Technology
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There’s a common complaint about AI vibecoding regarding the quality of the code produced. It’s often said to be “spaghetti code”, or super long and messy code files that have a host of problems: logical loops, no clear state, etc. Even without looking at code, one knows spaghettification has happened when any one bug that pops up can be patched, but only at the cost of one or more new bugs being introduced.
Somewhere along the way, many marketers and web designers (and even some developers) began thinking that WordPress running almost half of all websites and somewhere between 60 to 80 percent of all CMS sites made it a good platform. Let's be clear: good and most used are not always synonymous. Frankly, WordPress is pretty good as...
For years, I've had difficulty with platform selections for most of my core mission-critical tasks in business. I've belabored website builders, financial software, design software, digital document tools... you name it. I recently posted that I was finishing a current platform stack to be used on an indefinite basis. It felt great and I made major progress. But after having to walk away to address a teaching project, I found myself very unhappy with a number of the decisions I had made. Not
For a number of years now, I’ve told myself that I’m going to update my graphics card and move from a two-monitor setup to a three-monitor setup. Up to this point, I’ve been thwarted by unexpected expenses, indecision on desired specs, and a general laziness surrounding any in-depth work on my custom rig PC. Unexpected […]
Have you read anything about the new AMD Threadripper 2990WX? It has 32 processing cores. That’s right, 32 cores in a non-server setting. I… want… one. Will I buy one? Well, not yet. Here’s why: In my production rig, ROI (Return on Investment) is a major factor, and I can’t yet justify the cost. This […]
So, I’m way behind the curve alright?! Today marks my first adventure with PC water cooling, and I’m equal parts frustrated, embarrassed, and overjoyed. I’ll tackle each of these parts one-by-one within this brief piece on why you shouldn’t be overlooking liquid cooling. Frustrated To fan or not to fan? Well, we all know the […]
Over the past week or so, I’ve been setting up a HDHomeRun device to stream live over-the-air (OTA) television across my home network. Okay, really, I spent five minutes setting up the HDHomeRun, about a day playing with recording settings in Plex for DVR capability, and almost every other annoying minute fighting with antennas. As […]
Generating a lot of ideas is easy for some of us. Sure, you hear the technically proficient repeatedly decry, “If only I could come up with an idea!” But, for those of us who are creatives… oh how we wish we could get anything done! Creativity and idea generation (ideation) seem to be a blessing […]
I love the Microsoft Sculpt Ergonomic keyboard and mouse (and 10-key) combination. It’s my favorite combo yet, even if the keyboard can’t live up to the insanely high bar originally set by the IBM Model M keyboard. No fault there, nothing will ever compare to the Model M. But despite being my favorite input combo […]
Yes, the following was actually written by GPT-4, as integrated into the Microsoft Edge “Discover” panel. This paragraph is the only one that I wrote by hand, and I have to say… I have mixed feelings. I’ve left the computer output exactly as it was generated, including a punctuation error. Furthermore, I fact checked the […]
