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The Ultimate Desk Setup: Apple Studio Display, Stand Desk, and Strategic Pet Placement

A look at my newl workspace - an Apple Studio Display, dual computer setup, and pet zones

From iOS Apps to Enterprise Development: My Evolution with AI Tools

I’ve shipped three iOS apps to the App Store. They’re clunky. They skip steps. They rely heavily on AI-generated code. And I’m completely fine with that—because that wasn’t…

Round Two: Working with AI

I’ve been learning Swift, the Xcode enviornment, AI tools like Cursor and ChatGPT. The learning cruve is not too bad. I’m trying to build a habit-tracking app from scratch.…

Working with AI, Habit Tracker - Round Two

Working on my Habit Tracker app has been a success in disguise. I’m learning about SwiftUI, MVVM, and most importly, how to use AI tools and where they fail. Check out my…

Simple Habit Tracker App

I started building this ~~Habit Tracker ~~ JustToday] (constantly changing, lol) app as my first real-world iOS application designed specifically for the iPhone using…

Getting Politically Involved

For most of my life, I followed politics the way many people do, listening to news from NPR and PBS or getting lost down the Reddit rabbit hole. But politics isn’t just…

How to Turn a GitHub Branch into a New Repository

Sometimes, you start a side project as just a branch off your main GitHub repository, thinking it’s just a small experiment. But then, the project takes on a life of its…

What’s a complex English Sentence?

Studies have found a concern regarding literacy in the United States. Approximately 130 million American adults (54%) between the ages of 16 and 74, lack proficiency in…

PowerPoint Presentations Suck – Get to the Point

Are you tired of starting a meeting where they claim they’re going to do a demo, but they spend the first 15 to 20 minutes showing you a static slide deck? Everybody is so…

Automate - Images Folder to Quarto Blog Post with R

A step-by-step guide to generating Quarto blog posts with a folder of images using R. Learn how to automate markdown creation, structure metadata, and display images…

Learning Grammar as an Adult

Learning grammar as an adult can be fun and refreshing. I treat it like math; it’s just a bunch of rules. I jump into a few grammar rules—like split infinitives, passive…