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Inspiration

Inspiration

This blog is simple. I learn something ⇒ I write about it. Not necessarily straight away. It could be something I learned yonks ago…

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Initialisation

Initialisation

A cool breeze flows happily past. I head to hover.com and purchase alll.blog…

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The Penny Drops on AI

The Penny Drops on AI

If software can be created without coding what does it mean for my career, software, businesses, and society?

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Nango vs Pipedream: Authorisation in the Age of AI

Nango vs Pipedream: Authorisation in the Age of AI

Tools like Nango and Pipedream step in to handle this, abstracting the authorisation process so you can focus on building functionality…

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AI Model & Vendor Vibe Check: February 2025

AI Model & Vendor Vibe Check: February 2025

Saving the hottest off the press for last... Grok 3.0 was released yesterday, and like Grok 2.0, its narrative style is refreshing …

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A Software Business Without Coding

A Software Business Without Coding

Is it possible to create a software business without coding? In my case: yes, sort of. This article explores the creation of Harnes.ai using Bolt.new, an AI tool for creating software directly with natural language…

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Adding a Language Switcher & Dark Mode with Cursor

Adding a Language Switcher & Dark Mode with Cursor

Today, I decide to tackle language switching and dark mode on the site. I use Cursor, an AI-first code editor, exploring its various modes and learning more about its capabilities with Claude 3.5, the underlying model…

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📖🗣️ Text to Speech: The Listen to Article Widget

📖🗣️ Text to Speech: The Listen to Article Widget

What about having a “listen to article” button at the top of articles using text to speech - TTS?

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How Does AI Change Professional Life?

How Does AI Change Professional Life?

AI is simultaneously performing tasks we used to perform and arriving as a new technology for us to utilise in a myriad of innovative ways…

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Taking stock: Top of algorithm AI content review

Taking stock: Top of algorithm AI content review

It was a sudden realisation that with if current trends continue, software may soon be produced without code. The implication is that I cannot simply continue as a software developer aided by AI: the landscape is completely changing. Yet what is the actual lay of the land, and is such thinking tethe…

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Chai Guy's Tumeric Chai

Chai Guy's Tumeric Chai

I'd previously gone down the road of pure turmeric with milk. It’s an acquired taste that was never quite "it". This turmeric chai is not that…

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In Search of a True Hero 🦸‍♂️

In Search of a True Hero 🦸‍♂️

The Mount Fyffe article would benefit from a hero image. This definitely needs to be content-driven - i.e. specified in mdx files…

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Richer Content

Richer Content

Recent written articles have more images, utilise code blocks, and contain many links. It's time to consolidate the display of richer content…

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Creating an LLM based content translation pipeline

Creating an LLM based content translation pipeline

The goal is to publish the sites content in every well LLM supported human language and to investigate how feasible this actually is…

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Internationalisation with Astro

Internationalisation with Astro

I love internationalisation (i18n). It’s one of those domain problems that is sufficiently easy, beneficial, and satisfying to solve early in a project…

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Fun! Bringing joy to what we do

Fun! Bringing joy to what we do

As I thought about fun more - which sometimes feels like it should only be associated with certain certified activities - I realised that when applied generally, “having fun”…

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Initialise Implementation

Initialise Implementation

This is my first time working with Astro. As a stubborn JSX lover I arrived looking to utilise React components. However, taking a look at Astro components there really is little between them…

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Mount Fyffe

Mount Fyffe

Greeted by a trig marker, a summit sign, a few benches, a pang of hunger, and a sense of achievement we take in the 360° view…

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Migrate to Figma Components

Migrate to Figma Components

Even though the sites design space is extremely small at this point, I know from working with component based UI how important it is to formally “componentise” UI designs early…

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