Posts Archive

2026

July

Local LLMs for Rain or Shine LLM Poetry App ★

July 14, 2026Brings AI weather poet offline with LM Studio and local LLMs

The Cost of Libby on Local Libraries ★

July 13, 2026Libby is a great digital library service, but the cost is high for the local library

June

Why You Should Use Socio Technical Design with AI Development ★

June 19, 2026Taking a human centric approach to AI Development

March

Building a Weighted, Categorized Trie with Python and LLMs ★

March 14, 2026Using a Trie Data structure for a quick and light autocomplete

February

Catching Bugs Early with Software Fault Prediction ★

February 9, 2026The earlier the bugs are caught, the cheaper the cost

January

Blockchain and Edge Computing Working Together ★

January 9, 2026Why Blockchain and Edge Computing May Need Each Other

2025

June

How Big Data, Blockchain, and Consumer Behavior are Reshaping E-Commerce ★

June 19, 2025Using Technology and Consumer Behavior for a Greener Future

February

Computing on the Edge with Help From The Cloud ★

February 19, 2025From Edge to Cloud, Separating the Hype from the Real-World Tools

January

Rain or Shine LLM Poetry App ★

January 1, 2025Have an LLM tell you the weather with a poem

2024

November

Lessons From a Black-Box Robustness Tool on REST APIs ★

November 19, 2024Breaking REST APIs even when they are missing specifications

October

MOOD to Measure the Health of Your Object-Oriented Code ★

October 25, 2024OOP that puts you in a good mood

2023

December

How Google Home Uses Blackboard Architecture to Keep Your House Warm ★

December 7, 2023All IOT devices please look to the blackboard for assignments!

October

How to Kill Scope Creep Before It Kills Your Project ★

October 5, 2023Sometimes projects become so bloated that they sink

September

Lessons from the FBI’s Trilogy Failure ★

September 26, 2023How the FBI Tanked a Multi-Million Dollar Project

Extreme Programming - Most and Least Used Practices ★

September 3, 2023Lists 10 Extreme Programming practices here and gives a quick perspective of each

2022

June

Using Code Challenges to Sharpen Skills ★

June 4, 2022Code challenges are a great way to level up your skills when learning a new programming language

January

Gatsby Site on Github Pages ★

January 4, 2022Github pages are a great way to publish your personal site, and Gatsby JS can power it

2020

May

New Site - Getting Started with Gatsby ★

May 2, 2020From way back in 2020, I first used Github pages and Gatsby JS to make my personal site