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Adding a feature to a closed-source app

Who needs source code? I use Audiobookshelf (abbreviated ABS) for all my legal audiobooks that I bought legally, and I really like it. I also use the Smart Audiobook Player (abbreviated SABP) Android app, which I also bought (leg

How I write software with LLMs

I don't care for the joy of programming Lately I ve gotten heavily back into making stuff, and it s mostly because of LLMs. I thought that I liked programming, but it turned out that what I like was making things, and programming was just one way to do that. Since LLMs have become good at programming, I ve been using them to make stuff non

I made a voice note taker

It's small and tiny and so cute Have you ever always wanted a very very small voice note recorder that would fit in your pocket? Something that would always work, and always be available to take a note at the touch of a button, with no fuss? Me neither. Until, that is, I saw the Pebble Index 01 , then I absolutely needed it right away and had to have it in my life immediately, but alas, it is not…

I made another little bedside clock

I call it 'Bedtime' The other day I saw a video by someone who bought a $16 electronic clock , and it looked interesting, because that little clock had been taunting me for months by showing up constantly in my AliExpress recommendations. I held off on buying it because what am I going to do with yet another clock , but the video said that it has an ESP8266 inside, and that, with a little…

I converted a rotary phone into a meeting handset

The meeting stakes are high when you can get hung up on As you may remember, or completely not know, I have a bit of a fascination with old rotary phones . Occasionally, when people learn about this fascination, they donate their old rotary phones to me, so I have ended up with a small collection. The other thing I have a fascination with is meetings. Well, I say fascination , but it s more of a…