A Neat Rounding Mode
Today I learned about a new rounding mode and I think it's pretty great. It's called half-even.
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The AI Knowledge Gap
LLMs can help us become a jack of all trades, but mastery still takes hard work and real experience.
How to Interview Software Engineers
Preparing to lead my first engineering interviews, I gathered the most useful practical advice I could find.
What AI won't Teach You About Asking For Help
Early in my career I leaned on senior engineers too quickly. They taught me to pause and try more on my own, a habit AI might not teach the next generation.
Don't Just Ship. Practice
Getting better at programming by practicing more deliberately, not just shipping.
On Grace, Frustration, and Getting to Know People
On getting frustrated more easily at work, and how actually getting to know people helps.
Building My Own CLI App to Control Elgato Key Light Airs
Building keylightctl, a small CLI tool to control my Elgato Key Light Airs from the terminal.
Know your tools
An adapted version of my lightning talk on why we should invest time in truly understanding our development tools.
Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Broken Up Into a TV Series (Extended Editions)
How to break the Lord of the Rings extended editions into episodes for a more watchable TV-series experience.
NuPhy Air60 Manual
Manual for the NuPhy Air60, a wireless 60% mechanical keyboard with RGB backlight.
Vortex Race 3 Manual
Manual for the Vortex Race 3, nearly as compact as a 60% board but with close to a TKL's key count.
Borealis - My First VSCode Theme
Borealis is a dark VSCode theme built on shades of teal with yellow as its main contrast color.
How to create an AJAX Form in PHP with Google reCAPTCHA
How to create an AJAX form in PHP with Google reCAPTCHA.
Connecting Raspberry Pi 3 with UAlaska
How to connect a Raspberry Pi 3 to the UAlaska network.
Eduroam setup for Linux at UAF
How to set up eduroam on a Linux machine running the KDE environment.
Manjaro Installation with Windows 10 dualboot
How I configured my laptop to dualboot Manjaro and Windows 10.