Using AI to Help Me Prepare for a Tech Job Fair (Speedrunning the Job Hunt)
March 2026 was a bit of a whirlwind. My company went through its second round of layoffs, and this time, my position was…
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Local Tool-Chaining: Using Gemma 4 with Ollama and OpenCode
I’ve been spending some time lately experimenting with running LLMs locally to see how close we are to having a truly “private” coding…
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Vibe Code For Free: How I Set Up AI Code Models Locally To Work With OpenCode
I was recently “gifted” a nice MacBook Pro and decided I want to use it to run AI models locally. I’ve become accustomed…
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AI Vibe Coding A Simple Website For Free – Photos of McFlurry
Result: https://mcflurry.jshowers.com/ My new rescue dog McFlurry is popular at cafes and different places around town. I wanted to make a site featuring…
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Making an abstract base class for a Django database model to overwrite the save() function
I was recently faced with the challenge of needing to add translations to a hierarchal database setup in Django/Python. We wanted these translations…
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Where is Jasper (v1)? Connecting Google Calendar, Maps, and Places APIs
Where am I? In real time: whereis.jshowers.com When I went full time digital nomad, I started using a public Google calendar to share…
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Alphabetically Sort A List With Special Characters
Recently I was tasked with sorting a list of countries, that were translated to Portuguese, in alphabetical order. Because the list contained special…
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Creating a simple MiddlewareFilter using .NET Core 2.0 and dependency injection
A MiddlewareFilter is the perfect tool for creating conditional logic on MVC controllers or actions using .NET Core. It receives the Middleware benefits of…
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Dynamic Routing In ASP.NET Web API
What is dynamic routing? The purpose of dynamic routing is to produce pretty, intuitive URLs on your website that help improve SEO and…
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Home Automation – Turn A Power Switch On/Off At A Given Time
My boyfriend started growing some indoor plants from seed that require a specific photosynthesis schedule. He asked me to remember to turn a…
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