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👋 Hi, I’m Marcus. Welcome to my little corner on the web, established in 1997. I publish here to give back to the open web, and grow our shared knowledge. My small way to pay it forward to the people who have done the same and helped me.

What’s new?

• Pi, more than a coding harness - An article explaining how I use the Pi coding harness as a personal trainer tool to help track my runs as I train for a half-marathon.

• Ask LLMs to Teach You, Not Tell You - How to use LLMs as a learning tool and not just for answers.

• Software Design in a World of AI - A look at why software design patterns exist, and whether they still make sense when an LLM is the one maintaining the code.

• The Wake of AI about the rise of LLMs killing the traditional “howto” blog post and what’s next.

• Created a Parking Lot Simulator to visualize how parking lot designs can be made much safer.

Popular Posts

• String Formatting Guide
• VimWiki: Personal Knowledge Management in Vim
• Using the Command-line - tips and tricks for life on the terminal

Software Projects

• Termgraph - Graphs in the terminal
• Libro - Book tracking app in the terminal
• Tasks - TUI app for tracking todos
• Hastie - Static site generator in Python

Lil Apps

• Scrab - Scrabble Dictionary
• Connections - Helper for NYT games
• Four Card Poker - Four Card Poker game
• Gradient Studio - Create a gradient wallpaper
• Paint Mixer - Mix colors

Contact

Find me on Mastodon at @mkaz@sfba.social and mkaz on GitHub