Laurence Gellert's Blog

Here are my setup notes for configuring a new 16″ MacBook Pro M4 Pro in 2026 using MacOS Tahoe.

Django + MSSQL works really well thanks to the Microsoft sponsored mssql-django package.

I recently upgraded my cable modem from a Motorola MB8600 to a Hitron CODA56.

As a software developer I want to be able to designate certain code to run inside the GPU so it can execute in parallel.

The other day I asked ChatGPT for some recommendations for new piano pieces based on one I had just finished.

I’m working on a project where I’m trying to harvest lists of data from ChatGPT via its API.

In my experience the smaller the AWS EC2 instance the more often it freezes / completely locks up.

Django has a powerful ORM, but like any ORM it suffers when querying data that has complex relationships.

My 2015 Mac Book Pro is getting a little old and tired.

WordPress is arguably the most successful “killer app” of the web in the last 10 years.