# caffeinated (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 3 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover caffeinated. Page: Feed: --- ## [Caffeinated Buddha: Stay in Yer Seat](https://kylesecor.substack.com/p/caffeinated-buddha-stay-in-yer-seat) _2026-08-21 · Kyle Secor · Everything/Nothing with Kyle Secor_ Oh. ## [Writer Wednesday: Arm's Reach](https://kylesecor.substack.com/p/writer-wednesday-arms-reach) _2026-08-19 · Kyle Secor · Everything/Nothing with Kyle Secor_ Sometimes it’s just right there. ## [Live Zoom AMA](https://kylesecor.substack.com/p/live-zoom-ama) _2026-08-19 · Kyle Secor · Everything/Nothing with Kyle Secor_ UPDATE: A few of you asked if we could do this face-to-face instead of through Substack Live. ## [Live Video AMA](https://kylesecor.substack.com/p/live-video-ama) _2026-08-19 · Kyle Secor · Everything/Nothing with Kyle Secor_ It’s about dang time. ## [After The Role: Bleary Bender Wrap-up](https://kylesecor.substack.com/p/after-the-role-bleary-bender-wrap) _2026-08-17 · Kyle Secor · Everything/Nothing with Kyle Secor_ Colors, Narcissus, Law & Disorder, Prison Riot. ## [Au Revoir Peacock! A 5 Day Homicide Bender](https://kylesecor.substack.com/p/au-revoir-peacock-a-5-day-homicide) _2026-08-14 · Kyle Secor · Everything/Nothing with Kyle Secor_ On Tuesday, August 18, 2026, the HLOTS licensing agreement with Peacock expires. ## [Caffeinated Buddha: Expound This.](https://kylesecor.substack.com/p/caffeinated-buddha-expound-this) _2026-08-12 · Kyle Secor · Everything/Nothing with Kyle Secor_ Yesterday, before a long walk. ## [Caffeinated Buddha Loves Mary Oliver](https://kylesecor.substack.com/p/caffeinated-buddha-loves-mary-oliver) _2026-08-02 · Kyle Secor · Everything/Nothing with Kyle Secor_ It was another hot day in LA…100°+. ## [Caffeinated Buddha: Lunch Date](https://kylesecor.substack.com/p/caffeinated-buddha-lunch-date) _2026-07-31 · Kyle Secor · Everything/Nothing with Kyle Secor_ Note: I’ve decided to kick AI Caffeinated Buddha to the curb. ## [After The Role: Sniper Part 1 & 2](https://kylesecor.substack.com/p/after-the-role-sniper-part-1-and) _2026-07-28 · Kyle Secor · Everything/Nothing with Kyle Secor_ These two episodes were a strange watch for me. ## [AI Summaries & Audio Briefings (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/8QUkxoCecUib) _2026-07-28 · **Sponsored**_ Read AI summaries and listen to concise audio briefings for the latest stories. ## [Live with Kyle Secor](https://kylesecor.substack.com/p/live-with-kyle-secor-a0a) _2026-07-25 · Kyle Secor · Everything/Nothing with Kyle Secor_ A recording from Kyle Secor's live video ## [Software apprenticeship was accidental](https://caffeinatedcode.com/posts/software-apprenticeship-was-accidental/) _2026-07-19 · Caffeinated Code_ Every senior engineer is a decade or so in the making, and AI just took that away. So far our fix is to hire people already senior, and skip any sort of growing. In an earlier post I argued that judgment takes a long time to build, and doesn’t churn with whatever flavor of the month framework is in fashion. Since then a harder question has been sitting in the back of my mind: where does the… ## [Inverting Claude Code](https://caffeinatedcode.com/posts/inverting-claude-code/) _2026-07-11 · Caffeinated Code_ I asked Claude Code to remind me about something the next day. One line, a throwaway request. The model reached for its memory system and started to write a new memory file plus an index entry, and a hook I keep on memory writes blocked it. The reminder ended up on my Kanban board instead, where it belongs. That beat is the whole architecture in miniature: the model wanted to append, the guard… ## [What AI actually multiplies](https://caffeinatedcode.com/posts/what-ai-actually-multiplies/) _2026-05-30 · Caffeinated Code_ I wrote earlier about why I’m not buying Jira : a solo user can stand up a custom kanban board with an afternoon of AI help and skip the heavyweight tool. So I did. The speed was the least of it. What stuck with me afterward was how little of the work was mine, and which part of it was. The reflex is to call it a ten-times multiplier and move on. But that credits the tool with… ## [Why I'm not buying Jira](https://caffeinatedcode.com/posts/why-im-not-buying-jira/) _2026-05-28 · Caffeinated Code_ I built a Kanban board from scratch recently. I used a ZazenCodes devtool repo as the skeleton, let Claude Code do most of the typing, and the whole thing came together in a morning before work: a web UI for dragging cards around, an API behind it, a CLI for when I don’t want to open a browser. It fits my head exactly, because I shaped every column to fit my head. And sitting there looking… ## [Why Use Cloudflare Pages Free Tier?](https://caffeinatedcode.com/posts/why-use-cloudflare-pages-free-tier/) _2026-05-06 · Caffeinated Code_ Free plan limits that matter for a static blog: 500 builds/month (you’ll use maybe 20-30 if you post regularly) 1 concurrent build, 20-minute timeout (irrelevant for Hugo, which builds in under 2 seconds) 20,000 files per site (you have 10 posts; you’d need to write prolifically for a decade to approach this) 25MB max single file size 100 custom… ## [Tried to buy a pint, Finding a Trojan: My First Malware Analysis](https://blog.michaelrbparker.com/post/17) _2026-04-02 · contact@michaelrbparker.com (Michael Parker) · Tea's Blog - The Thoughts of Michael_ This story all started with me and some mates wanting to get a drink in one of those cool, trendy hipster places you see online (I promise I'm only 20, apparently that sentence makes me sound old). The site loads for a brief moment and then redirects you to a Cloudflare looking page. You press verif... ## [Lamb Dopiaza](https://blog.michaelrbparker.com/post/16) _2026-01-11 · contact@michaelrbparker.com (Michael Parker) · Tea's Blog - The Thoughts of Michael_ ## Lamb Dopiaza \*\*Prep time:\*\* 20 mins (+30 mins marinade) \*\*Cook time:\*\* 60 mins \*\*Serves:\*\* 3-4 This rich curry features tender marinated lamb simmered in a spiced yogurt base for deep flavor. Fried onion petals are added at the very end to introduce a sweet, slightly crisp texture. !\[Dinne... ## [An Epidemic of Learned Helplessness](https://blog.michaelrbparker.com/post/15) _2026-01-01 · contact@michaelrbparker.com (Michael Parker) · Tea's Blog - The Thoughts of Michael_ Ok ok ok, I have a feeling this article might be a divisive one, and I accept that the people I speak to often have similar views to me, but I think we’re moving into an epidemic of learned helplessness. The skills of a programmer are fading away. I’m only 19, but I realise this article does have an... ## [Michael VS HackPompey Round 2](https://blog.michaelrbparker.com/post/14) _2025-12-15 · contact@michaelrbparker.com (Michael Parker) · Tea's Blog - The Thoughts of Michael_ ## Michael VS HackPompey Round 2 ### Pre-Waffle After attending and destroying \[my first hackathon last year\](https://blog.michaelrbparker.com/post/10) . I was itching for another one, so I went to Hack Pompey this year to defend my title (and for the free food and merch—okay, mostly for the f... ## [Earn crypto for idle GPUs (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/VpNr1kURs2pO) _2025-12-15 · **Sponsored**_ Run one CLI, host Qwen/Llama/Mistral, and earn BTC, ETH, SOL, or USDC ## [Indo-Chinese Chilli Chicken & Spinach](https://blog.michaelrbparker.com/post/13) _2025-12-03 · contact@michaelrbparker.com (Michael Parker) · Tea's Blog - The Thoughts of Michael_ ### Recipe Card: Indo-Chinese Chilli Chicken & Spinach This vibrant Indo-Chinese stir-fry transforms simple chicken chunks with a high-heat sear and a bold, salty glaze of soy sauce, fish sauce and Lemon juice. !\[\](https://blog.michaelrbparker.com/static/uploads/20251203\_183350.jpg) \*\*Yie... ## [How to Build a Smart RGB LED Strip Controller with a Raspberry Pi Zero W](https://blog.michaelrbparker.com/post/12) _2025-07-18 · contact@michaelrbparker.com (Michael Parker) · Tea's Blog - The Thoughts of Michael_ So this is a bit different. In a recent live stream, we coded an RGB strip light web control system using an old Raspberry Pi Zero W. After the stream, I received a few messages asking for a comprehensive guide on how to set it all up, so here it is, along with the demo. !\[Demo of lights working\]... ## [How to Ask Programming Questions Online (A Small Rant)](https://blog.michaelrbparker.com/post/11) _2025-05-24 · contact@michaelrbparker.com (Michael Parker) · Tea's Blog - The Thoughts of Michael_ I hang around on many programming servers, forums, and other chatrooms. While \_in person\_ you can get away with: \> \*\*'Hey mate, can you take a quick look at this?'\*\* Online, you’ll either be \*\*ignored\*\* or \*\*mocked\*\* for this approach. ---------- ### The Dreaded: “Does Anyone Here Know P... ## [Hack Pompey 2025. My first hackathon](https://blog.michaelrbparker.com/post/10) _2025-04-07 · contact@michaelrbparker.com (Michael Parker) · Tea's Blog - The Thoughts of Michael_ I want to start by saying Hack Pompey was an absolute blast – thank you so much to the Hack Pompey team and Sea Change for putting this together. I'm writing this two weeks later, so I may have forgotten a few minor details, but this is how I won... I feel like we need some starting context for t... ## [How i made a basic trading bot for stock and crypto](https://blog.michaelrbparker.com/post/9) _2025-03-15 · contact@michaelrbparker.com (Michael Parker) · Tea's Blog - The Thoughts of Michael_ There are two fundamental problems with people. The biggest one is that they sleep. When we are sleeping, we are not making money, and as Warren Buffett probably said, 'If you are not earning money while you're sleeping, then you will never be drinking rum on a yacht the size of Abu Dhabi's.' ... ## [Using ML and AI for stock price prediction](https://blog.michaelrbparker.com/post/8) _2025-02-20 · contact@michaelrbparker.com (Michael Parker) · Tea's Blog - The Thoughts of Michael_ Welcome back to yet another journey into AI (still highly caffeinated—Yorkshire Tea is the best brand of tea). If you haven't read \[my first AI article, I'd recommend doing so here.\](https://blog.michaelrbparker.com/post/5) Otherwise, the TL;DR is that I'm brand new to the whole AI development thing... ## [HTML Elements and Their Summaries](https://blog.michaelrbparker.com/post/7) _2025-01-20 · contact@michaelrbparker.com (Michael Parker) · Tea's Blog - The Thoughts of Michael_ # HTML Elements and Their Summaries Nothing fancy just a few of the most common HTML elements and a one word summary to help out with your web dev exam. ## Head Section Elements - \*\*\`head\`\*\*: Contains metadata about the document, such as links to stylesheets and scripts. - \*\*\`title\`\*\*: Defi... ## [My 52 Weeks of madness](https://blog.michaelrbparker.com/post/6) _2025-01-06 · contact@michaelrbparker.com (Michael Parker) · Tea's Blog - The Thoughts of Michael_ ## 52 Projects in 2025: Join the Challenge! I'm trying to make 52 projects this year. I'm mostly attempting this project to practise coming up with ideas. I'm not sure if it is even a skill someone can learn, but we will try it. It could also be a cool way to learn a few new tricks. I am thinki... ## [My (highly caffeinated) journey to unlock the hidden knowledge of AI.](https://blog.michaelrbparker.com/post/5) _2024-12-24 · contact@michaelrbparker.com (Michael Parker) · Tea's Blog - The Thoughts of Michael_ Welcome to my (highly caffeinated) journey to unlock the hidden knowledge of AI. I have no idea how AI or ML works, but I have been invited to join an AI research paper, so I'm here to document my learning journey. I started off reading the Blitz PyTorch course, mostly as I had been told it was t... ## [How I made a Pure CSS Pumpkin.](https://blog.michaelrbparker.com/post/4) _2024-10-29 · contact@michaelrbparker.com (Michael Parker) · Tea's Blog - The Thoughts of Michael_ Happy Halloween, I made this recently made this 100% CSS Pumpkin to get in to the spooky season spirit and some people would like to know how it was made. \