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So you’ve got a collection of markdown files. Maybe its a personal knowledge base, or a team wiki, or project documentation, or …

Dec 10, 2024 4 min read Tools

On my List of Things to Worry About, a superintelligent AI taking over the world just doesn’t rank. We humans don’t …

Aug 7, 2023 4 min read Pseudorandom, Tools

It was 2021. Spring pollen competed with birdsong to fill the air. Sneezes abounded. We needed to relocate my mom, but were having a …

Feb 28, 2023 13 min read Code, Pseudorandom

Recently a friend asked me about copying his Raivo OTP database to Aegis. Those are both solid MFA apps. The only problem is Raivo only …

Dec 2, 2022 3 min read Code, Tools

So I built a nice budget app for Android and iOS. A core feature is sending you an alert when a bill is nearly due. Each platform …

Oct 20, 2022 4 min read Code

Once upon a time I needed to connect to an Android emulator running on a Linux box from a Windows virtual machine. Yes, it was very …

Dec 6, 2021 2 min read Tools

You’re typing away at the console in Linux or Mac OS when you suddenly need to display a QR code. There are a lot of dubious …

Aug 17, 2021 2 min read Tools

Wisdom is applied knowledge, therefore memory is the foundation of wisdom.

The physical act of taking notes enhances memory encoding …

Jun 26, 2021 7 min read Tools

Recently I was involved in a massive migration project involving IdentityServer and OIDC. But that’s a story for another time. …

Mar 3, 2021 10 min read Pseudorandom

It was 1983, and the Internet was an infant with fresh poo in its diaper, cooing for attention. Now an aging millennial, the diaper is …

Jan 13, 2021 10 min read Pseudorandom