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https://vale.rocks/posts/build-use-and-improve-tools · 21 Mar 2025
Why developers should create custom tools for repetitive tasks and one-off needs, with discussion of how LLMs can accelerate tool development, the learning benefits of building utilities, and how personal tools become valuable assets in your workflow and b...
https://vale.rocks/posts/respecting-user-preference · 7 Mar 2025
Discussion of why respecting user preferences is satisfying, covering how respecting user autonomy, embracing diversity, solving dual-nature problems, practicing quality craftsmanship, and seeing visible impact creates fulfilling work beyond mere functiona...
https://www.coryd.dev/posts/2025/generating-absolute-urls-in-my-rss-feeds · 5 Mar 2025
My RSS feeds are generated by 11ty at build time from a Liquid.js template. When I wrote posts and link elsewhere on my site I use a bookmarklet to capture the URI for linking. To ensure I have absolute URLs in my feeds, I use a filter to convert said URIs...
https://www.coryd.dev/posts/2025/alternatives-to-us-tech-platforms · 4 Mar 2025
With the US rapidly devolving into a failed state with the endorsement (both full-throated and tepid) of many tech leaders, I’d urge you to reconsider your use of any tech platforms and tools offered by companies based here. Donating to a fascist’s ina...
https://www.coryd.dev/posts/2025/dynamic-pages-with-php-and-11ty · 12 Feb 2025
When I moved this site to my own hosting I rewrote the dynamic code that had previously been handled by edge functions in PHP. To speed up build times and make things scale nicely as I add more content and pages, I recreated my media pages as an amalgam of...
https://www.coryd.dev/posts/2025/403ing-questionable-referrals · 1 Feb 2025
I'm 403ing AI crawlers and now I'm 403ing what I find to be questionable referrers.
https://vale.rocks/posts/the-flow-state · 21 Jan 2025
A description and look at the productive trance that is the flow state (AKA zen state). An attempt at capturing in words the essence of complete cognitive immersion and the enthralling rush it brings.
https://gui.do/post/4-options-to-customize-your-llm/ · 10 Jan 2025
Explore four great ways to customize Large Language Models for your specific use case, from prompt engineering to fine-tuning and RAGs & MCPs.
https://www.coryd.dev/posts/2024/adventures-in-self-hosting · 30 Dec 2024
"What did you do over the break?" "I moved everything to my own hosting!" ... I mean, that's hardly everything and it's far from the most important thing (or set of things) that I did, but it is a thing .
https://www.coryd.dev/posts/2024/populating-env-vars-using-1password · 14 Dec 2024
I love automating things and — with that impulse entirely unchecked — I've written up a shell script to make setting this site up for local development even simpler.