Archive - The Bit Shift

Using WireGuard to Access Self Hosted Local AI Anywhere, Securely

Additionally Reflections on Local AI Over Hosted AI

Jul 18 •

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June 2024

Crafting The Ideal Merge Request

Think of Merge Requests as a nicely wrapped gift to your peers. It should make them happy and not annoyed.

Jun 20 •

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May 2024

Building an Optimal Software Development Environment - Part 4.5: Windows Terminal

Windows Excels at Multi Shell Use With Windows Terminal

May 23 •

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Building an Optimal Software Development Environment - Part 4: Terminals

The terminal is the critical portal to operating the command line succesfully

May 10 •

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April 2024

Building your own Coding Copilot using Local AIs in VS Code

Get local chat and inline suggestions from multiple Local AIs to enhance your abilities

Apr 28 •

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Building an Optimal Software Development Environment - Part 3: Browser Productivity

The browser is your portal to the wealth of the internet - treat it well

Apr 19 •

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Getting Secure Home Internet Access While Away

Often you will be away from home but would like to appear as on your home network or access home LAN resources. For this we can use a WireGuard setup…

Apr 13 •

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Running AI Locally and Privately for Free

No need to sacrifice your privacy in order to take advantage of AI and LLMs

Apr 2 •

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March 2024

Building an Optimal Software Development Environment - Part 2: Mental, Physical, and Soulful Wellbeing

Ensure your mind and body and spirit are in the right state to perform

Mar 29 •

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Building an Optimal Software Development Environment - Part 1: Physical Layout

Optimize your office setup to write code faster

Mar 19 •

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Moving to Paid SubStack

Existing free subs get free paid sub for a year

Mar 16 •

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December 2023

Ledger Hacked: Pin your Dependencies

Dependency hack result in 600K theft via remote code loading

Dec 14, 2023 •

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