Claude Code and AI
So we recently got Claude Code at work, and I’ve been using it a bit. I’ve been pleasantly surprised with how well it’s been working so far. I decided to go and use it for some of my side projects … Continue reading
Zephyr and West configuration with mcuboot
When using Zephyr, it is common to use mcuboot as the bootloader. However, you sometimes need to configure mcuboot separately from Zephyr. In order to do this, use: The thing to remember here is that when we are doing a … Continue reading
Thoughts on immigration and pro-life issues
I realize that my site here is mostly a geared towards a technical audience(however limited that is), but there comes a time that I feel the need to speak up on current events in the US. This is one of … Continue reading
Why Arduino is a great platform for development
So I’ve been messing around with Arduinos a lot lately, and I figured I should take some time to explain why I feel that Arduino is one of the best ways to program microcontrollers(with some caveats, of course). Pro #1: … Continue reading
Screen Recording with GNOME 3
So I just had a bit of an adventure here today with GNOME3 and trying to get screen recording to work. I run Debian 12 on all of my systems, and the screen recording works fine on my desktop but … Continue reading
Musings on AI
As we’ve seen in the news lately, ChatGPT has been making a lot of headlines with people saying things such as “AI” about it. I haven’t used ChatGPT or any of the other “AI” systems that have now been released(e.g. … Continue reading
What do you tell a soldier who thinks they are a military genius but really isn’t?
“Quit Patton yourself on the back”
Replacing headlights in an Athearn SD40
A few years ago, I got an Athearn SD40 in C&O livery: Unfortunately, the incandescent lights that the Athearn locomotives come with by default are terrible and don’t last very long, so this locomotive has been running without lights for … Continue reading
Dumb Joke
Have you heard of the new short-form video app for software developers? It’s called Tcl/Tk.
Stupid C++ Threads and Lambdas
For a unit test that I’m writing for some code at the moment, I need to create a thread that doesn’t do anything. Well, the easiest way to do this is to do a lambda function. And since we don’t … Continue reading