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Recent Posts

loclaude: Running Claude Code with Local Ollama Models

The usage limits for the Anthropic Pro Plan are buns. Here's how to supplement your workflow with Ollama.

Ubuntu 24.04 Developer Environment Setup Guide

This guide provides reproducible steps for setting up a consistent software developer environment across different Ubuntu 24.04 installation types. This guide elicits my preferences in an Ubuntu linux environment, but can be scaled up or down rather easily.

Release Updates for June 2025, Waavy v0.1.6 (Pre-Release)

Nick's June 2025 update. What happened this month? We started the waavy project, we started to build an ext4 compatible filesystem and virtual filesystem driver in typescript (Even though no one asked me to, or for it for that matter), and the dogs got some long overdue baths.