W. Jason Gilmore

Ironman Training Diary - Another 1/2 Marathon Complete

I ran another 1/2 marathon to benchmark fitness improvements. Things seem to be moving in the right direction.

Ironman Training Diary - June 24, 2026

Been a few weeks since the last update.

Ironman Training Diary - May 26, 2026 Run

Easy 5K run after the holiday

Ironman Training Diary - May 19, 2026

New friends and another hot run

Opening Files Faster In Vim with fzf

Quickly open any file in Vim using the fzf fuzzy finder

Ironman Training Diary - May 18, 2026

A lot of pushups and dialing back my run pace

Migrating a Corporate Marketing Site to AstroJS and Cloudflare Pages Using Claude Code

Cloudflare Pages and Claude Code can dramatically reduce corporate marketing site hosting costs while increasing productivity

Ironman Training Diary - May 14, 2026

Tired legs and an initial Apollo analysis

Ironman Training Diary - May 12, 2026

Protein shake recipe, more running

Ironman Training Diary - May 11, 2026

Another training run, bike research

Timman vs Larsen - Sicilian Defense

Perhaps my favorite example of the Sicilian Defense. A masterpiece game.

Ironman Training Diary - May 9, 2026

Strong group run

Ironman Training Diary - May 8, 2026

Stretching, cycling, and pizza

Ironman Training Diary - May 7, 2026

Ironman Training Diary - What am I Getting Myself Into?

Overanalyzing My Poor 1/2 Marathon Performance

I'm not obsessing I swear.

My 1/2 Marathon Strategy as a Slow Starter

My 1/2 marathon strategy for upcoming race.

Resolving Dependabot Issues with Claude Code

Learn how to use Claude Code to resolve Dependabot alerts and keep your dependencies up to date

Identifying Software Subject Matter Experts with ContributorIQ

ContributorIQ identifies true subject matter experts in codebases by analyzing git history, helping buyers and engineering leaders assess key person risk.

Testing a Laravel MCP Server Using Herd and Claude Desktop

Use this snippet to test your local Laravel MCP server with Claude Desktop

Goodbye Software Guilds, Hello Software Factories

The job of building software is changing faster than most would like to believe.

Books I Read In 2025

A summary of all the books I read in 2025

Introducing SecurityBot

Introducing SecurityBot, the all-in-one performance, uptime, SEO, and security monitoring tool

10,000 Pushups And Other Silly Exercise Quests That Changed My Life

A few thoughts regarding my climb from 0 to 10,000 pushups in less than a year.

Toggling Between Fullscreen Editor and Terminal In VSCode and Cursor

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Minimal SaaS Technical Due Diligence

Thoughts about completing M&A technical due diligence on a tight timeline

Minimum Viable Expectations for Developers and AI

Setting a few simple standards regarding AI usage within your development team will make all the difference.

Installing an Example MySQL Database

Download, install, and configure the Sakila (DVD Store) MySQL database

Model Context Protocol, Product Demos, and the New App Store

Is MCP ushering in an entirely new type of app store?

Viewing Claude Desktop MCP Server Logs

Debugging Claude Desktop MCP servers can be a drag, but tailing the log helps

Notes On the Present State of MCP Servers

MCP servers are an emerging technology with enormous promise and the potential to change how we use the Internet.

Building Businesses with AI

In this video I will explain how I used Google Gemini, DALL-E, and Cursor to research and build a subscription business called SpiesInDC.

Building Menubar Apps with AI

I have started building menubar apps with AI. Here are my early observations.

Two Day Rome Itinerary

Years ago I spent a lot of time exploring the Eternal City, and put this travel itinerary together for fellow travelers.

Japanese Short Story - Going to the Grocery Store

There seem to be very few Japanese language short stories useful for beginning learners, so I have started writing my own. This story is about a trip to the grocery store.

Programming Games

I love games that are fun while teaching the user something practical. There are a lot of programming- and technology-related games which fit this definition so I thought I would compile a list for easy reference.

How to See All Of Your JIRA Notifications In One Place

It can be difficult to keep track of your JIRA notifications, particularly when managing multiple projects. This post shows you how to regain control.

Switching Between English and Hiragana Keyboards on Mac

Macs offer a convenient solution for seamlessly switching between English and Hiragana alphabets. I regularly switch between the two when working on my Japanese language homework.

Connecting to a Raspberry Pi Using VNC on macOS

I recently started using an old flatscreen TV as a Raspberry Pi-powered monitor and needed to connect to it using VNC.

A Career Spent Struggling with Web Design and Why the Future Looks Bright

A look back at struggling with developing user interfaces for the web, and why the future looks amazing.

Disabling SSL Validation in Bruno

The Bruno API client is great but you will probably need to make a minor configuration change when using it in conjunction with local Laravel development environments like Herd.

Disabling Axios SSL Certificate Validation

The NodeJS Axios library will by default verify the supplied server certificate against the associated certificate authority, which will fail if you are using a self-signed certificate.

Blitz Building with AI

AI coding assistants can provide enormous productivity gains. Learn how I used them to create two B2B SaaS MVPs in less than 15 hours.

Laravel Jetstream: Changing the Login Redirection URL

Laravel redirects logged in users to the dashboard route. I needed to change this behavior to redirect the user elsewhere. This post explains how I did it.

Disable Hiragana to Kanji Conversion on Mac

Macs offer a convenient solution for seamlessly switching between English and Hiragana alphabets. I regularly switch between the two when working on my Japanese language homework.

Disabling Foreign Key Constraints When Loading MySQL Data

Disable foreign key checks when loading data into an InnoDB storage engine-backed MySQL database

Validating Identical Passwords With the Zend Framework

Zend Framework 1.10.5 added enhanced support for comparing form input

Running PostgreSQL in a Docker Container

This article shows how to run PostgreSQL in a Docker container on macOS.

Undoing a Git Merge

Git is great, but can be intimidating. One scary situation pertains to figuring out how to undo mistakenly merged code. This short tutorial shows you how.

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Zend_Form

This post shows you how to override Zend_Form defaults