tonis.dev

Media

I make videos and write posts about the products I build and the tools I use. I want people to see how they work and why I made them.

01 / The work

Walkthroughs and short stories

When I finish a feature, I want to have something I can share. That might be a screen recording, a few screenshots or a post explaining the change.

My developer videos follow agent sessions, browser research and product updates. I record my screen and talk through what happens. A longer walkthrough gives me room to explain the details. For a short, I need to get to the point quickly.

I also make illustrated Bangkok comedy and stories about problems I find through Trend Seeker. These let me practise writing characters and working with pacing, sound and captions. I post the videos on TikTok, Instagram and YouTube.

My recorded desktop with Codex, bmux browser panes and a webcam overlay during the social scheduling walkthrough
From my screen: scheduling one video on three platforms with Codex and bmux.

Agents help me write scripts, create illustrated characters, edit and add captions. I record and edit screen videos in OpenScreen and keep the source files for later changes. Browser agents schedule the posts. I check the uploaded video and description before publishing.

How I started making wide and vertical product videos
02 / Experience

Give people a reason to watch

Someone can follow an everyday situation in a Bangkok cartoon without knowing anything about my work. With a developer video, I have to give them a reason to care about the tool as well as explain how it works.

I want my product videos to get into a situation just as quickly. The viewer should be able to see the problem and understand how the product helps from watching the actual workflow.

Before publishing, I watch the exported video, check that the screen and captions are readable, and listen through the ending. I check the scheduled post too. In one recording, the agent pasted the hashtags twice. I had it fix the description before the post went live.

Watch the description fix
03 / Goals

Start with a problem people recognise

I want to make short stories about the problems my products solve, using what I am learning from the cartoons about pacing and getting into a situation quickly.

I'll pay closer attention to comments from potential users, visits to my profile and interest in trying a product. I also want to keep developing the Bangkok cartoons as their own series alongside the developer videos.

I also write about the work on Threads, Mastodon and Bluesky so people can find it and understand what went into it.