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Philip I. Thomas
I build at the intersection of math, business, and software. I work on the engineering team at
Chroma
making retrieval for AI. I write about crafting digital tools at
Contraption Company
.
In the past, I made
Find AI
,
Booklet
,
FRCTNL
,
Postcard
,
Moonlight
,
Staffjoy
,
Cellars NYC
,
Text Reject
, and
Food Trucks Near Me
.
Nowadays I'm based in San Francisco, but
travel often
. I'm interested in coffee, fermentation, and urbanism.
Find me on
LinkedIn
and
Github
, and contact me at
mail@philipithomas.com
.
New
What I'm up to - September 2025
September 7, 2025
Here is my monthly newsletter about what I'm up to, which I send in place of social media. What I did in last month• Launched Chroma Cloud • Had a quick trip to Colorado • Went on a first bike ride since my crash in May • Been experimenting with local LLMs on my Mac Mini server • Using Claude Code a lot more • Went to Coffee Movement too often Things to share• Articles: Rice Krispies Treats Are Upending the Billion-Dollar Athlete-Fuel Wars. TIL about TK. Learned about pin and collar watch band mechanisms by losing a collar and breaking the band. • Videos: Dua Lipa versus the literary landscape. • Gadgets: Got a Zojirushi rice cooker - it's so good that I have been eating rice almost every day. Plans for the next month• Working • Tinkering with local LLMs and MCP
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