Build a private, self-hosted, and extensible productivity notes-taking system using Directus and Docker - inspired by Obsidian and single-file workflows

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The last note taking app you'll ever need

This guide will detail step-by-step how to set up a cheap and simple server to host your web apps.

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How to set up a VPS for hosting web apps

Reducing prompt complexity, enabling deterministic testing, and bringing type safety to AI workflows for production use

prod-ready-llms

How Structured Output makes LLMs usable in production

How to build and publish a custom component library that can save time, boost consistency, and streamline development for both solo devs and teams. 

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The long-term payoff of building a component library

A walkthrough of automating Hacker News ‘Who’s Hiring’ threads — using web scraping, GPT, and GitHub Actions to generate structured markdown tables.

Blog posts

The last note taking app you'll ever need

How to set up a VPS for hosting web apps

How Structured Output makes LLMs usable in production

The long-term payoff of building a component library

How I automated parsing Hacker News hiring threads into markdown