Matt lilley

Science, technology, education

Quantum commuting

Explaining quantum physics to non-specialists


Flashee revisited

Refactoring with React

In 2018 I built a flashcard app called Flashee. But let's be real, the app wasn't very well written. In 2023 I decided to sort it out, and now it's 2025 lol.

Going beyond radiation

My first nucleonics Substack post

Today I made my debut on the nucleonics Substack. I wrote about the tantalising possibility that nucleonics might give us the tools we need to transform nuclear …

Returning to physics

Introducing Nucleonics

A lot of changes happened over the past 18 months. The MIT collaboration restarted and this time I'm getting paid for it - I now work on Nucleonics.

Recommendation rabbit holes

Battling the YouTube sidebar

We’ve all been there... you jump onto YouTube for a 'quick' tutorial on fixing a leaky tap and before you know it you’re an hour deep into videos about the …

Microclimate change

A CO2 detective story in my flat

I love my new flat, but I'm getting headaches. There's not a lot of ventilation and I have a sense that just my breathing might be enough to alter my …

Rising tides

The future if ice caps melt

We explore the realities of melting ice caps—examining how sea levels might rise and the implications for our world. Is this a critical juncture for …

Creative Muse

Keeping "The Artist's Way" alive with GPT4

Creative Muse is a custom GPT I made to help people continue “The Artist’s Way” by providing prompts for “morning pages” and “artist date” ideas.

Let's make rainbows 🌈

Creating digital rainbows with GPT4

I saw the most spectacular rainbow not long ago and wondered whether I could simulate it 🤔. I decided that, with the help of GPT, it would be totally doable and …

Constrained particles

My first physics collaboration with GPT4

GPT and I built a interactive particle simulation with constraints - each particle must stay equidistant from two other particles. It took just a few hours to …