Greg Wilson's Tech Blog

I have a drawer full of USB-C chargers and cables, plus a few MagSafe and Qi pads, and until recently I had no idea which of them were any good. iOS tells you exactly one thing when you plug in or set the phone down: a lightning bolt.

A technical deep-dive on the shared framework behind four niche AI companions — the serverless chat architecture, the cheap-Haiku/smart-Sonnet model split, curated web allowlists, and local knowledge bases (Wikipedia mirrors, a 33-million-row jazz discogr…

Every known way to reboot or reset a 2025 Volvo EX90 - The EX90 Survival Guide

I feel like we live in an age of automotive craziness.

I have been at AWS for over 3 years now, leading the teams that build AWS Documentation and the AWS SDKs/CLI.

Create iCalendar entries for every full moon in the next 12 months using Claude 3.5 Sonnet

Generate calendar entries from an image using Anthropic Claude 3.5.

Discover how NASA's Viking 1 and the Soviet Union's Phobos 1 missions encountered software mishaps and what engineers did to overcome these challenges

A guide on using Amazon Bedrock APIs for Anthropic Claude 3.5 Sonnet in Python, including setup, differences, and error handling

Learn how to use Anthropic Claude AI to extract and utilize image file geo-locations in this detailed, real-world coding experiment

Supercharge your Synology DS723+ for professional photo editing with NVMe SSDs and a 10GbE network card.

I had a little time to relax over the weekend, so I decided to try a small coding project with Anthropic Claude 3.5 Sonnet.

Boost your efficiency with Gmail keyboard shortcuts and handle your inbox like a pro.

Learn how to configure Gmail settings to extend the time window for unsending emails beyond 5 seconds

Mute annoying auto-playing content in Chrome with the new site mute feature

A review of flying the DJI Mavic 3 Pro, showcasing 4k/60fps HDR footage and minor color corrections

Learn video production and editing with ChatGPT insights and YouTube tutorials.

Create a serverless service to play chess via messaging apps using FEN notation and chessboard.js.