Featured Blog Posts
Syncthing for Obsidian: Free, Private, and Truly Annoying
Syncthing is the only free Obsidian sync that never touches someone else's server. Here is the full setup, the best practices, and the flaw nobody warns you ...
How to Sync Obsidian on iPhone and iPad for Free in 2026
Four ways to sync your Obsidian vault to an iPhone or iPad without paying for Obsidian Sync, and why iOS is harder than every other platform.
The Agent Skills Guide I Wish I'd Had
A working developer's guide to agent skills: what they are, how Claude Code actually loads them, and the quirks for every other coding agent worth using.
Microsoft APM - Managing AI Context Like a Dependency Problem
I went from syncing AI skills across devices to building a full declarative infrastructure for agent context. Here's how APM makes skills easier to use in mo...
Vibe Coding Examples: 15 Projects I Actually Built with AI
Fifteen real vibe coding examples: what I built, which AI tool built each one, and what broke. Plus the 80 page report Claude generated from my notes.
Creating an Obsidian Plugin with Claude AI
I wrote the original script in Python. I had Claude perfect it, then convert it to an Obsidian plugin.
Building an Electron App from Scratch with Claude Code
In my last two posts on "vibe coding" I used Claude Desktop with MCP servers. Then I found out about Claude Code and now have a much better process.
Obsidian Web Clipper: Setup, Templates, and Custom Variables
How to set up Obsidian's Web Clipper in Chrome, use the highlighter, and build custom templates with variables, including a full IMDB template example.
How to Install, Activate, and Update Obsidian Plugins
Every way to install an Obsidian plugin: community plugins, manually from GitHub, and beta plugins with BRAT. Plus updating them and copying them to a new va...
How to Sync Obsidian for Free on Every Device (2026 Guide)
Sync your Obsidian vault across Mac, Windows, Linux, iPhone, and Android without paying for a subscription. Seven methods compared, with the real tradeoffs.
How I Finally Ditched Evernote for Joplin
The step by step process I used to migrate from Evernote to Joplin on two laptops, one phone, and a tablet.
Where to Find Freelance Writing Jobs: 60+ of the Best Sites and Newsletters
Sixty-four places to find paid freelance writing work: newsletters, paid writer programs, boards, and directories. Plus the five I would actually open first.
Recent Blog Posts
BMAD, Spec Kit, Superpowers, OpenSpec: Which Agent Skill Framework Fits Your Project Size
I researched 25 agent skill frameworks to find which one fits which size of project. The answer is weight classes, and one size has nothing.
Two Files and a Skill: How I Plan AI Coding Projects Without a Framework
The whole living-plan skill, start to finish. A planning doc, a task queue, one agent, and the rules that keep a project's memory from turning into sludge.
OpenCode 2 Ran My Old v1 Config Without Touching It. Here's What It Stopped Doing
OpenCode 2 renamed almost every config key, and I still upgraded without converting a thing. Here is what the migration guide says, what happened on my machi...
Remotely Save for Obsidian: S3 and WebDAV Sync That Costs $0 on R2
Remotely Save syncs Obsidian to your own S3 bucket or WebDAV server. My 1.6GB vault costs nothing on Cloudflare R2. The setup and the catches.
Firecrawl Universal Scrape Can Read Podcasts. The Terms Say You Can't Keep Them.
Universal Scrape puts podcasts, contact records, traffic and financials behind one scrape call. I read the terms for every paid provider. Half forbid what a ...
Eleven Deep Research Tools That Live Inside Your Coding Agent, and the One I Forked
I forked somebody else's research pipeline, spent 45 commits fixing it, and then wrote a page telling people when to use one of eleven other tools instead. H...
Constraints Breed Creativity (Until You Hand Them to AI)
Ten minutes, keep your hand moving, don't cross out. The most recommended creativity advice in the world is an arbitrary rule. Here's what the rule is actual...
Before You Write a Scraper, Check Firecrawl Alexandria
Firecrawl's Alexandria sells the structured version of data you'd otherwise scrape: model benchmarks, app reviews, economic data, company records. Browsing i...
Model Buzz
November 03, 2026
Gemini 4 Carbon Is #1, and You Can't Use It
Google announced Gemini 4 Carbon on October 28, and by the end of the week it was the top model on both boards I track.
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