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Abstain from LLMs for a month challenge?

The tech is there for us, if we want it You know it's obligatory for one to rewrite their blog from scratch every couple of years (months?).

NervesConf is coming up and I'm very excited On the wind-whipped, rain-beaten shores of Sweden's west coast we took a stand.

Joining standard.site and other improvements I've been postponing this for a long time but as I was deploying the latest Wagtail update for my blog, I decided it's the perfect moment to finally enable publications. 🤩 { "url": "https://iamkonstantin.eu",

Inlay is a library which renders embedded previews for content links (Mastodon, Pixelfed, Apple Music, Bluesky, Spotify, etc..) on your Lustre page I'm very happy to announce a new library I've been working on in the last couple of days - Inlay.

Inlay is a library which renders embedded previews for content links (Mastodon, Pixelfed, Apple Music, Bluesky, Spotify, etc..) on your Lustre page I'm very happy to announce a new library I've been working on in the last couple of days - Inlay.

Introducing week notes, work on Flowvi.be and the road ahead It's been a while since my last post.

Introducing week notes, work on Flowvi.be and the road ahead It's been a while since my last post.

Swift 6.2 is great and a few qualify of life improvements to Xcode can make it better In a recent exchange with Matt on Mastodon, I realised it's been a while since I had a chance to write about Swift Concurrency.

Swift 6.2 is great and a few qualify of life improvements to Xcode can make it better In a recent exchange with Matt on Mastodon, I realised it's been a while since I had a chance to write about Swift Concurrency.

Experiment to create a Qt6 library with a familiar and safe Swift SDL My first encounter with Qt took place before I was even a developer.

Experiment to create a Qt6 library with a familiar and safe Swift SDL My first encounter with Qt took place before I was even a developer.

LLMs require a human operator with deep understanding of a problem before they can generate useful code I recently stumbled on this post - a good read that makes the point about being lured into a pitfall of believing that LLMs provide a shortcut around d…

LLMs require a human operator with deep understanding of a problem before they can generate useful code I recently stumbled on this post - a good read that makes the point about being lured into a pitfall of believing that LLMs provide a shortcut around d…

If you’re building a backend mostly alone, Elixir lets you avoid service sprawl and ship features faster.

If you’re building a backend mostly alone, Elixir lets you avoid service sprawl and ship features faster.

🐾 It is through tears that we say goodbye to Dexter today.

🐾 It is through tears that we say goodbye to Dexter today.

How to configure a keychain profile for custom notarisation of binaries for macOS The steps below should be familiar if you've been building applications targeting macOS.

How to configure a keychain profile for custom notarisation of binaries for macOS The steps below should be familiar if you've been building applications targeting macOS.

New version of the headless audio player Gadulka adds extended playback controls for volume, position, playback rate and more Playback controls The initial release of Gadulka enabled a consumer to simply play an audio file.

New version of the headless audio player Gadulka adds extended playback controls for volume, position, playback rate and more Playback controls The initial release of Gadulka enabled a consumer to simply play an audio file.

A small update adopts Kotlin 2.1.0 and K2 mode A new minor release of Gadulka is now available targeting Kotlin 2.1.0.

A small update adopts Kotlin 2.1.0 and K2 mode A new minor release of Gadulka is now available targeting Kotlin 2.1.0.

What a week!

What a week!

Remotely 🎧🎥 As some of you know, things have been changing quite a lot for me professionally in the last couple of months.

Remotely 🎧🎥 As some of you know, things have been changing quite a lot for me professionally in the last couple of months.

A new version of Gadulka is now available with experimental support for wasmJs targets Kotlin Multiplatform has been gaining traction lately.

A new version of Gadulka is now available with experimental support for wasmJs targets Kotlin Multiplatform has been gaining traction lately.

A new version of my browser companion app for the Mac is now available This update focuses on bugfixes and other internal improvements.

A new version of my browser companion app for the Mac is now available This update focuses on bugfixes and other internal improvements.

A couple of tweaks I apply to my KDE desktop so it feels right at home It's safe to say that one of KDE's superpowers is customization.

A couple of tweaks I apply to my KDE desktop so it feels right at home It's safe to say that one of KDE's superpowers is customization.

This is both a message and a reminder that things and life are constantly changing and while it's not easy, it's necessary to remain in control.

This is both a message and a reminder that things and life are constantly changing and while it's not easy, it's necessary to remain in control.

Gadulka is a minimalistic player library for Kotlin Multiplatform.

Gadulka is a minimalistic player library for Kotlin Multiplatform.

DHH's recent talk on Rails 8 got me thinking about resiliency of native apps.

DHH's recent talk on Rails 8 got me thinking about resiliency of native apps.

Does anyone have a recommendation for a IRC client that works on macOS/iOS?

Does anyone have a recommendation for a IRC client that works on macOS/iOS?

What should I write about?