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Prototyping for Consulting Work in 2025 (AI magic)
When I am consulting, I often need to explore an idea deeply and show something real before we commit to a full build. The good news is that the current wave of AI powered tools makes this faster than ever. Replit, v0, Firebase Studio, and the major assistants like ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini help me…
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A Simple WordPress Plugin to Block Admin Nags and Ads
While helping a client prepare their WordPress site for a new product launch, I ran into a familiar annoyance that has become far too common in the WordPress admin. Their team mentioned how distracting it was to manage orders or write blog posts while dealing with all the little plugin notifications, popups, and even what…
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Figuring out the size and depth for a tablespoon with a CNC
This title is a travesty. I needed math to figure out how to automatically carve out a tablespoon of material with a CNC machine. So this is that math and some recipe level background. For my most recent birthday I picked up a very small cnc machine. I wanted to bring a bit of computer…
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My 3 Favorite Questions for 1:1s
At the risk of stating the obvious let me first say that a 1:1 meeting is your chance to have a one on one conversation with your manager or one of your direct reports. This is a high impact meeting that builds the lines of communication that are vital for a successful work relationship. If…
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Delayed fade-in effects with css
I hadn’t gotten a chance to work too much with css animation but decided to give it a try on some work today. With a quick stop over at css-tricks to brush up on things and another google on fade-ins I have a new snippet in my inventory. Demo on the gist is a simple…