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2026-05-08 Notes(opens in new tab)
yesterday: [[2026-05-04-notes]] [[the-relief-of-earning]]
2026-05-12 Notes(opens in new tab)
yesterday: [[2026-05-08-notes]] [[reflection-john-1421]] [[blog-and-llm-knowledge-base]] Wins making progress in [[dataops]] zfs setup for projects and what I h
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yesterday: [[2026-05-12-notes]] [[reflection-psalm-305]]
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2026-05-27 Notes(opens in new tab)
yesterday: [[2026-05-22-notes]] [[fwbg-genesis-3-2]]
Agents can miss obvious things too(opens in new tab)
I am working with MiniMax M.2 to vibe up some webapp ideas for [[Nexus]] and I just spent many minutes not having the app render correctly because the agent mou
Aurora and KDE Window Managment with KZones(opens in new tab)
I have used a variety of window managers on a variety of distros and OS's over the last several years and because my hardware usage feels regularly in flux
Blog and LLM Knowledge Base(opens in new tab)
Dev Thinking about [this tweet from Andrej Karpathy](https://x.com/i/status/2039805659525644595) about LLM knowledge bases. I maintain a blog like this one at w
Clankers(opens in new tab)
An appropriately derogatory reference to AI agents
Data Loading is a Huge Deal(opens in new tab)
I've been thinking about the work I am doing and have to do in my role at Cat, in Cat Autonomy, building Forge (see [[forge-ahead]]). I feel like I have li
Easter 2026(opens in new tab)
He Is Risen What does it mean that "He is risen"? What does it mean to me? for me? for the world? I think the question matters to everyone, Jesus did
For My Own Sake I Do It(opens in new tab)
!!! note "Isaiah 48:9-11" My thoughts here feel hard to put together - it's a comforting thing to me to hear God say he restrains his anger for t
FWBG - Genesis - 1.1(opens in new tab)
The stars are the work of God's fingers: !!! note "Psalm 8:3" But salvation is the work of his right hand: !!! note "Psalm 98:1" In Gen
FWBG - Genesis - 1.2(opens in new tab)
Theological Implicationf of Creation "Let there be..." God's Word is the agency of creation Jesus commanded Lazarus to come out of the grave !!!
FWBG - Genesis - 3.2(opens in new tab)
Resist Temptation Eve was tempted by sin by litening to the great deceiver. But it wasn't just that she **heard** the serpent, she participated in the conv
FWBG - Genesis - 3.3(opens in new tab)
On the Fall The consequences of the fall were immediate and great: shame (humans recognize their nakedness and cover up) separation (humans are banished from Pa
God's Zeal for Justice Amont Men Displayed in the Divine Counsel(opens in new tab)
[link to sermon](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edlishFtHHE) !!! note "Psalm 82" !!! note "Ephesians 1:15-22" !!! note "Ephesians 2:4-
It Will Be Hard To Do More(opens in new tab)
Recently I was given a raise at work after I broached the subject with my manager. I wasn't sure what the outcome would be but I have learned two things in
KDE Shortcuts for Desktop and Window Navigation(opens in new tab)
This isn't my entire /home/nic/.config/kglobalshortcutsrc, just the sections that I customized as I'm setting up my desktop from the great [[desktop-c
Logos Webapp Dark Theme(opens in new tab)
[[stylus-for-custom-webpage-themes]] install [stylus](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/styl-us/) get [logos theme](moz-extension://74e88bf4-4a5e-4
My Thoughts on Beads(opens in new tab)
[Steve Yegge](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Yegge) is a pretty well-known individual in the tech field, having been around for a long time at some of the
Panicking Led to Losing My Desktop(opens in new tab)
False Sense of Security I thought I had backups handled... can you imagine how the rest of this post is going to go with that intro? To be fair, I do have backu
paynepride dot com outage on vacation(opens in new tab)
The day after I leave for vacation I start getting SSL errors on every homelab service I host for myself and others. The culprit was my Cloudflare API token exp
Pulled Pork Notes(opens in new tab)
April 2026 Threw 2 shoulders in the Traegar this morning. This time I didn't put much thought into the seasonings, we'll see how they turn out. Hot Ho
reflection - Jeremiah 17:17(opens in new tab)
!!! note "Jeremiah 17:17" Spurgeon's reflection on this verse this morning hits hard... The path of the Christian is not always bright with sunsh
Reflection - John 14:21(opens in new tab)
Meditation !!! note "John 14:21" The Lord reveals himself... it's not more complicated than that. I've spent years in apologetics (defending
Reflection - John 16:33(opens in new tab)
related: [[advent-john-16-33]] I re-read my advent reflection and by God's grace I was in a different frame of mind then. The loss of mindset is certainly
Reflection - Luke 22:48(opens in new tab)
Spurgeon's **Morning and Evening** today I almost skipped, not that I'm diligent to sit down every day anyways, but because I'm struggling with s
Reflection - Psalm 30:5(opens in new tab)
Meditation !!! note "Psalm 30:5" I'm not sure how to feel about the thoughts in my head over this verse and meditation this morning, only because
Remote Terraform State Requires Working Traefik... DUH!(opens in new tab)
I'm working on some spring cleaning in my homelab and backed myself into a hilarious corner yesterday. I use Open Tofu for any of my Terraform needs now, a
The Irony of 10x(opens in new tab)
Opener Agentic coding has been an exciting change to me over the last couple of months specifically. I've been using AI tools for a few years now but somet
The Relief of Earning(opens in new tab)
The Setup Work has been crazy for months, and I haven't written too much about it, a few notes here and there but nothing substantial. The craziness is sou
The Wrath to Come pt 2(opens in new tab)
The Beginning [[the-wrath-to-come]] is only the beginning, because for the true son or daughter of the King, the wrath directed at the enemy, at the threat, is
To Live In A World Without AI(opens in new tab)
I'm finding lately that I wish we could go back to pre-ChatGPT... A world without a code-gen easy button, where "easy" was LSP autocomplete, wher
Retros Suck, But They Don’t Have To(opens in new tab)
A short, cynical guide to running retros that don’t waste everyone’s time.
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Where I'm At(opens in new tab)
Last updated: 8th January 2026 Life has calmed down and I’m officially on holiday. First time in my entire career I’ve been between jobs and I’m enjoying the change of pace but also looking forward to the next challenge. ⚙️ ...