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In early 2023 I began work on a backyard chicken coop. I wanted something that was aesthetically designed and situated in the yard, provided a comfortable home for up to 6 birds, and, importantly, was easy to maintain and service. This project also provided a great opportunity to practice my CAD skills, carpentry, and resource planning. Here's a shot of the completed project. And another angle…
The big, cast iron cauldron sits suspended over the roaring fire, its bubbling contents ever so often exploding up, out and into the flames below. Every night, members of the community gather to fill their bowls and satisfy their hunger with the soup. The bitcoin blockchain is one big log of transactions that stores every bitcoin transaction ever executed by anyone. As of March 2020, the…
Last Friday I made the decision to shut down Shoppy Bot, a software product I had been operating since 2016. It's a decision I'd been contemplating vaguely for over a year, and more seriously within the last couple months. And while it's sad to turn the lights off on a product I've poured so much effort into keeping the lights on, there is a certain peace that comes with accepting that it is time…
Update July 2023 : This post by my Shoppy Bot cofounder Carl Mueller was originally published on our Shoppy Bot company blog. When closing down a company or project, often a lot of great work gets discarded or simply disappears. Some things are worth keeping around, though, and I think this article is one of those things. Lightning in a Bot's first product, Shoppy Bot , is a natural language…