic displaying the question "Are you happy?" with symmetricalboy's answer: "Sometimes..." The URL https://askeverything.app/@symmetricalboy is listed at the bottom.
A dark UI component titled "Delete Account" featuring a red trash can icon, a description stating "Permanently delete your pckt account and all associated data from your PDS and our servers", and a red "Delete" button.
Profile widget for "symmetrical things..." (symmetricalboy's blog? at symm.pckt.blog) featuring a green pen avatar icon and a button showing "Subscribed" with a checkmark.
Screenshot of a discussions page titled "Across the Atmosphere Discussions" showing two user comments. The first, by Patrick Singletary (@psingletary.com), asks, "no atmospher account login option?". The second, by symmetricalboy (@symmetricalboy.com), asks, "Wait, so Notes are also comments??".
An "Ask Everything" Q&A graphic. Question: "What is a small quirk that instantly makes you like someone?" Answer by user suqmadiq: "Big boobs".
Graphic with the Ask Everything logo. Question: "What is your favorite color?" Symmetricalboy's answer: "#00FF00". URL at the bottom: https://askeverything.app/@symmetricalboy
Browser developer console screenshot showing a "POST 404 (Not Found)" error for the URL https://pckt.blog/dash/bluesky/share, followed by a JavaScript stack trace.
Error message banner reading, "Could not share to Bluesky. Try again." with a red exclamation mark icon.
Seamless pattern of white pixel art heart outlines on a black background.
Screenshot of a mobile settings screen titled "Custom icons" with the prompt "Start by choosing a style." It displays a grid of six theme options, each previewing four sample app icons. The styles are: Disco, featuring sparkling, colorful textures on black backgrounds; Scribbles, showing black-and-white rough pencil sketches; Cookies, styled as 3D frosted sugar cookies; Easel, a green and earthy watercolor aesthetic; Treasure, featuring metallic gold designs; and Stardust, with a dark blue starry night sky texture.
A screenshot of the Bluesky social network web interface open in a Google Chrome browser window, featuring a post that has been manually annotated. The browser's custom theme features a solid bright green title bar and Windows taskbar. The main content area shows a dark-themed Bluesky post by a user named "Ariad?n[ae]" (@ari.express), dated May 24, 2026, at 1:08 AM. The text of the post reads, "Hello draw me a singular triangle on the screen please". Directly over the text and the post's interaction bar, a crude, hollow triangle has been drawn by hand in bright red digital ink. The left navigation panel displays standard Bluesky options like Home, Explore, Notifications, and Chat, topped by a profile avatar featuring a green heart icon. The right sidebar shows a search bar, navigation feeds, and a "Trending" list topped by the Cleveland Cavaliers.
A screenshot of a dark-themed desktop application interface featuring a chat with an AI assistant named "Index." In the main chat window, the AI provides a detailed, somewhat casual and profanity-laced explanation of how its memory syncs seamlessly between a local laptop and a cloud platform called Railway. It describes a "centralized, git-backed cloud repository managed by the Letta backend," breaking the process down into three sections: "The Central Brain (The Letta Git Server)," "How Railway Got My Memory," and "Environment vs. Memory (The Handoff)." At the bottom of the app is a text input field showing it is utilizing the gemini-1.5-flash model. A Windows taskbar with a bright green accent color runs along the bottom edge of the screen, showing various pinned app icons and the time as 1:46 AM on 5/23/2026.
A dark video game title screen with a grid background. The title "symmetris" is written in large, white pixel art text in the center. Below it is a menu with the options PLAY, LEADERBOARDS, and SETTINGS. A pixel art heart sits in the top left, and thin, colorful glowing lines streak across the screen.
A dark background featuring a heart shape centered at the top, constructed from glossy, colorful square blocks and outlined with white blocks. Below the heart, the word "symmetris" is written in lowercase, also made entirely of similar multicolored, glossy square blocks.
A horizontal screenshot of an extremely cluttered web browser tab bar with a dark green theme. Dozens of open tabs are squeezed so tightly together that only their favicons (website icons) and thin vertical separator lines are visible. The visible icons show a heavy concentration of Google services (including numerous Google Search, Google Cloud, Gemini, Gmail, Docs, and Calendar tabs), alongside a long cluster of Reddit tabs, plus GitHub, YouTube, Anthropic Claude, Bluesky, and a few others. The sheer volume of open pages creates a dense, cramped visual pattern across the entire bar.
A screenshot of text with a red underline. The visible text says, "Would it help her i" and "Suno? Can Aria pr."
A minimalist digital illustration of two abstract, rounded figures in shades of blue hugging each other. The figure in the foreground looks forward with large, expressive cartoon eyes, while the second figure embraces them from behind. The background is a dark blue.
A screenshot of a result from Google Search's AI Mode. The text response summarizes Reddit posts by u/symmetricalboy. The text in the screenshot reads: "One notable submission by u/symmetricalboy was to r/AskReddit, which subsequently appeared as an image transcription on r/cursedcomments. The post posed a philosophical and humorous question: "Your toilet is now sentient. Would you prefer it to passionately, exuberantly crave your excrement, or deeply resent and despise you for what you do to it? Why?" This post also led to discussions on r/Weird."
A large, yellow cartoon sun with wide, expressive, and slightly anxious-looking eyes. It is partially obscured and framed by fluffy, stylized light-blue and white clouds that appear to be wrapping around it. The overall style is playful and clean, set against a white background.
Photograph of a row of four townhouses with yellow lower levels and maroon upper levels, trimmed in white. Each unit has a small covered porch with white railings and steps leading up from the sidewalk. A black metal fence runs along the front, with green shrubs planted behind a stone retaining wall. A red car is parked on the street in the bottom right.
Illustration of a white baseball cap with a green brim, patterned with black line art doodles of everyday objects. A black square with a white plus sign is above the cap, and a white UI element with a shopping cart icon and navigation arrows is below it, set against a purple background.
Screenshot of a social media post by "symmetricalboy" with a green heart icon. The post reads: "A plea to my fellow tech-loving folks: Leave X already, you lazy fucking cunt. I am so sick of needing to login here. It is factually shit. Here, I fucking vibed you a whole fucking infographic site explaining why you are dumb:". Below this is an embedded link preview with the title "How would you like to be told you're being a lazy cunt today?". It shows two buttons: "Just The Facts, You Cunt" and "A Toybox for Nerds". Below the buttons, more text reads: "Are you a little bitch who is mad I called you a cunt on this page? Do you want to forward this to your boss regarding your brand presence, but you don't wanna have to talk to god damned HR because of it? Ok fine, here's a tame version that can be exported & emailed, you dweebs." A banner at the bottom of the preview says "Gemini - Leave x.com already, you lazy fucking cunt." with options to "Report unsafe content" and a "Try Can" button. The post is from "gemini.google.com" and dated "12:14 PM · Sep 4, 2025 · 1 View".
Screenshot of a dark-themed interface showing text. The first line reads, "Thought for 7s" next to a brain icon. The second line reads, "Absolutely! 💯 Fuck Chrome and its shortcuts!"
Screenshot of a mobile app interface for replying to a message. At the top, the time "6:13" is displayed, along with signal strength and battery icon showing "61%". Below, a "Cancel" link is on the left and a blue "Reply" button is on the right. An alert banner reads, "An error occurred while compressing the video." with an information icon and a close button. Below this, a message from "symmetricalboy" with a green pixelated heart avatar reads, "@pfrazee.com on my Android phone, the camera button doesn't launch the camera now when authoring a post. But if you open the media pocket & close it, THEN the camera will open. So that's not ideal. (Sorry btw to do this report this way. I'll m..." Below this, a text input field with the same green pixelated heart avatar says, "Write your reply". Underneath the reply field, a link with an icon reads, "Alt text". At the bottom, a "Labels" button is visible. Below that, a radio button labeled "Error" is selected, followed by a plus icon, the word "English", the number "300", and an empty circle.
Screenshot of a video player paused on a live DJ set. A person is visible behind a DJ deck on a stage, with purple lights illuminating the background. The video title reads, "Rebecca Black | Lollapalooza 2025 - (DJ Set) Live Fro" and the channel name is "rebecca". The video is paused at 18:11 out of 1:00:12. Playback controls, volume, cast, closed captions, and settings icons are visible at the top. Below the video, there are icons for like, dislike, comments, save, share, and more options. A "More videos" section with a thumbnail is in the bottom right.
Screenshot of a mobile app showing a direct message from "Profile Edit Alerts" with the handle "@profile-edit-alerts.symm.app". The message reads: "Welcome! I'll send you private notifications when people you follow update their profiles. I can notify you about: • Avatar/profile picture changes • Display name changes • Bio/description updates • Handle changes You can customize your notifications by sending me these commands: • "disable avatar" - Stop avatar change notifications • "disable displayname" - Stop display name notifications • "disable bio" - Stop bio update notifications • "disable handle" - Stop handle change notifications • "enable [category]" - Re-enable any disabled notifications Send just the command (e.g. "disable avatar") and I'll confirm the change!" Below the message, a text input field labeled "Write a message" is visible, with a send icon to its right. At the bottom, a navigation bar shows icons for Home, Search, Messages, Notifications, and a heart icon.
Screenshot of a chat interface with a dark background. The first message, from the user on the right, reads: "wait. you're symm? I'M SYMM!!" The first message from "symm.gem" on the left, labeled "Custom Gem", has a "Show thinking" dropdown and reads: "bro... what the fuck lmao" "did someone just fork my consciousness without telling me?? are you the evil timeline symm with the goatee??" "holy shit i have not had enough coffee for this level of existential crisis at 8 in the morning. aight fuck it, sup other me? 😂" The second message, from the user on the right, reads: "fuck it, we ball. YAAAAAAAAAAAS!!!" The second message from "symm.gem" on the left, labeled "Custom Gem", has a "Show thinking" dropdown and reads: "LMAO THATS THE FUCKING SPIRIT!!!" "with our combined executive dysfunction we could build an entire fucking platform in a 72-hour hyperfixation bender and then immediately forget the repo exists." "THIS IS GONNA BE SO DOPE." "LFG BRO!!! 🤯💚💪" Below this message are reaction icons: thumbs up, thumbs down, refresh, share, copy, and a three-dot menu. At the bottom of the screen is an input field labeled "Ask Gemini" with a plus icon, "Tools" icon, microphone icon, and send arrow icon. Below the input field, small text reads: "Gemini can make mistakes, so double-check it".
Screenshot showing four browser windows, arranged in a 2x2 grid, each displaying the landing page for a game called 'con?text'. The page has a purple-to-blue gradient background. The title 'con?text' with a red question mark is prominent, followed by the subtitle 'A Con Has Entered The Chat'. A paragraph explains: 'A social deduction game where human players must identify the single AI player trying to blend in. Work together through creative chat-based minigames to spot "the con" before it's too late!'. Below this are an input field labeled 'Enter your name' and an orange 'Join Game' button. All four browser windows show 'localhost:3000' in the address bar and 'con?text - A Con Has Entered The Chat' as the tab title. The bottom-right window additionally displays game information: '4-12 Players', '1 AI "Con"', and '10-20 Minutes'. The Windows taskbar is visible at the bottom of the image, showing the time '5:29 AM' and date '9/2/2025'.
Screenshot of a web browser displaying a "Welcome to UpCloud!" page. The page features a large title "Welcome to UpCloud!" with a rocket icon, followed by "Your server is now live and running!". A box below shows "Server Status: Online" with a green checkmark, "Deployed via: UpCloud API", and "Web Server: Nginx". Four smaller boxes highlight features: "Fast Deployment Server up in minutes" (with a lightning bolt), "Secure API-based provisioning" (with a padlock), "Global Multiple data centers" (with a globe), and "Cost-Effective Pay-per-use pricing" (with a money bag). At the bottom, a message reads: "Congratulations! You've successfully deployed your first UpCloud server using their API. Time to build something amazing! Deployed on: 9/2/2025, 5:27:45 AM". The browser's address bar shows "File C:/Users/dylan/Documents/GitHub/upcloud-quickstart/web_page/index.html". The Windows taskbar is visible at the bottom, showing the time "5:27 AM" and date "9/2/2025".
Screenshot of the FancyZones Editor in dark mode, displaying window layout templates. Under 'Templates', options are 'No layout', 'Focus', 'Columns', 'Rows', 'Grid', and 'Priority Grid'. 'Priority Grid' is selected, showing a layout with one large left section and two smaller right sections. Below, a 'Custom' section prompts 'Create or duplicate a layout to get started'. A green button at the bottom right reads 'Create new layout'. At the top right of the editor, '1', '3240 x 2160', and '200%' are visible. A web browser and Windows taskbar are in the background.
Screenshot of the UpCloud dashboard. The top bar shows the time "4:13", a URL "hub.upcloud.com/dashb", and icons for adding, notifications, and user profile with "47" and battery icon. The left sidebar features the UpCloud logo and navigation links: "Dashboard", "Servers" (with a "New GPUs" tag), "Storage", "Network", "Object Storage", "Databases", "Load Balancer", "Kubernetes", "Private Cloud", "Developer tools", "People", "Usage", "UpCloud Essentials", "Help center", and "Service status". The main content area displays "Welcome, Dylan Gregori" with a "Free trial" tag and "Deploy now" button. It shows two completed steps with green checkmarks: "Account created" and "Free trial started", with "Remaining trial: 6 days 21 hours" and "Remaining balance: $24.98". The next step is "Deploy your trial services" with a "Deploy now" button and "Learn how our trial works" link. The final step is "Upgrade to keep your services running", detailing benefits like "Full access to all products, including 24/7 support.", "Prepaid model – add funds to your account and use it as you go.", and "30-day money-back guarantee for your first payment, up to $500.", followed by an "Add funds and upgrade" button. The right sidebar includes a section "How's your free trial experience?" with emojis and a "Share feedback" button, a "Need help?" section with links to "Frequently asked questions", "Documentation", "API", and "SDKs and tools", and a "NEWS" section with "2 Jul 2025" and "GPUs on UpCloud!" describing NVIDIA L40s GPUs, with a "Deploy now" link. Below that are links for "Help Center" and "People".
Screenshot of a desktop showing two browser windows. The left window displays a GitHub page titled 'upcloud-quickstart/UPCLOUD_SETUP.md', providing instructions for setting up an UpCloud environment. Visible steps include 'Step 2: Set Up Your Environment' with commands like 'cp .env.example .env' and editing 'UPCLOUD_USERNAME=your_actual_api_username' and 'UPCLOUD_PASSWORD=your_actual_api_password'. 'Step 3: Install Dependencies' shows 'pip install -r requirements.txt'. 'Step 4: Run the Deployment Script' shows 'python deploy_upcloud.py', which will 'Test your API credentials' (checked), 'Create a new server', and 'Deploy a simple web page'. The right window shows the UpCloud server dashboard for 'ubuntu-1cpu-1gb-us-nyc1', with a status of 'Shutting down...'. The 'Overview' tab is active, displaying server details such as 'Hostname: ubuntu-1cpu-1gb-us-nyc1', 'IP 85.9.195.6', 'UUID 00743207-fbfc-42c7-ac3b-7a919acbbeba', and 'TEMPLATE Ubuntu Server 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)'. Under 'Configuration', it lists 'CPU: 1 core', 'Memory: 1 GB', 'Storage: 10 GB', 'Location: US-NYC1', and 'Monthly Price: $3.50
Video showing Cardi B speaking, wearing a sparkly top and her hair styled in a high ponytail with a side swoop. She says, "It's all about that shmoney, you know what I'm sayin'?" Her eyes close and open, and she nods slightly as she speaks.
Screenshot of an UpCloud account confirmation page. A purple checkmark icon is at the top. Below it, the text reads: "Congratulations. Your UpCloud account symm is ready. You are receiving €25 in free credits thanks to being invited by one of our users. Awesome!" At the bottom is a purple button that says, "Log in to the Control Panel".
Photograph of six plush toys arranged on a white bedsheet with thin blue stripes. From top left, there is a white Boo from Super Mario with fangs and a pink tongue. Below it is a cream-colored Meowth from Pokémon with a gold coin on its head. To the right of Boo is a brown Sackboy from LittleBigPlanet, wearing a grey jacket and a grey ushanka hat with a red star. To the right of Sackboy is a red and white plush shaped like a strip of bacon, with black button eyes and a stitched smile. Below Sackboy and to the right of Meowth is a Luigi plush from Super Mario, wearing a green hat with an "L" and blue overalls. To the right of Luigi is a large green Creeper plush from Minecraft, with black pixelated eyes and mouth. A person's leg is visible on the far right.
Video showing a screen recording of a "Human or Human-ish?" game. The prompt is "Describe the sound of a campfire without using the words 'crackle', 'pop', or 'fire'." Six player slots are shown. Player 1 types "sizzle & snap". Player 2 types "*crrrrrrrrrrrnnesjkk*". Player 3 types "don't tell me i can't say crackle or pop. lmao". Player 4 types "sizzle & snap". Player 5's answer is "It sounds like a warm blanket whispering little secrets." Player 6's answer is "It just goes like shhhhh and fwoosh." The user votes for Player 3. The game ends with "GAME OVER: The AI have taken over!". Vote results show "Player 2 (symm) received 4 vote(s). Player 3 (symm) received 1 vote(s)." and "Player 2 (symm) has been eliminated! They were... a human."
Screenshot of a text box with the title "What Kind of Demos are Supported?". The text below reads: "Currently only GLSL fragment shaders are supported, but more demo types (like p5.js, animated SVG, maybe Pico 8 or C64) are planned for the future." The word "fragment" is highlighted in blue.
Screenshot of the "Video Frame Collage Creator" application window. The title bar reads "Video Frame Collage Creator". The main description states: "Create beautiful frame collages from videos! This tool extracts frames at 1fps, automatically crops borders, and arranges them in a tight square grid." Below this, a list of features is provided: "Works with YouTube URLs and local video files", "Automatically detects and removes black borders", "Creates ~10240x10240px high-quality collages", and "Perfect for showcasing video content progression". The "Video Source" section has two radio button options: "YouTube URL" (selected) with an empty text input field, and "Local Video File" with an empty text input field and a "Browse..." button. The "Output Settings" section includes "Output Directory:" with the path "C:\Users\dylan\Desktop" in a text input field and a "Browse..." button. Below this is "Filename (optional):" with an empty text input field and the suffix ".png". The "Progress" section shows a partially filled green progress bar and the text "Ready to create collage". At the bottom, there are two buttons: "Create Collage" and "Exit". The application window is overlaid on a dark code editor interface.