Added auto-compact 200k tokens to Claude Code Desktop...
Added auto-compact 200k tokens to Claude Code Desktop. Hope it makes things a lot smoother and not get into the “dumb zone”
Cam Pak
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Why I send voice notes
Long before text-based communication was popular and the standard, the primary method of communication was through voice. If we go back 150 years or more, most people were illiterate. Text-based...
haiku
you had big feelings we didn’t know what to do but to quiet you
This spot is reserved for when I write...
This spot is reserved for when I write and reflect on my friend’s Bible notes app called Harvous
New comes with a cost
When coding with AI dev tools, just find something that works for you. Everyone will tout the latest and greatest, ultimately to switch when the next shiny thing comes out,...
Highly Sensitive Person
It's been a wild ride the past few months. Sickness. Chronic health flare ups. Holidays. Hitting a deer on the road. Overlapping work contracts. Great people asking if I'd help them on a contract or join their team. When the noise of life and circumstance began to storm, anxiety and overwhelm walked in the door as if they were invited.
For a couple of months...
I have been battling sickness, a cold-like sickness. Anxiety and overwhelm that’s felt crippling at times. I haven’t felt like myself lately. If I hadn’t responded to you or have...
How to update the Display Name for a User when using Supabase Auth
You need to update the user.user_metadata.display_name More details here: https://github.com/orgs/supabase/discussions/20060
Vibe Planning
It turns out there’s two AI products as code assistants that I really, really enjoy: AmpCode and Cursor. As long as I’m patient and verbose in planning mode, the code...
https://open-chat.dev “Let us fix our eyes on Jesus,...
https://open-chat.dev “Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat...
I may have time, but I don’t have the attention
“…my mind fills up with a few key projects and that’s it. I’m absorbed by those. That’s where my attention is. Had I made 20 minutes here and there for him, I’d be physically present in that moment, but mentally I’d be elsewhere. And that’s not fair to either of us.Time and attention aren’t the same thing. They're barely related.” — Jason Fried Jason put words to something I’d been wrestling with…
If you’re using an open-source project and run...
If you’re using an open-source project and run into a snag, perhaps from missing documentation or from a bug, consider contributing towards the project and making it better for the...
Ecclesiastes...
Ecclesiastes. “Everything is meaningless.” Well… except things like eating, spending quality time with family and friends, and enjoying the work you’ve been given. Morale: there is deep meaning in the...
Walking with Jesus one step of faith at...
Walking with Jesus one step of faith at a time.
Fear-Driven Development
When you are designing or developing for a need that you don’t have, you are destined for difficulty.
Rails or Laravel of JavaScript?
Like most devs, I started by learning the fundamentals of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. Some of my learnings came from wonderful places like freeCodeCamp.org, flexboxfroggy.com, and Scrimba.com, and others through lots of trail and error. I could create something from essentially nothing, and see a website shape and come to life. Well... "come to life" as much as a static web page could…
How to connect the Nothing CMF Buds 2 to your Macbook or other computer via bluetooth
1. Activate Pairing Mode on Your Earbuds: Begin by placing your CMF Buds 2 into pairing mode and make sure the earbuds are in the charging case. Hold down the...
TIL: Astro ActionError code of INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR throws a real server 500
If you are running into a weird issue with Astro Actions and find that your error message is properly handled with Astro.getActionResult function on local dev but not in production on...
Calling
I feel called to step out in faith and commit to using my time, energy, and focus to work on empowering, connecting, and resourcing creators in the faith and tech space.
Nahum | Spoken Gospel
Had the wonderful opportunity to present Nahum at Spoken Gospel. I think this was years ago, because it’s been a while, but it was super fun to randomly see across...
Helpful guardrails for Christian apps that use generative AI
Update 2026-06-04: I stumbled upon https://allianceforfaithfulai.org/. Worth looking into. Update 2026-05-02: I've created an AI Skill that can help Christians create better apps that use AI for Christians.Update 2026-03-28: Missional AI has released “A Christian Framework for AI Ethics“ https://missional.ai/7-principles-of-ai-ethics Update 2026-01-29: This is a very worthwhile watch from James…
How I got to Techless, or how Techless got to me?
I hadn’t taken much time to reflect on my time so far at Techless. Even getting to Techless was a fun journey. I was reached out to on LinkedIn by a guy who creates Kosher phones for the Amish; his name is Eli and he’s an incredible guy. He saw what I was doing with faith.tools and asked if I was interested in collaborating to create a phone (or rather phone experience) for followers of Jesus.
I was wrong about Freedom Stack
2025-02-02: Previously this post was titled “Freedom Stack is an aspiration”, but I was wrong. I’ll have to journal about it soon, but I spent around a month learning Laravel. I created a tool for work using Laravel and Filament. In theory it was easy to create, but the under the hood magic caused more issues than saved time. Plus, deployment was rough. I then tasked myself with creating the same…
Block image and video CDN domains for Spotify for a safer Spotify experience
I was trying to figure out how to block images and videos on Spotify for the Wisephone II, so that people can get the best of Spotify without the potential distractions/harms of some imagery or videos.
Commit - a reflection on 2024
Every year, my wife and I each prayerfully choose a word of the year. Her word for 2024 was “blessed” and mine was “commit”. These aren’t necessarily words that we choose, but rather in prayer and contemplation come to mind and stick.