Trying the New DeepSeek Harness
My experience of installing and setting up the new DeepSeek harness, running it with DeepSeek models via OpenCode Go, and what I liked and disliked about it.
DeepakNess - Blog
Posts on what I'm building, learning, and thinking about.
Latest posts
How I Publish Blog Posts and Notes So Fast
A look at the workflow, terminal scripts, VS Code extensions, and simple automation that help me publish blog posts and raw notes fast.
Setting Up and Testing OMP (Oh My Pi) Agent
My OMP (Oh My Pi) setup with DeepSeek v4 Flash as the default driver, Grok 4.5 for vision and planning, and Nemotron 3 Ultra as the secondary model.
I Bought a $100 Laptop – Mid 2014 MacBook Pro
Saw an ad and immediately bought an old MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2014), and I'm super happy about it.
Setting Up and Using the Pi Coding Agent
My experience of setting up the Pi coding agent with DeepSeek models, installing packages, and making it my daily driver.
Self-hosting FreshRSS on a Raspberry Pi device
A quick guide to self-hosting FreshRSS, an open-source feed reader, on the Raspberry Pi 4B with 1GB of RAM.
How I Sync Mastodon Posts with My 11ty Blog
A walkthrough of a Node.js script that maps Mastodon statuses to blog slugs and updates frontmatter.
Dynamic Open Graph Images for My 11ty Blog
A quick guide to how I dynamically generate custom Open Graph images for each post on my 11ty blog, using satori.
Adding Webmentions to My 11ty Blog
A quick guide to sending and receiving webmentions to my 11ty blog.
Starting a Newsletter using Listmonk
How I set up a newsletter with self-hosted Listmonk — first trying Amazon SES, then switching to SMTP2GO.
Trying and Migrating to Vivaldi Browser
My experience of trying and migrating to the Vivaldi browser - things I liked and things I didn't.
Better Handling Images on My 11ty Blog
Better image handling on my blog and pre-optimizing them all instead of using @11ty/eleventy-img plugin.
Creating My First WordPress Plugin
I created my very first WordPress plugin, and now it's live on the WordPress.org repository.
Upgrading Self-hosted Umami to v3 on a VPS
A quick guide to upgrading self-hosted Umami to the latest v3 on a Hetzner VPS.
Self-hosting Umami Analytics on a VPS
A quick guide to self-hosting Umami Analytics on a $3.50 Hetzner VPS via Docker.
Self-hosting Plausible on a Hetzner VPS
A quick guide to self-hosting Plausible Community Edition on a 3.50 USD Hetzner VPS.
Trying and Migrating to the Helium Browser
My experience of completely migrating to the Helium browser, from Brave browser.
macOS App to Show Lid Angle in the Menu Bar
A macOS app that keeps showing the current angle of the MacBook screen or lid in the menu bar.
Git and GitHub for Vibe Coders
Everything you need to know about Git and GitHub as a vibe coder.
How to Run Omarchy on a MacBook via UTM
A quick guide to running Omarchy ISO on a MacBook M2 Air for testing via UTM.
Are Double Quotes Replacing Single Quotes?
How quotation mark usage is changing across regions, platforms, and generations.
Calling Myself an Internet Generalist
Starting to call myself an internet generalist from today.
Trying the Sarvam-M 24B Indic LLM
Sarvam AI has launched its very first hybrid Indic LLM called Sarvam-M, and I'm trying to see how it performs.
Trying the Qwen3-8B Model Locally
Trying the qwen3-8b model locally and sharing my learnings.
Learning about sqlite3 WASM
Recently discovered that sqlite3 WebAssembly can run directly in the browser, so learning more about it.
Trying the LibreWolf Browser
Trying the LibreWolf web browser and will see if it becomes my default browser.
Trying the Ungoogled Chromium Browser
Was hearing a lot of good things about the Ungoogled Chromium browser, so gave it a go.
MP3Detective: AI-Powered Music Metadata Manager
Learn how I built MP3Detective - a Python tool that uses AI to automatically fix MP3 metadata. Works with any language, tested with 95% accuracy.
Running Ollama in Android Linux Terminal
I had to try running Ollama on the new Android Linux terminal and I did.
Life with a Fractured Leg
Recently, I got my leg fractured while playing badminton so my life has been slow, but I'm loving it.
Trying Out the New Android Linux Terminal
Tried running a basic Next.js app from the all-new Linux terminal in the Android – and it works.
Optimizing 1,300+ Images using 'sharp'
Had over 1300 PNG images that I needed to optimize for the web, and wrote a Node.js script that optimized them all in 2 mins.
Taking Notes in VS Code
I started using VS Code for taking notes a while ago, and I am loving it now.
Creating My First Chrome Extension
Sharing my complete experience of building my very first Chrome extension and submitting to the Chrome Web Store.
Better YouTube Embeds ~77% Faster
YouTube videos were significantly slowing down posts, so I discovered this better technique.
I'm NOT Blocking AI Crawlers, For Now
Clearing the confusion of whether one should block AI crawlers on their websites or not.
Create New Posts Faster in 11ty
A quick guide on how to create new posts faster in 11ty.
Migrating from WordPress to 11ty
Documenting the process of moving my personal site having 100s of posts from WordPress to 11ty.
Remote Backup to Hetzner Storage Box via rsync
Set up remote rsync backups from macOS to Hetzner Storage Box: order, enable SSH, login, and sync your files.
Manual Backup to External HDD using rsync
Fast manual backups to external HDD on Mac using rsync: install via Homebrew, find drive name, choose folders, exclude dirs, run command.
Creating a Timeline of WP vs WP Engine
Timeline tracking the WordPress vs WP Engine dispute, built with Astro, Airtable, and Netlify edge functions: WPvsWPE.report
Fast Internet, But Sites Open Slow?
Fix slow-loading sites on macOS despite fast internet: in Wi-Fi > TCP/IP, set Configure IPv6 to Link-Local Only. Quick step-by-step.
Experience with 3-day Fasting
Personal 72-hour water fast: black coffee, walks, light lifting, minimal cravings, steady energy, lots of water; refeed day 4.
Introducing PutOut – Publish eBooks as Websites
Announcing PutOut, a free 11ty/Tailwind tool to publish ebooks as websites, deploy to Netlify, Cloudflare Pages, or GitHub Pages.
Overthinking is a Matrix
Overthinking is a mental matrix—break out by dropping perfection, taking small steps, and leaning on friends for perspective.
Playing with Local LLMs
Exploring local LLMs (Llama 2, Mistral) with Ollama: piping results to Google Sheets, open-source code, demo video, and STT experiments.
Publishing from Obsidian using 11ty
Experiment: publish Obsidian notes with 11ty + PicoCSS. Write in Obsidian, auto front matter, git auto-push, repo + demo included.
The Learning Month
A planned learning month: diving into WordPress to build programmatic SEO listing sites with CPTs/fields; less social, more research.
How X (Twitter) Helps
From passive scroller to programmatic SEO creator: how X (Twitter) helped me share, grow an audience, launch a course, and earn.
My Work Setup
My minimalist work setup: MacBook Air M2, 22-inch Samsung monitor, MAONO mic, no mouse, visible wires—and no plans to upgrade soon.