Blog
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Scripting PNG to AVIF Conversion for Web Delivery
A walkthrough of using ffmpeg to convert PNG to AVIF with dramatic compression — ie. 7.5MB down to 80KB in practice.
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I Outgrew My AI Resolution
Prompt engineering is a real skill — it just turned out not to be the one I needed most. A software engineer’s reflection on outgrowing an AI New Year’s Resolution, and what dropping it revealed about context architecture, AI agents, and where the interesting work is starting to happen.
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AIDBNY – Wk2: A First Pass at Model Mapping
Zeroing in on prompts for testing LLM performance across Code, Analysis, and Creative tasks to build a personal Model Map.
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Second Brain Insurance: Restic + Org-Roam
As I incorporate AI agents into my workflow, a backup strategy for my 2nd brain is vital. This post covers my initial approach to backing up my notes with Restic.
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AIDBNY – Wk 1: Building an AI Resolution Tracker
By swapping the “pay-to-play” friction of high-abstraction builders for a hands-on workflow in OpenCode, I turned my Week 1 resolution tracker into a project that feels like a real engineering foundation rather than a discarded prototype.
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Diving into the AI Daily Brief
2026 is the year I put AI front and center starting with joining two of AI Daily Brief’s programs.
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Securing OpenRouter keys with Direnv and GPG
Categorized: developmentSecure your OpenRouter keys by using GPG for encryption and direnv for directory-aware environment loading. A safe, automated workflow.
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Visualize a Typescript Codebase with Dependency Cruiser
Categorized: developmentDependency-cruiser is a useful tool for visualizing dependencies and enforcing architectural guidelines.
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Using Structurizr to Create C4 Model Diagrams
Categorized: developmentUsing Structurizr makes it easy to describe the software architecture of a system and generate C4 Model diagrams.
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The C4 Model for Documenting Software
Categorized: Software ArchitectureA quick look at how the C4 Model offers a simple, hierarchical approach to documenting software systems.