Introducing recon - a CLI tool to gather context for LLMs I use large language models like ChatGPT and Claude Opus a lot. No. More than that. A lot a lot. I use them on my coding side projects, on my writing projects, at my day job, as well as for personal things like organizing my D&D campaign. But one problem I'm constantly running into is that there are things I'd like to ask of an AI, but…
How to Build an Eleventy Plugin Eleventy is an increasingly popular static site generator, thanks to the fact that it is both very customizable, and comes with a good set of defaults to let you get up and running quickly. And, most relevant to us, it also supports a simple plugin system which allows sharing customizations with others. The heart of Eleventy's configurability lies in the optional…
A New Site and an Experiment with Studying in Public It has been quite a while since I hand-crafted a site for myself. The last time was when I built A Drip of JavaScript way back in 2015. I've been doing front-end coding non-stop since then, but exclusively for my day job. My goals for the site were: Easy authoring Easy publishing A sophisticated visual style that uses typography to good effect…