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Understand Retrieval Augmented Generation in Under 8 Minutes

The 7-Minute Guide to Understanding Artificial Intelligence

I Tried Voice Coding, It Was A Disaster!

A voice-coding attempt gets tangled in repeated "delete word" commands while trying to produce an export, class, and stream.

Integrating a Notion Database with an Astro Site

My entire life is planned & documented in Notion. How can I pull that content into my Astro site so I don't have to duplicate it in content collections?

I Tried NeoVIM

A brief outtake cycles through wrong guesses before landing on a joke about leaving Visual Studio Code.

Bongo cat loves my code!

C# 12 primary constructors reduce boilerplate by exposing constructor parameters throughout a type, but introduce important rules around overloads, naming conflicts, and generated properties.

What if AI takes developer jobs!?

A brief comedy pitch invites singles to an OnlyFans featuring bald, bearded feet.

I’ve Never Built this for a Client

A developer with nearly 20 years of experience confesses that he has never built tic-tac-toe for a client, then detours into microphones, a back scratcher, and Vue.js.

Making a Man: Lessons Learned from My Single Mother

Remembering the integrity and tenacity my mom displayed in her life and the lessons she worked to instill in me.

Building 404 Pages That Bring Joy

How we transformed the bad experience of landing on a 404 page into an enjoyable experience with a game.

Building a Discord Bot to Improve Inclusive Language

Building a Discord bot sounds like a fun and I couldn't think of a better first project than trying to make it a safer space for everyone.

Using Polywork to Break My Unconscious Biases

Polywork is an interesting new LinkedIn competitor. After joining, I wanted to ensure that my "bubble" included a diverse set of people. Here's how I did it.

Building my Ultimate Rustic Developers Desk

I've always wanted to build a desk that fits me. So welcome to my journey to build my ultimate developer desk.

Live-Coding to Learn, Share and Encourage

A reflection on one year of coding live on Twitch to learn new technologies, share what I know, and encourage others to grow personally & professionally.

Using Apollo to Query GraphQL from Node.js

It's a common scenario—you built a quick prototype, it worked great, and now management wants it live yesterday. GraphQL can help get it out the door.

Current Twitch live-coding stream setup

I've started working a lot more at trying to get my setup just right so I could live code some personal projects and hopefully help others learn new technologies.

Setting up Raspberry Pi for use in kiosk mode with Chromium

Recently one of our clients approached us to develop an application that would run on a Raspberry Pi to use in kiosk's throughout their facilities. We ended up writing a web app in Angular that they would run via Chromium.

Girls Who Code

These days, the topic of women in technology is hot. As a dad of two daughters, I often think about what their futures hold. One thing I know, they belong here as much as any man.