Category: Blog

Navigating the Reality of the Matter Smart Home in 2026

A deep dive into the state of Matter over Thread in 2026, researching the landscape and sharing my personal experience upgrading my smart home.

My Journey from Brave to Vivaldi

My experience switching from Brave to Vivaldi and why it's a game changer for power users.

Self-Host Obsidian Sync in 10 Minutes with Docker

Self-host your Obsidian Sync server with Docker and CouchDB in 10 minutes. Take control of your data with this private, local-first setup.

Next Project, New Stack: Why PHP Won't Power My API

Why I'm moving away from Laravel for my next high-concurrency API project in favor of performance-focused languages like Go or Rust.

Using Antigravity AI to Build Websites

Learn how Antigravity AI helped me build invoicing software and migrate to Vite. Explore the benefits and future of agentic coding for web development.

Auto Deploying Astro on a VPS

Learn how to auto-deploy your Astro site to a VPS like DigitalOcean running Ubuntu using GitHub Webhooks and a Laravel API.

Setting Up Astro From Wordpress

Learn how I converted over 200 WordPress posts to markdown using the wordpress-export-to-markdown tool for my Astro migration.

I Am No Longer On WordPress

After more than two decades on WordPress, I've migrated my website to Astro, a modern static site generator. Here's a look at the challenges and benefits of this transition.

Rebooting My Blog: Games, Tech, and Code, Here We Go!

Join me as I reboot my blog! I'm diving back into gaming, tech reviews, and coding tutorials. Let's explore the digital frontier together, one post at a time.