GitHub is four skills pretending to be one
I have been on GitHub since 2013 and I have taught four coworkers how to use it for the first time. The thing I keep relearning is that “using GitHub” is not…
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GitHub Copilot CLI, from blank repo to pull request
Most developers already work in the terminal. You initialize projects there, run tests there, debug CI failures there. The friction in AI-assisted coding has always been the moment you have to leave…
GitHub Dev Days tour: paid seats, free skip
GitHub announced a “Dev Days” tour in March 2026, a series of in-person one-day events in 12 cities, mostly North American, where attendees can take a paid training class on Copilot, get…
OpenClaw, Google Spark, and the agent toolchain nobody saw coming
Six weeks after OpenClaw crossed 300,000 GitHub stars, Google walked onto the I/O stage and announced Gemini Spark. The two events are not actually connected in any technical sense, but they have…
Seven Ubuntu tweaks I run on every fresh install
I have installed Ubuntu on at least thirty machines in the last three years. Laptops for clients, a few home lab machines, two of my own. The first thing I do on…
Dozzle: the Docker log viewer that retired my SSH habit
A lightweight, real-time log viewer for Docker containers accessible from any browser.
When local models stopped being news, the real work began
Two years ago, running a local language model meant downloading 4-bit quantized weights (a compressed version of a model where the numbers that represent how strong each connection between neurons is have…
That $92K SUV: nice seats, software you’ll learn to hate
I test-drove a $92,000 luxury SUV last fall and walked out of the dealership thinking two things. The first was that the seats were nicer than the couch in my living room.…
Perchance writes stories in your browser, no signup, no quota
Most AI writing tools want your email before you even see what they can do. Perchance flips that model completely. Their AI Story Generator runs right in your browser, costs nothing, and…
OpenSign signs documents like DocuSign, without the per-seat bill
DocuSign costs $10 per month per user minimum. Adobe Sign starts at $13. HelloSign wants $15. If you run a small business and need multiple people sending documents for signature, those subscription…