mcp
How Model Context Protocol (MCP) Works
Breakdown of the Model Context Protocol (MCP) that enables AI applications to communicate with external data sources and tools through a client-server architecture.
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Running long scripts without losing sleep
Checksums, receipts, control files and verified archives. The boring habits that turn a risky one-off script into something you can pause, resume, audit and hand over.
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15 notes drawn from experience in technology, leadership, and the work between.
tech
Rethinking Technical Meetings: Beyond Slide Decks
Technical meetings that are driven by slide decks are bound to be complete disasters, here is a better alternative!
startups
Navigating startup choices: my top 10 evaluation tips
This article offers an insightful guide for those considering joining a startup, especially in a founding engineer role. It emphasizes important factors to consider.
academia
Universities don't prepare for the job market
Universities should stop promoting themselves as institutions that prepare their students for the job market. They aren't.
content creation
How much can you really earn creating content on Youtube!
The sober truth of how much you really earn creating content on Youtube. I've been creating content for 2 years, with 150+ videos uploaded and I'm sharing my...
leadership
Understanding and utilizing team dynamics for success
Taking on the roles within a team that best serve the team and demonstrating value can set individuals up for success and improve the entire team.
enterprise
Sometimes, you have to watch an organisation burn to progress
Overcompensation maintains the status quo. Without a transparent feedback loop, the wrong message is communicated upwards and no progress is ever made.
containers
Setting up podman and docker-compose on MacOS
Instructions for setting up podman and docker-compose on MacOS
github
Using GitHub Apps to call the APIs
An overview of GitHub Apps and an introduction to ghtoken's basic use cases.
github
Adopting the command design pattern for GitHub Actions
A simple design pattern that will help you build maintainable actions.
macos
Automating Backups on macOS with Dropbox fish and launchd
Using launchd to schedule automatic backups
aws
Fixing AWS API Gateway CORS problems with Terraform
While working on my AWS Step Functions post post I had to setup a REST endpoint to trigger an state machine execution. I was using Terraform to automate...
aws
Planning on using AWS Step Functions? Think again
Deep dive into AWS Step Functions. Step Functions is a great product for a specific set of use cases.
ghes
Auth0 Roles Management for GitHub Enterprise Server
Use Auth0 rules to manage SAML assertion mapping