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Dec 19, 2024

Dragon Riding: The Art of Vibe Coding

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Programming is changing. We’re moving away from the era of manual, line-by-line character entry and into something much more… visceral. Some call it “Vibe Coding,” but to me, it’s Dragonning or Dragon Riding.

The name started as a joke. A friend and I were talking about the old way of coding versus this new, agentic, AI-led approach. We joked that people are still coding manually and expecting to keep their jobs blissfully unaware of the dragons!

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Aug 31, 2022

Installing Jellyfin Media System

Jellyfish what?

No, “Jellyfin”.

It is a free, open source media system that allows to collect, manage and stream your media to all of you devices.

It’s like having your personal Netflix!

1. Install Docker

Update apt just in case

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Mar 25, 2021

Command line variables on Flutter using --dart-define

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This post explains how to send command line variables and use them with flutter.

Why send variables via command line?

Being able to set a variable through command line comes in very handy whenever you want to change the variable depending on the environment/client it’s being built for. Without having to change code manually every time.

A few common use cases would be

–dart-define to the rescue

--dart-define helps send key-value pairs to flutter at build time.

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Mar 20, 2021

What do I use?

What do I use to make my days a bit easier

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Mar 21, 2021

In the beginning

I’ve always wanted to set up a website, a blog, and write.

Not that I had something to say online, I just wanted to blabber and share bits and pieces from time to time.

I’ve tried out a few blogging platforms before but never stuck with them. They were too formal. I wanted a place where I can be informal. Just write and publish.

I liked HEY World, but it came only with their email service which was too expensive for me. Moreover, I was happy with my current email service/client so I did not want to get a @hey account just for this.

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