Tag Index

Ai

• The Trough of Disillusionment October 15, 2024
• LLMs and Coding 6 months later May 28, 2025
• Experiments in Supervised Learning: Lessons from an old Recipe App June 13, 2025
• Experiments in Supervised Learning Part 2 June 14, 2025
• Experiments in Supervised Learning Part 3 June 23, 2025
• Experiments in Supervised Learning Part 4 June 28, 2025
• Can a Tiny LLM Beat A Supervised Model? July 26, 2025
• RAG Time: Cooking Up Smart Recipe Suggestions with AI and a Dash of Retrieval October 2, 2025
• Book Review: Vibe Coding January 6, 2026

Android

• Switching to Android 6 Months Later February 11, 2014
• Going Native March 4, 2016
• Using PhoneGap Preferences in an Android Native App March 12, 2016
• Phonegap, Be Wary of Plugins March 20, 2016

Api

• Serving the Cookbook: Creating an Endpoint for Recipe Recommendations August 30, 2025

Blog

• Ooh! Shiny! February 23, 2016
• Same, Same, but Different October 2, 2024

Blogging

• Moved from Tumblr to Github Pages August 22, 2013

Bootstrap

• Mobile Frameworks -- Bootstrap May 8, 2014

Browsers

• Browser X is the new IE August 3, 2015

Chrome

• Browser X is the new IE August 3, 2015

Controversy

• The Angular 2.0 Hullabaloo November 27, 2014

Cordova

• The State of HTML Mobile Frameworks in 2014 April 22, 2014
• Mobile Frameworks -- JQT (Formerly jqTouch) April 24, 2014
• Mobile Frameworks -- jQuery Mobile April 26, 2014
• Mobile Frameworks -- Bootstrap May 8, 2014
• Mobile Frameworks -- KendoUI July 28, 2014
• Mobile Frameworks - Ionic October 11, 2014
• Mobile Frameworks - OnsenUI October 16, 2014
• Lessons Learned from 5 Years of PhoneGap/Cordova Development February 21, 2015
• Going Native March 4, 2016
• Using PhoneGap Preferences in an Android Native App March 12, 2016
• Phonegap, Be Wary of Plugins March 20, 2016
• Should I use Cordova / Phonegap or go Native? September 3, 2016
• The State of HTML Mobile Frameworks in 2016 September 25, 2016
• Three More Years of PhoneGap/Cordova Lessons July 11, 2018

Craftwork

• Things I have learned in too many years of programming -- Comments June 1, 2014
• Things I have learned in too many years of programming -- IDEs July 27, 2014
• The Problem with Libraries August 17, 2014

Crystal ball

• How Microsoft is betting everything on Tablets July 24, 2012
• Windows 8, more thoughts October 24, 2012

Cygwin

• 5 Geeky Things I Love July 21, 2011

Dart

• Flutter: A quick look at a new Cross Platform Mobile App Toolkit October 15, 2017

Dataurl

• Data Url Display June 11, 2015

Dcvs

• I Finally Get Distributed Version Control July 8, 2010

Duh

• I Finally Get Distributed Version Control July 8, 2010

Firefox

• Browser X is the new IE August 3, 2015

Frameworks

• What Javascript Framework should I allow my developers to develop a SPA App, and what is a SPA App August 2, 2017

Gihub

• I Finally Get Distributed Version Control July 8, 2010

Github

• 5 Geeky Things I Love - 2013 August 22, 2013
• Moved from Tumblr to Github Pages August 22, 2013

Google

• The End of the Windows Desktop December 30, 2013

Google actions

• Creating A Google Home App February 4, 2018
• Creating A Google Home App Part 2 - The Game February 8, 2018
• Creating A Google Home App Part 3 - Refactoring and Scoring February 24, 2018

Google assistant

• Creating A Google Home App February 4, 2018
• Creating A Google Home App Part 2 - The Game February 8, 2018
• Creating A Google Home App Part 3 - Refactoring and Scoring February 24, 2018

Google home

• Creating A Google Home App February 4, 2018
• Creating A Google Home App Part 2 - The Game February 8, 2018
• Creating A Google Home App Part 3 - Refactoring and Scoring February 24, 2018

Html5

• The State of HTML Mobile Frameworks in 2014 April 22, 2014
• Mobile Frameworks -- JQT (Formerly jqTouch) April 24, 2014
• Mobile Frameworks -- jQuery Mobile April 26, 2014
• Mobile Frameworks -- Bootstrap May 8, 2014
• Mobile Frameworks -- KendoUI July 28, 2014
• Mobile Frameworks - Ionic October 11, 2014
• Mobile Frameworks - OnsenUI October 16, 2014
• The State of HTML Mobile Frameworks in 2016 September 25, 2016

Ionic

• Mobile Frameworks - Ionic October 11, 2014

Ios

• Switching to Android 6 Months Later February 11, 2014

Iphone

• 5 Geeky Things I Love July 21, 2011
• How I became twice as productive September 5, 2011

Javascript

• 5 Geeky Things I Love - 2013 August 22, 2013
• The Angular 2.0 Hullabaloo November 27, 2014
• First Thoughts on NativeScript March 7, 2015
• Second thoughts on NativeScript October 15, 2015
• A Quick Dive into React Native November 7, 2015
• Typescript All The Things! Lessons learned moving a large codebase to typescript June 9, 2016
• What Javascript Framework should I allow my developers to develop a SPA App, and what is a SPA App August 2, 2017
• React Native -- A Tempting Quagmire July 4, 2018
• Looking at React Native in 2025 December 8, 2025

Jetbrains

• 5 Geeky Things I Love July 21, 2011
• 5 Geeky Things I Love - 2013 August 22, 2013

Jqtouch

• Mobile Frameworks -- JQT (Formerly jqTouch) April 24, 2014

Jquery mobile

• Mobile Frameworks -- jQuery Mobile April 26, 2014

Kendoui

• Mobile Frameworks -- KendoUI July 28, 2014

Kindle

• 5 Geeky Things I Love July 21, 2011

Llm

• Leveraging LLMs for Coding: Insights and Real-World Experiences October 5, 2024
• The Trough of Disillusionment October 15, 2024
• LLMs and Coding 6 months later May 28, 2025
• Can a Tiny LLM Beat A Supervised Model? July 26, 2025
• RAG Time: Cooking Up Smart Recipe Suggestions with AI and a Dash of Retrieval October 2, 2025

Loc

• SLOC Counter April 22, 2014

Mac

• Coding Like it's 1999 July 19, 2010

Metro

• Thoughts on Windows 8, and the Metro UI September 19, 2011

Microsoft

• How Microsoft is betting everything on Tablets July 24, 2012
• Windows 8, more thoughts October 24, 2012
• The End of the Windows Desktop December 30, 2013

Ml

• Experiments in Supervised Learning: Lessons from an old Recipe App June 13, 2025
• Experiments in Supervised Learning Part 2 June 14, 2025
• Experiments in Supervised Learning Part 3 June 23, 2025
• Experiments in Supervised Learning Part 4 June 28, 2025
• Clustering the Cookbook: A Taste of Unsupervised Learning August 25, 2025
• Serving the Cookbook: Creating an Endpoint for Recipe Recommendations August 30, 2025

Mnjs

• Second thoughts on NativeScript October 15, 2015
• A Quick Dive into React Native November 7, 2015
• React Native -- A Tempting Quagmire July 4, 2018
• Looking at React Native in 2025 December 8, 2025

Mobile

• Windows Phone 7, and Webkit July 4, 2010
• It appears like you are building a framework January 6, 2014
• Switching to Android 6 Months Later February 11, 2014
• The State of HTML Mobile Frameworks in 2014 April 22, 2014
• Mobile Frameworks -- JQT (Formerly jqTouch) April 24, 2014
• Mobile Frameworks -- jQuery Mobile April 26, 2014
• Mobile Frameworks -- Bootstrap May 8, 2014
• Mobile Frameworks -- KendoUI July 28, 2014
• Mobile Frameworks - Ionic October 11, 2014
• Mobile Frameworks - OnsenUI October 16, 2014
• Lessons Learned from 5 Years of PhoneGap/Cordova Development February 21, 2015
• First Thoughts on NativeScript March 7, 2015
• Second thoughts on NativeScript October 15, 2015
• A Quick Dive into React Native November 7, 2015
• Building A Not Very Successful Product For No Money January 26, 2016
• Going Native March 4, 2016
• Using PhoneGap Preferences in an Android Native App March 12, 2016
• Phonegap, Be Wary of Plugins March 20, 2016
• Should I use Cordova / Phonegap or go Native? September 3, 2016
• Flutter: A quick look at a new Cross Platform Mobile App Toolkit October 15, 2017
• React Native -- A Tempting Quagmire July 4, 2018
• Three More Years of PhoneGap/Cordova Lessons July 11, 2018
• Looking at React Native in 2025 December 8, 2025

Native

• Should I use Cordova / Phonegap or go Native? September 3, 2016

Nativescript

• First Thoughts on NativeScript March 7, 2015
• Second thoughts on NativeScript October 15, 2015

Nexus7

• 5 Geeky Things I Love - 2013 August 22, 2013

Node

• Building A Not Very Successful Product For No Money January 26, 2016

Nodejs

• Creating A Google Home App February 4, 2018
• Creating A Google Home App Part 2 - The Game February 8, 2018
• Creating A Google Home App Part 3 - Refactoring and Scoring February 24, 2018

Onsen

• Mobile Frameworks - OnsenUI October 16, 2014

Phonegap

• The State of HTML Mobile Frameworks in 2014 April 22, 2014
• Mobile Frameworks -- JQT (Formerly jqTouch) April 24, 2014
• Mobile Frameworks -- jQuery Mobile April 26, 2014
• Mobile Frameworks -- Bootstrap May 8, 2014
• Mobile Frameworks -- KendoUI July 28, 2014
• Mobile Frameworks - Ionic October 11, 2014
• Mobile Frameworks - OnsenUI October 16, 2014
• Lessons Learned from 5 Years of PhoneGap/Cordova Development February 21, 2015
• Going Native March 4, 2016
• Using PhoneGap Preferences in an Android Native App March 12, 2016
• Phonegap, Be Wary of Plugins March 20, 2016
• Should I use Cordova / Phonegap or go Native? September 3, 2016
• The State of HTML Mobile Frameworks in 2016 September 25, 2016
• Three More Years of PhoneGap/Cordova Lessons July 11, 2018

Phpstorm

• 5 Geeky Things I Love July 21, 2011

Podcasts

• Exactly what podcasts do you listen to? January 5, 2014
• Kris's Podcast List 2015 February 9, 2015

Professionalism

• Things I have learned in too many years of programming -- Comments June 1, 2014
• Things I have learned in too many years of programming -- IDEs July 27, 2014
• The Problem with Libraries August 17, 2014

Programing

• Book Review: Vibe Coding January 6, 2026

Programming

• It appears like you are building a framework January 6, 2014
• Trying too hard to make the uncool, cool.. January 24, 2014
• Tools for the Modern Web Developer on Windows March 13, 2014
• The State of HTML Mobile Frameworks in 2014 April 22, 2014
• Mobile Frameworks -- JQT (Formerly jqTouch) April 24, 2014
• Mobile Frameworks -- jQuery Mobile April 26, 2014
• Mobile Frameworks -- Bootstrap May 8, 2014
• Things I have learned in too many years of programming -- Comments June 1, 2014
• Things I have learned in too many years of programming -- IDEs July 27, 2014
• Mobile Frameworks -- KendoUI July 28, 2014
• The Problem with Libraries August 17, 2014
• Mobile Frameworks - Ionic October 11, 2014
• Mobile Frameworks - OnsenUI October 16, 2014
• Lessons Learned from 5 Years of PhoneGap/Cordova Development February 21, 2015
• First Thoughts on NativeScript March 7, 2015
• Second thoughts on NativeScript October 15, 2015
• A Quick Dive into React Native November 7, 2015
• Building A Not Very Successful Product For No Money January 26, 2016
• Going Native March 4, 2016
• Using PhoneGap Preferences in an Android Native App March 12, 2016
• Phonegap, Be Wary of Plugins March 20, 2016
• Typescript All The Things! Lessons learned moving a large codebase to typescript June 9, 2016
• Should I use Cordova / Phonegap or go Native? September 3, 2016
• The State of HTML Mobile Frameworks in 2016 September 25, 2016
• Flutter: A quick look at a new Cross Platform Mobile App Toolkit October 15, 2017
• Creating A Google Home App February 4, 2018
• Creating A Google Home App Part 2 - The Game February 8, 2018
• Creating A Google Home App Part 3 - Refactoring and Scoring February 24, 2018
• React Native -- A Tempting Quagmire July 4, 2018
• Three More Years of PhoneGap/Cordova Lessons July 11, 2018
• Same, Same, but Different October 2, 2024
• Leveraging LLMs for Coding: Insights and Real-World Experiences October 5, 2024
• LLMs and Coding 6 months later May 28, 2025
• Experiments in Supervised Learning: Lessons from an old Recipe App June 13, 2025
• Experiments in Supervised Learning Part 2 June 14, 2025
• Experiments in Supervised Learning Part 3 June 23, 2025
• Experiments in Supervised Learning Part 4 June 28, 2025
• Can a Tiny LLM Beat A Supervised Model? July 26, 2025
• Clustering the Cookbook: A Taste of Unsupervised Learning August 25, 2025
• Serving the Cookbook: Creating an Endpoint for Recipe Recommendations August 30, 2025
• RAG Time: Cooking Up Smart Recipe Suggestions with AI and a Dash of Retrieval October 2, 2025
• Looking at React Native in 2025 December 8, 2025

Rdio

• Rdio Two Months In October 24, 2010
• 5 Geeky Things I Love July 21, 2011
• 5 Geeky Things I Love - 2013 August 22, 2013

React native

• A Quick Dive into React Native November 7, 2015
• React Native -- A Tempting Quagmire July 4, 2018
• Looking at React Native in 2025 December 8, 2025

Recipe folder

• Building A Not Very Successful Product For No Money January 26, 2016

Reghack

• MSBuild Shell Extension January 10, 2011

Safari

• Browser X is the new IE August 3, 2015

Sloc

• SLOC Counter April 22, 2014

Supervised learning

• Experiments in Supervised Learning: Lessons from an old Recipe App June 13, 2025
• Experiments in Supervised Learning Part 2 June 14, 2025
• Experiments in Supervised Learning Part 3 June 23, 2025
• Experiments in Supervised Learning Part 4 June 28, 2025

Thingsilove

• 5 Geeky Things I Love July 21, 2011

Tools

• SLOC Counter April 22, 2014
• Data Url Display June 11, 2015

Typescript

• Typescript All The Things! Lessons learned moving a large codebase to typescript June 9, 2016
• Looking at React Native in 2025 December 8, 2025

Ubuntu

• Can't Believe that Worked July 31, 2010

Unsupervised learning

• Clustering the Cookbook: A Taste of Unsupervised Learning August 25, 2025
• Serving the Cookbook: Creating an Endpoint for Recipe Recommendations August 30, 2025

Vibe coding

• Book Review: Vibe Coding January 6, 2026

Vs

• MSBuild Shell Extension January 10, 2011

Webkit

• Windows Phone 7, and Webkit July 4, 2010

Windows

• Can't Believe that Worked July 31, 2010
• The End of the Windows Desktop December 30, 2013
• Tools for the Modern Web Developer on Windows March 13, 2014
• Making Windows 8.1 Usable October 13, 2014

Windows8

• Thoughts on Windows 8, and the Metro UI September 19, 2011
• How Microsoft is betting everything on Tablets July 24, 2012
• Windows 8, more thoughts October 24, 2012
• Windows 8 is still killing Microsoft December 28, 2013

Wp7

• Windows Phone 7, and Webkit July 4, 2010

Xcode

• Coding Like it's 1999 July 19, 2010