100 Commits and Beyond: The Vibe Coding Journey

100 Commits and Beyond: The Vibe Coding Journey

I started vibe coding projects as a learning experience to embrace the ever evolving AI-driven future. I continue to learn new tips and tricks daily on ho...

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Security Tips and Tools To Keep You Safe

Security Tips and Tools To Keep You Safe

AI is moving at a breakneck speed, with new tools and apps dropping daily. One way to keep up is social media, but you have to be careful. Accounts post s...

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Host Your Own Image and Video AI Generation With OpenHiggsfield

Host Your Own Image and Video AI Generation With OpenHiggsfield

Higgsfield just open-sourced their image and video generation software, and this is a significant moment for anyone who wants to run their own AI media pi...

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Optimizing AI Workflows with AI Literacy Superpowers

Optimizing AI Workflows with AI Literacy Superpowers

I've been experimenting with structuring AI agent workflows the same way I'd structure a team: defined roles, documented conventions, and a CI harness to ...

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The Solopreneur's Guide to Gitea + Portainer Auto-deployments

The Solopreneur's Guide to Gitea + Portainer Auto-deployments

Hosting your own server is a great way to maintain control over your most personal data. I'm going to walk through a high-level configuration using Cloudf...

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Roll Your Own Email Server

Roll Your Own Email Server

De-monopolizing my digital life has been something I've been chipping away at for a while now, and the lowest hanging fruit turned out to be email. Lettin...

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๐ŸŽ‰ Happy 2026! ๐ŸŽ‰

๐ŸŽ‰ Happy 2026! ๐ŸŽ‰

This is going to be a short post โ€” mostly me holding myself accountable and trying to kick-start the habit of writing again in 2026. The clock keeps tick...

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TIL: Kamal Deployments, Data Migrations, and Lessons Learned

TIL: Kamal Deployments, Data Migrations, and Lessons Learned

With a new Ruby on Rails version comes new gadgets, tools, and learnings. I've been building out a new Rails 8 app โ€” moving fast, trying to ship ideas qui...

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Howdy World ๐Ÿค  Let's Vibe

Howdy World ๐Ÿค  Let's Vibe

Howdy World ๐Ÿ‘‹ Welcome to my blog. I'm Kurt โ€” a software engineer with a longtime itch to build products of my own. I'm using this as a public forum to doc...

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