Public tidbits and discoveries that aren’t worth a full blog post but that I still wanted to write about. For a more fleshed out (and far less frequently updated) blog check out nikvdp.com.

No guarantees of accuracy, utility, sanity, or anything else provided.

20 Apr 2025

SQL IDEs that support DuckDB

I’ve been hacking on a project with DuckDB, and was shocked to discover that DBGate (my usual goto app for working with ...
07 Apr 2025

How to setup MacWhisper so you can talk to your computer for free

MacOS has had dictation features for a long time now, but the built-in dictation functionality is absolutely terrible. L...
29 Mar 2025

Get the latest Cursor right now (even if the update is still rolling)

tl;dr brew install --cask cursor Slightly longer version Cursor does rolling software updates, which means that it can t...
27 Mar 2025

Getting Audiobookshelf on Your iPhone (Even When TestFlight is Full)

Audiobookshelf is an open-source audiobook server that’s a pretty great alternative to apps like Audible. Unfortun...
18 Mar 2025

Editing images with Google Flash 2.0

Google’s Gemini Flash 2.0 made some waves when it came out with it’s ability to edit images, and it’s pretty cool. As of...
02 Mar 2025

Fancy screen recording on the cheap

I wanted an easy way to record screencasts and optionally have my webcam showing over the recording in a bubble and be a...
27 Feb 2025

Running QwenVL (qwen vision) locally with docker

TLDR Qwen’s vision models are the best open source vision models available, but are tricky to run locally because they’r...
12 Feb 2025

Experimenting with VS Code’s new Agent mode

In a refreshing change of pace the twitter and youtube crowd has been ooh-ing and ahh-ing over Github Copilot’s new agen...
08 Feb 2025

DIY monorepo flow with git subtree

Experimenting with getting a good monorepo setup going. The goal is to have something that’s easy to work with (ie it sh...
01 Feb 2025

Achieving the holy grail: vim bindings everywhere

So it turns out it’s possible to get vim bindings everywhere, in software, and sharing the same config on both macs, win...