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Notes on Drupal, web development, AI tools and content creation.

A Cautionary Tale About AI Code Editors (Cursor)

1 July 2025

Had a surprising moment with Cursor. I asked a simple question about a command, and its AI agent, with "auto run" enabled, decided to install Docker via Homebrew without any confirmation! While…

  • Web Development

Not renewing GitHub Copilot

17 April 2025

I've decided not to renew GitHub Copilot because there are other AI coding tools to explore. Looking forward to testing out: Which AI coding assistants are you using? 💻

  • Web Development

Markdown support in YouTube Descriptions

22 March 2025

Did you know that you can add Markdown to your YouTube video descriptions? A good use of this is separating out the description using different headers. The next time you want to format text, simply…

  • Content Creation

Blur region in Premiere Pro

23 February 2025

Keep your desktop organized before podcast interviews since guests may ask you to share your screen. If you need to blur something, consider using the Gaussian Blur effect in Premiere Pro.

  • Content Creation

AI tool to generate YouTube chapters

22 February 2025

I've been creating YouTube chapters for my livestream videos by hand - yes, I know, old-fashioned. I'm wondering if anyone can recommend an AI service that generates decent chapters, as all the ones…

Avoid Having Unstructured Conversations with AI

4 January 2025

I never thought I'd be writing so much while using AI!ㅤI've written a substantial prompt to convert a list of time codes from my live streams into a CSV format, which can then be imported into a…

  • Content Creation

When AI Services Become Overloaded

19 December 2024

This has now become a new workday anxiety when AI systems are overloaded. It always happens right in the middle of trying to get work done.

  • Content Creation

Customize Notion Layouts

26 October 2024

Notion added layout customization this week. As a developer, I'm excited to finally have control over page layouts and properties. ➜ Click "Customize layout" to modify the page. But I feel like I…

  • Notes

Why Google Sheets Beats Notion

8 October 2024

You spend months configuring Notion pages and templates, but sometimes, it's better to use a basic spreadsheet with simple dropdowns. A Google Sheet is much easier to handle and doesn't interfere…

  • Build in Public

Free ticket for ViteConf 2024

2 October 2024

Get your free ticket. October 3rd & 4th (Free Online) Conference I have my ticket for hashtag#ViteConf! Get yours! The ViteConf community will join the party!

  • Build in Public

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