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Developing a Windows Theme Auto-Switcher with Claude: An AI Pair Programming Journey
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Recently, I decided to create a Windows application that would automatically switch between light and dark themes based on sunrise and sunset times. Instead of tackling this project alone, I worked with Claude 3.5 Sonnet as my pair programming partner. Here’s how that experience went. The Initial Concept My goal was simple: create a…
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The Mystery of the Indestructible Folder: A Windows NTFS Experience
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As someone who’s no stranger to the intricacies of Windows and NTFS, I thought I had seen it all—until I encountered a folder on my external drive that refused to be deleted. What should have been a straightforward task turned into a head-scratching journey through NTFS permissions, hidden attributes, and the peculiarities of Windows…
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Merging and Moving Folders in Windows: Why So Complicated?
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Moving or merging folders in Windows can be unexpectedly frustrating. If you’ve tried a simple move or mv command in PowerShell only to see baffling errors, you’re not alone. Let’s look at some common gotchas, why they occur, and which tool might actually be “one tool to rule them all.” The Problem You have…
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Adding Diacritics to Letters with PowerToys
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Today I found out Microsoft PowerToys has added a new feature called QuickAccent that lets you add diacritic marks and other special characters related to a letter you click. For example, you can add e-tilde (é) for Spanish languages by clicking the letter ‘e’ then quickly holding down a trigger key to pop up…
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The Case for a Redesign of WordPress Admin panel
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The WordPress Admin interface is undeniably one of the most pivotal entry points into the WordPress ecosystem for millions of users and developers. However, despite its critical importance, it has long suffered from design issues that hinder productivity and usability. Below, I address some of the most pressing concerns and propose potential solutions to…
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Understanding Block-Based Themes and the New Workflow for WordPress
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Note: This article was generated with ChatGPT-4o based on a conversation I had with it. Recently, I updated my WordPress website to use a block-based theme, and it came with a major shift in how the homepage and overall site design are managed. If you’ve been using traditional WordPress themes like I had, this…
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Zeffy Donation Form Demo
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3 ways to embed Zeffy donate into website. Note, the black border will not show up in the website. Button Popup
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My time working at St. Francis Hospital
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When I started working here, the kitchen floor was always dirty, and equipment was dirty and often unmaintained. Various areas with equipment had caked on layers of grease. The dish room was poorly run, and a workflow nightmare, and the delivery carts had mold growing in them. Most workers didn’t care about the cleanliness,…
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Does OOP reduce bugs?
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I was reading some article about OOP, a well-written article with better detail and an author with more robust industry experience in programming, about The Faster You Unlearn OOP, The Better For You And Your Software. The author articulates a lot of good points in a technical manner, but I noticed one of the…
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C’s popularity is its only asset
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A few days ago I saw this Instagram short. One of many like it that I’ve seen over the years, listing popular coding languages. I hate these kinds of lists. Popularity has not and never will be an appropriate measuring stick for the quality of a language. People do this all the time because…
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How to Hard Refresh Any Browser on Mobile and PC the RIGHT way
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tl;dr: You have to access the specific site’s cache information by using a button to the left of the URL in your browser. In most browsers, this should be a little lock icon for “security”. Microsoft Edge and Chrome: If you’re here, you know you’re looking at a page that has outdated information and…
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ChatGPT explains Simple and Mathematical explanations of Quantum Computing
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I’ve been using ChatGPT for a while to learn about programming, however most of what I want to learn has changed since the original dataset was created for ChatGPT, so it gives me outdated answers on some things involving Flutter and Dart language. I’ve always wondered about Quantum Computing, because it was never explained…
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How to hide YouTube suggested videos at end of video
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Unhook – Remove YouTube Recommended Videos – Microsoft Edge Addons Sometimes it is nice to not be distracted by the thumbnails of videos that keep you hooked on YouTube. To get better work done, especially if you have ADD or ADHD, this plugin for most major web browsers will remove many distractions and annoyances.…
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How not to bastardize mathematical notation in a language.
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Why are we using == and := for operators in programming languages when we could have used =? and left = alone? This is so much more readable and visually intuitive!if(a =? b)while(a =? b) And we could have unified the notation with >? and <? …if(a <? b)It is much clearer that we’re…
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Reason #1 to avoid Java: Annotations
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Annotations Annotations started out as a simple feature in Java for signalling to the tools that read Java code the values of common information, like @author of a piece of code. You know, things that you needed to annotate within your code. Think: NOTE. You would mark your annotation with an @ followed by…
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