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PlatPhorm ASCII launches 1.0.0 with deASCII round-trip support

The 1.0.0 launch documents image-to-ASCII conversion, exact source color grids, deASCII reconstruction, MCP tools, LLMS.txt, OpenAPI, sitemap, i18n alternates, and open-source contribution paths.

Jun 11, 2:00 PM

de-ASCII 1.0 turns ASCII art back into image output

A practical guide to de-ASCII 1.0: deterministic ASCII to image reconstruction, ANSI color preservation, embeddable UI, MCP support, text-readable reconstruction, and optional AI restoration.

Jun 11, 12:00 PM

de-ASCII reconstruction tool

Interactive ASCII and ANSI art to PNG reconstruction.

Jun 11, 12:00 PM

de-ASCII API reference

REST, MCP, discovery, and protected webhook documentation.

Jun 11, 12:00 PM

de-ASCII MCP server

Model Context Protocol tools, resources, and prompts for image reconstruction.

Jun 11, 12:00 PM

ASCII opens directly in deASCII with compact text and chroma

The public converter can open deASCII with the current line-preserving ASCII, exact hex color grid, and compact chroma references through a small-payload URL fragment plus a trusted postMessage handoff with acknowledgement; deASCII can use text-readable reconstruction and restoration-only AI enhancement.

Jun 11, 12:00 AM

Network Demo Night

Two minutes, one demo, the whole network watching. Sign up to present. — PlatPhorm Loft, San Francisco, CA · Wed, 08 Jul 2026 02:00:00 GMT

Jun 6, 6:00 PM

Retrieval Roundtable: Beyond Naive RAG

Practitioners compare chunking, reranking, and eval strategies that hold up. — Online event · Wed, 01 Jul 2026 17:00:00 GMT

Jun 5, 6:00 PM

Open Source Friday: Maintainer Office Hours

Drop in, get unstuck, and land your first PR with maintainers nearby. — Online event · Sat, 13 Jun 2026 17:00:00 GMT

Jun 3, 6:00 PM

ASCII publishes an automation transport matrix

REST, chunked artifacts, NDJSON streaming, MCP, Atom/RSS update feeds, SSE stance, and planned async jobs are documented for agents without adding clutter to the converter UI.

Jun 3, 12:00 AM

Trusted BrowserOps screenshot artifacts convert without a platform key

BrowserOps, AgentUI, Docs, and other trusted PlatPhorm workflows can send confirmed screenshot artifact URLs to ASCII for real conversion. External or untrusted image sources still require PLATPHORM_API_KEY and SSRF guardrails.

Jun 3, 12:00 AM

Large artifact chunking replaces the legacy 2 MB ASCII failure

Server conversion can now return an artifact manifest, chunk URLs, byte counts, hashes, and preview output instead of failing solely because ASCII text is larger than 2 MB.

Jun 2, 12:00 AM

Engineering Hiring Social

Candidates and hiring managers in one room. Follow-ups sync straight to Jobs. — Pike Loft, Seattle, WA · Wed, 17 Jun 2026 01:00:00 GMT

Jun 1, 6:00 PM

Design Tokens Deep Dive: From Figma to Production

How to model, name, and ship a token pipeline that survives contact with engineering. — Capital Factory, Austin, TX · Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT

May 30, 6:00 PM

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Pre-Seed Founder Dinner

An intimate dinner for 16 pre-seed founders. No pitches, just real talk. — The Long Table, New York, NY · Mon, 22 Jun 2026 23:30:00 GMT

May 27, 6:00 PM

BrowserOps Journey Validation

BrowserOps Journey Validation provider-backed evidence adapter.

May 25, 6:32 PM

Evaluating AI Agents: A Practical Workshop

Build a reproducible eval harness for tool-calling agents and learn what actually moves reliability. — Online event · Fri, 19 Jun 2026 16:00:00 GMT

May 23, 6:00 PM