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New Post: Fix Your NVIDIA Shield in 7 Minutes
New Post: Fix Your NVIDIA Shield in 7 Minutes
September 19, 2026
Fix your NVIDIA Shield by finding the right layer first, doing one short fix, and letting an AI run the long parts from a gist.

New Post: Firewall Log Pipeline With Cursor
New Post: Firewall Log Pipeline With Cursor
August 29, 2026
Build a local firewall log pipeline on Windows with NXLog and SQLite, then let Cursor query it read-only — no SIEM required.

New Post: AI Coding Agent Guardrails Beat Smarter Models
New Post: AI Coding Agent Guardrails Beat Smarter Models
August 15, 2026
AI Coding Agent Guardrails Beat Smarter Models August 06, 2026 • Systems A reviewer looked at my code and found a bug. One route returned a 500 error when it...

New Post: Vetting AI as Productivity Tool
New Post: Vetting AI as Productivity Tool
May 14, 2026
Built a platform with AI agents writing most of the code. Then couldn't trace the execution path through my own service. Four questions about what changes when AI writes the code — understanding, testing, governance — and what I changed to fix each one.

New Post: RustDesk Server on Windows without Docker
New Post: RustDesk Server on Windows without Docker
April 16, 2026
Skip Docker and Pro licenses. Install RustDesk OSS Server on Windows using NSSM to run hbbs and hbbr as persistent services. Configure firewall rules, grab your public key, and point clients to your server. Full LAN remote desktop in 15 minutes.

New Post: Why 'I Use ChatGPT' Is Not an AI Skill — and What to Ask Instead
New Post: Why 'I Use ChatGPT' Is Not an AI Skill — and What to Ask Instead
March 17, 2026
Most AI interview questions test the wrong things — here's a framework for what to ask instead

New Post: What's Left When You Have Nothing Left
New Post: What's Left When You Have Nothing Left
March 10, 2026
Your body keeps a stress account you'll never see. Every email costs something. Every held tongue. Every push-through. Two people. Same debt. Different breakdowns.

New Post: Cloud Insurance: Archera Explained
New Post: Cloud Insurance: Archera Explained
March 3, 2026
Archera.ai invented cloud commitment insurance. Here's the analogy guide that finally made reserved instances and savings plans click.

New Post: My $8,000 Cholesterol Device: A Bike Fit Journey
New Post: My $8,000 Cholesterol Device: A Bike Fit Journey
January 29, 2026
An insider's look into my journey dissecting bike fitting science for improved health and cycling comfort!

New Post: How To Teach AI Habits — And Stop Repeating Yourself
New Post: How To Teach AI Habits — And Stop Repeating Yourself
January 29, 2026
"Unlocking the power of AI in workflows by teaching it habits and minimizing repetition!"

New Post: Why I Ride: Finding Meditation on Two Wheels
New Post: Why I Ride: Finding Meditation on Two Wheels
December 27, 2025
Why I Ride: Finding Meditation on Two Wheels December 15, 2024 • Cycling There's something about the rhythm of pedaling that quiets the noise in my head. The...

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